{"id":3631,"date":"2026-01-04T22:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:40:20","slug":"new-years-spin-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3631","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Spin\/Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3632\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5311-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Years Poem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The boy\u00a0\u00a0stomps\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in his boots<br \/>in his serious play\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as he destroys<br \/>snowballs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as he lands two feet on one ball<br \/>spraying his lone lot\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with his snow-dusted gusto<br \/>his own top spins\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0so futile\u00a0\u00a0so fun<br \/>as the adults inside<br \/>huddle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0rubbing their so-so heads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">what if\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0futile\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0were duly stomped<br \/>to iridescent dust\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0if we spun it as\u00a0<br \/>play\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0primal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0alternate utility<br \/>if the year\u2019s futility is just<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the year\u2019s futility\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the plaything\u00a0<br \/>given by the planets, mountains, trees\u00a0<br \/>to be teased into life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and strife\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lightly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it can be other\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0will be\u00a0<br \/>other\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it will be flux\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0let our play\u00a0<br \/>begin again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter.  <br \/>Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better.&#8221;  &#8212; <br \/>Samuel Beckett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Years Poem The boy\u00a0\u00a0stomps\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in his bootsin his serious play\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as he destroyssnowballs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as he lands two feet on one ballspraying his lone lot\u00a0 with his snow-dusted gustohis own top spins\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0so futile\u00a0\u00a0so funas the adults insidehuddle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0rubbing their so-so heads what if\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0futile\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0were duly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3631\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1707,1706,126,1705,1704],"class_list":["post-3631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beckett-fail-better","tag-fail-better","tag-new-years","tag-reboot","tag-restart"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-Wz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3633,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions\/3633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}