Author: Ayaémon

  • How to Increase Our Ability to Influence

    How to Increase Our Ability to Influence

    I finally moved to my parents’ house yesterday. Although my packages have not arrived yet, I have started a new life. After returning to this house for the first time in a week, I noticed that the cluttered rooms had been well-organized. My parents tidied them up. That made me think about our ability to…

  • Goodbye, Kitsuki City

    Goodbye, Kitsuki City

    I completed moving out from the apartment I had lived in. I have finished one thing that I left undone. That apartment was not bad. However, if I move to Oita Prefecture again, I will live in Kunisaki City, the city next to Kitsuki City, since it seems like a good environment for cycling. Anyway,…

  • Why I Started to Reduce My Preparations

    Why I Started to Reduce My Preparations

    I will move out of the current apartment tomorrow. All items are packed, and I am ready to go. Recently, I understood that rationality reduces the necessity of preparation. We don’t have to prepare so perfectly. Every time we advance in the stages of our lives, we have to modify our balance. If we excessively…

  • Why I Stopped Trying to Improve My Life

    Why I Stopped Trying to Improve My Life

    There are 2 days left until I leave the current apartment. While cleaning the room, I enjoyed walking along the nearby beach. There are still few people swimming, despite the recent heat. These days, I changed my mindset. Although I have tried to improve my life, perhaps I don’t have to do so. The concept…

  • Visiting a Shrine and Thinking About My Way of Life

    Visiting a Shrine and Thinking About My Way of Life

    I will leave Kitsuki City, where I live now, in three days. I visited a shrine in the neighborhood to say goodbye to the local god in this area. I know this behavior is spiritual, and I am trying to be more rational, but I like spiritual activities like this. I also visited this shrine…

  • Live with the premise that we will not be understood

    Live with the premise that we will not be understood

    Although I am now exhausted from cleaning, the kitchen became sparkling clean! It was rewarding. However, when we work hard without enough reward, we start to want someone to understand our efforts and emotions. This is because we cannot change our attitudes. If we judge it rationally, we can stop unrewarded works. It is natural…