Speaking of Artificial Intelligence, I’m going to ask ChatGPT to use verisimilitude in some sentences.
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In this 4949-day-old blog, I always describe events that really happened (with words and images), and I hope they leave you with a feeling of verisimilitude.
Is there verisimilitude in my images for today?
To maintain the verisimilitude of giving credit where credit is due, I shall reveal that my friend Joe sent me this image yesterday.
Not to brag, but sometimes my images align to give the verisimilitude of research and planning.
Here’s what I find when I search for “verisimilitude” on YouTube.
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Is there verisimilitude in my daily gratitude for you?
I’ll get started on today’s blog post with this sign I saw yesterday at the Guitar Center in Braintree, where I was supposed to get started learning how to play the drums.
I couldn’t get started yesterday because the drum teacher neither called nor showed up and I probably won’t get started with my four scheduled lessons next Sunday either because, as I found out yesterday, this drum teacher’s last day with the Braintree Guitar Center is Thursday.
I tried to get started learning to play drums yesterday by using the drum kits in the Braintree store and asking the store manager (who said he was a drummer) to show me how to hold the sticks. Now I need to get started trying to get a refund from Guitar Center.
Before I get started sharing my other photos for today’s blog post, I’d like to say that when I was a kid I was completely grossed out by the name “Braintree” because I visualized a tree with brains.
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As I get started for the trip to my Monday in-person work at a Boston hospital, I’m getting a virtual pie in the face as I’m learning, here and now, about subway stop closures. As you listen to this “Get Started” song, I’m going to get started rethinking my plans for how to get in to work today.
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Thanks to all who help me get started every morning, including YOU!
In group and individual therapy, many people discuss their difficulties in asking for what they want.
Sometimes, people aren’t sure what they want. Other times, they know what they want but they dread the experience of asking for what they want and not getting it.
Even though asking for what you want and not getting it actually leaves you in the same situation as not asking at all, people dread the experience of rejection.
I can relate. I often have trouble asking for what I want, for fear that both the asker (me) and the askee (you?) will feel worse after the asking. Also, I’m afraid of being perceived as being
pushy,
greedy,
needy,
manipulative, and/or
foolish, if the outcome isn’t what I wanted.
Today, I am going to throw caution to the wind and ask for something that I want.
I want more people to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
There, I’ve said it!
Are we still okay?
Now I’m going to take this one step further and share the link to my YouTube channel so you can subscribe.
Wow! I did it. I asked for what I want. And no matter what happens, it’s good.
Now, because that felt so good, I’m going to ask for something else I want: could you look at my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “asking for what you want” on YouTube. (Hey! Maybe I should write a song about asking for what you want and publish it on YouTube!)
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After watching that video, I feel even more comfortable asking you to leave a comment, below.
And in case you need to know how to subscribe to a YouTube channel…
Thanks to all who are here for this asking-for-what-you-want post, including YOU!
