📍 Now

• I briefly worked as a software engineer in Tokyo, but left the role for several reasons. I'm looking for another full stack job in Tokyo.
• Contributing to Apache Kafka with 源來適你.
• Reading Stanford CS329z with Bohr and friends.
• Meeting with 翰元, 雅瑄, and min every month to discuss writing.

• Taking action instead of giving in to anxiety.
• Staying focused while working at home. I'm paying more attention to managing my focus than managing my time, and doing one thing at a time.
• Leaving room in my life instead of filling every spare moment.
• Finding better sources of information and spending less time doomscrolling on social media.
• Improving my Japanese and passing the JLPT N1 this December!
• Returning to pen and paper: writing journal entries, notes, and ideas on sticky notes and loose leaf paper, and letting go of my attachment to note taking apps.

• Getting back into the gym without chasing heavy weights or big goals; first, I'm building a steady routine.
• Cooking better meals for myself and starting to cook for other people, too.
• Contributing regularly to the Apache Kafka open source project.
• Continuing to update my personal site: I added Stream for short posts and spun off Parker's Dev Blog for more software development writing.

• My first software engineering job in Tokyo didn't go well. I hope I can find another one and stay here.
• I fulfilled my wish of moving to Japan, but changing countries didn't make all my problems disappear. I have no excuse to avoid them now.
• Making choices about the things I want to do and the relationships I want to maintain.

• 🍁 The cooler autumn weather. Even with Tokyo's record stretch of rain, Aoba Ward in Kanagawa still gets plenty of sunny days. The commute is the price I pay for good weather.
• 📖 Book: やる気に頼らず「すぐやる人」になる37のコツ (37 Tips for Taking Action Without Relying on Motivation)
• 🎵 J-Pop: わたしの代わり (Ai Higuchi), 24hours (Chilli Beans), Christmas Eve (milet)
• 🎨 Manga: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (I picked it up again after season 4 of the anime and love it), Yomi no Tsugai (I caught up with the manga after the anime ended)
• 📺 Anime: Draw This, Then Die!, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run
• 🎬 Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

👉 Watching now