{"id":18434,"date":"2022-04-26T15:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2022\/04\/thinking-about-thinking\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:57:51","slug":"thinking-about-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2022\/04\/thinking-about-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking About Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I would never want to tell you what to think, any more than try to tell you what to do. What to eat. What to buy. Who to Fuck. These are your decisions, not mine. You don\u2019t even have to think at all, for fuck\u2019s sake. Living your best life without thinking might make me a little jealous, but I wouldn\u2019t ever seek to deprive you of that joy.

But I will urge you one thing. If you choose<\/em> to think<\/em>, think for yourself. The act of Thinking is, again, completely optional. I don\u2019t judge you for your ability to turn off the silent, running commentary in your head. Go for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But please don\u2019t try to sell me someone else\u2019s thoughts if you have none of your own. Chances are I\u2019ve already heard their opinion\u2026maybe even from them. Nobody likes an unsolicited parrot, pretending to be something they are not. ~jg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cToday may not feel like Tuesday. But what is Tuesday supposed to feel like, anyway?
…Talk amongst yourselves.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don\u2019t like mine, I probably won\u2019t like yours either. Let\u2019s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would never want to tell you what to think, any more than try to tell you what to do. What to eat. What to buy. Who to Fuck. These are your decisions, not mine. You don\u2019t even have to think at all, for fuck\u2019s sake. 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