I learned about "chabuduo" right as I was finishing my 2016 DIY home reno. I know this is childish and probably borderline-orientalist but it's a fun phrase to say and I found it immensely useful as a sort of mantra to ward off perfectionism-related anxiety and paralysis, which were thought-patterns I needed to be rid of in general at that stage in my life. By the end, I had a couple of the contractors saying it lol
it is a fun phrase, I haven't thought about it hard enough yet but it's somehow telling that the closest American analogue is "close enough for government work"
If saying something in Chinese and applying a useful concept to your life is orientalist, then most of my diet, and my entire mental health self care routine is for sure orientalist. And the fact that I dress up like a geisha while tending my bonzai garden.
writing this on the dark side of the moon so only China can see it
I learned about "chabuduo" right as I was finishing my 2016 DIY home reno. I know this is childish and probably borderline-orientalist but it's a fun phrase to say and I found it immensely useful as a sort of mantra to ward off perfectionism-related anxiety and paralysis, which were thought-patterns I needed to be rid of in general at that stage in my life. By the end, I had a couple of the contractors saying it lol
it is a fun phrase, I haven't thought about it hard enough yet but it's somehow telling that the closest American analogue is "close enough for government work"
If saying something in Chinese and applying a useful concept to your life is orientalist, then most of my diet, and my entire mental health self care routine is for sure orientalist. And the fact that I dress up like a geisha while tending my bonzai garden.