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Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution


Kakizome, Japanese way of new-years resolution

A path on an outdated map is not as helpful as a compass that gives us at least a direction to follow when we come to a junction or sudden obstacles are found. My mother has a practice to always put the calligraphy close at the entrance of the house, and come end-year she asks how we’ve lived up to what we wrote. It also helps with the process of separating the wheat from the chaff when you constantly get bombarded with new papers and hype demos from startups that promise everything.

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