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Kuchisabishii: The Japanese Word for Eating Out of Boredom

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Pere Pages
Software Engineer
A person absently reaching into a snack bowl while idle on a couch, capturing the wistful mood of eating out of boredom

"Eating out of boredom happens to the best of us, but kuchisabishii is about shaping it as a natural feeling and a forgiving experience, rather than to shove down those feelings. For once we recognize and confront it, we end up making better decisions after the fact than exacerbating self-sabotaging behavior on guilt-triggered impulses."

Kaki Okumura.

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