L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

Why didn't i think or this sooner i ask myself. Ai chatbot has the ability to write program code. It has the ability to stress test the code and ensure its feasibility.

I was stress figuring out how to write a phone app. When all along i didn't need too these tasks as something a chatbot can do for me.

Of course i wouldn't take it word for word as i have to make it my own. But a core base code to get things going is all i need.

Im not only coding an application. Im coding an entire service. I have the hardware to run it. I just didn't have programming skills to write the code. But again i don't have too.

Ai as a assistant tool is the part of the system i like. I just don't like ai for everything. But as a tool i can stand behind that.

Once i have this built i would just need to get permission from the app stores and upload it when i can. And the service its just a matter of programming it on computers i own then getting a business class internet connection and finding a place i can host it all online.

What im putting together is for us! And now i have a way to make it happen.

14 hours ago | [YT] | 4

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

Direct pay doctors. I am looking at this for myself. Direct pay health care does not at all take its marching orders from insurance companies as a matter a fact they accept no insurance at all. Instead you pay the doctor's office something similar to a membership in a way of like 50 dollars a month.

Difference is this: (according to what i read)

1. Your visit isn't limited to the amount of time that a insurance company will approve (usually only 15 minutes).

You can actually have a 1 hour session with your doctor and really get all your concerns out on the table and have tests among other things ordered for them.

2. You won't be pushed a pill. Most insurances incentivizes doctor's for prescription's. At least it's my understanding.

With direct pay doctors, the tests ordered will actually find the root of the problem and then a true fix can be suggested.

3. Usually procedures and medicines through direct pay visits will be more expensive.

The key difference is you actually getting the right solution you need and not just a best good enough guess.

I wouldn't mind myself paying higher but having to use the health system much less.

1 day ago | [YT] | 3

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

What would you call this?

It's 7am. I wake up before my alarm. Stretch and before i open these eyes my hand is already reaching for my phone.

As my vision starts to focus i've checked email. Checked news. And now im on a video on youtube my brain isn't even taking in.

I have a headache. Don't feel good. And already feel like im starting off on a bad foot. Yet my left foot. It hurts.. but its not the foot im talking about.

My tailbone pain has flared up. Stomach is a mess. So i sloshed out of bed. Grunting and groaning. Muscles hurt And head is a mess.

This is called dopamine overwhelm. And it's all a byproduct of algorithmic addiction.

Waking up without looking at the phone has started to feel weird (when it shouldn't). And trying to sleep without a phone near by is so jarring that insomnia kicks in and doesn't let me sleep.

Next therapy session i have i am literally going to ask my therapist and doctors how i can get over this. And if i have to take sleep aids so be it. Give me a medicine that forcefully makes me sleep when my brain wants to stay awake. Ill take anything.

This is becoming urgent and soon enough i will be switching back to a dumb phone. Im done with this addiction. I cannot stand my smart phone anymore.

It has ruined me. Time to take my life back. F'ck technology!

2 days ago | [YT] | 2

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

3 new videos all live on the other channel!

2 days ago | [YT] | 2

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

Proof! This replaces paper sticker and the price is always dynamically changed never static.

So if you are tracked and a store sees you skip a product next time you come around a discount can be applied just to force a sale.

The store i made this purchase from was stupid enough to leave this stuck on the box. And they told me to trash it when i called them.

That this on the right hand side is its transmitter its always talking to a computer system in the store you are in and ran more than likely.. you guessed it... by Ai!

These stupid things are not for our benefit but just a mind hack tool to force you to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars when all you planned to spend was 50 dollars.

3 days ago | [YT] | 3

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

When you remove emotions, and protect identity, facts are just words. But words are subjective and up for difference in interpretation's. Meaning that even if a fact was built out of many studies and proven to be reality, some people will still very much distrust it or stress test it. Skeptics do this all the time. They questions literally every single thing even if a fact has been a fact for centuries and year over year studies continue to reaffirm the fact. They still test and question it.

Listening to debates i learned something i thought was interesting. if a fact someone associates with their personal identity is picked apart or broken down, that person feels violated and attacked on a personal level, even though they where not the ones picked apart it was the fact they associate with. And the other person usually points it out saying why are you all up in arms if i didn't even direct any of this personally at you. I am talking strictly just the fact that is being discussed.

For example, passing judgement on someone i never met in person. I can't really do that because the fact, i never met them. I don't know them on that level. It's like saying i hate some food but i never ate it. I hate music i never listened too. Or even me saying i don't want to date a woman when i didn't even really get to know her. Im passing judgement and saying all these people and things are bad without actually knowing if they truly are.

I had a manager at a previous job, i was guilty of passing quick judgement when he angered me at the office. Took me a while to realize what he did wasn't personal it was following corporate rules and policy. So really its the rules and policy i hated and not manager. He was just a messenger.

Suddenly when things were not taken as a direct attack the office became so much less stressful.

And outside of the office when i joined him and some co-workers for dinner found out he was actually great man.

This is what gives me the ability to agree to disagree in a civil manner. I shouldn't attack a person for the rules and policies they follow. I should however defend myself if they look me dead in my eyes and calls me slow in the head. Or an incompetent idiot. Because then you moved towards your personal opinion about me and made it a direct attack and insult towards me. I always start with a polite warning saying im sorry you have those feelings but keep them to yourself ok? I always give people time to correct themselves but if attacks keep coming strong thats when i fire back.

I pick my battles. And many times if i see its futile trying to talk to someone who is hell bent no matter what in ensuring im wrong and will always be wrong i walk away because that person is just trying to lower me down and call me stupid without understanding that just because they think its right makes de facto by default right.

Emotional logic is a evil thing that clouds the mind. And no im not perfect at this either. I do have emotions swell up sometimes but im able to have enough awareness to realize it was an emotional response and the fact was that i was wrong. It just stunt to accept it. But when i got over accepting that being wrong isn't really a bad thing as much as it is a chance to be better thats when i realized i owed an apology.

This here always helps me ensure conversations serve a constructive purpose. 👍

It's how i attempt to be a better communicator.

4 days ago | [YT] | 5

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

Im going to try something as a test. Wo don't be surprised if you see it.

Lots of people are hyping up a thing called a content wall. Meaning release 4 videos all interconnected all meant to be watched one after the other at the same exact time.

They claim that giving this large data set to youtube and opening several options to a viewer there is a higher chance of more interest.

So im working on three full videos and when they are all done im planning just to test to make them all live the same exact time. Then im going to sit back and just watch to see what happens.

Figured it wouldn't hurt to try. Worst that could happen is none of the videos take off and all have low views. Either way a test is a test. It's made just to give me data and input.

So if you see a wall of videos coming from me don't be surprised. It's just me feeling experimental.

4 days ago | [YT] | 5

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

As someone who previously had over 100k in debt here is what i learned and how not to make mistakes i made:

1. Never borrow more than what you can't pay back.

2. Credit cards only give you an illusion of affordability when actually they are making what you buy more expensive than what it is.

3. Buy now pay later is a trap

4. The only real money you own is in your checking account.

5. Credit card companies fast talk you into benefits at the end not really worth the price. It's all smoke and mirrors to get you into debt.

6. Interest rates compound meaning you pay interest on top of interest. The amount balloons quick.

7. Paying minimums only is the banks best asset to ensure they extra the most revenue and dollars from you.

Etc..

Of course im not a financial adviser by any means, im just discussing what i learned.

The way i learned to win is like this.

1. Don't cave to pressure. If i cannot buy. I cannot buy it. I leave it.

2. Credit applications hurt my credit report ultimately so i don't fill them out.

3. I calculate exactly how much i make monthly. I look at my debts that aren't credit cards and remove them from the total and what i have left is the total i have available. If i must get credit i ensure that the amount borrower is never even close to the total calculated.

4. Whatever i put on a card, i pay it off fully on the same month. I look at a credit card as a way to hold me over till the next pay check. Never keeping a balance means never paying interest.

5. I limited myself to just once credit card. And its tor emergency. I follow number 4 just to add activity to the card so they don't close an inactive account.

6. i had 2 charge offs which is the worst. And 4 settlements which is lighter weight but still all of it is weighing down my credit. Don't let it get to this level. I fell into the trap of over extending myself now im screwed (on my credit report) for the next 7 years. You don't have to be.

7. If you fall for the perks you can still enjoy them without paying interest. Use the card and once the points are applied pay the full balance off. Now you have the perks without owing the bank.

8. Credit union credit cards are way more forgiving. Not saying you have to use them, but if an emergency card is needed consider a credit card from a credit union. Their interest rates are usually much lower than traditional credit card companies and they are more welling to work with you if you need assistance.

If you reached this far the point im making is that credit cards ruined me. I looked at it for the fake advertising these companies did to make it seem like free money to afford something i shouldn't of been buying. When really i paid even more for that item than its worth and spent so many years paying an endless loop of payments that never ended and sucked up all my money.

The financial freedom i already have right now is so much better. And i can only imagine what it will be like after i pay the little debt i have left and become debt free.

Don't make the mistakes i made. Don't over extend beyond what you can truly and actually afford. Don't fall for the trap of paying later or affording things at all. Interest rates on a credit card will always make any charge you put on it double what its worth. Then you spend years to pay it off.

It's all an illusion and trap to give you the instant gratification you seek whole blinding you to the cost of getting of it. Not worth it. Don't do it.

5 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 7

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

I am learning and practicing how to apply positivity and stoicism to my life. How to not be emotionally reactive but instead only react when properly warranted.

No, by no means do i have this perfectly down yet. But im trying my best.

I find that when i shield my personal side, and remove emotional response i see that things were not as bad as my initial reaction would have been.

And this allows me alot of tolerance to take personal digs and different things much better and let it slide off my shoulder without much impact.

Slowing my reaction times down allows me to think and process before acting on something. And this is a great tool for me to have.

6 days ago | [YT] | 6

L.T.W.A - Leo's Thriv With Autism

Review i got:

" Your videos are vanilla, just meh, not bad but not good either. It causes indifference where i felt nothing from it. If anything i felt like it just wasted my time when i could of watched a video that made me happy or excited.

Your channel is confusing. Requires to much thinking. And does not instantly tell me what to expect. Are you a medical doctor channel? Are you talking through personal experiences? Are you talking to autistic adults or are you talking to parents of autistic kids? I just cannot tell.

Talking head videos are boring because its a static screen with only you talking. This is great for listening but horrible for video. I want to be entertained and talking head videos have zero entertainment value.

Plus your very monotone, no emotions, no excitement, it feels like your reading from a paper instead of talking as if its something your excited about.

Your videos are just too safe. No room to react to it other than just take the information and move on.

Value or information is great, its value rich. It's just that the way you're pitching and presenting it is horrible for a video service.

If your thumbnails and titles had a more curiosity vibe to them or maybe something very interesting on it where someone bats an eye and instantly would want to watch the video you'd probably get more attention.

Your videos also need to be more alive. Be excited about it. Own it as if its your first born and you're showing them to the world. Throw in some graphics, maybe some jokes. Spice it up and maybe eyes wont gloss over and you'll be able to hold attention for longer.

Again, not trying to be mean but just give you a non-sugar coated direct review. Not trying to be nasty either just real with you.

Hope this helps "

You know what im not even mad. 🙂 and yes this was helpful gave me plenty to think about and consider. I respect opinions like this because it was written in a respectful way and easy for me to understand.

I mean i get it, im not perfect. Im in the entertainment business or anything similar. So i can see how my videos can be boring. Im not used to the camera nor editing. Im not a media company either.

I am just an ordinary guy living my life. Im simple and easy going. Just like many others.

So sometimes even if feedback can seem negative if i set emotions aside and look at it logically i can see the feedback isn't meant to be hurtful. It's just meant to help.

1 week ago | [YT] | 10