Day 4146: Discouraged

Sometimes, I get discouraged. As with any experience, I know I’m not alone.

Are you discouraged by any of my images for today?

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Here’s the tune Chris Delyani (see above) listens to when he gets discouraged:

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I also find this when I search for “discouraged” on YouTube.

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What are your thoughts and feelings about this “discouraged” post?

Thanks to all those who help when I get discouraged, including YOU!

Day 4131: Taking chances

Today, I’ll be taking chances as I facilitate two groups, try physical therapy again for what seems to be a chronic (and perhaps unresolvable) problem, practice two of my original compositions with an old friend, and stay out late for the second night in a row at a concert with the amazing Jacob Collier.

Because I wasn’t given too many chances when I was young to survive to my current ripe old age, taking chances seems to come naturally to me. I talked about that last night at a Freedom Seder hosted by dear friends — Jonathan Gershon, Daniella, and their daughter Freedom — in Providence, Rhode Island.

Do you see taking chances in my images for today?

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Whenever I create one of these blog posts, I am taking chances that my photos for the day are going to load properly. Today, I had to work really hard to get any images into this blog, which makes me wonder if I’m taking chances by holding on to my old phone and laptop.

Here‘s what I find when I search for “taking chances” on YouTube.

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Chances are that you know that I’ll be thanking all those who help me in taking chances, including YOU!

Day 4041: Bellies

For some reason, I am thinking about bellies today.

Women are way too worried about their bellies, by the way, and no Irish Coffee for me today!

When I search for “bellies” on YouTube, I find this

… this,

… and this.

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Thanks to all who have bellies, including YOU!

Day 4031: Quotes

Dear News Media et al,

I am sick and tired of quotes from Donald Trump and you can quote me on that.

Here are quotes I need today:

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Those are quotes I need on this special day and here are some images:

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Here are some more quotes for Martin Luther King Jr. Day:

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Undying thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. and all who helped me create this “quotes” post, including you.

Day 4001: Lighten Up

This week in my Coping and Healing groups, people told dark stories of medical problems, systemic injustices, and abuse, and yet were still able to lighten up with laughter. At the end of these groups, the members shared how much it helped to lighten up, even for those brief moments.

I shall now do my best to lighten up in this blog post.

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Thanks to the Daily Bitch, I’m going to lighten up and say that’s it’s okay to have a day when I accomplish nothing.

Here’s what I find when I search for “lighten up” on YouTube.

Thanks to all who help me lighten up, including YOU!!!

Day 3938: Embarrassing

It’s embarrassing that in my three thousand, nine hundred, and thirty-eight days of consecutive blogging, I’ve never written a post with the title “embarrassing.”

It saddens me when people describe their all-too-human feelings, thoughts, and behaviors as embarrassing.

Personally, I can find it embarrassing when I

• don’t get enough sleep,
• am obviously ailing from something (like an arthritic ankle),
• get something wrong,
• seem self-absorbed, or
• reach out and get no response.

It’s embarrassing how much embarrassment can hold us back.

Do you see anything embarrassing in my images for today?

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it’s not embarrassing to use lower case to accept my curves on national curves day.

Is it embarrassing that every other source on the Internet states that National Curves Day is the second WEDNESDAY of October, not the second Saturday? If it is embarrassing, it’s not embarrassing for me.

Here’s what I find when I look for “embarrassing” on YouTube:

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Embarrassing thanks to all who helped me create this “embarrassing” post, including you!!!

Day 3928: Trouble

Here and now, I’m having trouble

• deciding whether to do an in-person open mic this Friday,
• singing and speaking because of my clicking jaw,
• getting around because of a swollen ankle, and
• changing the batteries for this magic wand, which I use in individual and group therapy.

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Let’s see what trouble we might find in my other images for today.

I’m not going to have any trouble celebrating World Pet’s Day …

… but I’m skipping the kale on National Kale Day, because that causes trouble with my prescription of Coumadin.

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Here’s what I find when I go looking for “trouble” on YouTube:

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Thanks to all who took the trouble to read this lost, including YOU!

Day 3914: Memory

People in my therapy groups often talk about memory — painful ones, early ones, comforting ones, and the fear of losing their memory.

If my memory serves me well, there are some great quotes about memory.

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My memory is that one year ago today I was worrying about my INR, but I still like that quote from Mr. Cossman. Do you see memory in my other images for today?

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It seems like vegetables are just a memory for the Daily Bitch on National Pepperoni Pizza Day.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “memory.”

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It’s going to be difficult to get that musical phrase from “Memory” out of my memory today.

How’s your memory of the quote I shared above about memory and gratitude? And thanks to all who help me create good memories, including YOU!

Day 3911: Enough

Yesterday, I decided I had done enough work on my song “I Don’t Wanna Be Late (Don’t Wanna Be Early Either”” to post a very long (13 minutes!) version on YouTube.

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I honestly don’t know if anybody has enough time to listen to that whole thing.

And, apparently I haven’t written enough verses, because I just wrote this one:

©️Ann Koplow, 2023

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Here are some quotes about enough.

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I have a plan to make my song better and I hope I have enough time to do that today.

I think I have enough images to complete today’s blog post well enough.

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Times up, so to express gratitude to you, I will end today’s post with one more quote about enough.

Day 3887: Weather Complaint Day

Today is Weather Complaint Day, which seems well-timed for all the people feeling the effects of human-made climate change around the world (which the Republican candidates for President denied in last night’s debate).

My personal weather complaint is this: the forecasted rainfall is dampening my plans to walk with my son tomorrow morning to catch a ferry to Logan Airport. And now that I check the 10-day forecast for Halifax, Nova Scotia, there might be some weather complaints there, too.

Here are my images for Weather Complaint Day:

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Now that I’ve celebrated Weather Complaint Day with you, I can celebrate International Strange Music Day by working on my strange Climate Change Song and another strange song I started writing yesterday — “I Don’t Wanna Be Late (I Don’t Wanna Be Early Either).”

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “Weather Complaint Day.”

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Thanks to all who help me weather whatever weather there is, whether or not I feel prepared, including YOU!