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Day 20: The Modern Day Credit Trap

Posted on August 23, 2018

You can hardly blink these days without someone offering you a car, a mattress, or a guitar or keyboard (if you’re a musician like me) for a sweet deal… on credit: “No…

Day 19: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Posted on August 22, 2018

Let’s consider the following situation: You have a 1000 page novel you’ve always wanted to read (War and Peace, anyone?).  And for whatever reason, it is VERY important to you to read…

Day 18: My Money Management Fetish

Posted on August 21, 2018

I have always been numbers oriented:  as a child, when I was introduced to baseball, I immediately got hooked on following all the statistics.  I pored over the numbers with utter fascination. …

Day 17: Enjoying the Flow

Posted on August 20, 2018

I had a great weekend.  Here’s what I did (in chronological order): We hosted our own backyard movie night, with numerous friends, neighbors, and students in attendance. I played piano for a…

Day 16: Outlasting Quitter’s Day

Posted on August 19, 2018

Day 16, Ah Day 16.  Here we are.  That’s slightly beyond 2 weeks.  According to this article from the UK, that’s longer than most people’s adherence to their New Year’s Resolutions.  The…

Day 15: The Parable of Andy Dufresne

Posted on August 18, 2018

“The Shawshank Redemption” is one of my favorite movies. Incidentally, it is based on a novella by Stephen King, an author I have read widely since I was a teen.  The movie…

Day 14: Not looking back

Posted on August 17, 2018

One thing I like about this daily blogging thing is that I don’t have to obsess over the results of each post.  In fact, I don’t have to concern myself at all…

Day 13: The Artist Mindset Podcast

Posted on August 16, 2018

Last month I decided I was going to start a podcast.  Never having done it before, I knew that the best approach was to KEEP. IT. SIMPLE.  So to that end, I…

Day 12: Marching to your own drummer

Posted on August 15, 2018

A psychic once told me that I did better doing my own thing than following others. This was a few years ago.  My wife and I were walking down the street here…

Day 11: Putting the addled brain in its place…

Posted on August 14, 2018

Today I want to write about how much shit me we give ourselves. Have you ever found yourself wondering things like the following: “Why am I not further along?” “Why do I…

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