Category: Small happiness&Mindfulness

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Pressure to stay productive

An image of a cat

It’s been three months since the worldwide lockdown. I cannot thank enough to the people working in the medical industry or infrastructure. My life has been lucky, being able to continue working from home as long as I have my laptop, not needing to squeeze myself into a packed train. A small inconvenience aside, it’s relatively comfortable. However, there is one thing that has been judging my mind — it’s pressure to stay productive. Working from home works well when I need to concentrate on a simple task. However, I also find collaboration slowed down extensively. Even my cat keeps […]

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2016 was not that bad after all.

Hi guys, this year is getting close to the end…thank you for all the fun time we had! How was 2016 for you? Looking at Social media (especially English posts), it seems there are lots of negative voices such as “2016 was a terrible year” “I want it finish now” or “2017 will get worse…” but I don’t know…for me it was “going up” year. Sure, there was a lot of terrorism. But it was just because they happened in the “developed” countries hence the media reported a lot, there has been lots of terrible incidents worldwide in recent years. […]

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Some thoughts around introverts

Since I often come across articles about introverts and extroverts recently, I also want to write a bit about my thoughts around it. I don’t think it’s binary thing, but I think I’m closer to introvert. This word is often misused, but they say it’s not really about being shy or quiet. For example this article talks about what real introverts are, or this oneillustrates what’s going on in introvert’s head. Personally those two below made sense the most to me. https://www.ideapod.com/idea/Why-so-many-people-dont-understand-introverts/5641291e8282ef0b3c99c110 People usually think introvert means shy, and that’s not the case. The truth is… Accepting Yourself as an […]

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Lavender Harvest

My friend told me about this, I went to the Lavender Harvest. It smelled so nice even outside the place. They were selling lavender oil and creams etc. It was so fun. I had rice balls and Japanese tea for lunch. (OK, it’s not British style, but…) And we went to pick lavender. I realised it was the heaven for bees… They looked so huge…so scared. Everyone said, “Don’t worry, they wouldn’t hurt you”. But still scary! Well, but they looked so busy flying around lavenders. Although it rained a bit, it was so nice to have been away from […]

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New Year, etc.

When can I move to a story about Francis Bacon? Anyway, I’m going to write about after Xmas to now… So, after Xmas, I went to see Ms N. to be given reflexology. As I used to go to massage at least once a month in Japan, I was so happy to be relaxed. Thanks, N! By the way, it revived my interests for aromatherapy, so I bought lavender oil and a stuff for foot bath. For a few days before new year, we sometimes invited guests and I cooked Japanese meals, and enjoyed it very much. On the new […]