Three Fun Things

It’s Wednesday, and we’re all a little draggy in the office today, so here are three fun things to brighten up your scene. First up: A three-question quiz to test your rationality. (How did you do?)

Second, 14 beautiful Japanese words. (I love shinrin-yoku.)

Finally, these lava ghosts made in Copenhagen somehow keep making me laugh out loud. It’s like if they are so, so worried, your generalized anxiety must not be that bad, right? Definitely counts as a jollifier, I would say.

Hope you’re having a good week. xoxo

(Japanese words via Swissmiss, rationality test via Shoebox Dwelling)

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shopgirl

October 29, 2015 7:32am 7:32 am

Mostly I am MAJIME, but sometimes have a need to be IRUSU.. :-)

Jean

August 14, 2015 5:19pm 5:19 pm

Ah I am guilty of of tsundoku, but only with the best of intentions. I’m delighted to learn that the word ikigai exists, it breathes inspiration and intention.

Madie

August 13, 2015 4:33pm 4:33 pm

Ahh, Majime is my new favorite word! How lovely. Crazy how many English words you have to string together to express the same idea…

Lynn

August 13, 2015 2:32pm 2:32 pm

Love those words. Vocabulary is sexy.
Lynn | http://thisrainylife.com/

Taylor

August 13, 2015 1:17pm 1:17 pm

I got both questions right on the rationality test, even though I consider myself more emotional and intuitive than logical and objective. That’s so interesting to me–I LOVE personality tests and things like this.

I am extremely risk averse financially, though–I’ve never gambled in my life, and the though of going to Vegas boggles me. To each their own though! My brother loves little bets like the quarter question and somehow always wins them. That kind of thing gives me a little pit in my stomach.

Great melange of fun stuff in this post!

karen

August 13, 2015 11:32am 11:32 am

Apparently I’m completely irrational and it’s freaking me out. I need some shinrin-yoku…

eva

August 13, 2015 4:10am 4:10 am

Thanks Joanna for posting, I am LOVING all these words! :-)

Nina

August 13, 2015 3:17am 3:17 am

Lovely Japanese words! :) Why do we not have these in other languages as well? :) They say it all… I may need to share these as well!

I also like the Danish ghosts, super cute!

Prudence Marule

August 13, 2015 2:52am 2:52 am

tsundoku is me! – I’ve banned myself from buying anymore books until i start reading the ones i have!

I sucked at the test! – maybe next time. :(

Alice

August 13, 2015 1:30am 1:30 am

Yoisho! I live abroad and love discovering words that are almost just meaningful sounds, in that they aren’t in the dictionary but are used nationwide in specific situations to express a certain feeling. Everyone uses and knows them, there’s something inclusive about them. I feel like English has fewer, but I’d love to see an international comparison of these feeling word sounds!
And imagine: finish work, kiddo to bed, tidy up, armchair, yoisho. Aah.

Katherine

August 13, 2015 1:15am 1:15 am

Yoisho, in context, is more frequently used when picking up something heavy :)

Mao

Reply to Katherine

August 15, 2015 8:47am 8:47 am

Thank you for letting me realize how Japanese words sound attractive to non Japanese people. We use these words frequently, I love Majime people, who try to do their best to whatever they do, and who are sincere to their partner.

Lauren at adorn la femme

August 12, 2015 10:51pm 10:51 pm

I can’t wait to start using these words on my friend from Japan!! Tsundoku is the one to be used to describe me….the books keep pilin’ up on my night table!! xo

Kissis,

(=’.’=)
-Lauren
adorn la femme

Roxana

August 12, 2015 9:46pm 9:46 pm

I am irrational, but not more so than Stanford business grads who’ve actually studied probability :).

I love tsundoku! Totally guilty. And my husband is majime through and through.

Thanks for this :).

Nicole

August 12, 2015 8:52pm 8:52 pm

Oh my gosh that lava ghost! It looks so sad but I can’t stop laughing either haha

-Nicole
Meet Me in Midtown

Felisha

August 12, 2015 6:30pm 6:30 pm

I love the 14 beautiful Japanese words. It’s always interesting to find out words that have so much meaning in different languages.

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Maira

August 12, 2015 6:16pm 6:16 pm

I do IRUSU all the time hahaha!

Caitlyn @ Candid Cerebrations

August 12, 2015 5:09pm 5:09 pm

Surprisingly I did well on the logic test. I love watching Matt Bellassai’s Whine About It Wednesdays so that personally helps keep me from dragging. Also all those Japanese words are amazing but would be better if it showed how to pronounce them.

Melissa

Reply to Caitlyn @ Candid Cerebrations

August 12, 2015 5:40pm 5:40 pm

Whine about it is pretty much one of the best things to come into my life as of late. My husband and I binge watched six of them last night. :)

P&F

August 12, 2015 5:08pm 5:08 pm

Thank you so much for sharing these!
Loved the japanese words!
Cheers,
P&F

Shannon

August 12, 2015 4:50pm 4:50 pm

This could not have come at a more perfect time. Work is dead, and I keep checking the blog to see if there is anything new! I could really use a shinrin-yoku.

Erin @ Her Heartland Soul

August 12, 2015 4:23pm 4:23 pm

Aww the little lava ghosts! They look so sad!

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http://herheartlandsoul.com

Loribeth

August 12, 2015 4:22pm 4:22 pm

That rationality test hurt my feelings. Also, tsundoku describes my life!

Laura

August 12, 2015 4:15pm 4:15 pm

Majime. Love it.

Kristy

August 12, 2015 4:10pm 4:10 pm

It makes me so happy yet frustrated that those Japanese words exist (if they do exist–I do not speak Japanese so I cannot verify). They’re so, so perfect, I can’t even. I don’t know why. I guess I’m wondering if these seemingly esoteric feelings are what everyone feels, and also what it means that these words are in Japanese but we don’t have English equivalents for them (What does it say about their culture? What does it say about ours?)

Steph B

August 12, 2015 4:09pm 4:09 pm

Well I’m apparently not very logical. I’ll take that as a compliment and stop over thinking things since it seems as though it’s not doing me any justice. ;-) Love the anxious ghost too.

Angela

August 12, 2015 4:06pm 4:06 pm

According to the survey, I am rational, though that is hardly how I would describe myself. ? Really interesting- thanks for posting!

Roxana

Reply to Angela

August 12, 2015 9:48pm 9:48 pm

Maybe you don’t seem rational because everyone else is irrational :).

Roxana

Reply to Angela

August 12, 2015 9:48pm 9:48 pm

Oh, and brava!

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