Futuring Note

Category: Time Management & Intentional Living

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  • The Longest Day Is Not an Invitation to Work Longer

    What Summer Solstice teaches us about energy, burnout and knowing when to rest Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. Today marks the Summer Solstice (夏至 Xià Zhì); the tenth solar term. It is one of the longest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. read more

  • Why Missing This Solar Term Could Cost an Entire Harvest

    A lesson from ‘Grain in Ear’ solar term that applies to careers, relationships and life itself.. Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. A few days ago, I was reading about ‘Grain in Ear’ (芒种 Máng Zhòng), the ninth solar term in the Chinese calendar during the summer season. read more

  • Weird Thing I Had to Google “How to Accept a Compliment”

    How the Chinese solar term Grain Bud quietly changed the way I see growth and achievement Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. The actual Chinese characters of Grain Bud solar term is 小满 (Xiǎo Mǎn) literally means “small full.” read more

  • The Human Art of Futuring Through Notes

    How Handwritten Notes Help Us Think, Reflect and Shape the Future In an age where ideas are typed, swiped and quickly forgotten, handwriting remains one of the most human ways to think deeply and sketch up the future. We often treat notes as simple reminders… things to record, store and retrieve but handwritten notes are…

  • When Energy Rises, Direction Matters More

    Turning rising energy into purposeful growth Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. There is a subtle shift that happens with the arrival of the solar term ‘Beginning of Summer’ (立夏 Lì Xià) which is the first solar term of summer. read more

  • Action Is Visible. Foundation Is Not.

    Grain Rain… Why What Comes Before Matters Most Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. Among the twenty-four solar terms, Grain Rain (谷雨 Gǔ Yǔ) arrives quietly.. yet with profound significance. As the sixth and final solar term of spring, it carries a simple but powerful meaning: rain nourishes all grains.…

  • Clear and Bright.. Yet Filled with Quiet Reflections

    Qing Ming – a solar term of growth, remembrance, and learning from the regrets that shape us Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. Among the 24 Solar Terms, the fifth solar term, 清明 (Qīng Míng) arrives gently, usually around early April, when the sun warms the earth, skies grow clearer…

  • When Day and Night Are Equal, Why Aren’t We?

    A reflection on 春分 (Chūn Fēn) – Spring Equinox Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. There is a moment each year when the world becomes perfectly balanced. It is called 春分 (Chūn Fēn) – Spring Equinox. read more

  • When the Earth Awakens, So Should We

    A reflection on 惊蛰 (Jīng Zhé) – Awakening of Insects Part of the FuturingNote series: Reflections Through the 24 Solar Terms. Every year, sometime in early March, the traditional Chinese calendar marks a solar term called 惊蛰 – Awakening of Insects. read more

  • What We Build, We Learn to Value

    On Turning the IKEA Effect into a Quiet Advantage We often hear about cognitive biases as flaws in human thinking. Tendencies that distort judgment and quietly shape how we assign value. Behavioral researchers once observed a curious tendency: We often value things more when we help build them. This became known as the IKEA Effect.…