{"id":2431,"date":"2021-05-17T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:29:23","slug":"until-youre-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Until You&#8217;re There"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>Staring at these blank pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and brick walls and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> so many other obstacles to overcome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenges pile high before you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>until you start to feel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as if there\u2019s no way forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when you have to start <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>taking hold of any opportunity, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>any idea that flashes in your head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run with it all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run until your legs give out <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and power through <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>everything that stands before you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let yourself get so lost <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in what if or why it cannot work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just find the way that does<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and if it doesn\u2019t, go on anyway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing that\u2019s stopping you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is you and your perception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of the challenge that you face<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The barriers are big, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but only as big as you let them be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You put in the work, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you\u2019ll find the reward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just keep going<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t slow down to check your pace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t fall victim to distraction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just find the way and follow <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>until you\u2019re there<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staring at these blank pages and brick walls and so many other obstacles to overcome The challenges pile high before you until you start to feel as if there\u2019s no way forward That\u2019s when you have to start taking hold &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Until You&#039;re There - The World at Midnight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Until You&#039;re There - The World at Midnight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Staring at these blank pages and brick walls and so many other obstacles to overcome The challenges pile high before you until you start to feel as if there\u2019s no way forward That\u2019s when you have to start taking hold &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The World at Midnight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-moon-at-night-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"279\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"scottneelan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"scottneelan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"scottneelan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda\"},\"headline\":\"Until You&#8217;re There\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/\",\"name\":\"Until You're There - The World at Midnight\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/17\\\/until-youre-there\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Until You&#8217;re There\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The World at Midnight\",\"description\":\"The poetry of Scott Neelan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scottneelan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda\",\"name\":\"scottneelan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"scottneelan\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Until You're There - The World at Midnight","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Until You're There - The World at Midnight","og_description":"Staring at these blank pages and brick walls and so many other obstacles to overcome The challenges pile high before you until you start to feel as if there\u2019s no way forward That\u2019s when you have to start taking hold &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/","og_site_name":"The World at Midnight","article_published_time":"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":279,"url":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-moon-at-night-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"scottneelan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"scottneelan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/"},"author":{"name":"scottneelan","@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda"},"headline":"Until You&#8217;re There","datePublished":"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda"},"articleSection":["Writing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/","name":"Until You're There - The World at Midnight","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-17T21:29:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/until-youre-there\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Until You&#8217;re There"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/","name":"The World at Midnight","description":"The poetry of Scott Neelan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7851d52974dbfcd669bfbcf40f229bda","name":"scottneelan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"scottneelan"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f039ace5960719236b38da1d5c2eac452d368ebaf87050356dfecc1a18753d4?s=96&d=mm&r=pg"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4W6I-Dd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}