When you’ve signed up for something, but then regret having done so, or simply don’t want to do it, it can obviously be really tough to truly enjoy the experience. But it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once the wheels are set in motion, you really shouldn’t fight it, doing so only makes the experience worse. Look …
This week I had to use my Hanko stamp, a stamp used in place of a signature in Japan, for two things; one an invoice, and one a receipt. I had been told that you don’t need to print these out, that you can just put a .png image of your stamp in red where …
Your accomplishments are much more meaningful precisely because of the struggles you had to overcome to get there. Think about your struggles, then think about how much more meaningful they would make your success in the future. When you look back on your life, look back at the struggles, but be able to say, look …
Sometimes it’s hard to emphasise with someone if you simply don’t have the experience. So when they repeatedly choose you as a complaining board it can be frustrating for you to have to listen to. But if someone straight up says ‘it’s not something I have to worry about’, it shows a complete lack of …
Derailment is what happens when you lose your direction. It can happen all of a sudden, or it can build up over an extended period of time. Some things creep up on you if you’re not careful. Once you realise they have crept up on you, you may think it’s too late, and although it …
About a month after I started investing in index funds the market crashed. At the time, I panicked and didn’t buy shares for a little while, like I should have and had planned to do. Looking back, the market has not only recovered, but has made that market crash look largely uneventful in the big …
When you do calligraphy, there is no such thing as a second take. If you write the character but forget a spot, that’s it. No adjustments. When you make a website, everything is changeable. If you want to change the photos or the copy on the website, it’s usually not that hard to do. Everything …
When you’re out of practice, don’t be so hard on yourself to get back in practice. Of course you should demand the best from yourself, but I’m not sure you should expect it. Get into the rhythm a bit by warming-up with exercises that help you practice the core competencies, and help you get back …
I can’t recall which episode it was, but in the Revisionist History podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, he says one reason he loves podcasting is because of the way it can move people more effectively than words on a page. For a while there I was convinced that I could just turn my essays into a …
I just released my first mountain blog post for 2022, Mt. Yonetaihei in Sakegawa Village right next to Shinjo City. I want to hit the ground running this year, but since it’s still winter, it’s a bit hard. Not only are the mountains far away, it takes much longer to get there because of the …
