Tag: social norms
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Dichotomies of Youth
It’s true that I have a critical view of the world and people. I probably should have trained to become a judge 👩🏽⚖️ as I hold individuals, including myself, to a high moral standard. Also, I am a constant observer, analyst, and commentator on human behavior. Often, this comes out as harsh, arrogant, and not…
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Standing in and Sharing the Light
Generally, I limit my social media interactions. For the longest time, I thought it was just because I do not care so much about what is going on in other people’s lives that I need to be updated regularly. However, just as its use has evolved, so has my reasoning for why I’m bothered by…
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One to One
If you look at my Facebook friends numbers, it says 914 as of today. One might think that I am a social butterfly with numbers like that. However, it just goes to show how much numbers can be used to express, or give the perception of, something that is quite far from the truth. Initially,…
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Keeping Up with Normal
This week, I decided to create a new “Quarantine Schedule” to try to get myself ready for the eventual return to regularly scheduled activities. Since I have gotten used to having time at home everyday, I decided it was time to start behaving as if I were going to an office – just minus the…
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Be Free and Prosper
A month has flown by! The last time I wrote, we were just going into the State of Emergency (SoE) within a few prefectures, then all of Japan was brought under the declaration. Despite the initial plan to return to life as we knew it by May 6th – after the Japanese Golden Week(end) holidays…
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Kindness
Last weekend we took an overnight road trip to Gifu Prefecture. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I have wanted to visit here for some time. It’s not along the typical tourist path, so I never quite made it before. Thanks to some usual, but unexpected traffic getting out of Tokyo, we had a late…
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“Well, I tried…”
While waiting at the airport with my mother due to our seven-hour delay to get to Mongolia 🇲🇳, I did a lot of people watching. I am always fascinated by behavior whether as a social norm or an individual. Often, I find myself imagining what people are thinking or the background behind their actions. 💡…
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Using my own words…
I am a cynic. It’s true. You might be surprised by that if you don’t know me very well. If you do, then you’re probably sarcastically saying ‘no way?!’. 😛 (I hope so, anyway!) While I was always in awe of former teachers and professors who could quote Shakespeare or the poetic words of the…
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Common Courtesy…Not so Common?
I grew up in a world where people were taught to say “Please” and “Thank you”. It was a world where you RSVP’d on time and followed through on your word. If you said you were going to do something, you just did it – no matter the difficulties or challenges that arose; because it…
