‘Most human beings spend 50 to 90 percent or more of their time in their imagination, living in fantasy.’ ~Charlotte Joko Beck We fail at creating new habits because of fantasies. We procrastinate because of fantasies. We get frustrated with other people, with ourselves, because of fantasies. We miss out on the wonder of the … Continue reading The Delusional Fantasies We Live With Each Day
Applications I Use
I'm going to geek it out a bit today. A few of my friends have asked me what tools and applications I use for getting things done and to be productive. I use quite a bit. But the first thing I usually say is that there are several principles you have to understand when you … Continue reading Applications I Use
Creatures of Habit
I am a creature of habit. I’ve not drastically changed my hairstyle in the past 15 or so years. I’ve not colored, re-bonded, nor permed my hair despite the stylist’s best efforts to convince me. I have my hair trimmed regularly so it manages to stay within the same length, more or less. I’ve not … Continue reading Creatures of Habit
Settling Down and Settling In
There’s something to say about marriage as settling down. For some, it is a literal settling down -- i.e. living a much quieter life compared to the life of being single. For others, it is the beginning of settling in -- becoming gradually familiar with this new way of living because you are going to live that for the rest … Continue reading Settling Down and Settling In
The Painful Beauty of Impermanence
The cherry blossom falls after its short beautiful bloom. It floats gently down to earth. Its life is over, but the limitedness of its existence is one of the biggest reasons the blossom is so gorgeous. If we knew that the blossom would last forever, it wouldn’t have the same poignant beauty, and we’d take … Continue reading The Painful Beauty of Impermanence
Life Lessons
Because I am educator, I am aware of the principle that things ought to be learned step by step.A teacher, in principle, does not give more difficult skills without first teaching a child the simple skills. Letters are learned before sentences. Counting comes before adding. The physical world is taught before the atomic one. That's … Continue reading Life Lessons
Turn Toward the Problem
Much of our lives is spent trying to ignore problems, not wanting to deal with them, procrastinating. Bills are pushed to the side to deal with later. People we have troubles with are avoided. Work we don’t want to do is put off while we browse the Internet. The diet is put off until tomorrow … Continue reading Turn Toward the Problem
China!
I am here! I arrived some days ago and we are fixing our new apartment (Ikea and Walmart, thank you so much!) and getting the hang of being newly weds and married. It has been fun and exciting. Some weeks back, I promised to write why we have decided to live in China. It’s good … Continue reading China!
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