One way to deal with anxiety is to notice the neutral now.
Here’s how the Noom app describes the neutral now:
I’m also trying to expand my neutral now by practicing a more neutral reaction to old triggers, including “unprecedented” storms, equipment failures, and perceived rejections.
Do you notice the neutral now in any of my images for today?
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Here’s what I find now when I search for “the neutral now” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who are here for the neutral now, including YOU!
In my Coping and Healing groups, people often discuss coping skills. Those skills are always there, even when people feel overwhelmed, helpless, or particularly unskilled.
During difficult times like these, coping skills are more important than ever. What coping skills do you see in my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “coping skills” on YouTube:
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What are your coping skills?
Thanks to all who help me learn new coping skills, including YOU!
My country seems to be in an awkward phase right now: teetering between democracy and fascism.
My patients and I are in all sorts of awkward phases as we move forward in our respective healing journeys.
Do you see awkward phases in my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “awkward phases” on YouTube:
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Thanks to all those who are here for my awkward phases, including YOU!
Because I believe that most human beings have empathy and compassion, I get confused when I see deliberate cruelty.
I am most confused when I listen to the news and least confused when I facilitate my Coping and Healing groups.
I wonder if anyone will be confused by my images for today.
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Here’s what I find when I search for “confused” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who are here for my confused blog posts, including YOU!
“That’s cold” can mean different things.
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However, I think we can agree on this:
That’s cold.
Do you see anything that’s cold in my other images for today?
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I thought “that’s cold” when I was listening to “Now You Know” from Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along yesterday.
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Thanks to everyone who is here for this “that’s cold” post, including YOU!
When I have a problem or question, I often wonder “who should I ask?” Who is likely to have the right answer? Who might help me quickly? Who won’t be bothered or annoyed by my need for answers?
Lately, the question has been “Who should I ask — a person or AI?”
This week , I’ve been asking ChatGPT questions, including unanswered ones I have about my long-time clicking/noises in my jaw/mouth when I speak.
Who should I ask about what they think about that and my images for today?
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Who should I ask about diet and fitness: a human professional, the Noom app, or The Daily Bitch Calendar?
Here’s what I find when I search for “Who should I ask?” on YouTube.
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Who should I ask for comments if not you?
Thanks to all who are here for this who-should-I-ask? post, including YOU!
Two night ago, when I had trouble sleeping, I wrote lyrics to a new song, “No Worry, No Hurry.”
No worry, no hurry as I share these lyrics with you before taking off for the airport this morning.
No worry, no hurry,
Don’t care what they think.
Those fears you should bury,
That shame you can shrink.
You don’t need to scurry
And do everything.
No worry, no hurry,
Just smile, breathe, and blink.
If you close your eyes
You might see what I see:
A landscape that offers
Sweet tranquility.
Awareness, acceptance,
Just waiting for me.
No worry, no hurry,
The chance to be free.
No worry, no hurry,
No need to be scared.
No need to apologize
For things that you’ve dared.
You don’t need perfection
For protection, my friend.
No worry, no hurry,
There’s peace without end.
©️ Ann Koplow, 2022
No worry, no hurry about checking out my images for today.
No worry, no hurry and no snow, no rain on National Neither Snow Nor Rain Day.
No worry, no hurry about finding something relevant on YouTube before my Lyft driver shows up to take me to the airport.
Thanks to all who help me have no worry, no hurry, including YOU!
Considering that today is my last work day before my two-week vacation, I’m definitely feeling better than expected. Usually I’m more nervous about getting everything done before I take time off.
Last night on Twitter, I asked a question about things working out better than expected.
Joan’s harness and leash are working out better than expected, because the harness is so easy to put on and and it’s allowing her to safely explore the great outdoors. I can’t read her mind, but I’m assuming Joan’s life is now better than expected.
Are my other images for today better than expected?
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I doubt I’ll be able to be a lazy mom today, but I hope work will turn out better than expected.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “better than expected.”
Better-than-expected thanks to all who help me feel better every day, including YOU!
Yesterday, when I was walking around the town of Melrose with my friend Barbara (who has been a blessing to me for over 60 years), I saw this:
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Just now, I searched the Internet for more quotes about blessings.
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Can you see blessings (including the ripples of kind hearts) in my other images for today?
As always, there are many blessings in every day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for blessings.
Also, I want to share the anxiety-reducing blessings of Marconi Union:
Thanks to all who are blessings to me, including YOU!
A great thinker on Twitter had a great answer to a question I asked last night:
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That got me thinking about great thinkers and I found these two quotes online:
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Do you see great thinkers in my other images for today?
Some great thinker designed a comfortable harness which is easy to put on a cat. Yay!
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “great thinkers”:
I look forward to some great comments from great thinkers, below.
Thanks to all the great thinkers who help me create this daily blog, including YOU!
