{"id":139665,"date":"2025-01-11T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=139665"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:50:20","slug":"how-to-feel-less-anxious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you magnify situations that aren’t as bad as they seem? Do you want to learn how to feel less anxious? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver Burkeman explains that we generally have a lot of anxiety in life due to our desire for control. This prevents us from enjoying our lives to the fullest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s focus on methods to help you loosen your grip so you can embrace life and make progress toward your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Method 1: Stop Magnifying Situations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Burkeman explains that our anxiety and desire to achieve perfection often cause us to make our goals, problems, and barriers seem bigger than they are. This only exacerbates negative emotions like stress and discourages us from moving forward. To feel less anxious, Burkeman makes three recommendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, rather than viewing your goals as big and requiring massive motivation to accomplish, pretend that they\u2019re easy.<\/strong> Taking this perspective can help you feel less overwhelmed and make the goal feel more manageable\u2014especially if you also break the goal down into smaller tasks. Further, imagining that your goals are easy will help you avoid making them unnecessarily complicated\u2014for example, by thinking you need a laptop or a certain program to write your book when you could make do with your notes app or a pen and paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, stop trying to control other people\u2019s emotions<\/strong>. We often tailor our decisions to avoid causing negative feelings for others\u2014even if the path they\u2019d choose for us isn\u2019t in our best interest. But Burkeman explains that you\u2019ll never be able to control others\u2019 feelings, so you shouldn\u2019t use your desire to please them as a basis for decision-making<\/a>. Instead, Burkeman recommends taking others’ feelings into account, but ultimately making decisions based on what\u2019s best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Burkeman says that rather than obsessing about creating perfect work, you should focus on consistently<\/em> producing work\u2014even if it\u2019s flawed<\/strong>. If you wait to have a brilliant idea before getting to work, you\u2019ll likely be waiting a while before you produce anything. In contrast, if you push through the desire for perfection and produce work anyway, you\u2019ll make a lot more progress toward your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method 2: Go With the Flow<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Burkeman\u2019s second method for letting go of control<\/a> is embracing resonance<\/em>. <\/strong>He explains that embracing resonance means engaging meaningfully and reciprocally with your environment, relationships, or activities\u2014taking all you can from your experiences, and seeing the unpredictability of life (including its good and bad parts) as a gift rather than an inconvenience.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkeman explains that embracing resonance helps us release our desire to control the uncontrollable. When we constantly attempt to exert control over life, we end up creating unnecessary anxiety for ourselves and others. We also fail to recognize how random, sometimes inconvenient situations can bring meaning to our existence. Embracing resonance helps us overcome such short-sightedness. For example, it helps you see that it might have been inconvenient for your car to break down in the middle of the street, but if it didn\u2019t happen, you wouldn\u2019t have made friends with the person who pulled over to help out\u2014an event that held significant meaning for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To embrace resonance, Burkeman recommends doing what you can to achieve your goals<\/a> (working within your realm of control), but rolling with the punches when setbacks or distractions occur (not resisting what you can\u2019t control<\/a>). On a typical day, this might look like doing your best to stick to your schedule but engaging with interruptions that arise, such as a surprise guest visiting your office. You never know\u2014the interruption might even give you a burst of inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method 3: Be Compassionate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, to relinquish your need for control, Burkeman recommends practicing compassion for yourself<\/a> and others.<\/strong> He explains that being kind and understanding to yourself minimizes controlling, self-sabotaging behaviors<\/a> like perfectionism and self-blame that ultimately decrease your productivity and happiness. To treat yourself compassionately, lend yourself the kindness and understanding you would offer a friend, and don\u2019t force yourself to do things you don\u2019t want to\u2014do enjoyable and fulfilling things instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkeman also explains that we often feel bad about ourselves because we believe we need to do more for others\u2014we want to do something kind, but we feel like that means doing it perfectly and going all-out, so we end up doing nothing. Burkeman says you can avoid this trap by simply acting on your natural inclinations; behave generously when you feel like it, instead of putting it off for when you can act on it perfectly. For example, if you see a commercial that makes you want to give to charity, go online immediately and donate what you can spare rather than waiting for a time when you have more to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Your Brain for Happiness<\/strong>

Like Burkeman, Mo Gawdat explains in That Little Voice in Your Head<\/em><\/a> <\/em>that being compassionate toward yourself and others is key to living a happy and fulfilling life<\/a>. He provides some tips for following this advice:
\u00a0
First, practice being compassionate with yourself and overcoming negative thoughts<\/a> like self-blame by checking your perceptions of and responses to the world around you<\/a>. For example, if you interpret your work as unsatisfactory, your brain will respond by being upset. Instead, look at the situation objectively: Regardless of whether you think your work is good or bad, you accomplished the work. By telling your brain you accomplished something, it will be happier, and you will have been more compassionate toward yourself.\u00a0

Second, Gawdat recommends showing compassion for others<\/a> by giving away the things you don’t need. When you buy something for yourself, you can also buy the same thing for someone else. For example, next time you\u2019re buying a coffee, pay for the order of the person behind you.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you magnify situations that aren’t as bad as they seem? Do you want to learn how to feel less anxious? Oliver Burkeman explains that we generally have a lot of anxiety in life due to our desire for control. This prevents us from enjoying our lives to the fullest. Let’s focus on methods to help you loosen your grip so you can embrace life and make progress toward your goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":139909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,43],"tags":[1722],"class_list":["post-139665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology","category-self-improvement","tag-meditations-for-mortals","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.\" \/>\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.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shortform Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"616\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\"},\"headline\":\"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\"},\"wordCount\":986,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Meditations for Mortals\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Psychology\",\"Self-Improvement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\",\"name\":\"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip - Shortform Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":616,\"caption\":\"A woman learning how to feel less anxious by trying to calm herself\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"description\":\"The World's Best Book Summaries\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Shortform Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\",\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katie Doll\"},\"description\":\"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Senior SEO Writer\",\"worksFor\":\"Shortform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip - Shortform Books","description":"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.","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.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip","og_description":"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/","og_site_name":"Shortform Books","article_published_time":"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":616,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Katie Doll","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katie Doll","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/"},"author":{"name":"Katie Doll","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937"},"headline":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip","datePublished":"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/"},"wordCount":986,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","keywords":["Meditations for Mortals"],"articleSection":["Psychology","Self-Improvement"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/","name":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip - Shortform Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","datePublished":"2025-01-11T20:35:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-17T20:50:20+00:00","description":"Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Check out how to feel less anxious with proven methods for loosening your grip on control.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","width":1100,"height":616,"caption":"A woman learning how to feel less anxious by trying to calm herself"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-less-anxious\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Feel Less Anxious: 3 Methods to Loosen Your Grip"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","name":"Shortform Books","description":"The World's Best Book Summaries","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Shortform Books","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","width":500,"height":74,"caption":"Shortform Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937","name":"Katie Doll","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Katie Doll"},"description":"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.","knowsAbout":["Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing"],"jobTitle":"Senior SEO Writer","worksFor":"Shortform","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/feel-less-anxious.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139885,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139665\/revisions\/139885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}