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Mister Ching’s<br />
VIVERE<br />
The timeless and emerging trends in<br />
art, culture and mystery today<br />
If you do nothing else, design your<br />
life for joy. If you can, find a way to<br />
Bring joy to others.<br />
Designed to be read on the toilet<br />
1st Edition
FAVORITE TH<br />
to help you be the<br />
of yourself, bring out<br />
live a life tha<br />
Mister<br />
BODY<br />
Our bodies are our avatars for moving around in the<br />
world, our vehicles for expression and identity, and the<br />
containers for our soul. The better you treat them, the<br />
longer they will serve us.<br />
(MORNING) FUEL<br />
Smoothie, peanut butter &<br />
acai<br />
Bacteria, birchermuesli<br />
Low volume caffes, iced<br />
cortado<br />
GROOM<br />
Shave, Proraso<br />
Teeth, Oral B professional<br />
Hands, Aesop hand wash<br />
STYLE<br />
Temporary tattoos, Tattly<br />
Chic brands that celebrate your<br />
hometown, Salvage Public<br />
Fitted aloha shirts, Roberta Oaks<br />
Print on print on print<br />
Jumpsuits, New Market Goods<br />
Custom italian-made shoes,<br />
Bocache & Salvucci<br />
AVATAR MAINTENANCE<br />
Smiling during yoga, Yoga<br />
Garden<br />
Going all out in group<br />
classes, Barry’s<br />
Signing up for something<br />
that scares you, SF<br />
marathon<br />
Hara hachi bun me, 80% full<br />
DESTRESS<br />
Italian apertifs, Etnea Spritz,<br />
Belmond Grand Timeo<br />
Digestifs, Amaro Siciliano<br />
Sunset mai tais, Halekulani<br />
Large bottled sparkling<br />
water (not La Croix)<br />
Thin-rimmed old fashioned<br />
glasses, CB2<br />
Foot reflexology<br />
Sleep with gratitude and<br />
surrender<br />
SP<br />
Our spirit is the least well understoo<br />
are hard to describe and define. Th<br />
others without us knowing it—and o<br />
beyond the useful life of our avatar<br />
hope, by wonder, by meaning, and<br />
good scent or song to lose ourselve<br />
LO<br />
20 seco<br />
Licks from your favori<br />
Conversations with<br />
Family reunions,<br />
Nonsensical<br />
JO<br />
Whiplash dancing, Gu<br />
Hula, Wah<br />
Candles, Ernesto by Cir<br />
candle<br />
Scent, Seoul di Alba by Sa<br />
oldest pe<br />
Flowers, fresh tub<br />
California hygge, ab<br />
WO<br />
See the star<br />
View lav<br />
Humpback whale wa<br />
Safari, M<br />
Wandering, Lada<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
When we take care of ourselves, we give ourselves permission to<br />
take care of those around us. When we take care of those around<br />
us, we get closer to the full potential of us as a species.<br />
Riding public transit<br />
Afternoon chai and adda, Dhaka<br />
Pastries and coffee and fika<br />
Friday shabbat and Sunday shabbat<br />
Sunday morning hospitality, St Francis Lutheran<br />
Sunday celebrations, Glide
Ching’s<br />
INGS <strong>2018</strong><br />
fullest expression<br />
the joy in others, &<br />
t is worthy<br />
IRIT<br />
d part of our beings because they<br />
ey are the part of us that can affect<br />
ver time, their effect can last much<br />
s. They need to be fed daily— by<br />
by love. If those aren’t available, a<br />
s in may be enough.<br />
VE<br />
nd hugs<br />
e animal, guru Charlie<br />
parents and elders<br />
real and adopted<br />
holiday cards<br />
Y<br />
arda come dondolo<br />
ine Ilikea<br />
Trudon, world’s oldest<br />
maker<br />
nta Maria Novella, world’s<br />
rfumery<br />
erose & gardenia<br />
ence of frustrations<br />
NDER<br />
s, Mauna Kea<br />
a, Kilauea<br />
tching, Jan-Mar, Maui<br />
sai mara<br />
kh and Nagaland<br />
MIND<br />
Our minds are our holders of wisdom but often the source of<br />
much suffering. They need to be purified constantly.<br />
MEDITATIONS<br />
Salt baths or rainshowers<br />
Toilet time<br />
Watering plants<br />
On Being with Krista Tippett<br />
Hawaiian music KINE<br />
Making homemade pasta<br />
Ittadekimasu<br />
Washing dishes<br />
Reading before bed, New Yorker<br />
Spring and fall cleaning<br />
Surfing, Waikiki<br />
EXPLORATIONS<br />
Genetic sequencing and modification, The Gene by<br />
Siddartha Mukterjee<br />
Seeing beyond our tribe<br />
Inclusiveness<br />
How to bring joy to others<br />
The role of religion<br />
What I wish I learned in school<br />
Modern art in Google slides<br />
AVOID<br />
Falling asleep to a screen<br />
Jumping to conclusions from Facebook posts<br />
Checking Instagram for likes<br />
TEAM/WORK<br />
For many of us, we spend more time at work than in any other<br />
pursuit in our lives. Work gives us dignity and purpose and is a<br />
core part of our social identity. Today, anything worth doing takes<br />
the collective work of a large team.<br />
Daily team lunches<br />
LifeSHOP and WorkSHOP<br />
Connection cards<br />
Taking notes and sharing credit<br />
Unorthodox offsites, hip hop & comedy
MORIRE<br />
MEANING<br />
SPACE<br />
BIRTH<br />
TIME<br />
DEATH of<br />
AVATAR<br />
The bright pink dot<br />
For all of us, success in this life will ultimately be measured<br />
not by career achievement¹ -- but by how well we love², how<br />
comfortable we are with ourselves³, how we make others<br />
feel⁴⁵, how well we inspire others to be their best selves⁶ and<br />
how well we leave the world better than we found it⁷. These<br />
are what David Brooks calls the eulogy virtues⁸, or what<br />
people will remember you by when you leave this planet.<br />
My favorite quote is an adapted version of John Wesley’s<br />
quote⁹ by the Kuumba singers of Harvard College:<br />
“Do what you can with what you have to leave a space<br />
better than youe inherited It.”<br />
¹ “People tend to overinvest in their career (rather than relationships) because of the tangible, daily achievement that a career is designed to make feel real” - Clayton Christenson<br />
² “I believed--and still believe--that when all is said and done, none of us will be measured on how much we accomplish but on how well we love” - Krista Tippett<br />
³ “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken” - Oscar Wilde<br />
⁴ “People will forget what you said, but people will never forget how you made them feel” - Maya Angelou<br />
⁵ “Be kind anyway” - Seen at a sign in little shop in Khan Market in Delhi<br />
⁶ “You have a responsibility to be your best self -- and to share that responsibility with others” - Luigi, Soul Cycle<br />
⁷ “To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To<br />
appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has<br />
breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded” - Ralph Waldo Emerson<br />
⁸ The Moral Bucket List - David Brooks<br />
⁹ “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” - John<br />
Wesley, founder of Methodist branch of Christianity
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