by isaokato | Jul 9, 2013 | Post
There is a familiar pattern in my writing habit. Several days or at longest weeks of inspirations are followed up by a long period of creative draught that goes on for weeks or months. The dry spell turns into an unbearable self-hatred, which is then cured by the next...
by isaokato | Jul 8, 2013 | Post
“What do you think is the secret of leading a great freelance life?” I received this question yesterday from a friend and my answer was this: to wake up each morning afresh. Or to distill it to its essence: to be born again each day. I have only been in the...
by isaokato | Jul 7, 2013 | Post
I have been skeptical of positive thinking. As a recovering addict to the habit of negative daydreaming, just trying to replace positive affirmation with negative habit seemed too easy and new-agey. And in my case, positive thinking didn’t seem to work that much. This...
by isaokato | Jul 4, 2013 | Post
So I took the Prof or Hobo? test and scored 7/10. I thought I was completely answering randomly, but our brain might be able to pick subtle clues outside our verbalized thoughts. The test does suggest an interesting fact: if we carry the same mental attitude, we gain...
by isaokato | Jul 3, 2013 | Post
I was walking down the aisle of the largest Japanese bookstore in Taipei, to brush up my native tongue and to catch up with what is going on in my passport country. It had been several months since my last visit. What might had changed? This is what I found: “The...
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