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January 31, 2013 9:21 AM

A Daruma doll will always remind you of your goal. First read it here then watched it here. Nana korobi yaoki!
posted by xicana63 (11 comments total)

Daruma dolls always work for me, am currently three for three on the ol' "grant my wish in exchange for your sight" achievement front!
posted by Callicvol at 9:38 AM on January 31

Also featured on a recent episode of Go On. Which presumably means it going to be showing up on a lot of other sitcoms as well in the near future, as these 'featured item' episodes seem to come in a rash, e.g. the recent spate of episodes featuring boys' baby baptism dresses (The New Normal, Hot in Cleveland, and another I forget).
posted by titus-g at 9:47 AM on January 31

Some goals are bigger than others.
posted by roger ackroyd at 9:55 AM on January 31

I prefer the sunglasses version.
posted by Vorteks at 10:11 AM on January 31

Papercraft Daruma in multiple colors if you're interested in printing and making your own.
posted by sephira at 10:22 AM on January 31 [6 favorites]

Always good for some points in Katamari.
posted by dr_dank at 10:50 AM on January 31

I am not typically motivated by goal-setting, but this might do the trick. I'm envisioning an entire army of these lining my desk, silently judging my laziness with their one eye.
posted by Fig at 10:56 AM on January 31 [2 favorites]

Always good for some points in Katamari.

I was going to say, I'm surprised not to see a Cousin marooned on top of each head, jumping. Sometimes articles like these pop up and startle me into realizing just how many objects from Japanese culture I have a little file for somewhere in my mind, with no description but a name and a few locations, like "underneath the fridge, by the mandarin peels." Embarrassing, but by now embraced.
posted by mcoo at 11:05 AM on January 31

Domo arigato gozaimasu.
posted by tommasz at 11:24 AM on January 31

I love the idea, and enjoyed the Go On episode (seriously, I had never heard of these things before), but...man, they aren't cute. Or at least they kinda freak me out to look at.

*gonna go print out paper ones now though, um.....*
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:36 PM on January 31

On second thought, never mind. Those things look bloody complicated to assemble.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:37 PM on January 31