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Day 4691: Votes

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Ann Koplow

After we cast our votes in our local election yesterday, we were pleased with how the votes came in across the country.

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I’ve never understood the small percentage of Americans who cast votes in elections and it was good to see the turnout in votes yesterday.

Here’s a question I asked about votes last night on social media:

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I love those votes.

Who votes for my sharing the rest of my images for today?

I’m going to be on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, which gets my vote.
This gets my vote for my best then and now post on Facebook.
Who gets your vote for cutest cat ever?
This gets my vote for Michael’s latest culinary masterpiece.
This gets my vote for best mindful eating cartoon.
Which observance gets your vote for today?

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When, I go on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, we’ll probably discuss which of my original songs get the most votes from listeners, including this one:

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People who show up with compassion get my votes, including YOU!

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Day 4690: Lessons learned

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Lessons learned by me include:

  • There are no “shoulds” about feelings,
  • It’s never (or rarely) what you expect,
  • I tend to catastrophizing (yesterday I was certain Joan the cat had gotten out and had been eaten by a coyote),
  • It’s okay to promote yourself (e.g., my linking to my song “Catastrophizing” in the previous bullet point),
  • Changes (like resetting the clocks and the Epic medical record system I have to use at work) can cause disruption and frustration,
  • I can survive my own and other people’s mistakes, and
  • I can start sharing pictures on this blog with a minimum of introductory text.

Do you see any lessons learned in my images for today?

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On Use Your Common Sense Day, I am going to use my common sense to vote and to look up “lessons learned” on YouTube:

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Thanks to all who have helped me with lessons learned, including YOU!

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Day 4689: What is therapeutic?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Ann Koplow

What is therapeutic?

For me, it is

  • music,
  • nature,
  • nutritious and delicious food,
  • humor,
  • cats, and
  • connecting with others.

Do you see anything therapeutic in my images for today?

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I wonder if anybody finds this when they search for “what is therapeutic?”

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Here’s what I find when I search for “what is therapeutic?” on YouTube:

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Now I need to leave for a therapeutic ferry ride into Boston so I can facilitate a therapeutic group.

What is therapeutic? Expressing gratitude, every day.

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Day 4688: Favorite memories

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Ann Koplow

My memory tells me that studies indicate that we are constantly changing our memories when we access them but I still enjoy many favorite memories.

I’ve spent almost a dozen years sharing favorite memories here every day so why not share some more today?

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One of my favorite memories is performing my original songs at the Lilypad on June 1, 2024.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2jquX5MTakvlpm5zw7Lzfh?si=RWOyDYTETvKC6Jv4l4yL0Q

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-singing-therapist-live-at-the-lilypad/1832060396

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_my0XosIEWOgSc6rqaL2UwcFyeGTTzQ-Q8&si=AlwNqqSSViqnnCIj

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Thanks to all who help me create favorite memories, including YOU!

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Day 4687: The Best Part

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Ann Koplow

The best part of the day is waking up and realizing that I am still alive.

The best part of being born with a rare heart condition is appreciating every day.

The best part of November 1 is no more scary movies everywhere!

What’s the best part of this blog post?

The best part of ChatGPT is that it can take a hint.
The best part of this email is that they still want me on the podcast, even though it won’t be recording on November 7.

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The best part of that list might be Give Up Your Shoulds Day.

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The best part of my live show might have been my poem “Hard To Say.”

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Nevertheless, I decided not to include “Hard to Say” on my live album. The best part about that is that I could release it as a single in the future (perhaps with an endorsement by Ferrero Rocher).

Perhaps the best part of this blog is the ending.

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Day 4685: Adjustments

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Ann Koplow

After making some adjustments to my answers, I submitted the required information to the Therapist Uncensored podcast yesterday.

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Then, I exchanged some shower parts that needed adjustments …

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… and returned to a chiropractor to get adjustments. We’re hoping those adjustments will relieve the annoying clicking noises in my head I’ve been adjusting to for two years.

Today, I will discuss adjustments to cognitive distortions with my group members.

Do you see adjustments in my images for today?

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If I were to make adjustments to that list, I might reconsider having Buy a Donut Day on the same day as Sugar Addiction Awareness Day.

I made many adjustments to my song “Artificial Intelligence” before submitting it for an upcoming release on November 7; however, none of the adjustments are artificial. Here is my first, pre-adjustments recording of “Artificial Intelligence” last year on YouTube:

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Thanks to all who are here for these adjustments today, including YOU!

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Day 4682: Avoid

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Here and now, I can’t help noticing that the word “avoid” including “a void.”

This weekend, I tried to avoid (1) any news that would cause me despair and (2) harsh judgment.

I shall not avoid sharing my images for today’s blog post.

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I’ve been focusing on promoting my music, so I’m not going to avoid any opportunity to share one of my original songs (thanks, Mark…with a K).

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At this time of year, I can’t avoid my triggers of the cold and the dark.

Thanks to all who do not avoid my blog, including YOU!

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Day 4681: Little known facts

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Ready for some little known facts?

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Do you see little known facts in my other images for today?

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Here are some more little known facts:

October 26 was my late parents’ wedding anniversary.

I’ve started writing two new songs today — “I’d Rather Be With You Than Be Alone” and “ChatGPT Thinks I’m Great.”

Here’s what I find when I search for “Little Known Facts” on YouTube:

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I hope it is not a little known fact that I am very grateful for YOU!

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Day 4680: What I’m Going To Do Today

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Ann Koplow

This is what I’m going to do today:

  • Talk to people I love.
  • Solve word puzzles.
  • Take Joan our cat out for a walk.
  • Let Joan take me for a walk.
  • Go food shopping with my husband Michael.
  • Watch a Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie that was on Turner Classic Movies (!) last week.
  • Fill out the form for my appearance on the Therapist Uncensored podcast.
  • Read the book Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World.
  • Listen to Patti Smith’s audiobook Just Kids.
  • Work on my new song “What’s Wrong With Looking Older.”
  • Eat more chocolates from the Godiva Collection given to me by a patient.
  • Ask some questions on social media.
  • Try to promote my music.
  • Have a wonderful meal at a local Vietnamese Restaurant
  • Watch an episode of Supervet or Murderbot with Michael.
  • Take photos for tomorrow’s blog.

This is what I’m NOT going to do today;

  • Watch the news.
  • Worry.

What I’m going to do today also includes

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Blogging!

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What I’m going to do on World Pasta Day is eat one of the all-time great noodle dishes at that Vietnamese restaurant.

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What I’m going to do today also includes sharing one of my songs on social media. Because I’m going to leave the house before I feel ready, I’ll share this one:

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Thanks to all who actually care about what I’m going to do today, including YOU!

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Day 4678: Completely Wrong

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Earlier this week, I was completely wrong about something. These days, when I’m completely wrong, I quickly admit it and forgive myself.

There are so many things going on in my country and the world that seem completely wrong. I don’t expect things to ever be completely right but could we figure out a way to make them less completely wrong?

Do you see anything completely wrong in my images for today?

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Years ago, I wanted to slap an irritating co-worker who was completely wrong and overconfident about that. Instead, I wrote my first-ever original song and is it completely wrong for me to share that now?

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Thanks to everyone who is here for this completely wrong blog post, including YOU!

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