I admit it. I’m a number-tracking junkie. That is, I track a lot of numbers. I track how many miles I run. I track how fast I run those miles. I track…
Author: Chris
Day 258: Composition Train Next Stop, Film Scoring!
Last year I wrote a lot of compositions. Roughly a hundred and fifty, judging by my Apple Music playlist, minus a few compositions that showed up in multiple versions. The game I…
Day 257: Live for Joy, Run for Joy!
Looking back on my running experiences over the past few years, I see a story of great joy, on the one hand, and lessons learned from chasing after that joy when I…
Day 256: Which Came First, the Belief or the Skill?
When it comes to learning new things, it takes time to build knowledge and skill. It also takes having a positive attitude and a belief in one’s ability to succeed. After all,…
Day 255: Pleasing Elements of My Day
I was just looking at some older blog posts and I found this one about a pleasing day I had in 2020. In addition to the positive tone, what I especially like…
Day 254: How I Sit Down to Write
(Note: there is some R-rated language in this post) When it comes to sitting down to write, I have an approach that helps me get my ideas out easily, going from a…
Day 253: The Benefits of Going General
Abraham talks a lot about how sometimes the best way we can soothe ourselves is to be general in our thinking, instead of being too specific. This is especially true if the…
Day 252: Previous Blog Post Quotables
Tonight I thought I might just dig among a few of my past blog posts for some quotables. There’s no theme to these quotes, though they follow similar lines to things I…
Day 251: Empowerment is just around the corner
For a long time now, I have been a self-improvement junkee. I continually aim to make improvements to my life, to draw in more happiness and joy in it. By and large,…
Day 250: Let The Enjoyable Journey Continue
This morning I have returned to run the bike trail along the American River. Blurred together in my mind are many fond memories of previous weekend runs starting at this very spot….