Category: Going Mental
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Year of the Snake
There is little that I connect with in terms of my Asian roots. Korean food being at the top of my list, but I often question if I would like it even if my tastebuds weren’t from Korean DNA. Asian cultural things have always been a mystery to me as I both want to embrace…
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The Drama Train
As I attempt to work on my fiction novel, I feel supported by my new mentor through the PocketMFA program that I decided to join to help me move forward with my writing on this manuscript. She has also written non-fiction first, then moved toward writing her fiction novels. As I spoke with her at…
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Ain’t No Box Big Enough
Let’s talk about boxes and the ones we like, no almost need, to put people into. First, let’s establish that we all do this. I do it. You do it. Everyone we know does it. If anyone, that includes you or me, denies that it is done, then we (they, you, I) are lying to…
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A Calling? A Purpose?
In my post about goals/resolutions for this year, I said that I was about focus, stillness and simplifying. I also add – building. This year is about honing myself and my skills. For years, I was an English language educator. It was a profession that I reluctantly embraced as a means to an end. The…
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Poor Men? Or, Go Ladies?!
I feel as if I have written about this topic before, but it has come up again and so I shall comment on it based on recent conversations with friends and M. It started with the recent news of a celebrity figure announcing his split from his wife with whom he had been married for…
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Deep Thoughts, or Not
Generally, I don’t know who reads this space. For the most part, I don’t need nor want to know since I pretty much write for myself to sort of track my life; and if it helps or entertains others, then that is a great addition. However, by not knowing and not receiving much feedback on…
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Happy New Year: 2025!
Words for 2025: Focus, Stillness and Simplify As I sit and reflect by the pool or Caribbean Sea, I am grateful for the amazing life that we/I lead. We are fortunate to be able to travel as much as we do, experience the things we do, and enjoy life’s many luxuries as we do. We…
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Happy Thanksgiving 2024
Another lovely Thanksgiving has passed. This year was a bit quieter since I celebrated early with a Friendsgiving in Japan. We are also in between trips, so I wasn’t really up to organizing the cooking or getting people to come celebrate with us. So, it was a blessing to be able to join friends at…
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Too Much Travel?!
A pause in our flitting to and fro feels nice. We have been traveling every month to somewhere new according to M’s photo memories. The positive of traveling is that life is always changing and we experience new things regularly. The downside is that it is easy to forget where we have been, and we…
