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Snowy Beaches in Hakodate, Japan

11-22-2019
Japan
beach, hakodate, japan, monkeys, photo journal, photos, snow, travel

How Do I Do Everything I Want to Do?

10-25-2019
Personal
hobbies, interests, learning, personal, personal growth, skills, thoughts

New Years in Sendai, Japan

10-08-2019
Japan
hostel, japan, new years, non-touristy, photo journal, photos, sendai, travel

Staggering, Serene, and Stowaway - Stories From Tokyo

08-22-2019
Japan
comiket, japan, photo journal, photos, tokyo, travel

Christmas in Hai Phong, Vietnam

08-19-2019
Vietnam
backpacking, friends, hai phong, photo journal, solo travel, travel, vietnam

How to Defeat Laziness and the 'Urge To Do Nothing'

08-02-2019
Personal Growth
UTDN, business, discipline, laziness, personal, personal growth

My 16 Year PC Gaming Journey - Part 1 - The Beginnings

07-15-2019
Personal
gaming, personal, personal growth, reflection

How To Make the Right Choice

06-27-2019
Personal Growth
business, choices, personal, personal growth, thoughts

Running my Life as a Business - Looking Back on Q1-2019

06-07-2019
Business
airbnb, business, personal, progress, reflect, web development

Singing Off Key In Front of an Audience

05-17-2019
Personal Growth
confidence, inspiration, music, personal growth, singing
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    04-27-2020

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    A Trip Down Memory Lane in Shijiazhuang, China

    04-26-2020

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    Fresh Perspectives on Going Back To a Full Time Job

    04-24-2020

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    04-22-2020

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    Internet Addiction and Well-being While Stuck at Home

    04-09-2020

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    Pivoting to Lesser Known Places - Takayama, Japan

    03-03-2020

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    Mount Fuji over the Lake in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan

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My Hawaiian Fork in the Road

In a series of cascading events beginning with a trip to the North Shore of Oahu, I find myself standing at the precipice of an unpredictable life, ha

How Does a Web Software Engineer Land on the Moon?

I just finished the book Failure is Not an Option by Gene Kranz. It is a firsthand experience about the trials and tribulations of the U.S. space prog

Boredom, the Disregarded Fuel of Productivity and Creativity

If you were dropped on a deserted island (let’s call it Island 1) that is absolutely barren, aside from an unlimited buffet and an empty cabin with a

Living for a Month in Shanghai

I arrived in Shanghai via train on February 6th, 2019; I did not know that this would be the last stop on my trip. I came into this city with a differ

A Trip Down Memory Lane in Shijiazhuang, China

From Osaka, I left Japan for Shijiazhuang, China to visit the city where I was born. I wanted to go visit my relatives and spend Chinese New Year with

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