{"id":3188,"date":"2011-09-12T05:05:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T10:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2011-09-02T05:09:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T10:09:35","slug":"pick-me-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/pick-me-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick-me-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I wrote this post long back and it has nothing to do with my current state of mind<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On those days when you feel gray &#8211; when everything goes wrong &#8211; what do you do? To ease the stress, to feel better, to pick-yourself-up?<\/p>\n<p>Long ago, during my undergrad days &#8211; wearing a teeny-tiny bit of lipstick used to work. Chocolate always helps.<\/p>\n<p>These days both these options have left me down. How could you &#8220;chocolate&#8221;? After all the love and money I have showered upon you all these years.<\/p>\n<p>A good book does it at times but then I wish I had that kind of time to read.<\/p>\n<p>What is your best pick-me-up? I need suggestions people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this post long back and it has nothing to do with my current state of mind On those days when you feel gray &#8211; when everything goes wrong &#8211; what do you do? To ease the stress, to feel better, to pick-yourself-up? Long ago, during my undergrad days &#8211; wearing a teeny-tiny bit of lipstick used to work. Chocolate always helps. These days both these options have left me down. How could you &#8220;chocolate&#8221;? After all the love and money I have showered upon you all these years. A good book does it at times but then I wish I had that kind of time to read. What is your best pick-me-up? 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