This Time, I Wanted the Mackerel

It was a holiday morning. I had spent about two hours at a café, working on the post I was going to publish that evening....

I Let the Oven Do Its Job

Yesterday, I made bread dough with two kilograms of flour. I divided it between two large bowls and mixed everything roughly by hand. I don't like...

Somehow, Everything Tasted Just Right

I woke up a little before seven. I was going to visit my older daughter that day, and I had already decided to prepare a...

I Had Told This Story Before

“You wrote a really fun story about mackerel.” “Oh, you liked it?”My daughter and I were walking out of the café, laughing and talking. “Do you...

When One Thing Was Enough

“Maybe I shouldn’t go out today,” my husband said. He had been coughing on and off all morning. “Sure. You don’t have to. You can just...

A Simple Reset: I Followed the Morning Instead

“I didn’t want to get to the newsroom too early,” my husband said when he joined me at the café. I was sitting by the...

A Simple Reset: I Heard the Wind Again

“Come have lunch.” My husband was in his study, looking at his phone. The rest of us had already eaten. He came out a little later and...

At Some Point, the Rhythm Took Over

“Why are you so bad at writing if you’re a journalist? My brother writes really well.” It was almost thirty years ago. I had just had my...

A Simple Reset: I Was Already Living Through Dinner

I enjoyed my morning in a café near my home, drinking a hot Americano and organizing ideas for an hour. When I came home, I...

A Simple Reset: Just Trying It

"Next week is course registration." My daughter smiledas she lookedout the bus window. "I've alreadyset an alarm. I don't wantto miss my chanceagain." I smiled back. "Already?It's that time...

A Simple Reset: More Than a Café

"It was too hot for a Par 3 course. How about checking out a café owned by a reporter I know?" My husband suggested. Before we left, I searched for a restaurant nearby. If...

A Simple Reset: Maybe My Feet Were Enough

"Isn't it hot? Want to drive to the beach?" my daughter asked with a smile. I paused. I had spentmore than six hourson the highway yesterday. I had also...

A Simple Reset: I Thought Thinking Was the Opposite of Sensing

A few days earlier, I had spent far too longlooking for my carin the parking lot. The car had been there all along. If I had walked just a little...

The Pressure to Get It Right

A tax notice made me nervous. My daughter's story brought back memories of how I had always tried to get things right, even as a child.

A Simple Reset: When I Stopped Chasing Perfection

This morning, I sat by the window at my favorite café. The rain had finally stopped. The sky was clear, and a cool breezedrifted in. While organizing ideasfor future...

Old Patterns Never Feel Old

This morning, I walked to my carto drive to my favorite café. As I reachedthe parking lot, I smiled. I had parked in almost the exact same spotas...

Before Reality Had a Chance to Answer

“Our car isn’t here,” my daughter said. “That’s strange. I’m sure I parked it here yesterday.” I leaned to the right to see farther down the row of parked cars.

A Simple Reset: This Time, the Story Never Came

"There he is." My husband was standingunder a tree,looking at his phone. My daughter and I were walkingthrough our apartment parking lot. "We're heading out,"I said. "Have fun,"he...

A Simple Reset: The Story That Protected Me

The night before, my husband told mehe was meeting friends for dinner. We had plannedto play a round at a par-3 coursethe next morning. But after drivingmore...

A Simple Reset: While I Waited

"Next week is Chobok. Could you ask your parentswhether we're going this Sunday?" I asked my husbanda few days in advance. Every summer, we visit his parentsaround that...
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