Overachivement from insecurities
Coping with insecurities in tying up my identity with my grades as a student, and work performance as an adult.
Topic
musings
A collection of 25 issues
2023 mid-year retrospective
Reflecting on my health, Japanese progress, career aspirations, and life beyond work.
2022 mid-year retrospective
After another job change and a lot of travel, things have finally quieted down a bit for me to reflect.
Thoughts: 'Deep Work'
On Cal Newport's book about the value, processes, and challenges of engaging in the title's namesake.
Leaving more social media
Deleting Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and Quora accounts!
Review: '999'
Or 'Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors', the Japanese escape-room mystery visual novel video game.
To current humanities students
because it's about the students, not the panelists.
Review: 'Forest of Piano'
ピアノの森 . Available on Netflix, an anime adaption of the manga.
On education and critical thinking against disinformation
Thoughts from Jay Kaspian King's NYT opinion piece: "It's on us to become more discerning"
Notes: 'Crusade for Justice'
Ida B. Wells' recently released autobiography