If you want happiness, you must think happy thoughts. It might seem childish, like something out of Peter Pan designed to save Tinker Bell, but the fact is, happy thoughts produce happy…
Author: Chris
Day 298: I Enjoy a Well-Crafted Post
Writing yesterday’s post about Chernow’s “The House of Morgan” reminded me of one thing I love about this blog: articulating and crafting my thoughts so that, if possible, my thinking is clear…
Day 297: Chernow’s “House of Morgan” and the 1929 Crash
I’m reading Ron Chernow’s “The House of Morgan,” which follows the Morgan banking dynasty (yes, as in JP Morgan) from its start in the mid-19th Century through the 1980s. This is my…
Day 296: The Book (Update #2)
This is a follow up to my last update on the book. The book is going well! Last time I said I wasn’t sure I would need three months of 1000 words-a-day…
Day 295: Tonight’s Appreciations
Today I think I will write down ten things I’m appreciating… about other people! Ten Things I’m Appreciating About Others
Day 294: Netflix’s “How to Get Rich” (I Dig It)
I’m enjoying watching Ramit Sethi’s “How to Get Rich” on Netflix. Back when I was first educating myself on financial matters, I read Ramit’s* book “I Will Teach You To Be Rich.”…
Day 293: Shifting Your Vibration
I was listening to Abraham in a recording talk today about how if you want something different than what you’ve got, you need to shift your vibration. You need to move your…
Day 292: “In the Rhyming Zone” (Original Rhyme)
It has been awhile since I have done any sort of rhyming. I was looking at some older rhymes (such as here and here), and decided why not go for it again?…
Day 291: Bay-to-Breakers 2023!
Today I had an incredible time running the Bay-to-Breakers, a 7.5 mile run through San Francisco with 20,000 other runners, with my brother. I say it was an incredible time–and it was–despite…
Day 290: More Answers to Quality Questions
Awhile ago in this post I answered some good “quality questions for personal happiness” I asked in a post from April 2020. I thought I would do the same thing again today:…