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Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by txbrown »

Fethbita wrote: post #2

Last year even though I didn’t have a theme, I made small changes in the way I live, tried to complete my 15 book goodreads challenge, started doing sports and improve myself professionally on my free time. This year started with pretty fundamental questions in the way I live and uncertainties about my future so deciding on a theme is very difficult. I can’t answer those questions and don’t know what I really want. I…

What I did this year was draft all the things I wanted to achieve, check roughly how long it takes to achieve them - some have deadlines, like driver license test, which has a specific date - split them by quarters (Q1,Q2, and so on), some are more about consistency and repeated practice that culminates into being able to perform something at a higher level of execution - e.g. bass guitar and music theory. During each quarter I focus on what is there and try to limit my time around those things. I adjusted my calendar, reminders, etc to help me stay on track. I thik focusing on a few things every 3 months and tracking time/sessions/effort put into can be helpful. I think something good happens regardless and you know for sure you did your best.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by SllX »

geraldwhen wrote: post #36
SllX wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

金 : kin : gold お金 : okane : money 金曜日 : kinyoubi : Friday (shortened to 金 on some calendars, kind of like how we do “Fri” sometimes in English) 金子 : kaneko : gold coin 金魚 : kingyo : goldfish

金子 is kinsu. https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unless this is an esoteric word I haven’t seen.

You are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by johnisgood »

ehnto wrote: post #16
Fethbita wrote: post #2

Last year even though I didn’t have a theme, I made small changes in the way I live, tried to complete my 15 book goodreads challenge, started doing sports and improve myself professionally on my free time. This year started with pretty fundamental questions in the way I live and uncertainties about my future so deciding on a theme is very difficult. I can’t answer those questions and don’t know what I really want. I…

I am in a similar boat. I guess I am fortunate, in that there are many interesting paths forward. But I don't know which to take, and there are so many uncertainties in the fundamentals. I am leaning toward taking Patton Oswald's advice, and executing any plan now, rather than the perfect plan later. But I am getting older, so it feels like I only get a few more "pivots" in life, especially with financial stability i…

Yeah, executing ANY plan is better than waiting to come up with the perfect plan, IMO. I had no idea it was tied to a single person.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by geraldwhen »

SllX wrote: post #42
geraldwhen wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

金子 is kinsu. https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unless this is an esoteric word I haven’t seen.

You are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.

Oof. The reading for names will always get me. Still worth knowing the name reading!

Google maps has it showing up in a bunch of business names, too.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by coldtea »

litbear2022 wrote: post #19

"元旦开笔"[1] The first writing of the New Year. Its a small ritual performed by ancient Chinese intellectuals on the first day of the New Year. It has a history of about 1,000 years. During the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's ceremony became more grand and lengthy, including writing words of blessing with ornate Chinese brushes, symbolically turning the pages of the New Year's calendar (in the early Qing Dynasty, European m…

Like most "ancient Japanese" customs, foods, etc

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by fenomas »

geraldwhen wrote: post #44
SllX wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.

Oof. The reading for names will always get me. Still worth knowing the name reading! Google maps has it showing up in a bunch of business names, too.

Seems to have been a bit of confusion in several directions here, but just to clarify: in modern usage 金子 is read only as Kaneko, and is a very common surname. The "kinsu" reading is archaic; a typical native speaker may never have heard of it.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by ianmcgowan »

johnisgood wrote: post #43
ehnto wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am in a similar boat. I guess I am fortunate, in that there are many interesting paths forward. But I don't know which to take, and there are so many uncertainties in the fundamentals. I am leaning toward taking Patton Oswald's advice, and executing any plan now, rather than the perfect plan later. But I am getting older, so it feels like I only get a few more "pivots" in life, especially with financial stability i…

Yeah, executing ANY plan is better than waiting to come up with the perfect plan, IMO. I had no idea it was tied to a single person.

There's a long list of historical quotes about planning, but I think this reference might be to a different Patton:

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S. Patton

* "Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow." ~ Sun Tzu

* "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

* "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." ~ Abraham Lincoln

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by jayrot »

ianmcgowan wrote: post #47
johnisgood wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, executing ANY plan is better than waiting to come up with the perfect plan, IMO. I had no idea it was tied to a single person.

There's a long list of historical quotes about planning, but I think this reference might be to a different Patton: "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S. Patton * "Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow." ~ Sun Tzu * "In preparing for battle I have always fo…

"No plan survives contact with the enemy". --Helmuth von Moltke

or, if you prefer,

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" --Mike Tyson.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by grigri907 »

riffraff wrote: post #39

I saw someone on mastodon[0] mentioning the idea of using a bingo card for new year resolutions rather than a specific objective. It aligns with the idea of having a new year theme rather than a specific goal, and I liked the idea. Sadly, I'm not one for resolutions either way. [0] https://mastodon.social/@jessie/113742080312737907

I do this as well. Not only does it gamify the whole experience, it is a sort of reminder that I likely won't accomplish all of them and that's okay. Priorities change over the course of the year and I can still see progress and celebrate success early and often.

Re: Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution

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Post by mc3301 »

ErigmolCt wrote: post #30
mc3301 wrote: post #7

Few more fun facts: Elementary school students all write kakizome at the end of December. Within the school, each grade will write the exact same thing. They're hung in the halls for all to see. Hundreds of the exact same kakizome. Many people burn their kakizome mid-January during "Dondoyaki." The posture, attention and care taken while writing Kakizome is one of the important points. Those, and the outcome of the c…

Burning them during Dondoyaki feels like a meaningful way to let go and start fresh.

For some, the particular way it burns and how the ashes fly in the air has meaning, too.
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