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On Facing Death, 7 Years Later

On Facing Death, 7 Years Later

Posted on December 7, 2018December 23, 2021Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Tech, Top Posts22 Replies

On December 7th, 2011, my family woke up before dawn and began getting ready to step out into the darkness.  My father, my mother, and I rode in relative silence on the 30 minute drive to Baltimore from our house.  Usually, there is traffic, but so early in the morning, there were barely any cars…

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New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down

New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down

Posted on January 1, 2018July 24, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle30 Replies

Living in the chaos that is New York City, breathing the cold, dry winter air, and tumbling around on the subway in rush hour with millions of others, it is often jarring to come to a sudden stop, look around, and realize where I am. What am I doing? Where am I going in such…

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Being an Obliger: Rules, Habits, and Routines

Being an Obliger: Rules, Habits, and Routines

Posted on July 14, 2017August 2, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Book-Club, Challenge, Health, Lifestyle6 Replies

Which “Four Tendency” personality trait are YOU? And how can you use your personality traits to help you live an easier life?

Organizing with Brain Injury

Organizing with Brain Injury

Posted on August 28, 2016July 22, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in HealthLeave a Reply

I used to be that student who started an assignment at 12AM the night before it was due, finished it at some wee hour of dawn, and submitted it to more or less make an A. Once my brain was snipped at and poked around a bit, that part of me was no more. I…

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What is Executive Function Disorder?

What is Executive Function Disorder?

Posted on February 8, 2016November 1, 2021Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health8 Replies

After my last post, I was contacted by a few people who were interested in learning about Executive Function Disorder. This post is about this elusive disorder, which could make doing work, getting organized, and being motivated very difficult, and my experience over the past few years in learning to accommodate to it. So what exactly IS…

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My Lost “Motivation.”

My Lost “Motivation.”

Posted on February 4, 2016July 22, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle1 Reply

My diagnosis of “Executive Function Disorder” after brain surgery and brain injury.

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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