Posts Tagged With: The School of Life

Day 4722: Emotional Age

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Ann Koplow

When I was several years younger than I am now, an old friend whom I had know for ages told me that he and his therapist had been discussing emotional age. My friend asked me, “What do you think the average emotional age is?”

I thought about my experience of most people’s emotional ages and then tentatively guessed, “7?”

My friend was delighted with the “accuracy” of my guess but really, can emotional age be measured? And how did his therapist get this information? Also, what emotional age was I if I was so pleased about being “right”?

If you search the internet for “emotional age,” there are lots of tests for measuring it, although I doubt that the average test result is 7. Also, there’s this definition:

Can you tell my emotional age by the images I am choosing to share today?

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

Thanks to all who are here for this emotional age post, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism, Psychotherapy | Tags: cats, December 6 2025, Fuji Sushi, How to Test Your Emotional Maturity, Listening Age, Spotify Wrapped, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter and Bluesky | 8 Comments

Day 4714: Interesting conversations

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, I had many interesting conversations with my in-laws and other lovely people on Thanksgiving.

I knew there would be interesting conversations about cats, so I made this video of an interesting conversation with Joan before we left for the day.

Even though Joan couldn’t join in the interesting conversations for the rest of the day, the humans had interesting conversations about cats, dogs, life changes, family members, friends, music, movies, childhood, problems, solutions, politics, plans, disappointments, hopes, holidays, and food.

Do you see interesting conversations in my still images for today?

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

I look forward to interesting conversations in the comments section, below.

Thanks to all who have interesting conversations, including YOU!!

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “How to Become a More Interesting Person, cats, November 28 2025, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving food, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter and Bluesky, USA wage disparities | 13 Comments

Day 4410: Keep Going

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Ann Koplow

No matter what is going on in the world, we have to keep going.

Yesterday, somebody in my Coping and Healing group brought in stress balls for everybody, and I chose one that said Keep Going.

Let’s keep going through the rest of my images for today.

I hope the American Immigration Lawyers Association can keep going, as well as other valuable members on that list.

Here’s a “keep going” video on YouTube:

I love the synchronicity of that Keep Going video showing up on International Lego Day.

I hope you keep going to the comments section to express your thoughts and feelings about these post.

Thanks to all who help me keep going, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: American Immigration Lawyers Association, cats, feelings chart, fish cakes, International Lego Day, January 28 2025, stress, stress balls, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter | 8 Comments

Day 4407: Healthy Relationships

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Today’s Daily Bitch Calendar is about healthy relationships.

Healthy relationships do take work and I understand why they sound exhausting to the Daily Bitch.

However, unhealthy relationships are MUCH more exhausting, so I’m very grateful for my healthy relationships, especially during unhealthy times.

One of my healthy relationships is with my husband, Michael. He is staying mentally healthy with 24-hour, 7 days-a-week news blackouts. Before the 2024 USA election, with its unhealthy results, part of our healthy relationship was commiserating about the news. In order to maintain our healthy relationship these days, I need to restrict my conversations with him and use other outlets (like this blog) where I can discuss my reactions to the news.

Do you see healthy relationships in my other images for today?

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

That reminds me of something I often share about maintaining healthy relationships: The secret to life is three things — Show up, be gentle, and tell the truth.

What are your thoughts and feelings about healthy relationships?

Thanks to all with whom I have healthy relationships, including YOU!

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: belly laughs, cats, communication, FEMA, news blackouts, politics, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the January 25 2025, The Number One Rule for Healthy Relationships, The School of Life, Twitter | 12 Comments

Day 4402: What Day Is It?

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Ann Koplow

What day is it?

What day is it? It’s a day when I express my thoughts and feelings by sharing these images.

What day is it? It’s a day when I’ll be listening to people I love and not listening to people who hate. It’s also a day when I’ll be recording and posting my song “The Age of Nefarious,” which people I love seem to love.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “What Day Is It?”

What day is it? It’s another day when I express my thanks to all who help me face another day, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, fish dish, January 20 2025, Martin Luther King Day, music, Taking It One Day At A Time, The Age of Nefarious, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter | 10 Comments

Day 4362: Adulthood

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Ann Koplow

In my late adulthood, I facilitate six groups a week for adults, who often discuss the physical and emotional pains of adulthood.

I share the Daily Bitch calendar with my group members and I think they will appreciate today’s comment about adulthood.

Here are some quotes about adulthood:

I wonder about those children too, since 75 million USA people who had reached adulthood voted to return a very dangerous non-adult back to power.

Do you see adulthood in my other images for today?

Here’s the first thing I find when I search for “adulthood” on YouTube:

Thanks to all those who are here for this adulthood post, including YOU!

Categories: 2024 USA elections, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: 12 Signs You Are a Psychologically Mature Adult, books, cats, December 11 2024, gratitude, quotes about adulthood, Salmon with pomegranate, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter | 14 Comments

Day 4347: Just Keep Going

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, as I was going on my way to work where people talk about how to just keep going no matter what, I saw this:

Let’s just keep going through my other images from yesterday.

Sometimes, Michael’s delicious food helps me just keep going. Also blogging, songwriting, people I love, and Joan.

Here’s what I find when I search for “just keep going” on YouTube.

Thanks to all who help me just keep going, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Keep Going”, Bluesky, ferry to Boston, Michael’s stroganoff, red states and blue states, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter, what keeps people going | 8 Comments

Day 4342: Worried

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Even though I often invite others to let go of worries, I’ve been worried since the USA election.

I honestly believe that being worried doesn’t help anything or anybody, but worried seems to be my default state these days.

I am wearied by being worried and I know that I am not alone.

I’m not worried about sharing these images with you.

On World Television Day, I’m worried about the ascendancy of right-wing television stations and how they are influencing elections.

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

While that was a very helpful video, I’m still worried.

Thanks to all who are here for this worried post, including YOU.

Categories: 2024 USA elections, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Why We Worry All the Time and How to Cope”, beautiful images, cats, November 21 2024, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter and Bluesky, World Television Day | 7 Comments

Day 4172: Be kind to yourself

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Be kind to yourself, starting now.

There is no downside or disadvantage to being kind to yourself. And yet, people — including those who are kind to others — often have trouble being kind to themselves, especially during difficult times.

Today I’m going to be kind to myself and get a new laptop, which will have the storage I need to use Epic hospital software when I am kindly working from home.

Please be kind to yourself as you look at my other images for today.

Here’s what I find when I search for “be kind to yourself” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who are kindly here for this be-kind-to-yourself post, including YOU.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: adapting to change, cats, Epic Software, feeling overwhelmed, feelings chart, How to Be Kinder to Ourselves, June 4 2024, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter, Yogi Tea | 6 Comments

Day 4136: Being a grown-up

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Today, the Daily Bitch has something to say about being a grown-up.

For me, being a grown-up includes going in to the hospital to work on Mondays and taking good care of those I love, no matter what I’m asked about myself.

Do you see being a grown-up in my other images for today?

Being a grown-up on International Noise Awareness Day, I will be aware of not disturbing my neighbors when I play the snare drum loaned to me by the wonderful Riccardo Pearlman, who will be recording my upcoming concert.

Here’s what I find when I search for “being a grown-up” on YouTube.

Thanks to all who help me create these grown-up posts, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: April 29 2024, being a good pet parent, Kristen Noem, letting go of fear, preparing for a concert, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter, Why Some Adults Can’t … “Act Their Age”, Yogi Tea | 8 Comments