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look at how they print it
like it looks like a newspaper
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so
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do
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so crazy
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i really really wanted to talk about
this because i feel like it's so
important because today is literally
about how to do nothing and
productivity so i'm sure like a lot of
people are thinking how can productivity
and
doing nothing mesh well or mesh together
and i'm going to tell you how
skillshare is an online learning
community
with thousands of classes for the
creative and the curious there's so many
classes on there that really talk about
mindset and productivity and habits and
things like that so if you're feeling
like you don't have
structure and you need to reset
especially with 2021 coming up
but even now start now try to think of a
system that will help you
become your creative self and one of the
classes that i can recommend
is simple productivity how to accomplish
more with less and this is by greg
mccowan and he is an
expert on essentialism and i feel like
essential
essentialism is very closely related to
a lot of japanese mindset methods that i
teach
because it's all about doing the most
important things
and stop saying yes to too many things
because in the end
we can't do it all and he really
expresses that and he says whenever you
say
yes to one thing you say no to something
else so it's all about
prioritizing and figuring out ways that
you can get the most done
by doing less and that is what a lot of
the things that i teach in the ikigai
course program that i have is except i
combine it with other meth methods like
eat the ichigo's on my method and
um finding your flow and just becoming
more mindful and i feel like
essentialism is very much related
to that and the thing is i love the
things that i teach and i love japanese
mindset methods
but i also love western methods and i
always learn from other people so
i can craft something of my own that
works for myself
because if you just learn one way of
doing something then you're never going
to figure out what works the best for
you
so i'm always seeing different
perspectives perspectives i'm learning
from other creators and other
professionals and skillshare has that
for me they're very short videos
and it's easy to follow and it just gets
right to the point
which is what i love about skillshare if
you're uncertain about what's next
productivity classes can really help you
stay organized
it's a great way to structure your time
can also help you set
goals and learn a way that's like i said
going to help you in the long run and
what
ikigai teaches us is sustainability and
you want to find a system that's going
to
help you stay focused and get more done
in the long run so whether you're
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what better way to do it
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now what this video is really about is
having a do nothing day
and in order to be productive i highly
believe in taking time for yourself and
i'm sure you've heard this so many times
before but what i mean by do nothing is
actually
letting your intuition take you through
the day instead of following a list
do what you're called to do do what you
feel you're lacking in
look at your balance in life and see
what's going on with that and try to
fulfill it
by doing it on the do-nothing day and
whether it's with a friend or just alone
having a do-nothing day
is actually the days where i am
coming up with my best ideas i think a
lot of the questions that i ask myself
while i'm journaling or just out loud
starts to come
up in my subconscious when i'm having a
do-nothing day it's also
essential to an ikigai practice or
having an ikigai lifestyle you want to
break free
a little bit even if it's just a little
bit that makes you feel a little
uncomfortable
you want to do that because you don't
want to get into this comfortable loop
of doing
the hobbies and the passions that you
love all the time
that's not what ikigai is really
essentially about it's about
balance and learning about yourself and
understanding yourself
and on my do nothing days that's what i
like to do
i like to get out of my comfort zone i
like to explore places that i've never
explored before
like today we are going to another part
of tokyo that we've never been to
and just getting out and exploring
that's considered
getting out of your comfort zone doing
something that you don't normally
normally do today we are headed to
another part of tokyo
and that is what i just want to do today
because i feel like i'm lacking in
creativity and by doing
this kind of thing by exploring
something a part of tokyo getting
outside and doing something
different is going to help me become
more creative
bring new ideas to my mind and just all
around feel
good in the end
have you ever felt as if your soul was
taken from your daily tasks
like you didn't have any control it was
just a set
thing that you needed to get done and
you just felt
like you were on autopilot the entire
time so
do nothing doesn't mean do nothing
necessarily
it can be but it means basically
ditching the to-do list and listening to
your soul
what do you need today that will fulfill
you the most
on my do nothing days that's when i make
the most breakthroughs in my life
and i have literally the best creative
ideas
it just comes to you subconsciously
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so long silent movies
on my do nothing days i either a do the
thing that people told me that i could
never do
or be do the thing that will put me in a
mindful state and connect with myself
on a different level because let's face
it life is boring if you're 100
a slave to your to-do list there's zero
spontaneity and who wants to live like
that
look at all these playboy magazines
look at how they print it like it looks
like a newspaper
it's not even real pictures
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is like a book street so like all of
there's like a big street full of books
book shops vintage that one looks really
cool vintage and then there's tons of
coffee
shops and like just lots of places just
kind of sit
and relax so i kind of wanted to show
you guys a little bit of
like japan and the city and stuff like
that and this place is very popular
because every single restaurant
is literally like lined with people
it's crazy the work culture in japan can
be contagious
working hard is a big deal in japan and
a lot of foreigners fall into that
vicious cycle too
without realizing it especially as a
teacher
after work i would work before work
i would work the curriculums weren't
going to make themselves
and put me in a depressive state
thinking i actually hated teaching
when i didn't
who has read this book before comment
down below
this is so not squishy it's a book
funicula it's about a
vampire rabbit i loved teaching
i just didn't have any do nothing days
at this stage in my life in japan
and now that i work for myself i have to
do literally everything to stay afloat
but i realize that a non-negotiable for
me is a do-nothing day
where i follow my intuition and what my
soul is telling me to do
if i want to edit a video i'll do it if
i want to go for a walk with a friend
i'll do it
if i literally want to do nothing all
day i'll do it
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again it's abandoned
it's haunted wake up with the sun and
remind yourself what it feels like to be
bored again
so you can do whatever you feel called
to do i had taco bell in a very long
time and i'm tempted to go here and then
just go to a retro
coffee shop instead of going to an
expensive bistro
since you know we're trying to save
right you she's actually never had taco
bell here
long before we met you're winsome
and you're young at least that's what
they said
underneath the glader and your goal
i have the freaking hot sauce now guys
oh my god i'm so excited all right so
this is our meal
and at japan taco bell they have
chips and fries and i actually really
like them and i wish they would bring
them to america
they're so good and the burritos looks
not so
small so that's good and they have the
hot sauce where's the hot sauce
they have a freaking hot sauce you guys
the packaging looks a little different
but and then they gave us a side of
chicken fingers that's so random
my two loves taco bell and my husband
can't decide between the two
we woke up late this morning and decided
later we wanted to go window shopping so
that's exactly what we did today i'm a
sucker for vintage shops and books and
it made me appreciate
all of the creations and art people made
back then
hoping one day i could do the same and
leave some sort of impact on the world
the way these creatives did if you
love old books and magazines or feeling
stuck creatively jimbocho's book street
is a great place to have
a little stroll by yourself or with
someone else
also the cafes here are super retro and
perfect for
that work life balance there's even a
shop that's dedicated
to only cat books what
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do
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what is this i don't know
it's your country
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look at this i'm gonna dump it all in
you'll die
so my review on this place i love the
environment i think it's
super cool and i think the cream soda is
what they're known for
we didn't get the cream soda but it
looked really good they had like a cocoa
i should have got that one it was like a
cocoa cream soda
but we got just the coffee because we
weren't really we didn't want to drink
it we should have shared it that's what
we should have done
we got the iced coffee and the hot
coffee and it tastes like canned coffee
it's so it's like they dumped a whole
thing of sugar in it and they were
wanting me to dump all of this sugar
into
this one
we're going grocery shopping now because
we're out
you might as well go kill two birds with
one stone
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we need bananas
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all wrapped in plastic trigger warning
pineapple it's a ghost
this looks good it's like already cut oh
it is
it's already cut i mean like this part
oh
you still have to cut the rest though
okay we got grapes it's 500 yen a lot
for grapes
i don't even know
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do
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this was productive because we came here
at the time when we were out and
tomorrow i'll have a lot more time to do
my
my work and everything so this is
perfect
okay i gotta bag all this myself
we couldn't fit him in the bag so we
have to carry him
my hands
all right this is what i got from iherb
i get most of my stuff on
iherb um all of my american stuff this i
actually got an amazon
i was craving mac and cheese i don't
know why and i got some dandelion root
tea so i'm trying to switch from coffee
to tea i have detox
puka tea this is organic i
have a nighttime tea to sleep better
and blackcurrant tea so this has berries
and stuff like that in it
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what your productivity
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days
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