{"id":920,"date":"2018-10-03T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2018-10-03T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T06:28:08","slug":"shrinkage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/03\/shrinkage\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrinkage!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My view of my world!<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve noticed an unexpected side effect from my diagnosis! It\u2019s more of an aesthetic side effect then that of a physical one. My world as I know it is diminishing! Materialistic things that had value \u00a0to me before have value no longer! What I mean to say is that my perception of life has reached a place where those accoutrements have no more meaning.\u00a0Things\u00a0<\/em>don\u2019t bring happiness to me now! In days not long gone, the more expensive and exotic\u00a0things\u00a0<\/em>were, the more I felt psychologically valid. Wow, have times changed! My world view has been laid bare. With my faith and health at number one and two, there\u2019s no time for\u00a0The\u00a0<\/em>Show!\u00a0<\/i>You know what I mean by The Show?<\/em> It\u2019s the daily media blitz of the pacification of the masses! I really don\u2019t have time to join in anymore. It takes too much energy! So now my view is simple. Basically, it\u2019s whatever I put in my path! So I pick my paths strategically! Only the paths with heart! My steps are ordered! Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve noticed an unexpected side effect from my diagnosis! It\u2019s more of an aesthetic side effect then that of a physical one. My world as I know it is diminishing! Materialistic things that had value \u00a0to me before have value […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-life-with-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zBYf-eQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2594,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/nature-of-the-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":920,"position":0},"title":"nature of the game","author":"Michael","date":"September 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"in life i tread lightlyi say my prayers nightlynothing is ever the same my days i live brightlyeach thing i do rightlysuch is the nature of the game to love so mightilyit means so much to mepins and needles in my brain so i always tread lightlywhile speaking eruditelyliving with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Living life with cancer!"","block_context":{"text":"Living life with cancer!","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/category\/living-life-with-cancer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8643.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8643.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8643.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8643.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8643.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2547,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/the-blog-lives-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":920,"position":1},"title":"The Blog Lives Again!","author":"Michael","date":"March 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After some time away, I discovered something surprising. 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