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This is certainly a departure from what I intended as the purpose of this blog, but I think that’s OK. It is my blog, after all.If you’re uninterested in effective city planning, feel free to skip Part I. However, since cities are where most people spend most of their time, you should probably care aboutContinue reading “How Japan radicalized (and tempered) me”

The cyclical and symbiotic nature of being impacted by life and attempting to impact life is facilitated by each and every conscious being on the planet, every minute of every day, from the beginning of life until the end of it.As such, the future of existence is undoubtedly defined by every participants’ actions. A singleContinue reading “Impactful living”

I feel like a glass mirror. I’ve never had an easy time understanding social norms. As a teenager and even into my early 20s I watched closely to understand how people interact with each other. I’ve adopted beliefs about what interactions should look like and even moral stances about how people want to be treatedContinue reading “Why am I so bad at being good?”

You don’t always get to choose how people leave your life in finality.Sometimes they die; sometimes they’re toxic, or thieves, or liars, and you decide to cut ties with them; sometimes they move away, and all you can do is hope that their life will be better for it, even if it’s difficult to fillContinue reading “Death & loss”

One of my classmates revealed something shocking to me: he discovered that his artistic passion is less valuable to him than his family and friends. This is something that I hold true for myself, but I’m no musician, and I’m certainly no established writer. He’s a guitarist in one of the most impressive unsigned outfitsContinue reading “Isolation revelations”

When people talk about wanting to “get healthy” it gives me the impression that they think it’s a box that you tick, like “visit Disneyland ☑” or “learn to rollerblade ☐”, but that’s a mindset that will leave anyone looking to take care of their body destined to fail. “Getting healthy” is technically something youContinue reading “Don’t get healthy, live healthy”

When I think about the things that make me the happiest, I first think about spending time with close friends and playing video games, and then other hobbies like camping, anime, reading, bouldering… But recently I hugely dedicated myself to running; a 3 mile run on each day that wasn’t restricted by a pressing matter.Continue reading “An introduction to running”