{"id":218,"date":"2026-02-13T18:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/a-better-day\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:19:48","slug":"a-better-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/13\/a-better-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m having a better day today than I\u2019ve had all week, and ironically, it\u2019s Friday, February 13th. I got a late start on blogging but I guess I don\u2019t have all that much to say. I did have a nice discussion with Denisse this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night, on a whim driven by the state of misery I was in, I explored the possibility of buying an electric car to use for Uber. I was surprised to find that it is very feasible and would be less expensive than renting a car weekly. I talked with Denisse and she seemed on board with the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just need to crunch the numbers to see if they will work out in my favor. I really don\u2019t know what to find and how to plan this. I\u2019ll just have to employ some of my newfound skills with a spreadsheet. I\u2019ve discovered that some of this financial planning is not as difficult or overwhelming as it seems. This doesn\u2019t mean I won\u2019t use a professional financial planner one day soon but I am good for the time being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The more I sit down to think about the system, the more I remain convinced that it is rigged to benefit the select few. But like all systems designed by human beings, there are flaws that can be exploited. The key is knowledge-seeking. How do I use <em>their <\/em>system to benefit me? This is a good question everyone working for a living should ask. I don\u2019t necessarily mind working. I do, however, mind being exploited. This is driving me to seek out better opportunities for myself and Denisse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m having a better day today than I\u2019ve had all week, and ironically, it\u2019s Friday, February 13th. I got a late start on blogging but I guess I don\u2019t have all that much to say. I did have a nice discussion with Denisse this morning. Last night, on a whim driven by the state of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goblackcat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}