Highs and Lows

I spent the beginning of this week down, really down. Part homesickness I suppose. However, I've also been experiencing anxiety and insecurity the likes I haven't known since high school. "Living in Japan is hard," my friend Lindsey pointed out to me. And she should know; she's lived here before. I hate being illiterate. I …

Sea: My Zen

I apologize that my last post was a bit whiny, this week has been about developing strategies to overcome our obstacles. Some of which are mental. I've come to realize that one thing I've been struggling with is the difference between moving to a foreign country and visiting a foreign country. Now that it's been …

The Unsettling Process of Settling In

We woke this morning to an alarm sounding throughout our new neighborhood. As we began searching online for an answer, it stopped. We figured it wasn't a test at 6:30 am, but since it stopped decided not to worry. Then at 7:15 am it went off again for a couple minutes. Looking outside I saw …