I am re-reading (again) “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” by Burton Malkiel (2012 edition), the investing classic that champions buying and holding index funds for investors rather than trying to beat…
Day 178: Who is Ultimately Responsible?
How we think about things is a HUGE indicator of how we will experience those things. Whether we realize it or not, our thoughts about a subject are always a match for…
Day 177: Master of My Fate!
I am continually getting the chance to focus my mind toward the positive. I’m as human as the next guy, and sometimes I really have to work at it to keep a…
Day 176: Am I Being Nicer To Myself?
These days, it does feel like I’m being nicer to myself. It’s not just letting myself change my mind with things that weren’t working out, as I did about running CIM last…
Day 175: Step-by-Step to the Promised Land
Accomplishment really isn’t hard when you are consistent. I see the benefit of taking regular action every day in my life: In every case, it’s the same principle at work: just keep…
Day 174: “If There’s Hope” (Original Music)
This is a piece I wrote a month ago, in a distant land called 2022. I enjoy the quirky, indie-movie soundtrack vibe I get from this…
Day 173: What I Want This Year
New Year, New Me. Er, well… let’s see. For a long while now, I have enjoyed taking stock of the year past in its final days and looking forward to the new…
Day 172: Because It’s Beautiful
I like that I wrote my post “How to be an Independent Thinker.” It was the last post before what became my three-week blogging break over the Holidays. It didn’t come into…
Day 171: Back in the Saddle…
I wrote on my last post that I was going to take a break from blogging for a few days over Christmas weekend. It’s been over three weeks. I’ve had a mostly-satisfying…
Day 170: How To Be An Independent Thinker
Here are some notes I jotted down this morning on how to be an independent thinker. P.S. It is almost Christmas and I shall take off the next few days from blogging….