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365 Day Blogging Project: 2022-2023 Edition

  • Day 365: Don’t Overthink It!
  • Day 364: Missing It Already
  • Day 363: “Of Futile Efforts” (Original Music)
  • Day 362: Things Are Looking Up in Highly-Sensitive Land
  • Day 361: Today’s Appreciations

 

  • Day 360: Focus Where It Feels Best
  • Day 359: Along for the Market Ride, No Matter What (Part 2)
  • Day 358: A Week Away
  • Day 357: Taking Care of the Rest
  • Day 356: Take Your Happiness Into Your Own Hands (1000th Post!)
  • Day 355: More Under the Vibrational Hood
  • Day 354: Approaching My 1000th Post
  • Day 353: An Accomplishment of Self-Care
  • Day 352: The Book (Update #5)
  • Day 351: Some Honesty About Tonight’s Outing

 

  • Day 350: Inspired Action Over Habit
  • Day 349: A Consistent Yet Relaxed Running Life
  • Day 348: Using Affirmations Effectively
  • Day 347: What is the Essence?
  • Day 346: Tonight’s (Money-Related) Appreciations
  • Day 345: More on Mental Attitude
  • Day 344: Put Your Happiness First
  • Day 343: One Who Is a Visionary Thrives in All Times
  • Day 342: Facing the Music
  • Day 341: Today’s Appreciations

 

  • Day 340: Solitude, My Steady State
  • Day 339: Time to Make Peace with Being Highly-Sensitive
  • Day 338: Being Myself, the Way that Suits Me
  • Day 337: The Book (Update #4)
  • Day 336: Perfection is Over-Rated
  • Day 335: If It Doesn’t Fit For You, How Great Can It Be?
  • Day 334: Ten Accomplishments
  • Day 333: “From What Dimension” (Original Music)
  • Day 332: You Can’t Get There From Here
  • Day 331: Sniffing Out True “Hell Yeses”

 

  • Day 330: The Completely Invisible Yet Omnipresent Force
  • Day 329: The Keeper of My Happiness
  • Day 328: Today’s Appreciations
  • Day 327: 1000 Pieces. One Good Experience
  • Day 326: Chronos Says, “Vive La Difference!”
  • Day 325: Words for Zoning Out on Appreciation
  • Day 324: Fie, Dividends. Fie!
  • Day 323: Onto the “Too Hard” Pile!
  • Day 322: Learning to Make Myself Right
  • Day 321: Let’s Keep Playing Ball

 

  • Day 320: Trust Your Instincts
  • Day 319: Every Negative Mood is Based on a Misunderstanding
  • Day 318: Appreciating the Walk Break
  • Day 317: You Can’t Go Wrong Following Inspiration
  • Day 316: The Magic of “Our Universe”
  • Day 315: Work I Love
  • Day 314: I Need Me Some Happiness!
  • Day 313: You Can’t Have It Both Ways
  • Day 312: Along for the Market Ride, No Matter What
  • Day 311: The Book (Update #3)

 

  • Day 310: “Witnesses of Beauty”
  • Day 309: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 308: Satisfied and Worthy, Doing Something Right
  • Day 307: The Lawless “Casino Age” of Banking
  • Day 306: Aiming to Feel Good Does Good
  • Day 305: Seven Days of Balanced Exercise
  • Day 304: Alignment is Worth the Wait
  • Day 303: Still Enjoying My Monthly Kiplinger’s Ritual
  • Day 302: Taking Score Too Soon?
  • Day 301: Drawn to Flexibility

 

  • Day 300: Dress Rehearsal for My Next Backpacking Trip?
  • Day 299: Happy Thoughts Produce Happy Lives
  • Day 298: I Enjoy a Well-Crafted Post
  • Day 297: Chernow’s “House of Morgan” and the 1929 Crash
  • Day 296: The Book (Update #2)
  • Day 295: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 294: Netflix’s “How to Get Rich” (I Dig It)
  • Day 293: Shifting Your Vibration
  • Day 292: “In the Rhyming Zone” (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 291: Bay-to-Breakers 2023!
  • Day 290: More Answers to Quality Questions
  • Day 289: It’s the Experience!
  • Day 288: Toast
  • Day 287: Film Scoring Update (What I’m Learning)
  • Day 286: What We Make Of It
  • Day 285: “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928) – (Original Film Score)
  • Day 284: Bring on the Inspiration, Baby…
  • Day 283: Still On Message
  • Day 282: Appreciating Financial Education
  • Day 281: Long Live Appreciations

 

  • Day 280: The Book (Update #1)
  • Day 279: Thank You, Balance!
  • Day 278: Doing What Fits
  • Day 277: The Silver Lining of Short-Term Pain
  • Day 276: I’m Lovin It
  • Day 275: Attracting What I Want with the Satisfaction “Sniff Test”
  • Day 274: The Playful Whimsy of My “Bazinga” T-Shirt
  • Day 273: Loving the Synchronicities
  • Day 272: The Dramatics of the Mind
  • Day 271: I’m Digging the Mellowness

 

  • Day 270: Thoughts on Today’s 5k
  • Day 269: The Slow-and-Steady Machine Works Its Magic
  • Day 268: A 5k to Balance Recovery and Fun
  • Day 267: I Did That!
  • Day 266: Tuesday Night Appreciations
  • Day 265: My Inner Triumph of 2020
  • Day 264: Let’s Do This!
  • Day 263: The Triumph of My Space Unconditional
  • Day 262: Answers to Quality Questions
  • Day 261: Sidestepping the Worry Rabbit Hole

 

  • Day 260: Keeping My Knee-Jerkdom In Check
  • Day 259: The Numbers Junkie Reaches for Alignment
  • Day 258: Composition Train Next Stop, Film Scoring!
  • Day 257: Live for Joy, Run for Joy!
  • Day 256: Which Came First, the Belief or the Skill?
  • Day 255: Pleasing Elements of My Day
  • Day 254: How I Sit Down to Write
  • Day 253: The Benefits of Going General
  • Day 252: Previous Blog Post Quotables
  • Day 251: Empowerment is just around the corner

 

  • Day 250: Let The Enjoyable Journey Continue
  • Day 249: Live and Be Merry!
  • Day 248: Tonight’s Appreciations!
  • Day 247: “The Three Musketeers” (1933) (Latest Film Scoring Project)
  • Day 246: No Less than a Hell Yes!
  • Day 245: It All Starts with Vibration
  • Day 244: I Love My Me-Space
  • Day 243: New Market Highs in 2023?
  • Day 242: My Path of Personal Development
  • Day 241: How to Change Vibrational Momentum? (Part 2)

 

  • Day 240: Still Infinite
  • Day 239: “Holy Play of Smiles” (Original Poem)
  • Day 238: How to Change Vibrational Momentum?
  • Day 237: To My Creative Muses, Surprise Me!
  • Day 236: Attitude Trumps All
  • Day 235: Magnificent Ongoing Growth
  • Day 234: Reward’s Evil Twin Brother
  • Day 233: Doing It For the Right Reasons
  • Day 232: The Wonderful World of Humanity
  • Day 231: Fostering a Lightness of Being

 

  • Day 230: Sharing Something Real
  • Day 229: Compounding, You Either Get It Or You Don’t
  • Day 228: Inner Guidance Never Gets it Wrong
  • Day 227: What I Love About My Blog, an ABC Game (N-Z)
  • Day 226: What I Love About My Blog, An ABC Game (A-M)
  • Day 225: Generate Beyond Your Circumstances
  • Day 224: What I Love About Scoring for Film
  • Day 223: “Captain America” TV Clip (Original Score)
  • Day 222: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 221: Joy and Satisfaction Come First!

 

  • Day 220: The Good Time is What Matters
  • Day 219: Takeaways from Seeing Abraham (Part 3)
  • Day 218: “Serenity for Harpsichord” (Original Music)
  • Day 217: The Thrill of Authenticity
  • Day 216: Keep Saving!
  • Day 215: A Happier Life
  • Day 214: An Enjoyable Day
  • Day 213: Soothing Is Solving
  • Day 212: Today’s Appreciations
  • Day 211: Still Worthy
  • Day 210: Play “Money Defense!”
  • Day 209: Practicing Ease and Effortlessness (Revisited)
  • Day 208: “Blog Host with the Most” (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 207: Is it the thing itself, or our thinking about the thing?
  • Day 206: Back… Not Back and Forth!
  • Day 205: Creating for Creation’s Sake
  • Day 204: Allowing the Water to Boil
  • Day 203: The Mantra of Empowered Frugality
  • Day 202: “Miserere Loves Company” (Original Music)
  • Day 201: Takeaways From Seeing Abraham (Part 2)
  • Day 200: I Never Said I Was a Tech Wiz
  • Day 199: Takeaways From Seeing Abraham (Part 1)
  • Day 198: Personal Finance Books I Read Again and Again
  • Day 197: Hard to Put To Words
  • Day 196: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 195: “The Satisfaction Machine (BBC Orchestra)” (Original Music)
  • Day 194: Would You Rather Be Right Or Happy?
  • Day 193: Fifteen Years of Running
  • Day 192: Sharing with the World
  • Day 191: Extrovert or Introvert?
  • Day 190: Reflections on the Madoff Tragedy
  • Day 189: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 188: Malkiel’s Introduction to Treacherous Derivatives
  • Day 187: Who Makes the Laws in Your Imagination?
  • Day 186: Long Live the Movies
  • Day 185: Blissing Out at the Cafe (2023 Edition)
  • Day 184: Documenting Personal Growth
  • Day 183: Your Receiving Matches Your Transmission
  • Day 182: “Badlands” (Original Music)
  • Day 181: Back to Investing Basics
  • Day 180: Halfway Through Year Two
  • Day 179: Re-Reading “Random Walk Down Wall Street”
  • Day 178: Who is Ultimately Responsible?
  • Day 177: Master of My Fate!
  • Day 176: Am I Being Nicer To Myself?
  • Day 175: Step-by-Step to the Promised Land
  • Day 174: “If There’s Hope” (Original Music)
  • Day 173: What I Want This Year
  • Day 172: Because It’s Beautiful
  • Day 171: Back in the Saddle…
  • Day 170: How To Be An Independent Thinker
  • Day 169: Dividends, You Are Pretty Cool.
  • Day 168: Letting It Evolve Naturally
  • Day 167: Attracting “Having” Versus “Lacking”
  • Day 166: Most Satisfying Experiences of 2022
  • Day 165: Thoughts On Looking Forward
  • Day 164: “Ungraceful Exit” (Original Music)
  • Day 163: Reflections on 2022 Market Volatility
  • Day 162: Getting What You Want (Personal Case Study)
  • Day 161: “Winter White” (Original Music)
  • Day 160: No One Said the Best Decisions Are Easy
  • Day 159: 2022 Investing Mash Up
  • Day 158: Empowered Thinking In Action
  • Day 157: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 156: I Blog, Therefore I Am
  • Day 155: Welcome Relief
  • Day 154: The Marathon is What You Make Of It
  • Day 153: On the Other Hand…
  • Day 152: Benefits of Not Running CIM This Weekend
  • Day 151: “To Thine Own Self” (Original Music)
  • Day 150: More Comfortable With My Humanity?
  • Day 149: Chinks in the Armor
  • Day 148: “You’re Going the Wrong Way!” (Original Music)
  • Day 147: Redefining Victory
  • Day 146: Lessons I’ve Learned During Marathon Training #3
  • Day 145: Today’s “Run to Feed the Hungry” 5k
  • Day 144: My 4-Million View Video
  • Day 143: Thoughts that Lead Somewhere Good
  • Day 142: “The Waiting Game” (Original Music)
  • Day 141: “Stay Open-Hearted” (Original Music)
  • Day 140: Tonight’s Appreciations
  • Day 139: I Enjoy Sleep… Especially After Long Runs
  • Day 138: Shifting My Focus To Transform My Experience
  • Day 137: Bring on the Taper
  • Day 136: Running in Crowds
  • Day 135: A Three Year Journey of Slowing Down
  • Day 134: “In Search of Answers” (Original Music)
  • Day 133: Today’s Significant Run
  • Day 132: A Perfect Match
  • Day 131: Daily Digital Bread Crumbs
  • Day 130: Optimism Restored
  • Day 129: Thinking Things Through
  • Day 128: Recap of Yesterday’s 27.5 Miles
  • Day 127: “Arousing the Spirits” (Original Music)
  • Day 126: Finding My 80/20 Sweet Spot
  • Day 125: This Sunday I’m Running a Marathon for Training… Again
  • Day 124: Stay Open-Hearted
  • Day 123: Five Months of Daily Composing
  • Day 121: Get Happy Now!
  • Day 120: “Afterlife” (Original Music)
  • Day 119: Yesterday’s 6’37” Mile
  • Day 118: Things I Appreciate About My 2022
  • Day 117: Sort of Funny…
  • Day 116: Less About Content, More About Process
  • Day 115: “Until They Come Clean” (Original Music)
  • Day 114: Another Post in the Books?
  • Day 113: Why Make Everything a Chore?
  • Day 112: Follow the Joy!
  • Day 111: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance (Update #3)
  • Day 110: Leaning Towards Relief
  • Day 109: “They Don’t Get to Define You” (Original Music)
  • Day 108: Happiness is an Inside Job
  • Day 107: How Does This Feel to You?
  • Day 106: Progress Taking Care of Myself
  • Day 105: A Weekend Run of Firsts
  • Day 105: “Home to Roost” (Original Music)
  • Day 104: Marathon Brain
  • Day 103: The 2022 Market Volatility Bummer
  • Day 102: I’m Running a Marathon on Saturday… For Training!
  • Day 101: Why Hang Onto Beliefs That Suck?
  • Day 100: The Power of Scheduling
  • Day 99: “When to Become Supersonic” (Original Music)
  • Day 98: Clearing Up Faulty Ideas
  • Day 97: “And They Shall Be Humbled” (Original Music)
  • Day 96: Who Knew Writing Could Be So Easy?
  • Day 95: Why Do You Try to Be Normal?
  • Day 94: Favorite Blog Topics and Posts
  • Day 93: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance (Update #2)
  • Day 92: “Happy Place” (Original Music)
  • Day 91: Ongoing Furnace of Creativity
  • Day 90: 1100 Miles and Counting
  • Day 89: “No Loss of Enthusiasm” (Original Music)
  • Day 88: The Top 7 Purposes of Your Money (Part 1)
  • Day 87: Well-Being Returns
  • Day 86: Four Hours of Running, Two Days of Eating!
  • Day 85: “Playful Ruse” (Original Music)
  • Day 84: A Lengthy, Easy-Going Triumph
  • Day 83: The Day Before…
  • Day 82: This Weekend’s 23-Mile Run
  • Day 81: A True Test of Risk Tolerance
  • Day 80: Appreciating Open Creative Valves
  • Day 79: I just let it happen
  • Day 78: My Life is Expanding and I am Loving It
  • Day 77: A Process to Release Negative Thoughts
  • Day 76: Personal Happiness and The 80/20 Rule
  • Day 75: “Take Me To Your Leader” (Original Music)
  • Day 74: The Mother of All Teachers
  • Day 73: “Blessed” (Original Music)
  • Day 72: Look, But Don’t Touch!
  • Day 71: They Are Just Thoughts
  • Day 70: Taming the Reading Hobgoblin 2.0
  • Day 69: “Somewhere Other Soundscape” (Original Music)
  • Day 68: Saved by the Food Use Maximizer!
  • Day 67: Tony Robbins, I Appreciate You
  • Day 66: “Wow, this is interesting. What will happen next?”
  • Day 65: Close to Normal
  • Day 64: My Evolving Relationship with 20 Milers
  • Day 63: I (still) love executing well-organized plans
  • Day 62: “Joy the Incessant” (Original Music)
  • Day 61: Apparently Not Caring is Powerful!
  • Day 60: The Numbers Don’t Lie
  • Day 59: “Satisfy Yourself” (Original Poem)
  • Day 58: Call Me the Tortoise. I Don’t Mind.
  • Day 57: Your Personal Mount Everest
  • Day 56: What Are You Giving Air Time To?
  • Day 55: “The Satisfaction Machine” (Original Music)
  • Day 54: Tony Robbins’ Fabulous “Money: Master the Game”
  • Day 53: The Unexpected Gem that is “Top Gun: Maverick”
  • Day 52: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
  • Day 51: Making the Shift from Speed to Endurance
  • Day 50: Sunday Chill-Day after a Long Run
  • Day 49: “Carry on the Dream” (Original Music)
  • Day 48: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Day 47: The Marathon, Demystified (Or “I’m Learning How to Learn”)
  • Day 46: Reaching for Satisfaction (Project-ville Edition)
  • Day 45: A Transcendent Production of “The Secret Garden”
  • Day 44: Relentlessly Pursuing a Positive Mindset
  • Day 43: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance (Update #1)
  • Day 42: Appreciating My Resilient 2020 Posts
  • Day 41: Reaching for Satisfaction (Music-Sharing Edition)
  • Day 40: I Love Feeling Good After a Run!
  • Day 39: “Sweet at Home (for strings)” [Original Music]
  • Day 38: The Drama-Free Game of Growing Share Ownership (Part 2)
  • Day 37: Allowing My Way to Enjoying “Masterclass”
  • Day 36: My Short-But-Sweet “In the Heights” Adventure
  • Day 35: Now You Know What I Care About!
  • Day 34: “Ragamuffins” (Original Music)
  • Day 33: Oops… I wrote it again
  • Day 32: Habits of “The Richest Man in Babylon”
  • Day 31: Just Keep Going…!
  • Day 30: Ten Ways I am Being Kind to Myself
  • Day 29: “She Will Be Loved” (Original Music)
  • Day 28: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance
  • Day 27: The Serenity Prayer in Action
  • Day 26: The Drama-Free Game of Growing Share Ownership
  • Day 25: Time Is Going to Pass Anyway…
  • Day 24: “The Truth Behind the Lie” (Original Music)
  • Day 23: Staying in the Sweet Spot of “Important but Not Urgent”
  • Day 22: Resistance Does Not Indicate Unworthiness
  • Day 21: Long Live the Weird!
  • Day 20: “Guitar Smiles” (Original Music)
  • Day 19: Composing vs. Blogging, or How I Was Made to Make Music!
  • Day 18: Pursue Your Own Personal Version of Greatness
  • Day 17: “Thought Magma” (Original Composition)
  • Day 16: Countering The Negative Monkey Mind
  • Day 15: Using my great focus for good
  • Day 14: Walk-Running My Way to Marathon #3
  • Day 13: The Music Composition Train Rolls On… (featuring “The Sleepy Blues Bullfrog”)
  • Day 12: Everybody Has Strengths…Here Are Mine
  • Day 11: Morgan Housel’s “The Psychology of Money”
  • Day 10: We Are Good to Go!
  • Day 9: Focusing on What You Want
  • Day 8: The 10k that ended up OK (!)
  • Day 7: Benefiting From Slightly-Ago Me
  • Day 6: What Does it Mean to Get a Million Views?
  • Day 5: Is Crypto the New Tulipmania?
  • Day 4: “Fun-Fare!” (Original Music)
  • Day 3: “When Everything Is Off” (Music Composition)
  • Day 2: That Time I Got Jealous of Idris and Dwayne
  • Day 1: Keep Calm and Blog On

 2021 (“My Marathon Year”)

  • Now What?
  • Ten Things I Have Gotten Out of Having a Blog
  • Me Like-y My Blog Sooo Much
  • Recapping My Marathon Year
  • Marathon Training Update #6: It all comes down to this…
  • Marathon Training Update #5: I am doing this!
  • Marathon Training Update #4: Going Slower to Go Longer
  • Marathon Training Update #3: It’s Not a Sprint!
  • Marathon Training Update #2
  • Marathon Training Update #1

 

Fall 2020 

  • 2020 Investing Wrap Up!
  • I Decided to Be Happy
  • Practicing Ease and Effortlessness
  • Not Nice Chris Comes Out to Play
  • The Power of Intention: Arnold Forges His Destiny
  • “Day Dreaming” (rhyme)
  • Slow and Steady to My First Marathon
  • Christmas Eve Appreciation List
  • “the Inner Loon” (poem)
  • Top 10 Personal Accomplishments of 2020
  • Onward with the Learning
  • Practicing Being Flexible
  • Just Happy to Be at a Bookstore
  • Create Your Own Weather (Version 2)
  • Create Your Own Weather
  • A Wonderful Year?
  • Thank God for the Artist (original poem)
  • A Tale of Two Stock Picks
  • It is All Unfolding Perfectly
  • Serving Its Purpose Beautifully
  • The Writing Fool Keeps At It
  • Clear as Daylight
  • Populate Your World with What You Want
  • Small Pleasures but Still Appreciated
  • Making Peace With What Is (Part 2)
  • Soothing the Mental Patient
  • Wired to Conform?
  • Christmas Tree Jr. and Stream-Of-Consciousness Miscellany
  • Discerning Those Yellow Bricks
  • Magnificence Writ Large Across the Sky
  • The North Star of Happiness Beckons
  • Our Perfect Little Thanksgiving at Home
  • Rewards Card Update (Yes, I’m Giving Thanks!)
  • The Magical Savings Snowball
  • What Do I Think?
  • Eventually Water Always Wins Out
  • Carving Out My Corner of the World
  • Finding My Groove in an Early-Morning Dream World
  • Hey, Mr. Investing Junkie, Lay Off the Rat Poison!
  • Oh, To Enjoy My Songs!
  • You Cannot Criticize Yourself to Success
  • The Rainy Heavens Give Birth (Rhyme-y Poem)
  • Everything You Ever Want
  • Tom is very sensitive… (Creative Writing)
  • “Confused Mess” vs. “Having it Going On”
  • Leave Everyone Else Out
  • Making Peace with What Is
  • The Empire Building of A Young Schwarzenegger
  • Stumbling My Way To Clarity
  • The Investing Research Junkie and the Unsolvable Riddle
  • Progress is Inevitable
  • Third Time’s a Charm
  • One Must Be Prepared for Long Runs
  • Your Inner World, Made Visible to Others
  • Becoming Creatively Unstoppable
  • Reaching for Satisfaction: Rock-Throwing Edition
  • The Post-Bear Market Bounce Back
  • Look at Us Now!
  • New-and-Improved, Pandemic-Era Running Regime (October Update)
  • My 2020 “Slow” and “Quick” Reads
  • Keep It In Perspective!
  • The Blog Where I Throw Rocks At Myself
  • It’s Not the Subject (It’s How It Feels)
  • My Daily Blog Meditation
  • Take Matters Into Your Own Hands
  • Look After Your Own Happiness
  • “Piano Electric!” (Original Piano Improv)
  • What are You Under the Influence of?
  • Breaking the Habit of Being Myself
  • Leave the Place Better
  • “Unique Creative Bliss” (Original Poem)
  • The Importance of Being Ready
  • Personal Takeaways from Investing in 2020
  • Appreciation (Still) Never Gets Old
  • Reaching for Satisfaction: Creativity Edition
  • A Fresh Start
  • Will Let You Know
  • The Subjective Reality Conundrum
  • “The Trusty Jog” (Ode to Running)
  • Just Another Mellow Pleasing Day
  • Why Not Be as the Sun?
  • My New-and-Improved, Pandemic-Era Running Regime
  • Appreciation Never Gets Old
  • How to Benefit from Everything that Happens to You

Pandemic Edition: June 2020 

  • Pause and Reboot
  • Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Good Hobby
  • Happiness is a Present-Moment Thing
  • A Mind Can Change!
  • Sensitive Expressive Me
  • If Only We Were Robots (and Other Random Thoughts)
  • Counterfactual Thinking, that Sneaky Mechanism of the Mind
  • The Ghost of Elvis
  • The Benefits of Real Life Interaction
  • Q&A with the Chief Blogging Officer of MyHappinessObsession.com
  • The Closet Renaissance Man Calls Out that Old Nasty
  • Chain-Mail Epiphany
  • What Can You Control?
  • How Is Beating Yourself Up Working Out?
  • The Happy Mind (Poem)
  • The Life-Changing Power of Decision
  • Don’t Underestimate the 5% (Of Your Behavior That’s Not Automatic)
  • My Music Career Takes the Non-Attachment Test
  • “STOCK MARKET!”
  • Another Thing to Feel Good About
  • It’s (Now More than Ever) Time to Develop Good Financial Habits
  • The Benefits of a Good Distraction
  • Investing through Volatile Times (Part 2)
  • Slogging Through to My First 20-Mile Run
  • The Habits that Save Me From Myself
  • Musical Playtime…Online!
  • Lessons on Freedom from the Extraordinary Benjamin Franklin
  • What Are You Appreciating? (Encore Edition)
  • The Indestructible Power of the “Slow and Steady” Approach
  • The Return of the Return of the Daily Blogger

Pandemic Edition: April 2020 

  • My “No More Suckiness” Philosophy
  • Musing on Freedom
  • “If You Are Ready” (Original Poem)
  • If You Tune In, the Ideas… Just Come.
  • Ten Silver Linings of Pandemic Times
  • Feeling the Fear and Running it Anyway
  • We Shall Prevail!
  • MyHappinessObsession, I Love You!
  • It’s Ya Birthday…
  • Templeton and the Test of One’s Investing Mettle
  • For Your Consideration (Why It’s Going to Be Okay)
  • When You Feel Cut Off From What You Want
  • Quality Questions for Personal Happiness
  • The Power of Your Thoughts
  • Your Creative Path of Least Resistance
  • Thank You, U.S. Government
  • We Finished Our Fricking Taxes!
  • Good habits rock!
  • The Only Thing We Have to Fear…
  • Guard Your Mind
  • Becoming a Clarity Sleuth (Part 2)
  • Personal Wins Still Matter!
  • I Choose!
  • A Letter from the Corona Virus to Humanity
  • “The Four Pillars of Investing”: An Uncannily Well-Timed Read
  • My Conversation with Chicken Little
  • Today’s Gratifying, Satisfying, and Much -Appreciated Costco Run
  • Investing through Volatile Times: “So far so good”
  • What Are You Appreciating?
  • An Infinite Supply of Well-Being

365 Day Blogging Project, Year Two (Unfinished)

  • The Utter Perfection of This Contradiction
  • The Simple Contrarian Beauty of Rebalancing
  • The Fabulous Investing Decade of the 2010s (What’s Next?)
  • Ducks and Cats Would Understand
  • A Heartfelt Connection with My Audience
  • The 2010s: (My) Decade in Review
  • Don’t Stop Believin… In the Joy and Magic of Life
  • A Holiday Plea For Common “Cents”
  • Attack of the Sweets!
  • Questions I Asked Myself for 2019
  • I’m Actually Enjoying This Holiday Season
  • Overcoming the Silent Killer
  • Happiness Has Its Own Momentum
  • Where’s My Golden Parachute?
  • How Perfectly Things Evolve
  • This is Why We Invest in Stocks
  • The Economics of Sitting at the Cafe
  • The Gospel of the Index Fund
  • My New Mid-Way Plan
  • I Like My New-Found Freedom
  • It’s the Little Things
  • Do We Really Need to Be Gotten?
  • Ode of Gratitude
  • The Compounding Power of One’s Efforts
  • What I Would Say to My Younger Self
  • I Love Executing Well-Organized Plans
  • Been There, Done That
  • Blissing Out At the Cafe (Revisited)
  • Thou Shalt Not Be a Financial Prognosticator!
  • Nothing a Little Music Couldn’t Help With
  • Turning the Spout On and Off
  • We’ve Got You Covered
  • The Life and Times of a Half-Marathoner (in Pictures!)
  • Financial Perfectionism: You’ve Been Spotted!
  • The Little Things We Do Well
  • Stand In Your Truth, Aka “The Health Advice that Incensed Me”
  • Getting Ready to Be Ready
  • What I’ve Learned as an Investor So Far
  • Expirtate the Unwanted!
  • Day 408: The Movie In Your Mind
  • Day 407: Focusing to Shift One’s Mind State
  • When You Care More About Liking Yourself
  • Day [insert ever-increasing # here]: Making Chit-Chat on the Page
  • Day 404: The Periodic Table of… Investments! (Part 2)
  • The Periodic Table of… Investments!
  • Day 402: My Quirky Jelly Bean Eating Routine
  • My 4th Half Marathon: Running My Own Race
  • Day 400: The Art of the Fast (It’s Not Just For Food)
  • Day Three-Hundred and…. Wait, We’re Not Doing that Anymore! Or Are We?
  • The Prodigal Son Returneth (Version 2.0)
  • Day 397: Exercising My Right to Press Pause
  • Day 396: Jovial Patriarch (Creative Writing)
  • Day 395: My New Attitude
  • Day 394: Always Fishin’ for Alignment (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 393: Back in the Cave with the Approval-Seeking Dragon
  • Day 392: Let the Universe Take Care of It
  • Day 391: Give Yourself a Break
  • Day 390: To Be Idealistic is to Be Divine
  • Day 389: Get Receptive!
  • Day 388: Free Yourself From Nasty “I’m” Statements
  • Day 387: The Greatest Opportunity
  • Day 386: Having Something Good to Read (Revisited)
  • Day 385: What Makes You Phenomenal?
  • Day 384: You’re Now In Alignment (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 383: I will develop good habits and become their slave!
  • Day 382: You Are Not Failing
  • Day 381: This blog is sacred to me
  • Day 380: The Space Between Our Ears
  • Day 379: Staying Cool, Calm, and Collected About Mr. Market
  • Day 378: Non-Resistant Thought (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 377: Back in the Flow
  • Day 376: My Continuous Positivity Feed
  • Day 375: Taking on My Financial Education
  • Day 374: Steering Away from A Negativity Iceberg
  • Day 373: Day 700, Anybody?
  • Day 372: You have nothing to do with it.
  • Day 371: Introducing, Your Inner Being…
  • Day 370: That Very Dark Rabbit Hole
  • Day 369: Analyze Your Thoughts
  • Day 368: Struggle was my middle name.
  • Day 367: The Daily Money Juggling Challenge
  • Day 366: On Your Marks, Get Set, Begin!

365 Day Blogging Project, Year One (8/4/18-8/3/19)

  • Day 365: Grant’s Virtues
  • Day 364: Don’t Take It Personally
  • Day 363: REITs, aka My New Treats
  • Day 362: The Cure for Marketing Blues?
  • Day 361: The Plan Moving Forward…
  • Day 360: The Perfect Antidote to the Over Thinker
  • Day 359: Get the Gift of Your Past
  • Day 358: Just Because They’re Habits, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Change Them…
  • Day 357: Overcoming “Money in & Money out”
  • Day 356: “The Artist’s Way” and Open Creative Valves
  • Day 355: Dump the “Should!”
  • Day 354: Appreciate Yourself
  • Day 353: Ever the Renegade (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 352: No One Else Can Do It For You
  • Day 351: Abundance and Winning at Toy Blast
  • Day 350: Ullysses S. Grant’s Highly Sensitive Nature
  • Day 349: Stay the Course!
  • Day 348: Pivot Your Way to Happiness (Part 2)
  • Day 347: What I got from writing “Charlie’s Dog”
  • Day 346: A Big Mind is Open!
  • Day 345: Thoughts on Alice Schroeder’s Buffett biography
  • Day 344: You Just Can’t Trust Your Own Brain!
  • Day 343: Ten Merry Men (original poem)
  • Day 342: The Power of the Nap
  • Day 341: Don’t Just Do Something… Sit There! (Part 3)
  • Day 340: Charlie’s Dog (Conclusion)
  • Day 339: Charlie’s Dog (Part 17)
  • Day 338: Charlie’s Dog (Part 16)
  • Day 337: Charlie’s Dog (Part 15)
  • Day 336: Charlie’s Dog (Part 14)
  • Day 335: Charlie’s Dog (Part 13)
  • Day 334: Approaching the 1-year mark, my short story, and seeing Abraham
  • Day 333: Charlie’s Dog (Part 12)
  • Day 332: Charlie’s Dog (Part 11)
  • Day 331: Charlie’s Dog (Part 10)
  • Day 330: Off to see Abraham!
  • Day 329: Charlie’s Dog (Part 9)
  • Day 328: Charlie’s Dog (Part 8)
  • Day 327: Charlie’s Dog (Part 7)
  • Day 326: Charlie’s Dog (Part 6)
  • Day 325: Charlie’s Dog (Part 5)
  • Day 324: Charlie’s Dog (Part 4)
  • Day 323: Charlie’s Dog (Part 3)
  • Day 322: Charlie’s Dog (Continued)
  • Day 321: Charlie’s Dog (short-story)
  • Day 320: Ready to Get to the Fun Parts (Original Rhyme)
  • Day 319: Don’t Just Do Something… Sit There! (Part 2)
  • Day 318: Amazing Future Harvests
  • Day 317: My Money Management Fetish Revisited
  • Day 316: When People Don’t See You
  • Day 315: Slow and steady (still) wins the race!
  • Day 314: Observations on this blog
  • Day 313: What’s Your Risk Tolerance? (Part 3/Survey Says…)
  • Day 312: What’s Your Risk Tolerance? (Part 2/Personal Update)
  • Day 311: What’s Your Risk Tolerance?
  • Day 310: Hocus Pocus of Thought (original rhyme)
  • Day 309: Memories of Bob’s Class
  • Day 308: It Has to Pass the Satisfaction Test
  • Day 307: Music Career Confessional
  • Day 306: Sucked into the Internet Vortex!
  • Day 305: Stop Monkey-ing It Up!
  • Day 304: Don’t just do something… sit there!
  • Day 303: Reality is a Construct of the Imagination
  • Day 302: Recency Bias and the Silliness of Video Game Baseball Predictions
  • Day 301: Warren Buffet’s “Bathtub Memory”
  • Day 300: …And still going strong!
  • Day 299: Notes from the Snow (Part 2)
  • Day 298: Notes from the Snow (Part 1)
  • Day 297: Our Cat, the Fifth Element
  • Day 296: The Musician Not Writing About Music
  • Day 295: Off on a back-packing trip!
  • Day 294: My Life Purpose… Revised
  • Day 293: Relax and Enjoy the Party!
  • Day 292: A Case for Financial Responsibility
  • Day 291: Living la Vida Creative!
  • Day 290: Me vs. the Monkey Mind
  • Day 289: Writing Down the Story of My Life
  • Day 288: The world will give you back what you give
  • Day 287: I will guard my happiness
  • Day 286: Clear the mind of Self-Judgment
  • Day 285: The Puppet Master and the Puppet
  • Day 284: We’re going to see Abraham-Hicks!
  • Day 283: A Good Fact-Finding Mission
  • Day 282: I need time to think!
  • Day 281: I love my personal eating routine
  • Day 280: Capturing an Emotional Snapshot
  • Day 279: “Angry Toad” (Original verse)
  • Day 278: Having Something Good to Read
  • Day 277: Some Personal Truths I’m a bit Scared to Share
  • Day 276: One of “those days…”
  • Day 275: Some of my favorite passages from “Walden”
  • Day 274: Notes from the Highly-Sensitive Front
  • Day 273: As You Define It
  • Day 272: Worthy of All Great Things
  • Day 271: I think I’ll go with what feels good.
  • Day 270: The Art of Fugue
  • Day 269: Breathe in that Uncertainty
  • Day 268: Eyes looking forward…
  • Day 267: Embracing the Wisdom of Uncertainty
  • Day 266: Pivot Your Way to Happiness!
  • Day 265: Thoreau, Astute Nature Writer and Lover of Ponds
  • Day 264: “Desire” (original rhyme)
  • Day 263: Think for Yourself!
  • Day 262: Birthday Manifesting Crash Course at the DMV
  • Day 261: “Liar’s Poker,” or Michael Lewis’ sojourn into Wall Street hell
  • Day 260: So Many Things to Enjoy
  • Day 259: How to Receive
  • Day 258: Give Up Control
  • Day 257: The Man Who Taught Me to Think for Myself
  • Day 256: Saved by My Night of Performing
  • Day 255: Giving up Attachment
  • Day 254: “Tonight I’m Skipping School” (original rhyme)
  • Day 253: Listen to Your Own Signals!
  • Day 252: Question from a Reader…What is the Origin of Love?
  • Day 251: I love the idea of creating my life
  • Day 250: Aiming at some real expression
  • Day 249: Pick Projects that Align With You
  • Day 248: Looking under the vibrational hood…
  • Day 247: I’m so glad they invented movies!
  • Day 246: Distorted Thought Fuzz (original rhyme)
  • Day 245: Stop Effort-ing, and Start Enjoying
  • Day 244: Question from a Reader… Sacrifice One’s Life?
  • Day 243: Enjoy the Ride
  • Day 242: How to Attract Only Great Students
  • Day 241: “The Glass Castle” Book Review, aka Parents Gone Wild
  • Day 240: Snapshot of the Present Moment
  • Day 239: Resistance-Free Me
  • Day 238: My Money Confession
  • Day 237: One of those days (original verse)
  • Day 236: Let the Universe Work Its Magic
  • Day 235: Taming the Reading Hobgoblin
  • Day 234: Notes from an Inner-Guidance Junkie
  • Day 233: How to Make a Subject Feel Good?
  • Day 232: Score for changing my focus!
  • Day 231: Only think about what lights you up
  • Day 230: Wanted or Unwanted?
  • Day 229: Satisfying the creative urge
  • Day 228: Another Musical Production, Another Fine Experience
  • Day 227: After the Ecstasy…
  • Day 226: My Magical Running Journey Takes a “Lucky” Turn
  • Day 225: A little goes a long way for me
  • Day 224: Dare to Share (poem/verses)
  • Day 223: Stop with all the doing already!
  • Day 222: Your Worth is Immeasurable
  • Day 221: Ride the Roller-coaster!
  • Day 220: Have Unshakeable Belief in Yourself
  • Day 219: One Week Away from Half Marathon #3
  • Day 218: Don’t force your dreams
  • Day 217: A Not-Insignificant Perk of Being Generous
  • Day 216: Why I am Optimistic These Days
  • Day 215: Maybe in the Morning (original verse)
  • Day 214: How to face areas of life that you have been avoiding?
  • Day 213: What did you expect?
  • Day 212: Mustard seed, anyone?
  • Day 211: Let Go (original rhyme/poem)
  • Day 210: Preventing the Highest Betrayal
  • Day 209: Is dwelling in the past serving a purpose?
  • Day 208: The Curriculum for Your Personal Happiness
  • Day 207: Appreciate, don’t complain
  • Day 206: I finally learned how to eat
  • Day 205: The Curtain (original rhyme)
  • Day 204: I’d rather look for what’s right [with the world]
  • Day 203: Onward into the Night!
  • Day 202: Whole Hog (original rhyme)
  • Day 201: Adopt a Friendly Attitude Towards What Matters
  • Day 200: Description Post #2
  • Day 199: Accept No Substitutes!
  • Day 198: Our Challenging, Incredible Minds
  • Day 197: What if you could live guilt-free?
  • Day 196: The Journey to Happiness is Not a One-Time Event!
  • Day 195: Musicals, Gigs, and the Joys of Learning New Music
  • Day 194: Is this thought satisfying?
  • Day 193: Own your awesomeness!
  • Day 192: Set your own vibrational course!
  • Day 191: Why Tolerate Negative Thoughts?
  • Day 190: Basking in the Joy of Service
  • Day 189: Grandiose Dreams and Earthly Realities
  • Day 188: You Can Change How You Think!
  • Day 187: What do you do to get into a positive state?
  • Day 186: Another Act of Self-Expression
  • Day 185: When Life Seems Hard (poem)
  • Day 184: Are You Aligning With What You Say You Want (Part 2)
  • Day 183: Are you aligning with what you say you want?
  • Day 182: Does it Spark Joy?
  • Day 181: Sometimes I take a long time to think things through
  • Day 180: Nearing the Half Way Mark
  • Day 179: All’s Well That Ends…
  • Day 178: Are You a Highly Sensitive Person?
  • Day 177: A Jog in the Fog
  • Day 176: Another awesome gig
  • Day 175: Just Say Yes… When You Mean It!
  • Day 174: Try out things you’ve always wanted to do!
  • Day 173: Ask and It Is Given
  • Day 172: Life’s Unfolding Story (original rhyme)
  • Day 171: Looking Back and Liking What I See
  • Day 170: What would you do if you knew everyone were watching?
  • Day 169: The Workhorse Has Come Out!
  • Day 168: The Freedom to Express
  • Day 167: Be Judicious in Your Commitments
  • Day 166: A Vision Worth Trusting
  • Day 165: Making Choices
  • Day 164: Is it worth it?
  • Day 163: Attachment = Drama
  • Day 162: The light of consciousness is always possible
  • Day 161: Reading Funk or Reaching for Satisfaction?
  • Day 160: I’m a patient man.
  • Day 159: Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
  • Day 158: A Tale of Two Kitties
  • Day 157: So Long, Approval-Seeking Dragon!
  • Day 156: An Unexpected Sunday Night Soirée with our Neighbors
  • Day 155: Blissing out at the Cafe
  • Day 154: Peace Will Find It’s Way In (Rhyme)
  • Day 153: A Perk of Teaching Music
  • Day 152: You’re Never Going to Get it Done
  • Day 151: Keeping Things in Perspective
  • Day 150: Questions for 2019
  • Day 149: the Holy Grail of Empowerment
  • Day 148: It’ll All Work Out. Promise.
  • Day 147: Your Child Self Created You as You Are Today
  • Day 146: Fast Times with Intermittent Fasting
  • Day 145: Defeating The Anxiety Ogre
  • Day 144: How to Walk Freely in the World
  • Day 143: The Power of Presence
  • Day 142: Freedom from Mental Bulls##t (Did I mention I was on TV today?)
  • Day 141: You’re Not Done Yet
  • Day 140: It’s Buying Season!
  • Day 139: Website progress… AT LONG LAST!
  • Day 138: Burning the candle…
  • Day 137: A reminder I needed to hear
  • Day 136: A Winter Wonderland of Leaves
  • Day 135: High-flying Student Redeemed
  • Day 134: A Joyful Journey
  • Day 133: How to Make Change In Your Life
  • Day 132: Acceptance and Perfect Imperfection
  • Day 131: Dare to Be Yourself
  • Day 130: My 2018 Reading List
  • Day 129: Money and Certainty
  • Day 128: Are you present?
  • Day 127: A Year of Firsts
  • Day 126: Down with The Mental Torture Chamber!
  • Day 125: Making Friends with Change?
  • Day 124: Just Another Day (original poem)
  • Day 123: How to Shift Your Focus
  • Day 122: My Non-Business Business Plan
  • Day 121: The Joys of Working with Great People
  • Day 120: Picture Taking Fun
  • Day 119: What I Am Learning These Days
  • Day 118: Have Fake Book, Will Travel
  • Day 117: Cereal of the Gods!
  • Day 116: Does Your Money Situation Have Integrity?
  • Day 115: End the Delusion of Time
  • Day 114: You have the guidance you need inside of you
  • Day 113: It was music all the way, baby
  • Day 112: It’s All About Attitude (Part 2)
  • Day 111: Magic One-One-One
  • Day 110: What Are Your Standards Where Your Life Works?
  • Day 109: Feel Worthy and Watch the Results Flow
  • Day 108: It is Not a Crime to Express Myself 🙂
  • Day 107: Never Belonged  Video of me performing my new song of the same name at the piano
  • Day 106: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 7) “Wading Through Mental Sludge”
  • Day 105: How I Made My Latest Music Video Explanation of how I made the “Bagels and Chocolate Milk” video
  • Day 104: My Little Music Community Appreciating the community I get to enjoy at my piano studio.
  • Day 103: Ten Years of Love Songs  Unveiling my latest funny love-song music video “Bagels and Chocolate Milk.”  A list of all the love songs I have written about or inspired by my wife (including links to videos where I have them).
  • Day 102: My Life Now (In Rhyme)
  • Day 101: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 6)
  • Day 100: Sugar Free Me… Well, Almost
  • Day 99: Our Rewarding Rewards Card  Update on our new rewards credit card.
  • Day 98: It’s All About Attitude
  • Day 97: The Playful Spirit is CoMIng OUt!
  • Day 96: Transformation Radioactive (original poem)
  • Day 95: There is a Revolution Afoot
  • Day 94: The Glorious Possibilities of Personal Fearlessness  Inspiration on high after seeing “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  • Day 93: Look at Me… Weirdo in Action 🙂
  • Day 92: Stretch Happens
  • Day 91: Thoughts on Tonight’s “In the Zone” Piano Gig  Reflections on the excellent piano gig I had tonight.
  • Day 90: At Home with “11/22/63”  Thoughts on one of my favorite Stephen King book adaptations for the screen.
  • Day 89: “King Sugar Cane,” a Halloween Rhyme  Halloween-themed rhyme somewhat critical of our sugar-obsessed culture.
  • Day 88: Allowing the Rough Edges
  • Day 87: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 5)
  • Day 86: Re-Living (and Relieving) School Woes  Thoughts on challenging school experiences from my past, returning to mind because of a class I have been taking.
  • Day 85: Three Raps from the Past
  • Day 84: Performance, a Force to Be Reckoned With
  • Day 83: Going through my process
  • Day 82: Staying Grounded in the Middle of the Turmoil
  • Day 81: How Dissatisfaction, Food Poisoning, and a TV Show Brought Me to Intermittent Fasting
  • Day 80: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 4)
  • Day 79: Why I Love Intermittent Fasting (in Rhyme!)
  • Day 78: Refutation (Original Rap)
  • Day 77: Leaving Cool Behind (original rhyme)
  • Day 76: A Steady Stream of New Creative Work
  • Day 75: Write the Script of Your Life!
  • Day 74: Transcending the Fight-or-Flight Brain
  • Day 73: Personal Pot (er, Blog) of Gold – Original Rap Just for This Blog
  • Day 72: My Themeless Blog Theme
  • Day 71: Keeping Things Simple   The principle of keeping things simple by knowing what you are most committed to
  • Day 70: My Recycling-for-Change Thing  My enjoyment of recycling cans and bottles for money
  • Day 69: Showing Up for Work  My desire to keep a professional and uplifting attitude for these blog posts
  • Day 68: Money is an Energy!   The nature of money as energy
  • Day 67: A Question about Happiness to My Higher Self  How to be loving to oneself and others
  • Day 66: Riding the Momentum  A post about my latest Artist Mindset Podcast episode and music video with comedian Michelle Petro
  • Day 65: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 3) The importance of doing what satisfies you
  • Day 64: The Peanut Gallery of Unimaginative Spambots A somewhat humorous complaint about receiving fake comments from spambots on this blog
  • Day 63: An Excellent but Harrowing Read  Book review of “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt
  • Day 62: Flower Child! Revisiting a music video I created a few years ago to a rap-love song I wrote
  • Day 61: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 2)  Always ask yourself, “Is this satisfying?”
  • Day 60: Why Pain  The purpose of pain, to show us what we need to pay attention to
  • Day 59: My Unglamorous Love Affair with Index Funds  A money discussion on the topic of Index Funds, which I am especially fond of
  • Day 58: Living with Joy (Part 2)  Distinguishing true joy and living by it
  • Day 57: Living with Joy  Looking for what makes you happy
  • Day 56: Don’t Let the A$$holes Stop You Pep talk not to be bothered by negative people; book review of ““The Asshole Survival Guide” by Robert I. Sutton
  • Day 55: Morning Glow and the Sweet Timelessness of Nature  Celebrating being in nature (and running)
  • Day 54: Oh No! Phone Shut Down! Or How I Became a Student of H2O  Humorous look at incident where my phone mysteriously shut down, and the philosophy of being infinitely flexible like water
  • Day 53: More of Ye Original “Shakespearian” Poetry  More original poetry of mine done in iambic pentameter
  • Day 52: Reaching for Satisfaction  Happy people do what satisfies them.  You can too
  • Day 51: The Power of Inspired Action  Our recent campaign to organize our home
  • Day 50: How to Lighten Up  Aligning your thoughts with love and joy
  • Day 49: What is it about the Laundromat? 🙂  Appreciating my weekly trips to the laundromat
  • Day 48: The Many Ways of Being Creative   Discussion of the vast array of ways that creative people are creative.
  • Day 47: Out and About with My Podcast!  Celebrating my latest episode of the Artist Mindset Podcast, at the HFA Print Gallery
  • Day 46: Welcome to Planet Earth 🙂  A Higher Self Post
  • Day 45: The Importance of a Friendly Attitude Towards Life  Cultivating a positive attitude about others
  • Day 44: The Pitfalls of Laying it All Out There  Self-reflections on doing this blog
  • Day 43: My Higher Self’s Guide to Abundance  Inspired thoughts on money and abundance
  • Day 42: Questions from a Reader  Answers from “My Higher Self” to several different questions
  • Day 41: Thoughts From My Higher Self  Discussion with “My Higher Self”
  • Day 40: The Spirit of Generosity  Living the spirit of giving and making a difference for others
  • Day 39: My new (gulp) credit card  Talking about my new rewards credit card
  • Day 38: A Little Original Poetry… In Iambic Pentameter! Sharing some original “Shakespearian” poetry I wrote a few years ago
  • Day 37: My Collaboration with Charlie Chaplin  Sharing some silent movie music I wrote to a Charlie Chaplin film excerpt
  • Day 36: Think about trees!   The value of thinking about neutral or slightly pleasant topics… such as trees
  • Day 35: Braving the Mind Field  How our minds can play tricks on us, and be overly harsh to us
  • Day 34: Creating a Legacy… One Thought at a Time  The daily snapshots of each post in this blog
  • Day 33: Just Say No  The importance of choosing wisely, and knowing when to say “No”
  • Day 32: The Futility of Trying to Change Others Humorous lesson in how hard it is to change others, using a story with my first cat
  • Day 31: Becoming a Clarity Sleuth  The importance of finding thoughts that feel right, and that make you feel clear
  • Day 30: How to be a Perfect Misanthrope (ie the Rules of Social Isolationism)  A humorous satire of some of my biggest past social foibles and blunders with handling friendships
  • Day 29: Blog on the Go  Post I wrote while in Oakland for my brother’s wedding
  • Day 28: Overcoming the Dreaded “Get it Right” Machine  The importance of being towards-motivated instead of away-from motivated, getting over the need to get it right
  • Day 27: Thoughts on “Go-Givers Sell More”  Book review of sales book oriented around giving
  • Day 26: Finding Your Alignment  Discussion of the Law of Attraction and finding your alignment
  • Day 25: Don’t Judge Me  The importance of protecting yourself against your worst critic: You
  • Day 24: Who Am I Writing This For? Reflections on this blog
  • Day 23: Peace Be with You  Repositioning peace as acceptance, rather than some mythical stasis or permanent equilibrium
  • Day 22: Tales of an Autodidact  Celebrating being self-taught, someone who has the personal initiative and self-discipline to seeks out knowledge for and sometimes by themselves
  • Day 21: Enya, the Most Beautiful Music I Cannot Name
  • Day 20: The Modern Day Credit Trap
  • Day 19: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
  • Day 18: My Money Management Fetish
  • Day 17: Enjoying the Flow
  • Day 16: Outlasting Quitter’s Day
  • Day 15: The Parable of Andy Dufresne
  • Day 14: Not Looking Back
  • Day 13: The Artist Mindset Podcast
  • Day 12: Marching to Your Own Drummer
  • Day 11: Putting the Addled Brain in its Place
  • Day 10: Lesser Than No One
  • Day 9: Playing the Consistency Game
  • Day 8: The Beatles All Around Us
  • Day 7: Anatomy of a Performance
  • Day 6: The Most Impactful Self Help in My Life
  • Day 5: Opening Up the Soundcloud Vault
  • Day 4: Change, the Only Constant (Nemesis)
  • Day 3: Sitting with the Awkwardness
  • Day 2: How Much Do People Read?
  • 365 Day Blogging Project: Day 1   The first day of the project!

The Artist Financial (Abandoned blog idea combining money topics with being an artist)

  • Vindicating the Profit Motive
  • Overcoming Financial Perfectionism
  • It’s Time to Develop Good Financial Habits
  • You can fail at doing something that is NOT your dream, too, ya know…
  • Fly in the Face of Adversity and Build Your Nest Egg!
  • The Curse of Negative Childhood Money Messages
  • The Most Important Financial Decision You Will Ever Make… (Life Changing Video)
  • Why Artists Need to Learn about Personal Finance
  • The Spiritual Currency of Being Paid for Our Art

The Early Posts

  • Yosemite: the Sequel!
  • McDonald’s Behind the Arches
  • Why this is incredibly stupid… (Don’t try this at home!)
  • The Prodigal Son Returneth…
  • Book Selling: Neal Stephenson’s “Seveneves” and Stephen King’s “On Writing”
  • My Magical, Difficult Backpacking Trip in Yosemite
  • Healing Begins Now (Or Childhood Tales of a Crazy Crazy Mind)
  • The Two Pennies That Became Twenty One Million Dollars? (Or Why It’s Not Okay to Quit Anything That Matters To You. Ever.)
  • Tonight’s Righteous Battle Between Ego and Higher Self: Mr. Trashman and CWiggz Duke it out!
  • What, Like It’s Hard? Getting My Legally Blonde On…
  • My First Musical Post (You Will Help Me Not to Suck as Punch!)
  • Ending the Trance of Self-Negativity
  • Adventures in Elisabeth Shue: Or What I Learned from My First On-Screen Crush
  • Tales from the Front Room: Solipsism and Other High-Falutin Chicanery
  • Thoughts on “Big Magic”: Elizabeth Gilbert schools us on the art of creative liberation
  • CWiggz! does Car Karaoke! (In his mind)
  • All Hail the Rockstars! (My Humble Confession)
  • My Higher Self Responds to My Last Post (T.G.I.F!)
  • Why I’m a Fu**in Idiot (Aka The Best New Album of 2005… er 2009… er 2014… er WTF?)
  • A Knee-Jerk Rush of Jerkdom (And more thoughts from my Higher Self)
  • Thoughts from my Viciously Depressed Thursday night (Come on in, the Hell-fire’s Warm!)
  • My Exercise Life: King Integrity, I Salute Thee! (Warning: more Explicit language from Potty Mouth Chris!)
  • Meet Mr. Trashman (Warning: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE from the world’s biggest douchebag inside my head!)
  • Let’s Talk about Failure! (Yeah baby)
  • Confessions of a Reluctant Self-Marketer
  • Talk #2 with my “Higher Self” (There goes my pretense of normalcy)
  • Chaos in “Full Disclosure”-ville
  • The Blog-Writing Monster Speaks (me want Blog Cookie!)
  • This blog’s first guest blogger: My Higher Self (aka Why I’m Completely Crazy)
  • The Douchebaggery to Badassity Continuum (Where do you stand?)Post #4: Happy Birthday Dad!
  • Post #3: How long will I keep numbering my posts? And other inconsistencies…
  • Post #2: I have no idea how to do this… (And other words of marketing genius)
  • My First Post: The obsession begins…

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