{"id":7601,"date":"2014-09-30T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbittinger.com\/thoughts\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:39","slug":"dogography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/dogography\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dogography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dog_Geek<\/a><\/p>\n

As a kid I was small and skinny. Too studious and too serious to be popular. So I devoted myself to learning all I could, to getting through school and getting on with life as soon as I could.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_High<\/a><\/p>\n

As a young man, I decided to get into business. I worked hard and applied myself so I\u2019d move up the corporate ladder and be able to have all the things I wanted…\u00a0 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_Ralaxing<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026and would be able to retire early to a life of ease and luxury.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_Escalation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But \u201cmaking it\u201d in the corporate world meant doing things I was not comfortable with. It meant giving up some values that had been hardwired into me by my parents.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_Where<\/a><\/p>\n

The usual path for pursuit of stuff and leisure was not for me. I tried to find a different path to the top, one that allowed me to retain my values. Blazing my own trail did not work out and I lost my way.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_Need<\/a><\/p>\n

When I found my way again, I discovered that contentment comes from simplicity and the love of a few good people. To have a friend I must be a friend.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_power<\/a><\/p>\n

I needed to learn where my power comes from. Realizing that I am not the center of my life allowed me to draw on that power. That power helped me to grow personally and professionally.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog_Cool\"<\/a><\/p>\n

No, my life did not turn out as I envisioned it so long ago, but it\u2019s all cool now. I\u2019m happy at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a kid I was small and skinny. Too studious and too serious to be popular. So I devoted myself to learning all I could, to getting through school and getting on with life as soon as I could.   As a young man, I decided to get into business. I worked hard and applied … Continue reading “My Dogography”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[59,37,26],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative","tag-dogs","tag-inspirational","tag-life-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7601"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19771,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions\/19771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}