This month, my daily composing project morphed into a “daily orchestrating and/or composing” project. For June and July, I created a new piece each day, but this month, I wanted to give…
Author: Chris
Day 48: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The defining characteristic of this blog is that I have always let it be whatever it is, whether or not that meets the conventional notions of success. Like an old gnarly tree…
Day 47: The Marathon, Demystified (Or “I’m Learning How to Learn”)
As a teacher, I regularly watch others as they literally learn how to learn. When it comes to playing piano, people generally start out with preconceived, often-incorrect notions of what learning piano…
Day 46: Reaching for Satisfaction (Project-ville Edition)
In case it’s not obvious, I love projects. There is almost nothing so satisfying as purposefully working on something worthwhile, and learning and growing a lot while doing it. However, I don’t…
Day 45: A Transcendent Production of “The Secret Garden”
This is a two-parter pertaining to musicals 🙂 Part #1: A Transcendent Production of “The Secret Garden” For many years now, my wife has shot pictures for “Music Circus,” an annual Summer…
Day 44: Relentlessly Pursuing a Positive Mindset
I have been writing recently about how I’m learning to be kind to myself. This is really a big deal. Despite the personal growth I have undergone for many years now, it…
Day 43: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance (Update #1)
So far, balancing marathon training this time with the rest of life is going well. I wrote a few weeks ago that one of the reasons I chose the Galloway program is…
Day 42: Appreciating My Resilient 2020 Posts
Last month I wrote I was enjoying re-reading old posts from 2020. I have continued to be impressed by the mindset I see in my words that first year of the Pandemic….
Day 41: Reaching for Satisfaction (Music-Sharing Edition)
Today I sat at the cafe and blissed out for three hours writing, something I absolutely love doing. At one point I realized it wasn’t the topic I was writing about (which…
Day 40: I Love Feeling Good After a Run!
This morning’s run begins rather dubiously but ends just as triumphantly. I wake up still groggy after being very tired yesterday, which I attribute to the lingering effects of my fifteen-miler last…