
The Thoughts On Life Blog – From Where I Sit, are Richard’s written thoughts, looking at life from a retired point of view. He talks about how things have changed, both for the good and bad, since he was a younger man and how he sees things going forward in the future. Topics include music, songwriting, finance, technology, and as the title says, thoughts on life. He writes a blog post twice per month.
Recent Blog Posts

Cataract Surgery
Happens To Someone Else Over the years, I have had people tell me about their cataract surgery. When you are young, I thought I will

Fake Famous
Fake Famous I have been posting my music on YouTube and Facebook for a few years now, with very limited success. A few months ago,

Reliving Music Memories
I have been listening to music and making music since I was age 11, when I started playing drums. As we get older, we relive

Your Most Important Decision
I have spent time thinking about – What is the best career for me. I did not think of it as My Most Important Decision, but in retrospect I think it is.

Ukrainian Family In Canada
Ukrainian Background I am of Ukrainian background. From my father’s side of the family, there are Polish and Ukrainian ancestors in the family. I took

Digital Worldwide Money
My First Job I remember my first job as a kid, was delivering the Star Weekly magazine. It was a weekly magazine, and I earned

My Diabetic Experience
I have been diabetic for over 20 years. Looking back on it, I found in the early years, information from different sources could be contradictory.

The Older I Got
The Older I Got – The Wiser Dad Seemed To Be This is my first original song release for 2022 ! This song is written

YouTube Production Skills
For as long as I remember I have liked trying new things, especially creative things. As I saw YouTube become a video social media platform,

All is Right With The World album
The album – All Is Right With The World, was released in Dec.2021. It is an album of the ten original singles released throughout 2021.

8 Years Since Playing The Drums
Last Drumming Gig My last drumming gig was in Nov. 2010, but I then held up in my little drum studio, creating drum music that

Trying To Keep My Credit Card Away From The Banks
I have dealt with one of the five major Canadian banks, since I was a kid. Now I’m trying to keep my credit card away

Housing Crisis
It seems that almost every month, there is news story about the housing crisis in Vancouver and surrounding area. Young families are almost shut out

TNT Is Truth Not Told
Don’t you hate it when a business deal blows up in your face because the Truth Is Not Told ! You are told something. But
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