{"id":314,"date":"2026-08-25T21:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/?p=314"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:16:21","slug":"when-does-it-feel-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/2026\/08\/25\/when-does-it-feel-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"When does it feel normal\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi!! This is my first post, I\u2019m honestly not sure what I\u2019m supposed to say. It feels like my gut is churning 24\/7 these days\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/08\/IMG_1943-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What you want is not always what you need, and what you need will always find you, even if you\u2019re sprinting away. Things that feel strange now will become your new normal, and things will work out regardless. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m really excited about meeting people who are different from me. That has been my goal since day one! I want to meet people with different hobbies and interests, share information and ideas, be involved in their life and pick up new skills! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi!! This is my first post, I\u2019m honestly not sure what I\u2019m supposed to say. It &hellip; <a title=\"When does it feel normal\u2026\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/2026\/08\/25\/when-does-it-feel-normal\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When does it feel normal\u2026<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1132,"featured_media":1431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccny","category-major"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1459,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/1459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/classof2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}