{"id":962,"date":"2016-04-18T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2017-05-07T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T22:52:14","slug":"what-would-leslie-knope-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/what-would-leslie-knope-do\/","title":{"rendered":"what would leslie knope do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One time my husband and I were having a hard week. \u00a0I suppose it was one of those hormonal, emotional weeks for me and I wasn’t really believing in myself. \u00a0I had messed up at work, I felt overwhelmed, and I guess I just felt defeated.<\/p>\n

I usually get so hard on myself for being hard on myself. \u00a0If that’s even a thing. I’m hard on myself because I want to change things about myself but sometimes I forget and I mess up and I feel disheartened. \u00a0I get really negative and think the world is out to get me and LIFE IS JUST SO DANG HARD SOMETIMES. \u00a0So Dallin gave me a pep talk that went something like this:<\/p>\n

Whenever you want to change something about\u00a0yourself, try\u00a0to envision a relatable character on a TV show or something like that, and think of them. (I know, deep stuff.)<\/p>\n

I immediately said Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation. \u00a0Probably because she just loves life. I love that about her.<\/p>\n

I came home from school the next day and Dallin had this set out on the table for me: (See I told you he was the artsy crafty one<\/a>…)<\/p>\n

\"leslie<\/a><\/p>\n

So whenever I’m negative or I want to be someone else this is what I ask myself: \u00a0what would Leslie Knope do?<\/p>\n