Optimism for the future is fine, I guess. Hoping things will turn out is better for your sanity than expecting they won’t. I’m hesitant to be too honest with people like that but it nags at me when I see…
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2024 stuff
In 2023 I was focused on inner peace. I wanted to be happier on the inside, stop ruminating, stop feeling contaminated by my upbringing, stop feeling guilty all the time. And I worked on that. Just finding myself acceptable as…
Posted in Pragmatism
Limiting Beliefs
I was watching a panel discussion among therapists about depression. And the conversation about subjective experience came up. Convincing a patient to deal with their depression – Convincing them it’s possible to not be depressed – is like convincing them…
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Criminal Minds Season 5
Reminder of how the scale works: Nameless, Faceless – 3 You have to watch this one. It’s part of the Reaper arc, it picks up where S4 left off. Now, the case-of-the-week of course is quickly resolved but it’s not…
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Well, I Almost Got My YouTube Monetized
I’ve had a YouTube Channel for 10 years. It gained, like, 3 subscribers a year and nothing broke 100 views until last year when I started posting the RPG Music Project – and those barely broke a hundred. Some of…
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My Wants For 2023
Objectively I had a really good 2022 but subjectively I kind of hated it. And that objective/subjective split is part of what I hated about it. I spent the whole year just getting through the day to get the week…
Posted in Depression & Suicide, Pragmatism
The Music I’m Making After The RPG Project Is Done
I put so much jargon in this post I’m tempted to a make a vocabulary list. But I won’t. Just be warned you’re going to have a lot of none of those words are in the bible moments. I needed…
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I Need To Re-Home One Of My Cats
But there’s a problem, in that he’s got behavioural problems. So, to try and start at the beginning, Professor Ice Cream seems to have a problem with all the other animals and smells and noises of our apartment building. The…
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The Death Of Futurism
pace Nine represents an end to the spirit of Star Trek that I loved. And I love DS9 but I love it because it’s a cool story set in the Star Trek universe whereas the classic spirit of Star Trek…
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