Zoom Out | Make a Bigger Picture

Sometimes the mistakes you make seem bigger than they actually are. That’s because you’re too zoomed in!

Zoom out, and make sure the efforts you make to correct aren’t wasted on the trivial things.

Feeling, Seeing, and Experiencing Progress

No one likes to be the “new guy”, whether it’s at work, a class, a club,  a game, or group of friends. It can be intimidating. It’s also super uncomfortable because you’re starting at an absolute zero. You don’t have the rapport that everyone else has built. Your skills aren’t quite up to par. YourContinue reading “Feeling, Seeing, and Experiencing Progress”

Girl Talk: Xmas Plans

Even before I was teaching through The JET Program, I had heard that the winter holiday was better spent outside of Japan. My professor put it like this, “If you’re used to spending Christmas with family, you’re going to want to make sure you’re home during the break. Well… actually, yeah. You’re just going to want to makeContinue reading “Girl Talk: Xmas Plans”