Kristin NakagawaMar 9, 20211 minThis Reminder Is For Me, Too...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...
Kristin NakagawaFeb 20, 20211 minHow Not Watching "Attack on Titan" Improves My Practice HabitsAs Jason and I finished Episode 6 of Attack on Titan Season 4, muffled, evil snickers proceed from the phone speaker. “You should just...
Kristin NakagawaFeb 11, 20211 minAnswer 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...
Kristin NakagawaJan 29, 20211 minSay SomethingThis 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...
Kristin NakagawaJan 21, 20211 minSo.. 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...
Kristin NakagawaJan 21, 20211 minNever 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...
Kristin NakagawaJan 11, 20211 minYou 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...
Kristin NakagawaJan 11, 20212 minThe 6 Personal Growth Questions You Need to AskYesterday I called my childhood best friend for her birthday. It had been months since our last chat, but the peals of laughter started...
Kristin NakagawaDec 24, 20201 minAlways Have A ProjectTo have the dream job requires specialized knowledge. As a result, you have been conditioned to believe that unless the work directly...
Kristin NakagawaDec 17, 20201 minStaying With The HabitThe 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...