I’ve been doing the daily composition train for nearly four months, and it is going great as ever. I just let it happen. I just sit down at my computer, wait for…
Author: Chris
Day 78: My Life is Expanding and I am Loving It
Today my wife and I took what was perhaps the most relaxed trip out of town in the last 2 1/2 years. It was a simple trip to my brother’s house to…
Day 77: A Process to Release Negative Thoughts
This year has been enormously instructive for me as I became more aware than ever of old negative thought patterns that aren’t serving me (ie the self-tormenting* kind). It’s been a process….
Day 76: Personal Happiness and The 80/20 Rule
A long time ago I learned about the 80/20 rule. Also called “Pareto Principle,” it is the idea that 20% of one’s efforts in any given endeavor are responsible for 80% of…
Day 75: “Take Me To Your Leader” (Original Music)
I wrote this goofy, guitar-led track this morning… All with my digital keyboard using Logic…
Day 74: The Mother of All Teachers
Happiness can be a moving target. Just when you think you have it “figured out,” you realize you are off course. It takes discernment to pay attention when this happens and to…
Day 73: “Blessed” (Original Music)
Another recent orchestral piece. This piece has got pep.
Day 72: Look, But Don’t Touch!
When it comes to our investments, I tend to “look but not touch,” that is, to pay attention to how our investments are doing, but not make any changes to them. At…
Day 71: They Are Just Thoughts
It’s a funny thing about our thoughts. Thoughts are like a running commentary on who we are, our lives, the people around us. Thoughts are our beliefs, our habits of thought. Some…
Day 70: Taming the Reading Hobgoblin 2.0
I wrote a post a few years ago called “Taming the Reading Hobgoblin.” In that post, I both accepted and lamented the fact that I was not following my reading game, in…