{"id":1169,"date":"2016-05-24T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T21:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2016-05-24T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T21:16:20","slug":"queen-of-repetition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=1169","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Repetition"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about repetition. I am the “Queen” of repetition. Or I think of myself that way, at the very least. I watch the same TV shows and movies over and over. I like seeing things twice; I’ve been up and down the beautiful California coast several times and plan on visiting the most perfect city in the world, Paris, again. So what is this about? Am I sick? Just weird? Do I not have a firm handle on things? Maybe. But I also do not like things to end. Pure and simple. I have a hard time letting things go, and this repetitive nature I have garnered over the years has enabled me to not let go. I won’t let go. I can’t let go. I refuse! I like to experience things over and over because then it feels like those chapters, or episodes or plans or whatever it may be, aren’t over. I don’t like the ending; I like the beginning and the middle. There’s something so final about an end, and I have no intention of being a part of that. However, this is not to say that I won’t experience new things. I love going new places and being immersed in something unknown. But don’t ask me to give up what I’ve already seen. I won’t. At least not the things and places I’ve deemed important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"