Today I learned why what Americans call arugula is known as rocket in other English speaking countries. #langsky vinepair.com/cocktail-cha...

Can you dig The Little Engine That Could and Sisyphus being the same story told from different perspectives?

Give it to me straight!

9 years ago today, 6/30/17, I arrived in Vietnam for the 1st time. Almost immediately, I snapped this photo in a taxi going from the airport to my hotel. Through the windshield, the words on that driver's jacket hit me as an amazing Welcome To Saigon sign. It's my favorite picture I've ever taken.

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Tomorrow #Vietnam celebrates Tết in honor of the Lunar New Year. The greeting chúc mừng năm mới means happy new year, inspiring this chơi chữ (pun) variation. Who else regularly makes mixed language puns? #BilingualLogic #langsky #wordplay #StarTrek #Nimoy #Spock

Got some extra exercise today. Heavy rain began while I was on the treadmill at the gym. After my run, I got to swim home! #langsky #Vietnamese #flood

To get to work on time I sync my morning routine to the subway schedule and catch the N train. #pun #langsky #humor

While it is not my favorite way to relieve stress, masturbation does cum in handy. #pun #langsky #humor

Mommas laboring too long to deliver stubborn babies need help from an obstinatrician. #pun #langsky #humor

New olive flavored breath freshener: pimenthos. #pun #langsky #humor

Did you hear about the fire at the drum shop? The whole thing just went up in flams. #pun #langsky #humor #music It’s a rudimentary joke, but hey, I’m on a roll 😆

She suggested I had sneezed when I had not. It was a false achoosation. #pun #langsky #humor

I just meditated a while, then the Universe began laughing me without effort or thinking. When the fun & noisy breaths eventually stopped, a sense of I/me/self returned with a lighter body, quiet mind, & soaring spirit grateful for being simply infinite. Laughter remains my best teacher.

Yesterday I met with a young Vietnamese man about helping him advance his English for both social skills & career. I asked if he knew what commitment means. I loved his response: "Commitment is an unbreakable promise." #langsky #coaching #enrollment #Saigon #quotes

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I watched the woman at the fruit shop handle several coconuts before picking this one for me. As she gave it to me I said "chỉ tốt nhất cho tôi" and we both laughed. Very satisfying to make a joke in Vietnamese. #langsky (translation: "only the best for me.")

Give The People What They Want was huge for me as a kid. Watching this new vid, I realized Destroyer was my mindset then & for years beyond. How fitting that a book called Pronoia by Rob Brezsny would later be a turning point for me to a future of Better Things #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y-...

Supposedly, spiritual bypassing is a woo woo way to avoid reality. Nobody accused me of this, but such an allegation is easy to imagine. Thing is, this definition is backward. 1/5 #langsky #spirituality #philosophy #simplicity #infinity

How to worry less... youtu.be/3NjXQCOD9Dc #anxiety #worry #MentalHealth #EmotionalIntelligence #EmotionalRegulation #simple #NatureOfThought #ThoughtExperiment

NEW: Simple Reflections #podcast. I'm the guest. Heavy focus on slowing down, #simply noticing we are #infinite, sometimes pretending not to be. We also discuss #neurounique as a paradigm for #neurodivergent people to enhance emotional regulation. #MentalHealth www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbn...

Made this video in September 2023, about 2.5 months after taking the name ĐƠN GIẢN (Vietnamese for SIMPLE). I'd already been noticing changes in me. Here is the most significant one. This is especially for anyone who feels chronically misunderstood. #neurodiversity youtu.be/H_4szMgpNkw

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

My parents did not name me ĐƠN GIẢN but it is what I am called NOW. It is pronounced Dunzan and rhymes with Fun Man. ĐƠN GIẢN is Vietnamese for SIMPLE.

In a forest, bird calls, wind-whipped tree branches & leaves create the sounds of Nature's orchestra. On a busy street I listen to the #Saigon symphony of cars, motorbikes, honking horns, bullhorns, & nearby conversations. Life's soundtrack features many genres. #music #simplicity

Clothes from this morning's brief walkabout have hung on my balcony since then as the brutality of the day's heat has come on. Before heading out again NOW, mid-afternoon, those same clothes are getting 10 minutes in my freezer 😆 #Saigon #experiment

Will this appear in the #neurodiversity feed?

NEW: Simple Reflections #podcast. I'm the guest. Heavy focus on slowing down, #simply noticing we are #infinite, sometimes pretending not to be. We also discuss #neurounique as a paradigm for #neurodivergent people to enhance emotional regulation. #MentalHealth www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbn...

I’ve been repeatedly reminded of this Lynne Twist quote lately. NOW I see it points me to Minimalism of Thought. #quotes #energy #spirituality #philosophy 1/3

Your infinite perspective supply is always available. In any moment, you can notice your experience from a unique "seat of awareness," to quote Michael Singer. #philosophy #spirituality #MentalHealth #simplicity #infinity 1/4

This example actually shows how #simple #MentalHealth can be from understanding one thing: You feel what you think as you think it. That's the #NatureOfThought. It's the same for everyone, everywhere, all the time. It's not a NT/ND thing at all! Check your own experience for proof.

How to worry less... youtu.be/3NjXQCOD9Dc #anxiety #worry #MentalHealth #EmotionalIntelligence #EmotionalRegulation #simple #NatureOfThought #ThoughtExperiment

You don't make me anxious. No matter how much you think, you'll only ever make yourself anxious. That's the #NatureOfThought. Understanding this is the crux of emotional regulation. #overthinking #anxiety #clarity

My Dad’s sister and her husband are visiting #Saigon and I’m excited to see them today so I wrote a new joke: My uncle is like a dog treat, a chú tôi. #Vietnamese #bilingual #pun #langsky chơi chữ

I'm a reverse magician People I talk to discover they've been unwittingly tricking themselves I'm actually a #coach I help people notice #infinite supplies, always available: potential, possibility, opportunity, creativity & more Let's look together so you see for yourself LetItBeSimple.com

Lately I've been seeing the word #neurotype a lot. What if every human is their own distinct neurotype? #Neurodiversity is #infinite. Discuss #neurounique with us in the Let It Be Simple community on Discord. We help overthinkers enhance emotional regulation & simplify life. discord.gg/3YRUp4cP5K

Excited to see this production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple starring two women in the lead roles. #theater #Saigon

Not naive, delusional or theoretical. Understanding thoughts/feelings as two sides of one coin allows inner workings to self regulate well. Misunderstanding this creates dysregulation. It's the #NatureOfThought for all humans of any neurotype. No need to trust my words. 1/2

Exploring this understanding can help improve #EmotionalRegulation for people of any neurotype. It's what got me undiagnosed and unmedicated in 2009 after 20 years treatment for #bipolar. NOW it's how I help others. See for yourself at discord.gg/3YRUp4cP5K 7/7 #simple #neurounique

We feel whatever we are thinking. Feelings are feedback about thoughts in the moment we think them. All feelings, not just fear or anxiety. Do not take my word for this. I'm not trying to convince or persuade. I'm pointing. Look to your own experience for evidence. 3/7

Precise, correct, truthful: all good things to be or strive for. Fear & anxiety: generally undesired, but understandable. Emotional regulation comes from understanding; dysregulation just means innocently misunderstanding. Understanding/misunderstanding what? 1/7

We’re honored to see such a deep and thoughtful profile of Phish in The New Yorker, written by Amanda Petrusich. @newyorker.com

So glad to finally learn about sa kê (breadfruit). This tree is right off my balcony and sometimes drops fruit to the ground in front of the building. Does this grow where you are? What do you call it? #langsky #Saigon #Vietnam

Q: What do kangaroo courts eat for breakfast? A: Banana republics.

Your thread inspired me to ask Claude what it knows about me. It turns out nothing. But when I mentioned my latest book, it started asking good questions I could answer with quotes directly from The Simple Book of Infinity. This reads like a good interview! claude.ai/share/88ef86...

My work supports emotional regulation, which improves dramatically as we gain insight into the relationship between thoughts and feelings. The impact of thoughts we think about ourselves is often unnoticed and/or misunderstood. 2/3

My most recent publication is a five page PDF called Shortcuts To Simplicity. It is a gift for new members of the Let It Be Simple community, NOW on both #WhatsApp and #Discord. chat.whatsapp.com/Etl4BSbpqwhG... discord.gg/3YRUp4cP5K #shortcuts #simplicity