{"id":244,"date":"2011-03-25T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2011-03-25T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T14:49:38","slug":"attitude-and-hard-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/03\/attitude-and-hard-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Attitude and Hard Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fattitude-and-hard-things%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like><p><a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hard-Things.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-245\" title=\"Hard Things\" src=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hard-Things-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hard Things\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hard-Things-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hard-Things.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I truthfully despise protein drinks. I assure you I&#8217;ve tried every single brand and flavor there is to offer in the world and I haven&#8217;t found one that I can honestly say I enjoy partaking of each morning. I also have to take them if I have any chance of maintaining (It would be nice to even increase) my hefty 135-140 pound frame. This usually means that I have to start each morning already not looking forward to what lies ahead&#8230; the dreaded grainy\/foamy protein drink.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like starting my day off on a bad note so this morning I \u00a0decided to do something about it. Usually, when I have to face something difficult or undesirable, I&#8217;ll try to get myself &#8220;pumped up.&#8221; I see guys at the gym all the time, before throwing up 400 lbs on the bench press, start slapping themselves in the face, grunting, clenching their fists and I&#8217;ve even seen yelling like a cave man. So I decided to do this, with the exception of the yelling and slapping part, to get my protein drink down this morning. It worked!! I forgot about the taste and just focused on getting it from outside my stomach to the inside.<\/p>\n<p>So inevitably, we will all face difficult times, situations, decisions, people and yes&#8230; even pets (I still can&#8217;t get Drogba potty trained!) throughout our lives. However, there is a key to facing and getting through these without it having to negatively affect you. Your attitude about everything determines your ability to ascend above the undesirable somethings.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait until tomorrow morning \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/03\/attitude-and-hard-things\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fattitude-and-hard-things%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I truthfully despise protein drinks. I assure you I&#8217;ve tried every single brand and flavor there is to offer in the world and I haven&#8217;t found one that I can honestly say I enjoy partaking of each morning. I also &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/03\/attitude-and-hard-things\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}