Hi, I’m Misha and thanks for visiting my site.
I’m an author, blogger and incessant traveler based in Tokyo. I’ve worked in corporate, launched a venture-backed startup, experienced debilitating burnout, and know exactly what it’s like to run away from my own feelings.
My experience sent me on a path to rediscover my emotions and what’s important to me. This included 25 days in silent meditation. Nowadays, I write a long-form newsletter about everything from mental health to freediving.
Come join me on the journey.
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Why You Should Stay in your Comfort Zone (most of the time)
07/18/2021Stepping outside your comfort zone has obvious merit. However, following this advice blindly can make your life a lot harder than it has to be. You’ve probably heard sayings like, “Success is on the other side of fear.” Or, one of my favorites from Tim Ferris, “A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the ...
The Paradox of Intention: Reaching our Goals by Giving up the Attempt to Reach Them
10/18/2020Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl recounts the story of one of his patients who was asked to be in a play for his junior high school class. This patient, a stutterer, was given the perfect role: a character who stuttered. However, they soon realized there was a problem. When the student went on stage to practice his lines, ...
Don’t try too hard to change people’s minds
09/14/2020Years ago a friend of mine was coming to terms with her homosexuality. She’d been raised in a conservative, Christian household and her parents didn’t know she liked girls. This was easy to keep hidden at the time. Now she was in college, where people didn’t give a shit about your sexual orientation. It was ...
Quitting My Mojito Habit: Identity as an Obstacle to Achieving our Goals
09/01/2020A few years ago, I would go out frequently during the weekdays with friends and enjoy a Mojito (or twelve). This began to change once I started running longer distances and training for a marathon. Suddenly, I’m a marathon runner and a frequent mojito-drinker—although as you can see these two identities were a little bit at odds. ...
The Jonah Complex – Our Fear of Greatness
08/18/2020One day God calls on Jonah and asks him to go preach in the city of Nineveh. Jonah, being a big shot who thinks he knows better than God, ignores the request and attempts to flee by boat. God summons a turbulent storm that throws him overboard, and Jonah is then devoured by a giant ...