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Category: Shenanigans & Ruminations

Day 314: I Need Me Some Happiness!

Posted on June 18, 2023

This morning I ran 9 miles, which is the longest run I have done all year (!). I had an amazing time, yet I right now I am mentally and physically tired,…

Day 288: Toast

Posted on May 18, 2023

Being as the author does not wish to write much tonight, he shall exercise his prerogative not to do so. Instead, here is the shortest poem he (or anyone?) has ever written:…

Day 283: Still On Message

Posted on May 13, 2023

Life’s a breeze when you find your ease Riding through the trees lighter than the bees We aim to please, it’s a game that frees when we stake our claim in these…

Day 252: Previous Blog Post Quotables

Posted on April 10, 2023

Tonight I thought I might just dig among a few of my past blog posts for some quotables. There’s no theme to these quotes, though they follow similar lines to things I…

Day 187: Who Makes the Laws in Your Imagination?

Posted on February 1, 2023

Do we have any power over the way we perceive the world around us? Is that perception a static thing, a product of what is outside of ourselves, or can we influence…

Day 108: Happiness is an Inside Job

Posted on October 19, 2022

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about happiness, it truly is, as they say, an inside job. It seems that every time my happiness has expanded, it’s because of something I did,…

Day 60: The Numbers Don’t Lie

Posted on August 31, 2022

I’ve always been a big fan of numbers. As a kid, I enjoyed math. As an adult, I enjoy investing. I also enjoy tracking my runs. These all involve numbers. It’s interesting…

Day 42: Appreciating My Resilient 2020 Posts

Posted on August 13, 2022

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 35: Now You Know What I Care About!

Posted on August 6, 2022

The best way to know a person’s priorities is to see where they allocate their time. Personally, this is how I have been allocating my time (in no particular order): Piano Teaching…

Day 33: Oops… I wrote it again

Posted on August 4, 2022

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,…

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