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I Decided to Be Happy

Posted on December 30, 2020

As I sit at my computer table/breakfast table/teaching station, it is almost 9pm on December 30th, 2020. There are barely 27 hours left in the year, and 2020 will be a memory….

Practicing Ease and Effortlessness

Posted on December 29, 2020

These days, I’m starting to look for ways to work easy, to let things happen effortlessly, to leverage the wonderful ways that things can get accomplished as if by magic, without stress…

Not Nice Chris Comes Out to Play

Posted on December 28, 2020

I’m reading a book about overcoming “being nice,” and it’s challenging me to re-think some of my own behaviors. So I decided to create a little list of some things I think….

Top 10 Personal Accomplishments of 2020

Posted on December 22, 2020

I believe in making lists of things I’m proud of, things I’m enjoying, things I appreciate. So here goes a list of ten personal accomplishments from 2020 (in no particular order): Sometime…

Create Your Own Weather (Version 2)

Posted on December 18, 2020

(This is a different draft of yesterday’s post, which I wrote before my website went down for a few days. I decided there was merit in publishing this version as well, as…

Create Your Own Weather

Posted on December 17, 2020

(Disclaimer: This post was an early draft of what I was planning to publish four days ago. However, I had an issue with the site, and it has been down for several…

Clear as Daylight

Posted on December 7, 2020

In the past week or so, for the first time in several years, I’ve actually looked at joining someone else’s coaching program (and I did it by clicking on YouTube ad, of…

Making Peace With What Is (Part 2)

Posted on December 4, 2020

So just a few minutes ago I was sitting here at my computer, aiming to clear my mind and get some things done. Admittedly, my mind was a blur. I was feeling…

The North Star of Happiness Beckons

Posted on November 28, 2020

Earlier this year I wrote about my intention not to do things that suck :). My “No More Suckiness” Philosophy resulted from life experiences that really sucked. After all the confusion, lack…

Eventually Water Always Wins Out

Posted on November 23, 2020

This worked last week, so I’m gonna try it again. Here’s a quote from “The Vortex,” by Esther and Jerry Hicks: A belief is only a thought that you keep thinking–it is…

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