Life experience has taught me the benefit of focusing on small wins. I have found that it can be easier to feel good , and enjoy myself when I focus on the…
Month: November 2019
Do We Really Need to Be Gotten?
“There’s not a person on this planet who really gets you.” Abraham Hicks, as heard on a video on YouTube I think that, deep down, we all want to be gotten. I…
Ode of Gratitude
Today is Thanksgiving. I would like to write a special ode in gratitude for some things I hold very near and dear. Firstly, I would like to thank the ability we all…
The Compounding Power of One’s Efforts
I’m fond of a good saying. Here are a few that I like: “Watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.” “The oak sleeps in the acorn.” “If one…
What I Would Say to My Younger Self
Fifteen years ago I was a college graduate with big aspirations and very little worldly experience. In the intervening years, I have grown up a lot. Here are a few of the…
I Love Executing Well-Organized Plans
For me, today’s theme has been “organization.” Specifically, getting organized in the following ways: Shopping: My wife and I did our bi-monthly shopping trip, which today also included several more stops than…
Been There, Done That
There’s something about the “showing up to work each day” approach to blogging that has been incredibly good for me. It’s totally simple, and totally idiot-proof (for an idiot like me!) because…
Blissing Out At the Cafe (Revisited)
Early this year I wrote about my enjoyment of spending time writing at the neighborhood cafe, which I characterized as blissing out. Indeed, that’s how it felt. The experience could be so…
Thou Shalt Not Be a Financial Prognosticator!
Recently I have fiddling with this thing called the Portfolio Visualizer. It is an excellent website with brilliant simulators for understanding past performance of investments. It has something called a Backtest Portfolio,…
Nothing a Little Music Couldn’t Help With
So today started out sort of strange. In the morning I felt a lot of nervous energy: there was a feeling of being in the flow, of being alive… yet of being…