Posts Tagged With: Fuji Restaurant

Day 5018: Happy Places

Posted on September 27, 2026 by Ann Koplow

I’ve been trying to expand my happy places, so that I feel happy and relaxed in places that usually make me nervous (like heights and performance stages).

I’m happy to be listening to this book, which I hope will expand my happy places when I perform my music.

The Inner Game method helps people increase their happy places by letting go of self consciousness and negative self talk while paying close, non-judgmental attention to performance in the moment.

Before I discovered the happy places of the inner game method this morning, I asked a question about happy places on social media last night.

Right here, right now, what happy places do you see in my other images I am happy to share?

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

What are your happy places?

Thanks to all who make this blog one of my happy places, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, different types of happy places, Fuji Restaurant, Michael C. Bush TED talk, September 27 2026, The Inner Game Method, The Inner Game of Music, Twitter, What Makes Employees Happy at Work | 6 Comments

Day 4960: Voices of Reason

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Ann Koplow

Voices of reason are few and far between these days, especially if you listen to the news.

That’s the reason I asked about voices of reason on social media last night.

I have mixed feelings about ChatGPT but sometimes it can be a voice of reason.

Are there voices of reason elsewhere in today’s blog?

Here’s what I find when I search for “voices of reason” on YouTube:

Eleanor Longden is a powerful voice of reason.

Thanks to all the voices of reason out there, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism, therapy | Tags: August 1 2026, cats, ChatGPT, Eleanor Longden, Fuji Restaurant, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, The Voices in my Head, Twitter and Bluesky, vegetable garden | 6 Comments

Day 4736: Mistakes

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Ann Koplow

When I make mistakes, that affects my self esteem, which is a mistake, because we all make mistakes.

I’ve made mistakes, apparently, dealing with the annoying noises I’ve been hearing in my head for two years whenever I speak or sing. Unless I’m mistaken, other people don’t get annoyed with the noises I make whenever I speak or sing, which is good.

Do you see any mistakes in my images for today?

I’m still making mistakes when I play my new holiday song, but I’m going to try to create a good enough version of it with GarageBand today.

Here’s what I find when I search for “mistakes” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who are here for my mistakes, including YOU!!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: December 20 2025, Everybody Makes Mistakes Song, Fuji Restaurant, Holiday Song, Hopscotchsongs, my daily dose of vitamin K, self esteem, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter, unresolved medical issues | 16 Comments

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.

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

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

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.

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "Ferrero Rocher", "Hard to Say", cats, cctga/Levo Transposition of the Great Arteries, Fuji Restaurant, Give Up Your Shoulds Day, Halloween costumes, November 1 2025, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter and Bluesky | 12 Comments

Day 4659: Smiles

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, I was talking to a social work intern about letting smiles and other facial expressions show when facilitating a therapy group. I have never been a “blank slate” kind of therapist. I am aware, however, that smiles might seem jarring to somebody who is feeling traumatized, triggered, or despairing, so my smiles disappear when I witness somebody’s pain.

I look for smiles when I share my songs like Artificial Intelligence, which will be released as a single on Spotify, Apple Music, etc. on November 7.

https://on.soundcloud.com/WaiaACHDI037JNjRi1

I hope those non-artificial percussion tracks — which I did by clicking my tongue and popping my cheek — get smiles.

The good news is that my coach Jeff Leisawitz was all smiles yesterday when he reacted to my music and suggested that I reach out to mental-health-oriented podcasts to get my songs out there.

There are definitely smiles in my images for today.

In my defense, I’m hungry to share my music, and I think this song gets the most smiles.

Thanks to all who are here, now, for the smiles, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "Everybody's Somebody's Asshole", animals, Artificial Intelligence, Fuji Restaurant, group therapy, Jeff Leisawitz, October 4 2025, red peppers in the garden, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter and Bluesky, World Smile Day | 10 Comments

Day 3218: What’s a good title?

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Ann Koplow

What’s a good title for this post?

What’s a good title for your autobiography?

People shared many good titles for their autobiographies in response to my question, last night, on Twitter. At this point, my good titles for my autobiography include

A Very Unusual Heart
The Backwards Heart
It Takes One To Know One
Assault and Batteries
That Must Have Been Scary

I reserve the right to come up with more good titles before I actually write it.

What’s a good title for today’s collection of images?

What’s a good title for this precious day?

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “What’s a good title?”

What’s a good ending for this “What’s a Good Title?” blog post?

Categories: heart condition, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: autobiography, Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, dumdum, Fuji Restaurant, October 23 2021, Quincy Center, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, titles, Twitter | 20 Comments

Day 1897: Attention

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Ann Koplow

Do I have your attention?

During the first year of this blog, I published two posts about attention (here and here). If you give those early posts attention, you might notice how my blog has changed. These days, I give more attention to photos, like this.