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The title of this book reminds me of Kathleen Hanna mocking-singing, “You get so emotional baby.”
What have I learned today?
The Diary of a Wimpy kid author Jeff Kinney opened a bookstore because he didn’t want to be designing wimpy kid pillowcases the rest of his life.
Elizabeth Gilbert basically hated writing. She said she had “a strong mantra of ‘this sucks’ running through my mind.”
Can relate.
— Jun 04, 2026 08:45PM
What have I learned today?
The Diary of a Wimpy kid author Jeff Kinney opened a bookstore because he didn’t want to be designing wimpy kid pillowcases the rest of his life.
Elizabeth Gilbert basically hated writing. She said she had “a strong mantra of ‘this sucks’ running through my mind.”
Can relate.
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Heidi
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She references this video about validating feelings that’s supposed to be funny. It’s supposedly making fun of the fix-it reflex that men (and I) have.
https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg?si=yyIwj...
I guess this is used in couples therapy. It basically teaches that wanting validation is irrational, exasperating, and ridiculous. The video is not just dumb. It is rhetorically self-defeating.
— Jun 02, 2026 08:05PM
https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg?si=yyIwj...
I guess this is used in couples therapy. It basically teaches that wanting validation is irrational, exasperating, and ridiculous. The video is not just dumb. It is rhetorically self-defeating.
Heidi
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So far boring / common sense.
She tells a story about a woman whose dad regularly asked her at dinner, “How did you fail today?” Not to be mean. To get her thinking. I’m going go have to try that with my teen. She’s going to ice me out I bet.
We speak 16K words a day and think “thousands more.” This statistic I found incredibly disappointing; I thought she’d say we think a hundred thousand more.
— Jun 02, 2026 03:55AM
She tells a story about a woman whose dad regularly asked her at dinner, “How did you fail today?” Not to be mean. To get her thinking. I’m going go have to try that with my teen. She’s going to ice me out I bet.
We speak 16K words a day and think “thousands more.” This statistic I found incredibly disappointing; I thought she’d say we think a hundred thousand more.
