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Episode 69 with Dr Justin Griggs (Kinsei-Do Corner): The Art and Science of Balancing Life's Demands

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Justin says he now enters competition already feeling he has won before the result is known.

Kinsedo Corner episode 69 opens by welcoming Dr. Justin Griggs. Justin is introduced as a new colleague at the British School Jakarta, and he recently earned his PhD in psychology. The episode centers on the challenge of balancing the demands that life throws at a person. Those demands are physical, mental, and social. The conversation starts with that broad frame, then narrows into ordinary life. The discussion keeps bringing it back to what balance looks like in practice. Work, home, training, and family all sit inside the same question. A tennis example becomes one of the clearest ways in. Justin talks about moving into tennis after swimming. At first, the focus was on winning, which made mistakes feel heavier than they needed to be. Over time, he began paying more attention to process. An error on court became a chance to reflect instead of just react. He asks what was missing in the movement or the setup. Footwork comes up as one likely source of those errors. So does where the body meets the ball. The point is not to blame the racket or the ball. The point is to notice what can change next time. That same habit of mind gets linked back to everyday life. The conversation suggests that balance is really an optimization problem. It is about making the best use of time without turning everything into a black-or-white split. Work and home do not need to be identical. They also do not have to live in separate universes. The episode ends in that practical middle ground, with room for learning, adjustment, and a calmer way of moving through competing demands.

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A practical, low-key conversation about balancing the moving parts of life.

Episode 69 settles into a quiet, practical conversation about the pressures that come from work, family, and the body and mind all pulling at once. Dr.

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When your week feels like competing demands that are all asking for attention.

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