What you should read next – April 2021 – “While various rewards may be obtained by successfully acquiring a habit, I think the maximum reward is a sense of self-approval, to be able to like yourself.”

By | June 4, 2021
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Wow, I haven’t ventured onto this blog in a while. These are books from April 2021. I haven’t been reading because I am vaccinated and I have been socializing with other vaccinated people. It’s all quite exciting. Hello, Habits: A Minimalist’s Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki This book was super repetitive. It… Read More »

What you should read next – March 2021

By | March 31, 2021
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Oh, more books for you if you’re bored. I’m bored. Glimpses of Eternity: Sharing a Loved One’s Passage From This Life to the Next by Raymond Moody, MD The author is a doctor so that gives him some credibility. So many people have reported that they see things when they watch someone die, a light,… Read More »

Spending money

By | February 16, 2021
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Every few months or so, I make a wants list. It’s exactly what it sounds like. I make a list of anything I could possibly want to buy. I ask myself if this object will bring me joy, if it’s beautiful or useful, if it harms anyone else if I buy it, if it harms… Read More »

Updating my chart – 2020

By | January 18, 2021
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Hiya. 2020 is over and I’m updating my chart because that’s what I do when December 31st rolls around. I’ve kept my head buried in the sand, so I was pleasantly surprised that the pandemic hadn’t cratered the stock market. Surprised and suspicious. First the numbers. I spent $22,023.60 in 2020. That doesn’t sound like… Read More »

What you should read next – January 2021 – “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

By | January 14, 2021
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I’m working on my “updating my chart” post for 2020, but I don’t feel like I have anything new to say. Stock market up apparently. I’m living below my means. Investments cover expenses. Green line above red line. Blah blah blah. Anything in particular you’re interested in? How to break up with your phone: The… Read More »

December 2020 – What you should read next – “Do everything as if it were the only thing in the world that mattered, while all the time knowing that it doesn’t matter at all.”

By | December 15, 2020
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It is an embarrassment of riches in terms of reading material in my apartment right now. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron The author writes beautifully and simply about meditation. She brings up the concept of maitri which is a Sanskrit word meaning friend. When you’re meditating and you… Read More »

Checking in

By | December 1, 2020
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Hello friends, I haven’t written a real post in months because, frankly, I feel like I have nothing new to say and I’ve just been repeating myself for a while now. I’m still using my friendly resolutions chart most months. I’m at a sixty-five day streak for working out. My meditation practice continues. I’m looking… Read More »

What you should read next – September 2020 – “Your accomplishments can bring satisfaction, but not joy.”

By | September 29, 2020
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Reading books. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Part two of the dystopian world Margaret Atwood began in Oryx and Crake. We’re in the same universe around the same time, but from different perspectives. Eventually, we even meet up with some of the characters from Oryx and Crake. Snowman! The Crakers! Hard to… Read More »