{"id":2397,"date":"2021-02-18T07:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2021-02-18T07:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:32:37","slug":"youre-the-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/youre-the-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re the Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" data-attachment-id=\"2399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/youre-the-hero\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?fit=2000%2C1287&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1287\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?fit=1024%2C659&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?resize=1024%2C659&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?resize=1024%2C659&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?resize=1536%2C988&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-marcelo-chagas-4547195.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve spent a lot of energy in my past waiting for a hero to save me creatively, financially, business-wise, socially, etc. The hero always came, but it was always me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to remind my readers that we have a lot of awesome parts. 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