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TÂM ANMỖI NGÀY

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Short practices that fit inside a full day.

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A sparkling clean upside-down glass cup resting on a rustic wooden drying rack beside a sunlit kitchen sink
Living Well

Washing Your Drinking Glass Right After Using It

Spending thirty seconds rinsing your drinking glass and setting it upside down on the rack completes an action fully, freeing your mind from lingering clutter.

Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Six smooth river stones lined up on an old wooden table, a hand just setting down the last one, soft light
Spirituality

Six Things You Can Set Down Today, Unnoticed

Some things you are carrying are invisible to everyone else, so no one sees when you set them down. Six specific ones, why each is hard, and one small step for today.

Oct 27, 2026 · 6 min read

A hand resting on the frame of a bus window, with a softly blurred late-afternoon street and warm roadside lights beyond the glass
Mindfulness

The road home

A poem about the stretch between work and home, seen from a bus window: a tamarind tree, smoke from a rice stall, a lottery-ticket seller crossing the road. Eyes open, no hurry.

Oct 25, 2026 · 2 min read

A folded sheet of paper under a face-down phone on a small folding table beside a bed, a glass of warm water next to it, pale grey early light through a curtain
Meditation

Letter to Myself, Tomorrow Morning

A letter written at 10:40 p.m. to the person who will wake up tomorrow, about three minutes when nobody needs you yet, and about how this letter will not be angry if you sleep through them.

Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read

A worn fabric armchair in a living room at first light, a motorbike helmet on the tiled floor beside it, a phone face down on a small table
Meditation

Day Nine of Learning to Meditate

A diary of one Thursday, day nine of learning to meditate: the times I remembered, the times I forgot, and a few minutes of sitting once it was dark.

Oct 21, 2026 · 3 min read

A strip of cream cotton cloth on a bamboo line, lifting gently in the afternoon wind over a grassy canal bank, the distance softly blurred
Living Well

The November Winds and End-of-Year Gratitude

The chướng wind arrives and the shirts on the balcony fly the wrong way. A seasonal piece for year's end, with three small things for windy afternoons and a way out if this year is heavy.

Oct 15, 2026 · 4 min read

An old wooden chair beside the open door of an emptied room, afternoon sunlight falling in a long strip across the tiled floor
Meditation

The One Thing I Carry All the Way

On the day I moved out of my rented room I tried counting what I was taking with me. A poem about the one thing that needs no cardboard box and climbs every flight of stairs.

Oct 15, 2026 · 2 min read

A hand resting a pair of chopsticks beside an open box of chicken rice with faint steam on a wooden table, late-afternoon sun through a window, soft blurred background
Mindfulness

Meditation for the First Three Bites

A short guided meditation, read slowly in about five minutes, for the first three bites of a meal. No need to eat slowly all the way through, or to enjoy it. Just three bites.

Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read

A person sitting on a simple wooden chair beside a window, hands resting on their knees, soft early light and a blurred cotton curtain behind
Meditation

Three-Minute Meditation for Your First Sit

A guided three-minute meditation for someone who has never sat before. No cushion needed, no perfect silence, and no need to feel anything special when the time is up.

Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read