Being Lazy and Slowing Down

Being Lazy and Slowing Down

Be Mindful, Trust the Process, Let Go of Outcomes

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What is Nothingness? It’s like Furoshiki

What is Nothingness? It’s like Furoshiki

Posted on Author Kimine MayuzumiPosted in productivity & meaning

By Kimine Mayuzumi What is Nothingness? What can we learn from Nothingness? These are the questions I started contemplating when I practiced Taijiquan (Tai Chi) and read books on its core philosophy, Daoism, and other Eastern thoughts. Nothingness is a topic that is too huge to discuss adequately in a blog post. This could be a life-long learning concept and I don’t take it lightly. While Nothingness is a fundamental (pre)ontological point of Eastern philosophy…

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Be mindful, trust the process and let go of outcomes – Part II: 5 reminders

Be mindful, trust the process and let go of outcomes – Part II: 5 reminders

Posted on Author Kimine MayuzumiPosted in academic life & challenges, productivity & meaning, rituals & meditation, self-care & body, slow down & healing, writing & planning

By Kimine Mayuzumi In Part I, I discussed why it is (even more) important  to be mindful, trust the process and let go of outcomes in this unique context, especially in the neoliberal culture with the pandemics (i.e., virus and social unrest) added. Then, a question I ask here is “what are the conditions and the mindset to create (or at least try to create) within ourselves so that we could more effortlessly be mindful,…

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