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Podcast #14

When we live in one place for a long time, it’s easy for everything to become NORMAL. We walk the same streets. We see the same things. We meet the same people, day after day.

After one year living in Bangkok, it’s becoming difficult to stay excited about the city. My daily routine is basically the same, week after week. I wake up, get the boys ready for school, take them to school, go back home, work at the computer for hours and hours, pick the boys up from school, do activities with them in the evening, watch a little TV, Talk with Laykah and go to sleep.

Sometimes I go out to take pictures and shoot video, but less and less as the months go by. Bangkok was new and exciting… now it’s NORMAL and BORING. But, NORMAL and BORING are mental ideas. And mental ideas can be changed. I recently bought a new camera and got excited about the city again. Now I go out more often to take pictures, and discover new places. I’m beginning to realize that the city is still exciting and beautiful and mysterious…

Only my MIND became NORMAL and BORING. All I have to do is change my mind, and life is exciting and beautiful again. That was easy!

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live in one place ひとつのところに住む　to become NORMAL 当たり前になる　day after day 来る日も来る日も　difficult to stay excited about ～にワクワクし続けるのが難しい　daily routine 日課　get the boys ready for 子供たちに準備させる　do activities with them 子供たちと遊ぶ　less and less as the months go by 月を追うごとに少なくなってくる　NORMAL and BORING 当たり前のことになって退屈になる　mental ideas 心が決めること　can be changed 変えられる　got excited about the city again また街にワクワクした　I’m beginning to realize that ～に気づき始めている　All I have to do is change my mind 考えを変えればいいだけ