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The Harajuku Moment (2024)

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This isn't an account of the cultural moment that indi-fashion hub Harajuku had before its gentrification by Major international brand stores, or a inane J-Travel blog complaining about being out of shape and there being too much walking, It's a possibly interesting story of personal growth only coincidentally related to Harajuku.

Took a really long time to get to that point.

I’m thankful to have learned how to skim and scan.

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I think a lot of what people call failures of discipline actually comes from not having the tools they need. Someone who lives 15 miles away from the nearest gym will have a tougher time than someone who's gym is next door.

I've learned to hate, and almost feel like I've unlearned the meaning of, the word discipline. I'm not even sure it really exists. One may feel they accomplished something through discipline, but why did they have the discipline to do so? Why did they have the discipline but not someone else in a similar situation? Did they actually create it in themselves, or was it just always there? Discipline, commonly, seems to…

It depends on if you think how you feel when doing something is a meaningful difference or not I guess.

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This is how Tim Ferriss writes, unfortunately. I think he thinks that doing this is a "hack" that drives engagement.

Perhaps. But these days it reads like AI slop.

ChatGPT literally sounds like it was trained on these influencer bro thought leaders.

"I would not recommend that.

Because that is bad.

Tom tried it. Dick tried it. Harry tried it.

Tom lost everything. Dick lost his dick. Harry's wife left him.

But there is one situation where this might apply, and when I would recommend it.

That is, if you would like to buy a used diaper factory."

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> and was amazed at how many calories I would have to eat in order to stay the same weight. It was huge. Can someone explain this to me? I try to stay under 2000 calories. To me it means eating almost nothing. Let's say I have berries and yogurt. That ~300. Add a morning latte (no sugar). Now we're at 500. I've effectively had a tiny breakfast and already spent 1/4th of my calorie budget. Taking what I just ate and m…

By eating different foods. I frequently get filling bento boxes in japan that are ~500-600 calories. And drinking when is extremely counterintuitive when trying to maintain/lose weight.

Which ones are those? Every time I ride the Shinkansen I get a bento. I go look at the station and outside in the depachika, they are all labelled. 19 of 20 of them are over 1000 calories, most much higher. The few that aren't are tiny and bland looking.
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