Zen Calendar 2023

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Hah, my thoughts went straight to Chumbawamba as well. I considered making some sort of inspirational-quote-poster-thing, but there was no image I could have chosen which would have been sufficiently recognisable.

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Monday, January the 23rd:

改めるには今すぐ

改めるには今すぐ

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Right now is the best time to change

or something like that, having a bit of trouble wording that.

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Tuesday, January the 24th:

心に対話をもって

対話をもって

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Have a heart to heart (with yourself?)

Could also be just in general too, like “Speak with your heart”

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Wednesday, January the 25th:

明日を信じる

明日信じる

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Believe in tomorrow?

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Thursday, January the 26th:

反省を忘れるな

反省忘れる

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Don’t forget your self-reflection.

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Like, don’t forget to self-reflect, or the self-reflection you’ve already done?

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Yes.

need 10 characters dont mind me

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Surely the latter would involve past tense somehow. Like, 反省したのを忘れるな or something.

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Probably more of the former, though I make that translation with latter in mind.

反省した時を忘れるな。 perhaps.

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Friday, January the 27th:

話をよく聞く

をよく聞く

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Properly listen to conversations

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Saturday, January the 28th:

忠告は素直に

忠告素直

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„Give honest advice“, maybe?

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I’m also getting a feeling it could be something like following the advice rather than giving it. Is that possible?

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Yeah, like take advice instead of trying to find issues with it or talk your way out of it/look for excuses?

Taking advice is usually the hard part, not giving it.

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