{"id":602362,"date":"2024-03-01T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=602362"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:48:12","slug":"dont-get-suckered-by-modern-day-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/01\/dont-get-suckered-by-modern-day-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Get Suckered by Modern Day Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Something I think about; when I was growing up, when I was a kid, etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 there was no notion of a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tech startup\u00e2\u20ac\u0153, starting your own company etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> For example, as a kid, there was an Internet, YouTube didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even exist yet; would really mostly read funny blogs like <a href=\"http:\/\/maddox.xmission.com\">maddox.xmission.com<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I will never forget as a kid how funny it was when I read the article at the age of 11 or 12, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153why should beat your kids\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d me and my friends all laughed and said it is true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Even growing up,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/owpj3s1I?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/MCaW2s8C?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something I think about; 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