Plant a New You

I watched the movie Air about how Michael Jordon got hooked up with Nike. It was set in 1984, and the music soundtrack resonated with me since I graduated high school that year. The music didn’t bring back specific memories but it gave me a feeling. When I heard Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, […]

The Money Mindset

Bringing wealth to your life is all about your mindset regarding money. You may think all you have to do is work hard, and you’ll bring in the big bucks, but there’s more to it than just spending your time working. You can work 60 hours a week and still be financially struggling or you […]

Wanna Be Rich?

This is the title of a book idea I developed several years ago. I’m embarrassed to write that because of the time I’ve allowed to pass doing other things instead of sending out a book proposal for it. The book is geared toward children and teaches them about money. I don’t remember how I learned […]

Why Animals Are Great

  Animals are great, aren’t they? Seeing a wild animal doing its thing (one that won’t harm you or doesn’t annoy you) can raise the level of dopamine in your brain. That’s the feel-good chemical that we want more of. Having an animal as a pet reduces blood pressure and makes you feel better just […]

It Might Be Insecurity

When we feel anxious or begin to doubt ourselves, insecurity is at play. The question then becomes why. Why does insecurity affect us in so many ways? We usually don’t know it’s happening, but something feels off. Insecurity has been with us since childhood. Unless you had a perfect family with perfect parents, you were […]

My AI Dilemma

Artificial intelligence. AI is all the rage. Companies are clamoring to get out the latest and greatest gadgets or Robots that will change the world. Governments are investing tons of money in companies using AI to create things that will outdo another county (for safety reasons or bragging rights, i.e., a weapon or a cure […]

A Disease We Can Cure Ourselves

  I saw this movie, A Jazzman’s Blues, written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, available on Netflix. It’s a terrific story of how it was living in the South for a black man in 1937. The ending was a disappointment. What is it about great movies that flub up the endings? I’ve written books […]

What Would Jim Morrison Say?

I was doing yard work, and I thought, what if I could speak to Jim Morrison about all this nonsense in our country? What would he say? I have no idea where that idea came from or why I thought that. So, I humored myself, thinking up all kinds of things that might come out […]

Angels Hear the Singing

We want to believe that a higher power listens to us and that we receive what we want. We ask for good things. No one prays for bad things, right? At our core, most of us are good human beings. After a while of praying and getting no response or help, we want to give […]

Speeding Around the Sun

I’m a bit irritable today. The air here is overcome with smoke from the wildfires in Canada and is affecting me poorly. I can’t even imagine how the people feel closer to the fires. I wish them well. It seems nowadays, things move fast. (I hope I don’t sound like an old fogy.) We’re moving faster. […]