{"id":43035,"date":"2023-01-18T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=43035"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:31:31","slug":"coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=43035","title":{"rendered":"Coming Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">A friend posted: Years ago I learned something from Bren\u00e9 Brown that I still use every single day:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">When you get home to your spouse\/kids\/dog etc..<br \/>\nBefore you open the door<br \/>\nPut a smile on your face!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It doesn\u2019t matter how your day went. Or what you\u2019re doing next. Or if you\u2019re starving.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">For 30 seconds, at least pretend that you\u2019re elated to see them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Make them feel like you were looking forward to getting back home.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">After all, they\u2019re your favorite people in the whole world. I hope.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Now, I know what you\u2019re thinking: \u201cThat seems like a cheesy, tiny thing, man. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But your #attitude sets the tone for the rest of the evening within 15 seconds of walking in the door.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So really, it\u2019s not tiny at all. It\u2019s a huge deal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Because you come home every day. And the things you do every day grind on you.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Jordan Peterson says if you can fix 25 little things like \u201ccoming home,\u201d you will have an extraordinary life.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Taking your family to Disneyland is insignificant.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Your kid\u2019s expensive birthday party will be forgotten within weeks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Coming home?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">That\u2019s your whole life. Fix it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Start today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend posted: Years ago I learned something from Bren\u00e9 Brown that I still use every single day: When you get home to your spouse\/kids\/dog etc.. Before you open the door Put a smile on your face! It doesn\u2019t matter how your day went. Or what you\u2019re doing next. Or if you\u2019re starving. For 30 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=43035\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Coming Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43036,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43035\/revisions\/43036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}