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- Wed, June 3
- Don't know what you want to do? Track your reactions for a monthMany students and job seekers say, “I don’t know what I want to do.”
- Tue, June 2
- People Who Turn Pebbles Into Boulders With Their Tone: Why Meeting Room Reservation Drama Is So PointlessSome people at work make small operational issues feel much bigger than they actually are.
- Mon, June 1
- I Can Make Small Talk. I Just Don’t Want It Always On“People who are serious are bad at small talk.”
- Why Are Empty Stores So Hard to Enter?When walking through a shopping mall, you sometimes see a store that looks interesting.
- Sun, May 31
- A Blue Moon Is Not a Blue-Colored Moon“Apparently there’s a Blue Moon tonight. They say seeing it brings happiness.”
- Why Do I Always Get Stopped by Red Lights?If you keep hitting red lights on the same route at the same time, it is probably not pure coincidence.
- Use Intuition for Gacha, Logic for the Rest: Where Each WorksWhen you draw a fortune slip, roll a gacha, or choose a random ticket, you may sometimes feel that one option is “glowing.”
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-Re:Zero Season 4 Episode 8 Review: The Punishment for Not Washing a Cup Is Way Too HeavyRe:Zero Season 4 Episode 8, “Who Are You?”, looks at first like Subaru has returned to his early “I just got summoned to another world” mindset.
- Why Public Housing and Danchi Can Be So Cheap: Housing Priced to Sustain Life, Not Maximize the MarketWhen I walk near public housing or a danchi apartment complex at night, I sometimes find myself wondering:
- Sat, May 30
- Cooking 16 chicken drumettes for 800 yen: home food infrastructureBuying about one kilogram of chicken drumettes, roughly 16 pieces, for 800 yen is surprisingly efficient.
- How Unlikely Is It That Two People Who Meet by Chance Will Also Match Well Enough to Run a Marriage Together?When I look at married couples, I sometimes think:
- Fri, May 29
- Why Can Death in Manga Feel Powerful?This article contains spoilers for the later stages of Jujutsu Kaisen, especially the Sukuna battle and Choso.
- Instead of “Do Not Become a Human Liability,” Just Say “Do Not Become a Toxic Monkey”“Become valuable human capital. Do not become a human liability.”
- A Weeknight Solo Outlet Mall Food RouteOutlet malls are usually seen as places to buy clothes, shoes, and brand-name items.
- Logging Your Mood With AI Can Be Surprisingly InterestingWhen you log your mood, energy, complaints, and productivity with AI, you may discover patterns you could not see before. You may feel hopeless in the morning b
- Thu, May 28
- Stop adding thoughts when your mind is tiredmentally tired overthinking / cognitive fatigue overthinking / stop overthinking at night / decision fatigue at night / rumination after work / work stress…
- Wed, May 27
- Work Is Not a Friendship Game: What You Need Is Not Being Liked, but Low-Friction Working RelationshipsWhen people talk about workplace relationships, the advice often goes in this direction:
- If You Stay Passive, Adult Friendships Rarely Increase: Relationships After Automatic Social Supply EndsIn childhood, school, and university, friendships can happen even when you are passive.
- Making Friends as an Adult Is 90% About Getting the Distance Right — Don’t Try to Make a Best Friend ImmediatelyWhen you make friends as an adult, one of the most important things is getting the distance right.
- Is It Too Late to Make Friends in Your Thirties? No, but Spontaneous Encounters Become RarerIs it too late to make friends in your thirties?
- Where to Make Friends as an Adult: Build More Routes for Meeting People Instead of Waiting for Chance EncountersIf you want to make friends as an adult, the first thing to think about is where you can meet people.
- Is It Normal to Have Fewer Friends After Starting Work? Maybe the Friendship Didn't Disappear—Only the Regular Contact DidAfter you start working, it can feel as though you have fewer friends.
- How to Make Friends on Social Media: Build Light Contact Before Sending DMsYou can make friends on social media.
- Having No Friends Is Not Always a Personality Problem: It May Be a Route, Fatigue, or Lifestyle ProblemWhen you have no friends, it is easy to wonder whether something is wrong with your personality.
- How to Make Friends in Adult Hobby Communities: Do Not Try to Become Close in One MeetingWhen making friends in social clubs or hobby communities, repeated contact matters.
- Why Making Friends Gets Harder After College: Meeting People Stops Being Automatic and Becomes Something You Have to DesignMany people feel that it becomes harder to make friends once they reach college age and beyond.
- “Temp Work Is Easier” May Be an Illusion: Choose Work by Stress Type, Fit, and Future RiskFull-time employment can be exhausting.
- Passive Does Not Always Mean UnmotivatedDelegating work to new employees is not just about giving instructions. By noticing what they are good at, praising them specifically, and letting them own a sm
- Tue, May 26
- Why Logical Thinker Types Struggle with Moderating Meetings | It Is Better to “Build a Structure in Advance” Than to Speak on the SpotPeople who think logically often notice contradictions and unresolved points immediately during meetings.
- How Logical Thinkers Can Organize Vague Meetings | Turning Wishes into RequirementsAt work, meetings sometimes begin with vague ideas.
- Why People with ASD Traits May Find Meetings Exhausting | Ambiguity, Reading the Room, and Improvisation All Stack UpPeople with ASD traits, or people who struggle with ambiguous communication, can become extremely tired in meetings.
- How to Facilitate a Meeting When You Have ASD Traits | Become a Question MachineFor people with ASD traits, or people who find it difficult to improvise while reading the room, facilitating a meeting can be a highly demanding role.
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