By Kimine Mayuzumi Life transitions are inevitable in human life. They may include career shifts, relocation for work and/or living, major changes of physical/mental status, loss of income, and loss of a relationship or a family member. Because of the pandemic and what it brought, it may be accurate to say that everyone experienced some level of transition recently. We were forced to adapt to the situation and learn a completely new way of living…
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How can I change my habits? Here is a resource sheet
By Kimine Mayuzumi Did you build some undesirable habits during the work-from-home period last year? Do you want to change them? Or have you considered changing them? If yes to any of the questions, please keep reading. Now that many people are physically back to campuses or workplaces and adjusting to their new (or old) ways of life, some of the habits may have faded away as the environment has changed. But you may still…
Guided meditation before grading
By Kimine Mayuzumi Do you feel dread before grading assignments? Do you feel like putting it off or procrastinating? The dread you feel might be connected to: The heavy workload on top of your other work to be done the time-and-energy-consuming nature of the work the possibility of encountering poor quality or even offensive work doubts about the meaning of your grading work for yourself and students Whether your grading will be fair and…
What is being a trilingual child like? Here are our anecdotes
By Kimine Mayuzumi Following up with the popular blog post, Beyond Bilingualism: 4 Tips for Raising Trilingual Children, I have decided to dig through my old file to find the piece I wrote six years ago and share with the readers. In the piece, I tried to see things from the perspective of my 8-year-old son when I wrote it. But, of course, it is obvious that my adult views are very much implicated. I…
6 ways Nothingness can help me daily
By Kimine Mayuzumi In my last blog post, I explored Nothingness — the fundamental notion of Eastern philosophy — using a furoshiki metaphor. Here, I ask the next questions: What can I learn from Nothingness? How can I apply it to my daily life? Based on what I have learned through contemplating Nothingness (無) and practicing Tai Chi with Daoism behind it, I want to share my responses. Before that, in addition to the furoshiki…