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Do you ever have those weeks where things just pile up almost unexpectedly? And before you know it, half those things that were on your...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Feb 19, 2021
- 1 min
How Not Watching "Attack on Titan" Improves My Practice Habits
As Jason and I finished Episode 6 of Attack on Titan Season 4, muffled, evil snickers proceed from the phone speaker. “You should just...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Feb 11, 2021
- 1 min
Answer This Question, And You Win.
We spend so long learning to decipher the hieroglyphs that we almost feel entitled to favorable outcomes and attention. It can look like...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Say Something
This is what I overheard a parent telling my partner on the way out from a violin lesson yesterday: “It sounds like you’re speaking a...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
So.. that Inauguration speech was weaksauce...
Here’s what POTUS Joe Biden didn’t say this morning in his Inauguration speech about repair and healing: Record yourself. Rebuilding your...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
Never Make This Practice Mistake Again..
from the cadenza in Scheherazade, Mvt II If you wrangle all the groceries into the house in a single trip but you forget your carton of...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
You Are Not Musical.
“Musicality” is the blanket term we use when our thoughts about a piece of music are ill-defined. We use this term to combine the ideas...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
The 6 Personal Growth Questions You Need to Ask
Yesterday I called my childhood best friend for her birthday. It had been months since our last chat, but the peals of laughter started...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Always Have A Project
To have the dream job requires specialized knowledge. As a result, you have been conditioned to believe that unless the work directly...
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Kristin Nakagawa
- Dec 16, 2020
- 1 min
Staying With The Habit
The Lizard Fatigue is the lizard in your brain showing up to diminish your desire to be great. It tells you to stay under the blankets...
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