Japan

Of course, you can’t draw everything in this world you have created. You just need to draw a few key illustrations. For every scene in a film, there are always a few shots that are the most important. If they are clearly identified and appealing, you should be able to get the whole production staff (the director, the art department, and even the

Pondering why I don’t feel like doing what I say I want to do, yet discovering one more time how great it often feels after I’ve done it, is just another reliable way to distract myself from the effort of doing the next thing. There is no substitute for “accepting my feelings” (of laziness or boredom, or anxiety, or whatever happens to appear),

The best sequence is this: clothes first, then books, papers, miscellaneous items (komono) and, lastly, sentimental items and keepsakes.

To identify your ikigai, ask yourself these four questions: ● What do you love? ● What are you good at? ● What does the world need right now? ● What can you get paid for?

We need to exercise self-control and resist storing our belongings until we have finished identifying what we really want and need to keep.

He showed me the diary he kept during the events. He showed me the yellowed newspaper clippings that made him briefly, obscurely famous. He told me his story. All the while I took notes. Nearly a year later, after considerable difficulties, I received a tape and a report from the Japanese Ministry of Transport. It was as I listened to that tape