tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40108742132573026872024-03-18T19:57:45.692-07:00Runner's highI noticed that surviving my life, which is filled with madness, is similar to running a marathon.T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-33813229942689190612015-05-27T14:55:00.001-07:002015-05-27T14:57:20.555-07:00-2014-Looking back past days and I found that 2014 was a very difficult year for me. An important person left me, and I was simply struggling to keep my mouth above the water in life, almost got drawn. I got injury on my back, and I could not run at all (at one point, I could not even walk well). I was telling my self, when any door does not open no matter what I did, I must be opening it in a wrong timing and I must wait until doors open by themselves. T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-56671255932546094022014-05-28T05:08:00.001-07:002014-05-28T05:08:24.581-07:00Picture of the day<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="710" scrolling="no" src="//instagram.com/p/n_E18DNEz0/embed/" width="612"></iframe>T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-60432573045537041742013-01-30T17:15:00.000-08:002013-01-30T17:15:41.796-08:00Picture of the day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How to spend your day will define your productivity in a long run. You should acquire good habits not to waste your precious time. Here I will share some software I found, which are helpful for time and productivity managements.<br />
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Having good habits is the key to spend your time efficiently. Our brains naturally avoid effort, and the most efficient way to convince them to unfavorable tasks is make it an habit. To manage my habits, I usually take life log, describing how I spend time on a day. For the purpose, I am using <a href="http://evernote.com/">evernote</a>, which enable you to share notes between multiple computers and iPhone. <br />
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Making the list of tasks to be completed is important. I use <a href="http://www.producteev.com/">producteev</a> for task management, because this software allows me to share the list of tasks on multiple computers and iPhones. <br />
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Finally, it is also important to review your progress. I review my life log weekly and everything else monthly. It is also helpful to visualize your achievement by making graphs, so that you can see the area you did good and you need more work instantly. T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-79226801338515786532012-12-20T03:36:00.000-08:002012-12-20T03:36:58.817-08:00Picture of the day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-74239931998755983942012-12-18T18:37:00.002-08:002012-12-18T18:37:27.666-08:00New year resolutions for 2013I have been annoyed by back pain in 2012. I am really grad that I almost overcome this problem. The back pain problem inhibited me from running so I was not able to run well this year. Here are the list of things I would like to achieve in 2013.<br />
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B as in boy<br />
C as in car<br />
D as in dog<br />
E as in ear<br />
F as in flag<br />
G as in great<br />
H as in house<br />
I as in insect<br />
J as in joy<br />
K as in kind<br />
L as in light<br />
M as in magic<br />
N as in night<br />
O as in orchestra<br />
P as in people<br />
Q as in question<br />
R as in red<br />
S as in sure<br />
T as in truck<br />
U as in unique<br />
V as in video<br />
W as in wow<br />
X as in xerox<br />
y as in yes<br />
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2. Giving up alcohol and caffeine.<br />
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Daniel Pink explains surprising facts of motivation. Check it out.T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-91873670918519946022009-11-19T22:47:00.004-08:002009-11-19T22:48:31.475-08:00Picture of the day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4gKiLAx9lWKcIK0pwTMfCUeh3nbYSA-KXrrkA2YpCzgLLuDlNNr2FkBAAUNDlqXBuJseDktM4o0a655FDtfOcahKw7a5zVpn69D3x9TMP_OJ0liPiTTy_oW02sMlIgcxdysixuhaNT8/s1600/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4gKiLAx9lWKcIK0pwTMfCUeh3nbYSA-KXrrkA2YpCzgLLuDlNNr2FkBAAUNDlqXBuJseDktM4o0a655FDtfOcahKw7a5zVpn69D3x9TMP_OJ0liPiTTy_oW02sMlIgcxdysixuhaNT8/s320/IMG_1897.JPG" /></a><br />
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<div id="refHTML"></div>T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-54387828210261167612009-05-28T21:47:00.000-07:002009-05-29T21:53:44.134-07:00Stress and weightWhen I am under strong stress, my body weight appears to surge. I found tight correlation between my stress level and body weight. When I am stressed out, I cannot run well. This is the major reason why the stress level affects my weight. I need to learn stress management more, because the skill seems to be important to survive. I know things will be much tougher if I continue this job.T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010874213257302687.post-6327061833619272922009-04-27T22:19:00.006-07:002009-05-05T11:19:36.956-07:001Q84<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/murakami/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMhOpjcbJQOa9lLv8p06QJ1iAdx0LaLb1IuScKtJRwmmAzc8hZK5gyexx5NXmBb-nLrV7AZMwtqVR27ZDxf9zDosfOITKIaO_X5i9zHNpHw4JJIWh3hqX5oCfYS__RgoEXoNdVupkX4A/s200/1Q84.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329607834626247890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_murakami">Haruki Murakami </a>is going to publish his new novel, called "1Q84", on May 29th. I am very lucky that I can read Japanese, so that I will be able to read the 1Q84 much earlier than most of you. The title "1Q84" comes after George Orwell's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four">"1984"</a>, I believe. Pronunciation of "Q" is similar to that of "9" in Japanese.<br /><br /><br />You can find the latest information at <a href="http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/murakami/">Shinchosha web site</a>.T.F. Sakaguchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14336362997184862587noreply@blogger.com1