I decided to take some thoughts (mostly about investing, but not only) I wrote down recently and put them both down together here, instead of expanding each one into its own post:…
Category: Personal Growth
Counterfactual Thinking, that Sneaky Mechanism of the Mind
Investing is based the hope that assets you buy (whatever they may be) will provide (much) more value in the long run than the amount paid to buy them. This is a…
The Ghost of Elvis
Every day I show up to the page and see what it has for me. I say this literally, and I say this figuratively. The “page” might be this keyboard, it might…
Q&A with the Chief Blogging Officer of MyHappinessObsession.com
Okay, today I decided to answer some questions from an imaginary interviewer asking me about my blog. This interviewer doesn’t know a lot about me personally, but is generally curious about my…
Chain-Mail Epiphany
So there are good-feeling thoughts, and there are not-so-good-feeling thoughts. And today I was looking at some old videos I made, in which I played some original music. I was admiring myself…
What Can You Control?
Many of the things I write about on this blog fall into the category of things that I have some control over; in other words, things that I can set about to…
How Is Beating Yourself Up Working Out?
[The last few days I have been mulling over some “issues” in my life, and I’m not exactly sure I’m making progress 🙁 It’s been a bit unpleasant, actually. Hence this conversation]…
The Happy Mind (Poem)
There is a saying I heard a long time ago: “The mind can be a dangerous place to go alone.” And yes, this can definitely be true… when your mind is in…
The Life-Changing Power of Decision
Back at the beginning of 2008 I made a decision to exercise 5 days a week for at least 25 minutes. Before I made this decision, I was a some-of-the-time athlete. I…
Don’t Underestimate the 5% (Of Your Behavior That’s Not Automatic)
This morning I was on a jog, and I was listening to a YouTube video of Dr. James Lipton talking about the subconscious mind. He repeated a statistic I have repeatedly heard:…