Mental Tools

Ask Dr. Khatz: Sidetracked in Salt Lake, Part 3

by momoko

Maddie and Khatz go way back to university days when they studied together in the computer science department. Now, as a video game programmer in a major company, it would seem Maddie has it all. There’s one dream, however, that has remained elusively beyond the reach of this avid anime fan, gamer, and cosplay seamstress…

by khatzumoto

If you were hungry, would you deny yourself food because you were hungry? If you were thirsty, would you deny yourself drink because you were thirsty? If you needed a blood transfusion, would you deny yourself blood because you needed it? Rhetorical questions. You wouldn’t starve yourself to death to punish yourself for being an…

by momoko

Maddie and Khatz go way back to carefree university days when they would put in long chocolate-milk-fueled hours in the underground computer laboratory hacking away at never-ending oceans of code. Now, having landed the most awesome and lucrative job of video game programmer, it would seem Maddie has it all… There’s one dream, however, that…

by khatzumoto

Think of your L2 as a hail of bullets. You get “shot” by exposing yourself to media — by putting yourself in the path of the bullets. (Un?)fortunately, your brain, by way of the forgetting mechanism, is able to “heal” itself, erasing the effects of the bullets. As it turns out, though, your brain is…

by khatzumoto

“Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.” Chinese Proverb So, I read, watch and listen to a lot of what might very generally be called “advice”. A lot of advice-givers, myself included, can seem to be telling you: “What you’ve been doing SUCKS! You’re messing up! Do…