Recording summary · January 2020
[2020-01-07] Why I hate New Years [fTRHRzacbco]
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Overview
Daniel experiences discomfort regarding New Year's resolutions for 2020 and lacks motivation to set new goals after having accomplished earlier ambitions such as learning Japanese, studying Korean, and moving to Japan.
Suggested goals such as driving, passing JLPT level 1, learning languages, or going to the gym are rejected as unnecessary for his current lifestyle; past failures with driving tests, coding apps, and the JLPT exam, combined with sufficient earnings to cover food and rent without debts or children, have led to a mindset against trying new things.
Daniel presents an episode of Cooking with Daniel demonstrating the preparation, shaping, frying, and tasting of fish cakes made with Norwegian mackerel, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, and pepper.
Themes
Lack of motivation, fear of failure, and absence of goals or New Year's resolutions for 2020.
Past personal motivations, including learning Japanese, studying Korean, and moving to Japan from England.
Past failures involving coding apps, a JLPT level 1 exam, and an 18-year-old driving test.
Preparation and cooking demonstration of Norwegian mackerel fish cakes on Cooking with Daniel.
Developments
Daniel failed a driving exam taken around age 18 following lessons.
Daniel took and failed the JLPT level 1 examination.
Daniel developed coding apps that produced no financial return.
Daniel brought wet laundry inside due to rain, brushed teeth, and prepared to wash two cups and a spoon.
Daniel filmed a cooking segment where he seasoned, shaped, fried, and tasted a Norwegian mackerel fish cake.