As best I can, I try to include what matters to me (and others, I hope) in this daily blog.
What matters to you in my images for today?
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The Daily Bitch is very clear about what matters to her.
Here’s the wonderful TED talk I find when I search for “what matters” on YouTube:
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What matters to me, here and now, is expressing my gratitude to YOU.
Here and now, I’m anxious about an upcoming insurance review, a group workshop I need to give on October 17 (when I’d rather be at a No Kings protest), making mistakes, and many other things.
I was anxious when I wrote this song:
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Now that I’ve listened to that, I feel a little less anxious.
Our cat Harley is much more anxious than our cat Joan.
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Can you tell I was anxious when I captured the images in today’s blog?
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The Daily Bitch and I both watch TV when we’re anxious.
I hope you’re not too anxious to leave a comment, below.
Thanks to all who are here for this anxious blog post, including YOU!
In therapy, we talk a lot about the stories we like to tell. I encourage people to tell the positive stories about themselves, since we tend to remember and focus on the negative.
Do you see stories we like to tell in my images for today?
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Apparently, the Daily Bitch isn’t interested in listening to the stories we like to tell.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “the stories we like to tell.”
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Colleen Georges likes to tell stories similar to those I like to tell.
Thanks to all those who are here for the stories we like to tell, including YOU!
Yesterday, I told stories about storytellers, unaware that today was National Storytelling Day.
On National Storytelling Day, I’m working on improving my storytelling here on this blog, looking for ways to make both the text and the images more readable. In the meantime, I’m close to getting full credit for my continuous streak of daily blogging since January 1, 2013.
Because my storytelling here isn’t as clear, well-formatted, and interesting as I would like these days, I fear I may lose some readers. That fear won’t stop me, however, from storytelling on National Storytelling Day.
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The Daily Bitch is telling another interesting story on National Storytelling Day.
This is the first thing that comes up when I search for “National Storytelling Day” on YouTube:
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Thanks for all who are here for the storytelling on National Storytelling Day, including YOU!
As one of the storytellers here on WordPress, I’m figuring out, here and now, how to tell today’s story.
Last night, I saw one of my favorite storytellers, Kathy Griffin.
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I have a story to tell about that last photo. Before Kathy Griffin came on stage last night to tell her stories, we were repeatedly admonished about not using our cellphones during her storytelling. However, when she was telling stories about performing in Minnesota, she asked us to turn on our phones to record ourselves chanting “Fuck Ice!” five times. The people who hadn’t turned off their phones were ready to record that chanting but I wasn’t; it took too long for my phone to power up. However, I did snap that photo of a brave storyteller before turning my phone off again.
Several people kept using their cellphone during the rest of Kathy’s storytelling, but that’s another story.
I think Kathy Griffin is great storyteller because she fearlessly tells the truth about herself, celebrities, politicians, and the state of the country.
I’m a storyteller who communicates with words and pictures, so here’s the rest of the story.
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Here’s what I find when I look for storytellers on YouTube:
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I also find this:
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Thanks to Kathy Griffin and everyone who is here for this storytellers post, including YOU!
Last night, when Michael brought me my tea, I got a message about unknown blessings.
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Because I have been feeling anxious about a very action-packed October, I’m very glad to know that unknown blessings are on the way.
Let’s see if there are any unknown blessings in my images for today.
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On Virus Appreciation Day, a virus can be an unknown blessing.
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Here’s what I find when I look for “unknown blessings” on YouTube:
It’s the end of a less-than-perfect work week, including Less than Perfect Day.
In my less-than-perfect Coping and Healing groups, we’ve been discussing dealing with the world and ourselves being less than perfect. We are always less than perfect and perfectionism gets in the way of realizing that we are still enough.
I did a less-than-perfect insurance review for a patient this week and I am hoping to still get her the therapy services she needs.
This daily blog is less than perfect and I am working with a WordPress Happiness Engineer to try to make it better. “Happiness Engineer” seems like a less-than-perfect label, but all labels are less than perfect.
ChatGPT is less than perfect and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Time to share my less-than-perfect images for today.
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Dogs are less than perfect, too.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “less than perfect.”
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Thanks to all the less-than-perfect people who are here for this less-than-perfect post, including YOU!
Every year, it’s not fun for me as we enter the cold and dark of the fall/winter season.
Indeed, it was the cold and the dark that inspired the opening of my song “Triggers.”
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I just cheered myself up by remembering that I have successfully survived this transition to the cold and the dark 72 times before.
Do you see the cold and the dark or the warmth and the light in my images for today?
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On Less Than Perfect Day, thanks to all who help me tolerate the imperfections of the cold and the dark, including YOU!
Even when things are not working, I try to have fun.
When I perform my original protest song You Don’t Scare Me! next month on Which Side?, I hope to have fun.
Do I sound like I’m having fun on this recording of You Don’t Scare Me!?
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I had fun asking this question on social media last night.
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I’m having fun sharing these images for today.
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Actually, it sounds like fun to be part of the problem (instead of trying to solve problems all day, every day).
Thanks to all who contribute to the fun here at this blog, including YOU!
There are so many things that are not working these days, including
Last night, when I was not working, I asked a question on social media about what’s not working.
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Can you see what’s not working in my other images for today?
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The site where I take a screen shot of the daily lists is not working for me lately because of all of the ads there.
When sleep isn’t working for me, I listen to this, which helps me deal with what’s not working:
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When you’re not working, I recommend listening to that helpful video of Buddhist stories.
What’s not working for you?
Even though this blog is not working for some people who are still trying to read it, I hope you can still see my gratitude for YOU!
