Accept Reality and Suffer No More

I have weakness. I get hurt. In order to protect myself, I have been working on my resiliency, self-care and self-love, but I still get hurt. It had been a while since I got hurt really bad last time I think. I’ve been doing a great job since then. But, recently, I got hurt. It’s not a major one. It was a little pain. But it still hurt.

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2020 Key words: Resiliency, Self-love Self-care, Unfu*kwithable

One month has already gone this year, and it’s my first blog post this year.

My key words for this year are Resiliency, Self-love Self-care, and Unfu*kwithable.

Resiliency: I thought it’s important for me to come back up when I feel miserable and disappointed at myself when I make same old mistakes. It’s okay to make mistakes. Just come back and move forward again.

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Tomomi Kumai
2019 Resolution Review

As 2019 is almost over, I want to review my 2019 New Year’s resolution.

  1. Be a Badass Woman! (Vulnerably):

    I said “I want to continue my journey to strengthening the ability to draw healthy boundaries.” I give myself 7 out of 10 on this. I was able to do it sometimes. And sometimes I couldn’t draw boundaries. But overall, I put efforts and I feel good about what I did.

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Tomomi Kumai
Dreams Do Come True If You Write Them Down

I dreamed of being a freelancer.

I dreamed of being an intercultural trainer.

I dreamed of taking a vacation whenever I want.

These were the dreams I had when I was working full time, 9 to 6, five days a week in Osaka until 2014. I had a freelancer friend and I loved how she scheduled her own work. I had met an independent coach who does a lot of online coaching so she can work in different countries. I also met my mentor, who is an intercultural trainer and coach, who flew to different countries and delivered trainings. I admired how they work and how they were able to visit foreign countries when they wanted to.

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