Into Michelle's Mind

For the longest time, I thought I don’t procrastinate. Among all the traits that people typically associate with procrastination, I have none of them. I’m excited to get out of the bed on a sunny day. I make and execute the plans I make for both work and leisure. I am physically active. I keep my living space organized and clean. I don’t hesitate to go to any kinds of doctors. When problems come, solve them. I abide that. Sounds like the opposite of procrastination, right? But what is procrastination, really?  Procrastination is the inability to take actions in a timely manner that the rational mind clearly knows that the actions will bring benefits that outweigh the (usually painful) efforts required. However, I realized that I probably just don’t dislike most of the things that other people procrastinate to do. Listening to podcasts while cleaning isn’t so bad. I much prefer moving my body around in any ways than just sitting around. Going out and doing stuff (honestly anything) is p

Video I made in 2018 I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I only left for Canada when I was 16. But ever since, I moved around from city to city and country to country quite a lot. I don't have particularly good memory. I was not and still am not particularly good at maintaining any kinds of relationships that I had in Hong Kong other than my parents. I was not interested in politics until the last few years. As a result, I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE PRESENT HONG KONG. So this is the short summary for those of you who assume that I do and for the even fewer of you who get frustrated about why I don't. Continue reading if you want some concrete examples and to know how to treat people who might be quite different from you. This article is not (only) a rant. I sometimes makes the same mistakes too, but the idea is to treat others how you want to be treated . I want to respect other expats the way I want to be treated too. Outside of Hong Kong, I've spent most of my t

  I can recall three major injuries vividly in the last three years - a low-back pain from yoga, a   n injury in the ankle from snowboarding and most recently, a big cut in the right foot from surfing. I observed my reactions very closely throughout the injuries and my relationship with injuries generally involves three elements: self-blame, identification with the ruthlessness character, and last but not least, grit (the most positive one!) Self-blame: If you know me, you’d know that “just love yourself and do not think to improve yourself” is definitely not going to be my recommended remedy of self-blame. The love-yourself notion has been overly wrongly publicized. Identification with the ruthlessness character: if recklessness is not your gem, you might still be subconsciously identifying yourself with some other traumatic experiences, toxic character traits and/or thoughts that pull you down. Grit : “Oh there’s nothing I can do!” Is rarely the case unless we are in extremely unfor