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A Cultural Guide to Tokyo, Hakone, & Kyoto

April 23, 2025

A Cultural Guide to Tokyo, Hakone, & Kyoto

Planning a trip to Japan is not for the faint of heart. There are so many places to see, a language barrier to overcome, and many many hours that separate the United States from the island of Japan. However, this…

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Thoughts on Thirty

February 2, 2025

Thoughts on Thirty

I started writing an annual post about life lessons on my birthday when I was twenty, which means this year makes a decade of writing these posts! I went back and read the first life lessons post I wrote, and…

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2024: A Year in Review

January 1, 2025

2024: A Year in Review

I’m writing this very appropriately on January 1st, 2025 (a little while ago I also published by annual “Best Books to Read” post that you can check out here). When I think about this last year, the main thing that…

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