{"id":2183,"date":"2016-03-01T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T16:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:10:52","slug":"katie-treat-yo-self-for-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/03\/01\/katie-treat-yo-self-for-the-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie: &#8220;Treat yo self&#8221; for the little things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Parks and Recreation<\/em> Season 4, Episode 4: Pawnee Rangers. Also known as, Treat Yo Self.<\/p>\n<p>Well, first of all, if you haven\u2019t seen this brilliant episode of television, stop what you\u2019re doing right now, type Netflix into the search bar, and do it. You can thank me later.<\/p>\n<p>Did you watch it? Great. Let me tell you why it\u2019s so important to me.<\/p>\n<p>During my time at The Daily Free Press, we referred to the weeks just before and just after Spring Break as the mid-semester \u201cslump.\u201d We are tired, we are taking midterms, and we are ready for some rest and relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to fall victim to the negativity that comes with being so busy, but it\u2019s also easy to spin things with a positive light. This is where <em>Parks and Rec <\/em>comes in. I am a firm believer in treating myself for the little things. Did you finish making the flashcards for your history midterm on Thursday? Treat yo self. Did you finish an essay that you\u2019ve been chipping away at for a week? Treat yo self. Did you wake up on time and roll out of bed without hitting snooze? Treat yo self.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Parks and Rec<\/em> limits treating yo self to one day of the year, I say we should treat ourselves all year long. There\u2019s nothing wrong with a little bit of extra motivation to get over that mid-semester slump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parks and Recreation Season 4, Episode 4: Pawnee Rangers. Also known as, Treat Yo Self. Well, first of all, if you haven\u2019t seen this brilliant episode of television, stop what you\u2019re doing right now, type Netflix into the search bar, and do it. You can thank me later. Did you watch it? Great. Let me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/03\/01\/katie-treat-yo-self-for-the-little-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katie: &#8220;Treat yo self&#8221; for the little things<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44420],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}