{"id":196,"date":"2016-12-29T15:29:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/?p=196"},"modified":"2017-01-23T01:19:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T01:19:43","slug":"world-without-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"A World Without Likes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Afternoon!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas has come and gone and it&#8217;s that time of the year where well&#8230; you don&#8217;t really know what time of the year it is. Do the days between Christmas\u00a0and New Year even count? It&#8217;s Thursday afternoon and I still haven&#8217;t quite made it out of bed. After tackling the boxing day sales I&#8217;ve begun hibernating\u00a0(amongst a mountain of leftover x-mas food and 3 Toblerones).<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Anyway, I&#8217;m\u00a0sure you&#8217;re all aware of the notorious &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\"><strong>like<\/strong><\/span>&#8216; button on Social Networking and today I&#8217;ll\u00a0be exploring the depths the nation will delve into to receive\u00a0a &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span>&#8216; or &#8216;double tap&#8217; online and what effect this obsession has.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Before we continue, it&#8217;s worth checking out this ep of Black Mirror. If you haven&#8217;t yet heard of the series, it&#8217;s out on Netflix.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R32qWdOWrTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s crazy to think that unconsciously\u00a0double tapping someone&#8217;s photo online could potentially make their day. People are tired of leading &#8216;ordinary&#8217; lives and being &#8216;ordinary&#8217; humans. Take this classic scenario.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-21.51.30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-21.51.30.png 522w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-21.51.30-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She tweets whilst sat around a dinner table, surrounded by all the &#8216;girls&#8217;, not one of them speaking. Did the first &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span>&#8216; or &#8216;favourite&#8217; make her feel a little better about herself? Most<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\"> likely<\/span>. Social Media has the ability to create a false sense of reality allowing users to generate online profiles essentially displaying any life they wish to. Networks such as Instagram flourish on buff bikini bods, delectable food dishes and billions of big-budget holiday scenes. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only one who has scrolled through their Insta feed and spent the next hour depressed, wondering if eating the last doughnut was a good idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>With social media&#8217;s usage levels continuing to climb, \u00a0huge amounts of content are generated each year. The internet alone caters for a whopping 3.17 users worldwide with <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandwatch.com\/blog\/96-amazing-social-media-statistics-and-facts-for-2016\/\">2.6 billion<\/a> of these being social media users.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Let's break this down...<\/em><\/pre>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/a-gaming-infographic-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/a-gaming-infographic-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/a-gaming-infographic-1-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/a-gaming-infographic-1-410x1024.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/h5>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wondering what's been happening online today? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetlivestats.com\/one-second\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With staggering statistics <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span> this, it&#8217;s not a surprise that the world has become obsessed with <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span>&#8230;but <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span> aren&#8217;t real! Or are they? We live in a society where social popularity\u00a0could potentially be based on the amount of &#8216;double taps&#8217; you&#8217;ve received on your selfie.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although I hate to admit it, there is always some kind of self-gratification when receiving <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span> on Instagram. It&#8217;s easy to become obsessed with<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\"> likes<\/span>. Facebook introduced their<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\"> like<\/span> button in <strong>2009<\/strong> and after 7 years it&#8217;s difficult to imagine what Facebook would be <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span> without it&#8217;s infamous &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span>&#8216; button.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT IT?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Well, probably nothing. It&#8217;s not as if we would immediately\u00a0drop dead without a &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span>&#8216; but the world has become obsessed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>&#8220;You get an emotional high when posts hit a responsive chord with your audience, so you keep going after that, and you&#8217;re never fulfilled because you always want more likes,&#8221; &#8211; <\/strong>Susan Krauss<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A huge number of people will physically remove themselves from fun activities JUST to post a status update or craft a perfect pic that will accumulate a couple of extra &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span>&#8216; or comments on social media. In<br \/>\nfact, in a lot of cases, people will often risk their own safety for social media. People are dying for a selfie, <strong>literally<\/strong>. Take a look at some of our most recent headlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-373\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.20-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1237\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.20-1.png 1237w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.20-1-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.20-1-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.20-1-1024x167.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1237px) 100vw, 1237px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.50-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.50-1.png 628w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.56.50-1-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0With technology becoming just as important as food these days, kids by the age of 13 are divulged in fake realities, expectations and pressure to be popular online. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">You only have to be 13 years old to open an Instagram or Facebook account.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Children and young adults become exposed to an online world packed with unrealistic representations of what &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span>&#8216; actually mean. Young teenagers shouldn&#8217;t be concerned about hitting the prestigious &#8217;11 <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span>&#8216; on Instagram, or loose sleep over the thought of having under 100 friends on Facebook. Teaching children that <strong>worthiness<\/strong> and<strong> popularity<\/strong> come in the form of &#8216;<span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span>&#8216; or looking good online will only snowball into a huge array of self-esteem and confidence issues.\u00a0\u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-marketing.eu\/dove-ad-makeover-case-study\/\">Dove Self-Esteem<\/a> project found that two-thirds of women felt they were &#8216;prettier&#8217; online than in real life. 60% of university age students admitted social media had a negative effect on their confidence. Phew. I&#8217;m not the only one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff99cc; text-decoration: underline;\">The Human Barbie<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-196 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/screen-shot-2015-03-31-at-11-19-43-pm-1-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/screen-shot-2015-03-31-at-11-19-43-pm-1-1-300x152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/screen-shot-2015-03-31-at-11-19-43-pm-1-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/screen-shot-2015-03-31-at-11-19-43-pm-1-1-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/screen-shot-2015-03-31-at-11-19-43-pm-1-1.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/feat\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Feat-300x146.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Feat-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Feat-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Feat.png 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A prime example of the power of social media. Stereotypical representations of women and men are plastered across all platforms of social media every single day. If these images are constantly showered with praise in the form of <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">likes<\/span> it&#8217;s not a surprise young girls <span style=\"color: #c23a3a;\">like<\/span> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanbarbie.org\/\">Valarie Lukyanova<\/a>\u00a0felt the urge to radically change her image. Shame. Social media has stolen the innocence of growing up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taking matters into my own hands, I&#8217;ve conducted a little Google search experiment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-196 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/screen-shot-2017-01-21-at-22-40-53\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.53.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.53.png 559w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.53-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/screen-shot-2017-01-21-at-22-41-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.14.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.14.png 535w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.14-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/screen-shot-2017-01-21-at-22-41-30\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.30.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.30.png 541w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.41.30-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2016\/12\/29\/world-without-likes\/screen-shot-2017-01-21-at-22-40-24\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.24.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.24.png 578w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-21-at-22.40.24-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Crazy, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let&#8217;s zoom out and look at the bigger picture, (pun intended). Instagram accounts only show the images account holders wish to show. Realistically, no one is going to post the &#8216;bad pics&#8217; (aka the 6 am selfies when absolutely obliterated) from Ibiza 2016, they are going to show the picture with the most flattering lighting, angelic backdrop and deceiving filter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Whether is<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc7272;\">Claredon<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #b85e5e;\">Juno<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #822f2f;\">Lark<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #661010;\">Ludwig,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Instagram filters mask the truth.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>&#8220;When was the last time you closed your eyes to really see what someone was going through, read between the cryptic lines to understand someone else&#8217;s plight? Far too often we take those moments captured on Instagram and formulate conclusions that that person is doing well, but in all honesty, who&#8217;s really going to post a picture of them in the struggle?&#8221; &#8211; Erica Harris<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">\u00a0Talking about perceptions, how much information would you post online about your personal life? Social media seems to know more about me than I know about myself these days. My next discussion will be following up the idea of privacy. Has social media banished privacy too?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Until next time folks&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afternoon!<\/p>\n<p>Christmas has come and gone and it&#8217;s that time of the year where well&#8230; you don&#8217;t really know what time of the year it is. Do the days between Christmas and New Year even count? It&#8217;s Thursday afternoon and I still haven&#8217;t quite made it out of bed. After tackling the boxing day sales I seem to have begun hibernating (amongst a mountain of leftover x-mas food and 3 Toblerones).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}