When a school door closes a laundry room door opens…

Quick preface: I drafted the majority of this email while still in Japan, probably around July 2021, and never finished it. I'm leaving most of that original text and adding on as I finally found the inspiration I've been waiting for to post again. So, please enjoy! Recently I've been thinking a lot about how …

Pandemic Vacation

I've now been working fully online for over a year. Obviously the circumstances are not ideal, but I have enjoyed the freedom of working from home. Now that I'm pretty comfortable with it (and have a steady enough income) I started thinking about how I can use this remote working situation to my advantage. Initially, …

The world does (not?) revolve around America

At the beginning of March, I started writing a blog post. I had just recently passed my one year anniversary of living in Japan and had been jotting down notes and observations here and there to report on. Topics ranged from the tediousness of Japan's bureaucratic government, breaking down Japanese stereotypes, and this map on …