Very interesting reading about how the Japanese make the lost and found system work like a charm. It is like a well-balanced recipe with all the right ingredients with none to over-powering. The gentleness of the formula is likely the magic. Pushing too hard on any lever could create a negative outcome. Made me think of Japanese food in general and how balance is expressed in the recipes. There is the concept of Ikigai seems to extend even into now the lost and found system works.
After spending all the conscious years of my life until now doing what was either expected or required of me, I have come to have a serious appreciation for asking myself "what should I do with my life". The answer in my case turns out to be a lot like spring-cleaning the house. Taking areas of life that have fallen into neglect and disarray and cleaning it up. So there are these piles of dust and debris outside the cleaned areas but the whole place is still not where it needs to be. But the process of sprucing up leads to clarity of thought. Living in a tidier mental space, brings ideas about where to go next.
After spending all the conscious years of my life until now doing what was either expected or required of me, I have come to have a serious appreciation for asking myself "what should I do with my life". The answer in my case turns out to be a lot like spring-cleaning the house. Taking areas of life that have fallen into neglect and disarray and cleaning it up. So there are these piles of dust and debris outside the cleaned areas but the whole place is still not where it needs to be. But the process of sprucing up leads to clarity of thought. Living in a tidier mental space, brings ideas about where to go next.
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