Author: Lem Usita
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The First Time You Try Out a Sushi Restaurant
….is one of the most adventurous and terrifying (at least for me) experience for me. There are places that I love to go to. Places where I know the chef. Places where I know the menu and they know my name – kinda like Cheers. You never know what you’re…
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Being Digital
It is a reality for many of us today. We definitely live digital lives. Even my 3 year old niece is starting to develop her digital presence. She is a digital native and can navigate her way through anyone’s iphone and find the things that she wants to find –…
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People that Give You Energy
I heard this line today. I’ve also been reading about it – this connectedness that is possible with people – even on a sub-conscious level. Very interesting. I like the idea of people that give me energy. Selfishly, I like it when I am energized. It’s great when you hang…
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Just Because You Are Told Once or Twice
…..doesn’t mean that you’ll get it. Sometimes you have to be told three or four or many times. Some of us just don’t have the brain development to get it the first time. It’s just simple chemistry. No matter how frustrated you might get at someone – sometimes, it’s not…
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Painful Memories
Memories are a wonderful thing. Sometimes though memories can be so bad that we don’t pay any attention to them. I’ve been reading about memories. I have a few posts coming up about memories. It’s really a fascinating thing. I wonder if there are any studies out there that have…
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Mental Model
So I read about Mental Models today. Basically, a mental model is formed early in life and then they stick with us for the rest of our lives. When things happen in our lives, our brains bring up these mental models and bring us back to the experience – the…
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A Subjective Job
I heard someone talk about this today. I don’t know that they would call it this, but I thought it was a great identity insight in light of the job that you do. The way that they described a Subjective Job is that it is a job where you people…
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Forgetting Where You’re From
It is easy for me to forget where I come from. It’s easy for me to get so caught up with the things going on in life that I miss out on things because I forget where I come from. Do you know what I’m talking about. When it comes…
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Camp Speaker
I used this identity this week. There were a few churches that got together and put on a camp. It’s the same camp that I went to when I was in high school. I spent many summers there. It was very instrumental and formative in my life. It shaped my…
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Exploring can Look like Disobedience
I have written about Exploring and how that is part of the identity formation process. Do a search for Exploring on the blog and you’ll find some posts. Exploring possible identities helps you to develop your identity. You can try on different identities to see which one’s fit. You try…
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The Range of Comfortable
Take any aspect of your life. There is a range that you are comfortable with – no matter what aspect you think about. For instance – when it comes to food, we all have a range of types of foods and tastes that we are comfortable. Andrew Zimmern has a…
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