{"id":105,"date":"2016-08-29T01:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T01:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=105"},"modified":"2020-08-28T09:33:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:33:35","slug":"you-can-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"You Can Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=106\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?fit=2550%2C2492&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2550,2492\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"So Can You\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?fit=660%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou-1024x1001.png?resize=660%2C645\" alt=\"So Can You\" width=\"660\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?resize=1024%2C1001&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?resize=768%2C751&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/socanyou.png?w=1980&amp;ssl=1 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a>(Click on image to expand)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update in 2018: At this point, it&#8217;s been <em>eighteen<\/em> years. I&#8217;ve made it this far. You can make it, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update in 2019: It&#8217;s now been <em>nineteen<\/em> years. Yes, I&#8217;m too lazy to make a new one to mark the occasion, but the point still stands, because if a lazy slacker like me can make it this far, so can you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update in 2020: See? Even after four years of recycling this one, after making it to <em>twenty<\/em> years, I can&#8217;t even manage to make a new comic on the subject. But I have at least made it this far. 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