Chris It’s a popular game that you’ve probably played at a college party with your friends. So which did you pick when it was your turn? If you pick truth, you’re willing to open up your past. By admitting to potentially embarrassing things, you’re choosing to be vulnerable in front of the group of people. If … Read more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority FINRA designates individual as a pattern day trader if he/she executes more than three day trades in a rolling five business day period. If you get flagged, your account is locked from trading any new positions for 90 days. (oh, tt has to also be in a margin account and … Read more
Today a coworker told me “good luck – no, you don’t need luck, you will do well”. Of course I said “thank you”, and then added, “but, I won’t say no to good luck!” Although I appreciated the complete vote of confidence, I do think that good luck has it’s place. But it’s more nuanced … Read more
Today was yet another painful market crash. Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen spoke today and they reiterated more of the same: inflation projected long term to be ~2% and they intend to keep it that way. So with no real “news” why did the market crash? Yet again? This is the third crash as JPow … Read more
Challenges come up every day. Even easy stuff. Today, we had a customer request to put two electronic components into one enclosure. For context this is extremely unusual and to my knowledge, never been done before. But instead of just answering the email myself, I took the opportunity to give my back up colleague a … Read more
Tonight, I volunteered to do our weekly grocery shopping by myself. Armed with the shopping list I venture off to ShopRite. My wife had pruned the list down to help me out and even taken pictures of the deodorant and dental floss that she uses. But once I got to the store, I had questions. … Read more
Some of the worst mistakes you can make are when you’re not in a good headspace. Or when you’re in a desperate situation. Let’s use a mild example, but it is true for more serious cases too. When you’re hungry and you go grocery shopping. SO many things look good. And it’s really easy to … Read more
13 days ago, one of my friends got Covid-19. His symptoms are fortunately mild. The worst it’s gotten was a mild cold, but so far the loss of taste and smell has been most prominent. While he can’t taste the spiciness of hot food, he isn’t immune to the effects such as tearing up and … Read more
When I don’t sleep well, my focus is shot. I’m irritable and prone to emotional swings. Sometimes I have neck or upper back stiffness. Othertimes, I get a runny nose in the morning that could drag through the whole day. This week, I hit all of the above. We were watching some Naked and Afraid … Read more
Today was a rollercoaster of emotions. There was a department meeting at work that ended with a bit of a farewell party as I’m leaving my job in a few short weeks. The team pitched in and got me a professional speaker and headset. And then each member shared a fond memory they had with … Read more