Writing out my thoughts for these blog posts, I find it’s pretty easy to circumvent “the censor,” as “The Artist’s Way” author Julia Cameron calls the resistant inner critic that tries to…
Category: Blogging
Day 52: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
As I have mentioned a few times recently (here and here), one of the cool things about doing daily blogging again is re-reading older posts. Today I am thinking in particular about…
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 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 33: Oops… I wrote it again
To date, MyHappinessObsession has six-hundred and seventy-seven published posts including today’s offering. What this means, as I have been noticing, is that I will from time to time repeat myself. I am,…
Day 31: Just Keep Going…!
This feeling of forward momentum has come over me lately. And a thought that keeps going on in the back of my mind: “Just keep going. Just keep going. You’ll get somewhere…
Day 30: Ten Ways I am Being Kind to Myself
This year, the theme of my personal growth seems to be about being kind to myself. It’s not always easy, but I do feel that I am making progress in this area….
Day 21: Long Live the Weird!
As far as I’m concerned, the mantra of this blog could be “Fly Your Freak Flag.” I still feel like a weirdo sometimes when I write here. After all, I write about…
Day 19: Composing vs. Blogging, or How I Was Made to Make Music!
My daily compositions have been streaming out of me easily and joyfully for over fifty days. So far I have always found it easy to sit down at my computer in front…