Early this year I wrote about my enjoyment of spending time writing at the neighborhood cafe, which I characterized as blissing out. Indeed, that’s how it felt. The experience could be so…
Thou Shalt Not Be a Financial Prognosticator!
Recently I have fiddling with this thing called the Portfolio Visualizer. It is an excellent website with brilliant simulators for understanding past performance of investments. It has something called a Backtest Portfolio,…
Nothing a Little Music Couldn’t Help With
So today started out sort of strange. In the morning I felt a lot of nervous energy: there was a feeling of being in the flow, of being alive… yet of being…
Turning the Spout On and Off
So here we are, it is the 20th day of the month. I have been blogging all month, after taking nearly two months off. The plan was to blog each day in…
We’ve Got You Covered
In life, sometimes you need a break. Sometimes you need to be able to let your hair down, put your sneakers on the floor, and sit by the duck pond enjoying the…
The Life and Times of a Half-Marathoner (in Pictures!)
So I ran my 4th Half Marathon two weekends ago, and the experience made me think of writing a summary of my half marathon experiences so far. So here goes… in pictures,…
Financial Perfectionism: You’ve Been Spotted!
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
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…
Stand In Your Truth, Aka “The Health Advice that Incensed Me”
I got an email from our health insurance provider claiming to sort out hype versus fact in popular nutritional trends. I saw intermittent fasting in the title and knew I had to…
Getting Ready to Be Ready
Abraham talks a lot about “getting ready to be ready.” My understanding is that this is the idea of preparing ourselves for attracting wanted things… that we may just not yet be…