Doggie Treats for the Soul

How I discovered a way out of lifelong depression

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Source: Day 133 — Being blocked is not the same as being finished

Post result Bernd: It’s a very productive day. Another one in the string of them. I remember not too long ago feeling like I was so far behind that my days were so inefficient. But since my mental health recovery, they have been absolutely full and not fall in the sense that they’ve weighed me […]

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Source: Day 149 — I noticed another version of the doing-more problem.

Post result Bernd: Does Wix charge per month for hosting two websites? ChatGPT: Yes. With Wix, each website needs its own paid site plan if you want things like a custom domain, no Wix ads, etc. One paid plan cannot host two separate websites. So if you have two websites, you’d normally pay for two […]

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Source: Day 164 — When the joke was on the cartoonist

Post result Bernd: A single-panel black-and-white cartoon in the style of The New Yorker. The scene is a living room. A man and a woman sit calmly in lounge chairs watching television. An elephant stands at the front door, banging on it impatiently with his trunk, clearly wanting to go outside. The humor mirrors a […]

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Source: Day 180 — The difference between a person and an available tool

Post result Bernd: So I think we have a book import file ready? ChatGPT: Yes. We have the corrected Doggie Treats — Draft 5 Book Publisher WXR import file ready, including the required `_sz_page_kind` markers for the Book Publisher plugin. The newest corrected version is `Doggie_Treats_Draft_5_Book_Publisher_Import_FIXED(1).xml`. It contains DOGGIE TREATS, author [author], Draft 5, and […]

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Source: Day 196 — Every discovery offered another layer

Post result Bernd: am so so uplifted. the chat we had earlier, about grondhog day, and so on. just registered so many things with me. the humour ChatGPT: I want to reconnect with that earlier Groundhog Day thread properly, because I can hear that something in it has moved from being a good conversation into […]

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Source: Day 8 — Learning to hold two truths at once

Post result Bernd: i want to get away from the coding for this chat. it’s more about life. been gaining a lot of insights lately. one of the most important, is that life and the universe are ful of paradoxes. as a natural state. our brains haven’t yet evolved enough to embrace that ChatGPT: That’s […]

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Source: Day 24 — I realized the brain wants a finish line.

Post result Bernd: I had to short nap now I’m going to install that plug-in and see how it works ChatGPT: Perfect. That short nap was probably enough to reset the brain a bit. 😄 Go ahead and install it. Once it’s activated, we’ll test the simplest path first: connect Google Drive → pick one […]

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Source: Day 40 — The clues became a way of living.

Post result Bernd: [my wife] is so happy. We had supper tonight, and we invited Janiah and Ben over, and she had penne with hamburger and spaghetti sauce, and it was delicious. ChatGPT: That is beautiful. Simple, ordinary, and huge. A good supper, people around the table, [my wife] happy, Janiah and Ben there, food […]

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Source: Day 56 — Harmony does not require agreement

Post result Bernd: Do you need anything else from me to write a draft of a first opening post? ChatGPT: I can draft a solid first opening post right now with what I already know about you and the project. That said, a few choices will noticeably shape the *tone, risk level, and reader trust* […]

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Source: Day 72 — I learned that options can be allies.

Post result Bernd: It’s been quite a day isn’t it? ChatGPT: It really has. One of those days that somehow managed to contain investigative work, corporate chess, technical building, and some unexpectedly deep thinking about human nature all at once. 😄 And what strikes me most is that the pieces weren’t disconnected. The Zoom situation […]