Skip to content

My Happiness Obsession

A Personal Growth & Expression Blog (Over 1000 Posts)

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Top Categories
    • Personal Growth
    • Money & Investing
    • Law of Attraction
    • Blogging
    • Running & Health
  • Complete Post Index
Menu

A Life-Changing Financial Spark

Posted on January 23, 2026

Eleven years ago a passion in me ignited that has not let up. I had been married for three years. Financially speaking, the first three years of marriage for me were primarily…

Change Is Hard (Part 2)

Posted on January 21, 2026

As I wrote a couple weeks ago, recently I have shaken up my cafe routine. It was only a matter of time before the routine ran out of mojo. I had been…

Tonight’s Appreciations

Posted on January 19, 2026

Hey there! 😜 To keep things simple, I will write some things I’m appreciating…

The Art of Allowing Enjoyment

Posted on January 18, 2026

My wife and I just finished watching Frankenstein on Netflix. The movie is Guillermo del Toro’s take on the familiar tale: human-like creature brought to life by Victor Frankenstein (the first mad…

No Complaints Here

Posted on January 17, 2026

It’s 4:38pm on Saturday and I sit at my computer typing this blog post. As has been the case for years, there are two keyboards at this computer. One is a wireless…

My Transformation from Money Avoider to Empowered Saver

Posted on January 16, 2026

Many years ago I participated in a workshop called “The Millionaire Mind Intensive,” a weekend event created by a company called Peak Potentials. At the time, I was only a few years…

A Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Happiness

Posted on January 13, 2026

A few months back I joined a Facebook group for highly sensitive people because I had never sought out other “HSPs” before and was curious what I’d find. What I found has…

Yes, You Can Ignore Them

Posted on January 12, 2026

I have written about comparing myself with other swimmers while swimming. It doesn’t just come up in the pool. It’s old story where my worth seemed to be tied to the relative…

Practicing Deliberate Inconsistency

Posted on January 11, 2026

So yesterday I did not post. This really doesn’t matter all that much, but I tend to be black-or-white about things like this. Since I turned the blogging spigot back on, my…

Tonight’s Appreciations

Posted on January 9, 2026

As I did in my last stint of blogging–such as here–I am going to write out some things I’m appreciating in my life. Tonight’s Appreciations:

Posts pagination

1 2 … 113 Next

Property of:

Recent Posts

  • A Life-Changing Financial Spark
  • Change Is Hard (Part 2)
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • The Art of Allowing Enjoyment
  • No Complaints Here

Read Posts by Category

Blogging (155) Books (94) Creative Writing (78) Creativity Topics (93) Higher Self (90) Home Life (23) Law of Attraction (154) Miscellaneous (139) Money & Investing (150) Movies (16) Music Career (62) Original Music (57) Personal Growth (387) Running & Health (135) Shenanigans & Ruminations (89) uncategorized (2)

Archives

Share this page

Share

More Recent Posts

  • A Life-Changing Financial Spark
  • Change Is Hard (Part 2)
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • The Art of Allowing Enjoyment
  • No Complaints Here
  • My Transformation from Money Avoider to Empowered Saver
  • A Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Happiness
  • Yes, You Can Ignore Them
  • Practicing Deliberate Inconsistency
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Change is Hard
  • Two Sides of the “Writing-in-Solitude” Coin
  • “Blogging Time” (Rhyming verse)
  • How to Neutralize Negative Thoughts
  • Slaying the Dragon of Perfectionism
  • Surviving the Marathon Avalanche
  • Highly-Sensitive Chronicles (January 2026 Update)
  • The Book (Update #10) – I Published!
  • Personal Highlights of 2025
  • Saturday’s Alright For… Quality Questions
  • The Blog Shines On
  • When Today’s “High” Prices Become Screaming Good Deals
  • “Dark Emotions” (Original Rhyme)
  • The Timeless Timeliness of Past Posts
  • Focus Relentlessly On What Already Feels Good
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Swimming with Faster Swimmers
  • I Believe in the Power of Quality Questions
  • You Do Not Need an Intermediary
  • I Did It My Way
  • “Dead Dragon” (Original Rhyme)
  • Highly-Sensitive Chronicles (Update)
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Deliberately Taking It Slow
  • “Living for the Softer Hum” (A Rhyme-y Poem)
  • A Dandy Time Blogging
  • The Book (Update #9)
  • “Rhyming Drivel” (Original Rhyme)
  • Fishing in the Milky Lagoon
  • “The Silkworm” (Verse in Iambic Pentameter)
  • Most Versatile Blog Award?
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • “Paradise of Mirth” (Original Rhyme)
  • Building My Cathedral
  • The Thing About Groups
  • “Into Creative Waters” (Original Rhyme)
  • Friendly Financial Reminders from Me to Myself
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • From the Vault: The North Star of Happiness Beckons (11/28/20)
  • The Book (Update #8)
  • Still Playing “Toy Blast”!
  • And Now October…
  • No Exceptions
  • Highly-Sensitive Chronicles
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • What’s in Your Vibrational Meal? (Part 4)
  • Clarity is Sweet (Part 2)
  • What’s in Your Vibrational Meal? (Part 3)
  • What’s In Your Vibrational Meal? (Part 2)
  • Using the Emotional Guidance Scale
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Despite the Drama…
  • A Week of Satisfying Blog Posts
  • What’s in Your Vibrational Meal?
  • Clarity is Sweet
  • The Slow-and-Steady Way to Become Unstoppable
  • A Highly-Sensitive Man’s Trip to the Department Store
  • Mental Muscles of Focus
  • “What’s in it for Me?”
  • Coming From a Creative Space
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Still Calm, Cool, and Collected about Mr. Market
  • Appreciating Regular Exercise (vs. Intense Training)
  • The Book (Update #7)
  • Friendly Financial Lessons
  • Bogus Ideas Like Judgment and Unworthiness
  • Your Mood is Like a Radio Signal
  • Don’t Expect to Make Lemonade Out of Vinegar
  • Tonight’s Musical Appreciations
  • When It Comes to Piano Compositions and 1000-Piece Puzzles
  • Already a Great Year for Introspection
  • A Verbal Sculpture Garden I Just Keep Adding To
  • Hello, Old Friend
  • Thoughts on the Vibrational Universe
  • Give Them a Break
  • The Ideal Weekend for Highly-Sensitive Me?
  • The Book (Update #6)
  • Beethoven’s Third Symphony with my “Digital Orchestra”
  • Tonight’s Answers to Quality Questions
  • When Someone Else Isn’t Being Nice
  • From the Vault: Generating a Positive Attitude No Matter What (11/23/18)
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Vanguard’s Courage to be Disliked
  • Reaching for Satisfaction (2024 Running Edition)
  • Thoughts on Blogging, Digital Footprints, and Personal Agendas
  • The Game of Achievement
  • Musing on “Separating Tasks”
  • No One Said It Wasn’t an Effort
  • Thoughts on Blogging and Book-Writing
  • Tonight’s Appreciations
    ©2026 My Happiness Obsession | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme