CJ Romberger

Dear TEDxAustin Unchosen, and anyone else here lately who hasn’t

made some cut
been hired for a desired job
received a contract for a coveted project
or been told ‘yes’ for something else that’s important to you

‘No’ Happens. What are you gonna do? (I admire what some people in Austin did…you’ll see at the bottom of this.)
When [...]

Here’s an odd little piece of serendipity. Or is it reticular activation?
I posted the blog below on my SparkPeople page. It’s about Sleep.
Then, I was in my car…and heard a song…and I liked the beat. So I used Shazam (one of my favorite iPhone apps) to tell me the name of the [...]

I posted this on my SparkPeople blog today, and I wanted to put it here as well.  I’ve been doing a lot of planning in the past month or so, hence the theme.  If you’re interested in the other posts I mention in this post, or in my SparkPeople blog, here’s a link to that:
CJROMB [...]

Every year for the past three years, I’ve come up with a short statement that I want to use as a foundation for my year.  While I was soaking in the Strawberry Hot Springs last week, I came up with 2010’s theme…”Make Time to Be Happy”.
This year I’m adding a nickname to the mix, too. [...]

I’ve noticed lately how many times I’ve tried to force a wrong answer to be the right one, when the right one was in my face all along, if only I’d been open to it.  And with that, as always, I am reminded of how a broken “Go” button is a great opportunity to learn [...]

The past few days I’ve been sharing stories of my Random Good Fortune.

The conversation I had with Janica was a testimonial to the truth of what a dear friend of mine, Steve Harper, is passionate about helping people understand and act on. He wrote The Ripple Effect book, and is about to release a [...]

In my post on the 11th, I mentioned I wanted to share some examples of Random Good Fortune I’ve had.   I promised I’d share a few examples I came up with immediately when I started thinking about it.
There’s a few examples of just fun fleeting moments, and then there’s some examples of paths crossing [...]

I just exchanged Tweets with a random person I met a few months ago on Twitter named @ileenieweenie.  When we first met, we bonded over LOVING the rain after a parching hot summer.  Then, she’s been checking up with me to see how I’m doing after I had to reschedule our lunch when I was [...]

I’ve had cjromberger.com for a long time as a fairly personal site.  I put poems, observations and pictures from my personal life on it.  That’s all gone now.  I put that stuff out here, but I never really revealed who *I* was.
I intend to keep this personal, but a little more public if that makes [...]