Where is my mind when I wonder “where is my title for today’s post?”
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Where is my mind as I prepare for a day when I’m getting a Botox injection for the clicking noises that affect my mind whenever I’m speaking?
Where is my mind as I share these other images with you?
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Here’s what I find when I look for “where is my mind?” on YouTube.
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Thanks to everyone who is here for this “where is my mind?” post, including YOU!
In the midst of caring for others, I am doing my best to practice self care.
Part of my self care is creating these blog posts every day. Another part of my self care is not agonizing over what to include in each post.
I would like to extend that self care to not agonizing over anything.
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Here’s one of my songs about self care, which I am may not include in my live album.
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How do you practice self care?
Thanks to all who help me with self care, including YOU!
This is one of those times when it all feels like too much.
When it all feels like too much, I’m glad there are supports like the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line.
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When it all feels like too much, I self soothe by taking photos and asking questions.
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Here’s what I find when I search for “when it all feels like too much” on YouTube.
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When it all feels like too much it helps to listen to these Todd Rundgren songs.
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When it all feels like too much I am even more grateful for people like YOU.
In the midst of what seemed like global confusion yesterday, I found this interesting quote about confusion.
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What helps me deal with confusion is spending time with those I love, including my dear, life-long friend, Barbara.
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Among many topics we discussed yesterday, Barbara and I shared our confusion about online technology, which inspired me to write another verse for my latest song:
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Do you see confusion in my other images for today?
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Even though I’m pretty familiar with YouTube, I still had to deal with false starts and confusion when I posted this live performance there:
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In case there’s any confusion about the meaning of that song, let’s try to let go of caring what other people are thinking about us. Who needs that kind of confusion?
Thanks to all who help me deal with confusion every day, including YOU!
I recently read in a CNN “Good News” email that Allison Hope recommends making a New Year dissolution, instead of unrealistic resolutions:
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My New Year dissolution is to politely disagree with (and maybe give up!) my inner critical voice. For example, “Yes, I recognize that I’m no Barbra Streisand, Jacob Collier, Pat Metheny, or Joni Mitchell, but I can still put on an entertaining show and make a good-enough album. Now, would you like to take a break from preventing me from making a fool of myself? Thanks for caring.”
I would love to see the dissolution of inner critical voices in 2024, as well as the dissolution of cruelty throughout the world.
Do you see any New Year dissolutions in my other images for today?”
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Here’s what I find when I search for “New Year dissolutions” on YouTube:
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Do you have any New Year dissolutions?
Just so you know, my New Year dissolutions do NOT include giving up this daily blog in 2024, thanks to wonderful readers like YOU! 🙏💕🎉
Happy New Year!
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Yesterday, on Twitter and Facebook, I got this out of my system:
Responses included
Every day, I clear those from my system by blogging first thing in the morning.
Now I’m going to clear images from my iPhone system by sharing them with you.
Decades ago, when I was dealing with upsetting medical news about my very unusual heart, I went to a percussion class and cleared fear, anger, resentment, panicking, uncertainty, and worry from my system by wildly drumming along to “The Dancer” by Stanley Clarke.
If you want to clear unexpressed thoughts or feelings from your system, you can do so in the comments section, below.
As always, I’ve got a lot of gratitude in my system.
Yesterday, in my therapy groups, people talked about having too much on their plate.
I don’t have too much on my plate to share the meaning of that idiom.
Idiom – Too much on my plate or A lot on my plate or Enough on my plate. Meaning – To be too busy. To have too many things to deal with or a lot of things to worry about. This expression is used to signify that a person has too many different things to cope with.
Coincidentally, there were paper plates in the group room, because of a retirement party earlier in the day. I suggested that people take a plate, write and draw what was on their plate, and then, if they wished, throw the plate away. People threw away plates heaped with politicians, responsibilities, stress, fear, guilt, anxiety, shame, self-doubt, bureaucracies, traffic, abusers, unhelpful thoughts, and (on one plate) Florida.
I had too much on my plate yesterday to take pictures of the plates people created and threw away, but I can share these:
If I didn’t have too much on my plate right now (physical therapy for my shoulder, work, a presentation about my groups, and a live performance of “So You Think You Can Dance”), I’d come up with a pun about home plate.
Do you have too much on your plate to watch this video?
I never have too much on my plate to thank all those who help me create these posts and — of course! — YOU.
Because today is moving day, everything must go, including everything I photographed yesterday.
Everything must go, including that important message I wrote yesterday.
Here’s “Everything Must Go” by Steely Dan, who are everything.
Before everything must go to our new home by the ocean, I must go to sincere thanks to all who helped me create this everything-must-go post and — of course! — to you, for going with me.
I’m holding on to many things as we pack up to move, including
Before I started writing today’s blog post, I got a little ferklempt at the end of this excerpt from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Show (which is holding on here at YouTube):
As always, I’m holding on to gratitude for all those who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — for you, who keep me holding on.
