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+    - 'future plan'
+    - 'simple life'
+date: '2021-02-01 11:04:21'
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+posttype: note
+slug: '6017e035'
+title: note
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+# January Reflection
+
+Here is my first monthly reflection of 2021. The purpose of this entry is to remind myself of the new year resolutions, reflect on and evaluate my actions towards the resolutions, and act better in the next month.
+
+**1. Reading books**
+
+My goal is to read five books monthly (total 60 books). This month I read seven books -Two in English and Five in Japanese. So far so good.There are a few that I didn't finish, which include one that I bought by accident on Amazon jp. The total cost is 5,724 yen. They are all e-books.
+
+Books I read:
+| 本の著者・タイトル・出版社 | 値段 |
+| ----------- | ----------- |
+| Tara Button (2018) *A Life Less Throwaway -The Last Art of Buying for Life* HarperCollins | Free (Libby) |
+| 伊坂幸太郎（2010）『チルドレン』講談社文庫 |  1,452 yen (together with *Submarine* |
+| Will McCallum (2018) *How to Give Up Plastic* Penguin Life | Free (Libby) |
+| パウロ・コエーリョ（2013）『アルケミストー夢を旅した少年』角川書店 | 535 yen |
+| 佐藤芳之（2012）『Out of Africa アフリカの奇跡～世界に誇れる日本人ビジネスマンの物語～』朝日新聞出版 | 1,000 yen |
+| 本川達雄（2016）『生物多様性－「私」から考える進化・遺伝・生態系』中央公論新社 | 920 yen |
+| ウィリアム・カムクワンバ、ブライアン・ミーラー（2019）『風邪をつかまえた少年－14歳だった僕はたったひとりで風力発電をつくった』| 1,019 yen |
+
+Books I bought but didn't read:
+| 伊坂幸太郎（2019）『サブマリン』講談社文庫 | 1,452 yen (together with *Children* |
+| Ray（2020）『世界一やさしい簿記入門』  | 498 yen |
+| William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer (2010) *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* HarperCollins  | 300 yen |
+
+Books I am reading:
+| ふくしままさゆき（2014）『ホントにゼロからの簿記3級「ふくしままさゆきのホントに」シリーズ』  | Free (Amazon JP Prime) |
+
+**2. Creating my personal website**
+
+I have written one or two entries weekly and they are reading notes, documentary notes and cooking notes. Writing reading and documentary notes is good as it gives purpose and concentration when I read articles and watch documentary films. Cooking notes are also useful to record adjusted recipes, though they would be nicer with photos.
+
+**3. Start preparation for our brewing business**
+
+I spoke to Takeshi at the beginning of January and received some advice which is recorded in my website. It is certain that I would need a basic set of book-keeping knowledge and skills so I started reading about it, though I also feel it is not urgent. The book by ふくしままさゆき and his YouTube tutorials are really good. Perhaps I shall study one or two chapters a month.
+
+I read about Triple Bottom Lines (TBL) which I think will be a useful reference when we start our business. 
+
+I learnt that there may be a possibility that the Village Office hires me through the scheme as well. In that case, I will need a driving license, too. It seems the entire cost to get a driving license is slightly cheaper here (it would cost approx. £2,000 in Japan at the current rate), so it may not be a bad idea. 
+
+I also gathered some information about the new guy with the scheme. I quite like his writing on note. He is quite into environmental issues, too.
+
+**4. Own less**
+
+Several bags of clothes from our bed room has been donated to charities. We also sorted out documents and now the big, heavy cabinet is empty! I shall tidy up the kitchen and see if I could reduce the amount of small items such as tupperwares.