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Category: Shenanigans & Ruminations

Financial Perfectionism: You’ve Been Spotted!

Posted on November 17, 2019

Tonight I was sitting out in the front porch with my wife, and I was telling her about the recent obsessing I had been doing over my investments (I know, doesn’t that…

The Little Things We Do Well

Posted on November 16, 2019

I think you can learn a lot about success mindset from analyzing the way you think about things you are good at… even seemingly silly things. For example, I enjoy playing Toy…

Day Three-Hundred and…. Wait, We’re Not Doing that Anymore! Or Are We?

Posted on November 2, 2019

Hello! Today is Saturday. I have the final two performances of “Frankenstein” to do today at Franklin High in Elk Grove. It has been an exciting run. Last night my dad, step-mom,…

Day 370: That Very Dark Rabbit Hole

Posted on August 15, 2019

So this morning my brain was trying to effect a coup d’etat in my head, the objective being to mercilessly judge and berate myself for my short-comings and failures (real or imagined)….

Day 351: Abundance and Winning at Toy Blast

Posted on July 20, 2019

Abundance and success is a positive-feedback loop that tends to add to itself and repeat continually. The more you have, the more you will be given, to re-phrase the Bible. I love…

Day 344: You Just Can’t Trust Your Own Brain!

Posted on July 13, 2019

The last few days have been very busy. Let me count the ways: I taught a Music Appreciation class for ballet students (a first for me) I played a piano show for…

Day 285: The Puppet Master and the Puppet

Posted on May 15, 2019

Many is the time when my mind has tried to trick me out of my sense of poise and self-mastery. I know I have choice, whether to indulge in it or to…

Day 276: One of “those days…”

Posted on May 6, 2019

Long day. I type ably enough, but my mind is screaming me, “Let’s get this over with! I want to be done.” Yes, I’m eager to comply. Today was one of those…

Day 240: Snapshot of the Present Moment

Posted on March 31, 2019

Tick-tick-tick: the clock in the front room where I type. Click-click-click-click-click: the keyboard in machine-gun fashion as words appear on the page. Whoooooo: a car as it passes out on the street….

Day 145: Defeating The Anxiety Ogre

Posted on December 26, 2018

Okay, so if you have read my blog for awhile, you probably are aware that much of what I write falls into the category known as Introspection. Last time I checked, each…

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