Daryl H Miller

I’ve written about entertainment for the L.A. Times and L.A. Daily News. Follow me Re: SoCal theater, film and music. Also: tips to de-stress and empower.

[Daryl H Miller @DarylHMiller]

Today's tip: take things one day at a time

Don't dwell so obsessively on the future that you get petrified into inaction. Break down big tasks into daily chunks. Whittle your biggest fears into little chunks that you can address a bit at a time. Say: Well done!

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With compassion, inquisitiveness and creativity, #SingSingMovie explores the transformation behind bars when inmates become involved with an arts program, reconnecting with the simple joy of discovery and with what's good in themselves. Theater, the universal miracle-maker.

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Today's tip: spend time with someone who makes you laugh

Possible role models: best buds Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. They're playing it up to promo "Deadpool & Wolverine," but the giggles - and the friendship - are real.

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Today’s tip: catch the sunset’s calming afterglow
Now breathe deeply and … release …
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Today’s tip: sip a warm beverage or just some hot water
It will calm you.
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Today’s tip: always be reading a good book

It’ll take you out of yourself. It’ll take you places.

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Today's tip: think for yourself. Don't cede your brain
to memes, opinion pieces, commentary or other punditry. You have a mind. You understand human behavior. You know what's right and what's wrong. Those are your truest guides.
image: Rodin's "The Thinker." from Musee Rodin

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Today's tip: smile, even if you don't feel like it

Go ahead, do it. Somehow, a grin reworks all of your neurons and your brain says to itself, "Oh, I'm smiling. I must be happy."

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Many would call Annie Baker's movie "Janet Planet" a "character study." I just call it amazing. As it quietly observes a mother and 11-year-old daughter, it communicates in looks and silences and contemplative half-smiles. And that, really, is the movie.

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Today's tip: Limit your time on social media - and on electronics in general.
What do you really get from scrolling endlessly through your apps? Memes. Snippets of part-news / mostly opinion. Energy-draining negativity. Time-wasting nothingness. Walk away!Photo:Daryl H. Miller

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Today's tip: Watch "1776. It revisits the writing of the Declaration of Independence at a time of deep division about how America should progress socially, politically and economically. Our founding docs are built on compromises but envisioned to grow. image: Columbia Pictures

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Today’s tip: Step into the sunshine.

Are you indoors, the glow of your screen your only light? Stop that! Walk out into the sunlight. You’ll instantly feel better, Now: Keep walking, or otherwise exercising, and you’ll be stronger too.

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Today's tip: meditate

Set a timer for at least 10 minutes. Sit comfortably. Close your eyes. Count slowly to 10 again and again, so that the numbers are all you are thinking about, until the timer goes off. Even if you get restless, stay still and keep counting.

Ahh…

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The last week has been very stressful. Maybe you feel powerless. But you CAN take charge. I’m posting a tip a day to relieve stress or boost power.

Today’s tip: Give yourself a task you are good at and follow through. It’ll give you a sense of accomplishment.

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BREAKING: Eric Meyer, owner of Marion County Record, has filed a federal lawsuit against several city/county officials regarding the raids. The lawsuit claims the former mayor conspired with police to silence the paper. @KSHB41

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@hellocountry Is your website down? I get error messages when I try to sign into my account and receive no verification codes from the system through "forgot my password"

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@krassenstein Are you sure of this video’s authenticity? Time stamp says 1:30 pm, which would be full daylight.

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@krassenstein You typed, “a super slim majority of immigrants are bad people.” Assume you meant “minority” … ?!?

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Wouldn’t you know it, game-loving #StephenSondheim’s last musical, #HereWeAre, is a puzzle. It fits together 2 enigmatic #LuisBunuel films, #DavidIves’ playful sprinkling of lines from other Sondheim shows and a score built of Sondheim’s angular, pointillistic musical signatures.

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Want a degree in conducting? Study #GustavoDudamel as he takes fascinatingly different approaches to new works by Ellen Reid and Gabriella Smith and the energetic classic Beethoven’s Seventh. @LAPhil #DudamelDance https://t.co/cLyAGMqZap