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How do you practice self-care?
A White Noise
fter 30 years of living in our loving family home, we finally made the decision to do some major renova- tions. Other than re-roofing and applying vinyl sid-
ing, we never really did anything major to improve our house. At first it was because we had young children and accepting dwelling damages comes with the territory. It made no sense to do renovations until they were old enough to know better. Plus, home improvement money went toward their private education and college. Then along came our two dogs and it really made no sense to do any improvements when our carpeting became a literal pee pad and our walls, chew toys.
VINA CRISTOBAL
Chief Multimedia Content Producer, ‘Aiea
“It varies whenever I have a day off, but I’ll go to a park and paint, or relax at the beach with a good book. I’ll also go to a café to read my devotionals and journal.”
TYLER DAGUAY
Marketing Director, Kapolei
“By keeping an active lifestyle — morning yoga, playing soccer, evening runs. Also, whatever I’m doing, music will be playing. It’s all about the positive vibes and keeping that energy throughout the day.”
ERICA DASALLA
District Manager, ‘Ewa Beach
“Working out is always a good and easy self-care technique I like to use. Occasionally, I like to spoil myself with a massage, facial or pedicure.”
MICAH MATSUMOTO
HR Coordinator, Mililani
“By hanging out with friends and surrounding myself with people who genuinely care about me. I also love taking a ‘me day’ and disconnecting from social media.
We sacrificed our comfort for all of our “children.”
And as much as I wish I was a DIY kind of guy, I never accumulated those skills when I was younger. No, my dad taught me stuff like how to make a perfect martini, how to pick locks and, as a pistol marksman, how to shoot. Believe it or not, my mom taught me samurai swordsmanship and how to sew. I’m actually pretty good with my hands so I’ve recently taught myself how to do things like everyone else,
by watching YouTube videos.
But major renovations are beyond my skillset and my
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NAI And Our Humanity
o doubt, you have been hearing about AI ad- vancements and how they are transforming the world. Due to my long-standing interest, I
have a deeper understanding than most. Currently, the situation is confusing and chaotic, making it difficult to envision precisely how it will change our lives. What I can tell you is that AI is not merely another “disruptive technology” like social media or smart- phones. It goes far beyond that, as it will not only alter our civilization but will redefine humanity itself.
As such, I believe it is crucial for all of us to ask our- selves this: How can you preserve your humanity as AI intertwines more with our lives? What does it mean to be human? To me, I say hold on to and savor the hu- man moments. Make friends. Create memories. Care for one another. And be kind to each other, always.
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wife knows better than to let me loose on anything more than spackle and paint. And we’re not getting younger, so it was time to do something for our living comfort. So, we decided to tackle our bedroom and bath.
Although my wife watches a lot of HGTV, I, too, as a collateral viewer, have seen what people go through when remodeling their home. We hired the company that did our siding as they do great work. They gave us great pricing and I totally trust the company owner.
My HGTV watching experience told me two things are guaranteed to change: time and cost. We ended up also hav- ing to repair our roof and do additional electrical work. But just when I thought the hard decisions were made, I was told to handle another detail: Choose the color of paint for the bedroom and bath.
To me, that was the easiest decision of the entire project. I told them to paint it white. My wife actually agreed with this but had one caveat: She wanted to pick the paint. So, we went to the hardware store paint department. I figured it would take us less than two minutes. That’s when I learned there is nearly an infinite number of different kinds of white paint. Pale white, reflective white, eggshell white and the list went on and on. Ninety minutes later, we had our paint decision.
It was the first swatch of white that we had looked at. We could actually test how well it hid and covered walls as my head was on the verge of exploding.
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