"Year of Therapy in a Minute"
I came across a TikTok of a podcaster (whose name escapes me) reading these points from some other person online. And it stopped me, I think I was literally walking towards the bedroom as I watched this, and as I heard it I stopped and turned around to go sit at the computer and transcribe the points from this video.
- No one is coming to save you. Being a functioning adult means realizing you are responsible for everything in your life even if it wasn't your fault.
- Strong boundaries make for good relationships. Weak boundaries make for drama.
- Many of your problems don't get fixed. You just learn how to live despite them.
- Your mind lies to you all the time. It will tell you the world is ending when it's not. That a mistake is fatal when it's not. That everyone is thinking about you and laughing about you when they're not. Learn how to tell your mind to shut the fuck up.
- Stop trying to convince people to like you. The right people won't need to be convinced and everyone else is just going to get very annoyed.
- Sometimes the best thing you can do is to let a dream die. No one likes to hear that, but it's true.
- Only a few people in your life are going to matter in the long run. When you find them, treat them right. Make time for them. Keep them close, and be grateful.
I've done some digging to try and find the source but I can't find any definitive resource to identify it.
Of these points, five is the one I take slight umbridge with. The core of it is absolutely correct, but also what some would call 'convince' is also just learning how to communicate and interact with another person.
June 25th, 2026
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Chess For the Day
Record: 5-0-5
Net Elo Change: -2
Games Played
- rastking - WIN
- Clivonewww - LOSS
- JardaSlav - LOSS
- zitelj - WIN
- kudanil02 - LOSS
- Troke - LOSS
- angelromerobarrera - LOSS
- Jean-Boris - WIN
- JGustav - WIN
- Marat_67 - WIN
Blog Posts On This Day
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June 24th, 2026
True Romance (1993)
I'd never watched it before and it came up on Jeopardy! tonight, so we put it on.
June 19th, 2026
Maura Labingi's Tea Set
Here is a good peek inside my head.
Growing up, I would listen to Car Talk on the radio with my mom. Car Talk was an advice show on NPR that was hosted by the Magliozzi brothers. Two Boston mechanics who answered questions from callers about car issues every week.
And one of the brothers had a phrase he used which has stuck with me. I don't remember if it was across multiple shows or just one which sticks in my memory, but I remember he said "Tara Lipinski's tutu!" I think this must have been around a Winter Olympics.
Jump forward to this week.
I was reading a discussion about a person discovering that Tolkien had made a note about translating the names in Lord of the Rings, and how Frodo's name is actually Maura Labingi. I have known this fact for years but it isn't something I really think about. But, this time, as I read the name my brain connected the scanning of Labingi with Lipinski.
That set me to thinking about the above quote from Car Talk, and I made myself chuckle by thinking about using the phrase "Maura Labingi's tutu" except I realized Frodo aka Maura would not wear a tutu, but he would definitely use a tea set.
And so, in an alternate universe where there are two hobbit brothers answering wagon questions at the Bird and Baby inn, one of them is surprised by a question and proclaims loudly "Maura Labingi's tea set!"
