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Take back mornings
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This one has been a struggle for me so far. I'm generally a morning person but in January,
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I had many dinner meetings and in service of Goal #3 (Reconnect with new friends),
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I did have a few longer nights out than intended. Having something at night made it more difficult to take back the morning, even I did pretty well with Goal #5 (Drink less).
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I plan on amending this from Take back mornings->Make plans during the day,
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not at night. After speaking with a few of meeting counterparts, I ended up finding out that they too, in fact, prefer to do meetings over lunch/coffee vs.
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in the evening as it gets pretty tiring doing dinners several nights a week. In Japanese biz culture, there's a term called "nomu-nication" or "communicating over drinks,"
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meaning that alcohol can help to be a social lubricant to create more open business conversations, but I feel confident that I can buck this trend with my sleepy peers.
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Making fewer evening plans also has the happy effect of helping me spend more time with my wife and our dog,
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which I already feel like I do a decent job of, but creating more time is only positive.
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Get back on the bball court I'm proud to say that I've been very good at this one so far. I played pick up at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo three times,
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signed up for two Indoor Hoops Open Runs in NYC (highly recommended!) while back home and closed the month by playing in a 3x3 event for streetwear select shop, Undefeated, to close the month.
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