{"id":18597,"date":"2024-05-29T20:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T00:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18597"},"modified":"2024-05-29T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T00:58:02","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2024\/05\/success\/","title":{"rendered":"Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A long time ago, somebody asked me what I thought being successful meant. Since then, I’ve thought it meant a lot of different things over the years. I’m still not really sure I’ll ever feel like my life’s been a success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if I fail, I’ve failed the way I wanted to. I made the best choices I could at the time. Things came out this way, and that’s the way it is. I’m still here. I’m loved. I’d call it success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, I’d like to be known for making the world a better place. I’ll settle for not being known for fucking the place up royally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being unknown is ok too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jamie Gray – musician, writer, human being<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s 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":"

In the end, I’d like to be known for making the world a better place. 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