To keep or not to keep – New Year’s Resolutions
Snow in Meiji Jingu | Photo by Anuki's Corner

To keep or not to keep – New Year’s Resolutions

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1 month to go until the end of 2019. Time to recap one’s flaws and vices and make a list of New Year’s resolutions - which we will never keep, or? Like probably every single human being on this planet, I also make a (mental) list of well-meaning New Year’s resolutions:Do more sportsLose weightWork lessMeet friends moreDonate to charityAnd other generic promises, that are usually broken, come January 3rd. 2019 was different! January first, I deleted the facebook app from my phone. I kept the profile, mostly because I use Messenger to keep in touch with really a lot of old friends. But the plan was - no more logging in, no more browsing and especially NO MORE ARGUING WITH FB STRANGERS. Yes, I was one of these people: getting…

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Happiness? Peace? Serenity?
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Happiness? Peace? Serenity?

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In the past days, I had a series of heart-to-hearts with friends good and distant, old and new. The essence of these conversations were variations of the same question: are you happy? Some just casually inquired while others bluntly told me that I seemed unhappy, or well at least not glowing.  If we discount that those conversations were after 9h workdays with a 2h commute, I felt that they were valid. Am I happy? Do I need to be happy? Thinking, or rather pondering on this topic for a few days - here is what my mind distilled. Thinking back, I can recall many occasions, when I was momentarily happy. Fun trips, good jokes, great books, and a million other that made me happy. Usually for a duration between a…

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How I ended up in Japan
Tokyo Imperial Palace | Photo by Anuki's Corner

How I ended up in Japan

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How it all began I moved to Japan in March 2017, but the actual plan to come here started much much earlier... ...11 years earlier to be exact.  I first encountered Japan, like so many did, through Anime and Manga (Who did not watch Pokemon after school in the late 90's and early 00's?). Back in the day I was subscribed to a monthly magazine with new chapters of popular Manga but also articles about how life in Japan really was. Reading about places like Kyoto and events like Cherry Blossom Viewing, my hopelessly romantic 13 year old head started to form a dream: One day I would go to Japan, I would visit Kyoto and I would see a sea of pink Cherry Blossoms! That dream came true, one…

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