Episode 157: Kintsugi: The Gold in the Break

The Daily Discipline from Project MNDST · Oct 7, 2026 · 2m

Today's episode teaches kintsugi — the Japanese art of repairing broken things with gold — and what it means for anyone trying to rebuild a habit, a streak, or their own sense of agency after a setback. The lesson is simple and a little radical: the break doesn't erase what came before it, and how you repair it is where real character gets built. Today's practice is small: find one thing you've quietly written off because it broke, and take one visible step to restore it. Key Topics: kintsugi, wabi-sabi, resilience, habit recovery, self-honesty, time mastery, mental models Subscribe to The…