{"id":666,"date":"2018-03-28T20:41:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/?p=666"},"modified":"2018-03-28T20:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:41:40","slug":"you-cant-help-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/you-cant-help-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"You can&#8217;t help everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t help everyone Rowan&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was chatting to my flatmate this evening when he said this to me. I&#8217;d been telling him about how I client was making a really poor decision. One that would cost them. But they weren&#8217;t going to change their minds and I found it immensely frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>Objectively, I know it&#8217;s true. I can&#8217;t help everyone. But I still have a tendency to worry about things that I can&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n<p>I try and help people as much as I can. And get annoyed when I&#8217;m not able to. And this annoyance can even manifest itself as guilt.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Out of control<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I know that this is because I think that I have much more power than I have in reality. I believe that I am responsible for so much more than just myself<\/p>\n<p>But there is so much that is out of my control.<\/p>\n<p>And as much as it&#8217;s good to help people, we can&#8217;t help everyone. Try your best, but don&#8217;t let it impact you when you&#8217;re unable to help<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Image is of the magnificent storm we had in Cape Town today.<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Song of the day<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GitsHgBDl4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embody - Lost and Found<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre><strong>Blog 137\/365<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/grind-time-prime-time\/\">Read more about my #365of25 journey here<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack_subscription_widget\"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Subscribe to Blog via Email<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container\">\n\t\t\t<form action=\"#\" method=\"post\" accept-charset=\"utf-8\" id=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-blog=\"131483896\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_access_level=\"everybody\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"subscribe-text\"><p>Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"jetpack-subscribe-label\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor=\"subscribe-field-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail Address\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" autocomplete=\"email\" required=\"required\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"subscribe-field-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Email Address\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"subscribe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"sub-type\" value=\"widget\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_fragment\" value=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"1c5b4c61b0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-button__link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin: 0; margin-left: 0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"jetpack_subscriptions_widget\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t help everyone Rowan&#8221; I was chatting to my flatmate this evening when he said this to me. 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