Day 3510: PLEASE NO LECTURES

PLEASE NO LECTURES about how there should be a comma between “PLEASE” and “NO” in today’s title and on the button I made for a client and for myself.

PLEASE NO LECTURES about all capital letters, also.

PLEASE NO LECTURES about my hesitancy to respond to what I experience as lectures on Twitter with a photo of my PLEASE NO LECTURES button. PLEASE NO LECTURES about my similar hesitancy to call out mansplaining.

PLEASE NO LECTURES. My harsh inner critic gives me way too many lectures already. I’m not going to give a lecture about the harsh inner critic because I suspect you probably know about it.

PLEASE NO LECTURES about my images for today.

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PLEASE NO LECTURES about the National Days or about this Presidential joke:

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “PLEASE NO LECTURES.”

Thanks to all who helped me create this PLEASE NO LECTURES post, including you!

Day 3486: Deciding to be happy

Today, I’m deciding to be happy.

I’m sure there’s research that proves that deciding to be happy helps people be happy, but I’m deciding to be happy about not looking up that research.

I’m deciding to be happy about all the images I’m sharing today.

I’m deciding to be happy if I eat cupcakes or milk chocolate today and I’m deciding to be happy that a kind person on Twitter responded thusly to my question “What’s a great sing-along song?”

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I’m deciding to be happy about sharing that song here.

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Are you deciding to comment on this deciding-to-be-happy post?

I’m deciding to be happy and grateful to YOU!

Day 3444: Why the hell?

Why the hell would I start today’s blog post this way?

Well, I’ve been asking “why the hell?” about people’s behaviors for years. Why the hell else would I become a therapist?

Why the hell aren’t people doing more about

• climate change?
• the threat of Fascism?
• injustice?
• systemic biases?
• greed?
• war?
• inhumanity?

Why the hell do I ask so many questions? And why the hell am I sharing these images today?

Why the hell are there so few National Days today?

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “why the hell?”

I also find this …

… this …

… and this.

Why the hell are there so many videos about “what the hell?” and none for “why the hell?”

Why the hell is Rowan Atkinson welcoming us to Hell?

Why the hell do I end each blog post with gratitude for all the wonderful people who also wonder “why the hell?” at times, including YOU?

Day 3444: Why the hell?

Why the hell would I start today’s blog post this way?

Well, I’ve been asking “why the hell?” about people’s behaviors for years. Why the hell else would I become a therapist?

Why the hell aren’t people doing more about

• climate change?
• the threat of Fascism?
• injustice?
• systemic biases?
• greed?
• war?
• inhumanity?

Why the hell do I ask so many questions? And why the hell am I sharing these images today?

Why the hell are there so few National Days today?

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “why the hell?”

I also find this …

… this …

… and this.

Why the hell are there so many videos about “what the hell?” and none for “why the hell?”

Why the hell is Rowan Atkinson welcoming us to Hell?

Why the hell do I end each blog post with gratitude for all the wonderful people who also wonder “why the hell?” at times, including YOU?

Day 3436: Irritations

I don’t want to be irritating, but have you noticed people experiencing and expressing more irritations lately?

Maybe I’m more keenly aware of trends in irritations because of all the people I encounter in my therapy groups and on social media.

This reminds me of something I read about irritations recently: “If you meet a jerk every month, you’ve met a jerk. If you meet a jerk every day, you are a jerk.” I’ve been quoting that in my groups, expressing my amazement at discovering that I am a jerk (which people don’t seem to find irritating).

What irritations can you find in my images for today?

People sometimes express irritation with the National Days (although most people seem to enjoy knowing about them). To celebrate today, I’m going to share a photo that demonstrates all of today’s National Celebrations.

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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “irritations.”

Feel free to express irritations or anything else in the comments section, below.

No matter what irritations I experience, I am grateful to spend another day on this earth with people who don’t irritate me, including YOU.