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Day 4545: Exaggerating

I try to avoid exaggerating because I value authenticity and honesty.

Exaggerating can make a better story, but I hope I’m not exaggerating when I say I’ve done that very few times.

I’m not exaggerating when I say that I will be going to more than one protest on Saturday and that I hope to sing my protest song “You Don’t Scare Me.”

I’m also not exaggerating when I say that I usually have trouble spelling “exaggerating” because I think different letters should be doubled.

Because I dislike exaggerating, I just rewrote the last sentence, changing “always” to “usually.”

I’m also not exaggerating when I point out that humans tend to think in all-or-nothing ways (“always” and “never” rather than “usually”).

Do you see exaggerating in my photos for today?

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I’m not exaggerating about this: I submitted this to a songwriting contest yesterday even though I know it’s very unlikely to win.

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I don’t think I’m exaggerating my talent as a songwriter. I believe a lot of people downplay their own talents for fear of being seen as exaggerating (and conceited).

I’m not exaggerating about this: almost all the people I work with are terrified of overestimating their worthiness while they have no problem underestimating that — exaggerating their flaws to an excessive degree.

What are your thoughts and feelings about exaggerating?

I’m never exaggerating when I write that I am deeply grateful for YOU.

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Day 4538: Titles

When I was on the train to NYC, I shared some of my song titles with people I’d just met. They told me they did NOT like my title “I’d Like to Win the Grammy for Best New Artist.” When I sang them the song, they changed their minds.

Here’s the song with that title:

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The title of yesterday’s blog post was “Decisions, decisions.” One of the decisions, decisions I’ve been struggling with for over a year is whether the audio from that song (and all the other songs I performed at the venue with the title “Lilypad”) are good enough for release to Spotify or whether I need to record them again.

Title me “Unsure” and “Ambivalent.”

In the meantime, I started writing a new song yesterday with the title “What’s Wrong with Looking Older?”

©️ Ann Koplow, 2025

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I wonder what people are going to think about that title and that song.

My friend Janet’s new book has an interesting title.

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I wrote Janet yesterday that her title was particularly apt because that volume really vanished: the wind had blown the delivery package under our Japanese Maple where it lay hidden for days. Janet replied, “Wow! I should’ve called it Gone With the Wind.”

How might you title my other images for today?

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Title me grateful yesterday, today, and tomorrow for wonderful people like YOU.

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Day 4522: What I know and what I don’t know

What I know is that I’ve had to clean out and leave my office of over 10 years. What I don’t know is how it will be working without an office on a different floor of the hospital.

What I know is that I did an Open Mic last night at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge. What I don’t know is the future of my musical aspirations.

What I know is that I found this when I was cleaning out my office yesterday…

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… and what I don’t know is what you think about the synchronicity with today’s Daily Bitch Calendar.

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What I know is that I took a lot of pictures yesterday in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston and in Cambridge’s Central Square. What I don’t know is what kind of story they will tell to you.

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On National Be a Millionaire Day I know that one of the songs I sang last night is about being a millionaire (among other things).

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Here’s the first thing I find on YouTube when I search for “what I know and what I don’t know.”

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What I know is that I’m grateful to all who are here for this what-I-know-and-what-I-don’t-know post, including YOU!

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Day 4294: The places that scare you

The places that scare you might include hospitals, social media, the ocean, the stage, or anywhere that greedy, selfish, and villainous people are in control.

Yesterday, I revisited a place that has scared me for decades — a hospital where I’m getting a heart-related surgery. However, because I was surrounded by wonderful, caring people, I wasn’t scared.

Do you see any places that scare you in my images for today?

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I’m smiling on World Smile Day as I share that there aren’t many places that scare me these days.

I’m not scared as I share these two original songs I uploaded to YouTube yesterday:

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What are the places that scare you?

Thanks to all who help me feel safe in the places that scare me, including YOU!!

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