Reading is a great hobby to have. I highly admire people who can easily get lost in a book. People who read for fun. I am sometimes jealous of not being able to do that.

I was never a reader. I used to read when I was 6-8 years old. Every time we used to get our yearly results at our school we used to get books as gifts. I used to read a lot then. Mostly storybooks. But I lost touch with reading books for fun as I got older. I don’t know when it happened or why it happened. The only explanation I try to give myself is that reading textbooks for school made me lose interest in reading books for fun. But maybe I am wrong.

It’s 00:53. End of the 3rd day of the year. I am sitting in my bed to write the blog of the day. I am a bit late but at least I am doing it. And I hope you are doing it too. Whatever goals you have for the year I hope you make an effort to stick to them. So while on that topic, let’s talk about if social media helps you stick to your goals or not.

It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning. I am on my way to work. I can’t tell you what job I do but it involves little monsters. That’s the only thing I am allowed to share.

I arrive at the parking lot. I meet my colleague for the day. We discuss the outline of the day. But something wasn’t quite right. So I told her to double-check if things were all good to go. Then she tells me,
‘‘According to the Fax they sent us, this is the poison you need to take to die’’

That last part I obviously made up because I stopped listening after she said, “the Fax they sent us’’. The fax? What does she mean by ‘‘the Fax’’. I reconfirmed with her and yes, they did send us a fax.

It’s 12:53 am. Happy New Year. 2022. It’s hard to think that we are still not in 2020. While 2021 was the best year of my 20s one thing I didn’t manage to maintain was this blog.

“Well that is going to change now”-I said multiple times last year. Wow, that was hard. 2021 is last year now. Since I managed to fail at maintaining a blog I thought why not write a blog about it and start 2022 on the right foot.

Although things are better for me, I still worry for my parents. The loneliness they and many other people are facing due to the pandemic does not have an easy fix. It will have long-term consequences. All I can do is be there for them and you should too. Call your loved ones every single day if you can.

My eyes gaze upon the vacant potato machinery. There’s an absence. An absence at the battlefield.

9:26 pm.

I am in the middle of a FIFA match with my roommate. Things are getting intense. Controllers about to break. But then something happens.

Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I wrote here. But it’s a new year, so why not a fresh start.

Every year in Japan I see that it gets named after a specific animal. The origin of this naming is from China and 2021 is supposed to be the year of the Ox. Ever since I learned about this unique practice I thought to myself, ‘‘Why not I start something like this for myself'?’’. One specific core mindset for the year.

Imagine the world around 40 years back. You are out in the wild. Trying to find your way at night. No physical maps with you. Digital maps don't exist. The only guide for you is the north star. Our life is sometimes like this. We are sometimes looking for direction. As we grow older we question ourselves more. What's next? In those moments having a north star helps. This north star doesn't show our ultimate destination but it acts as a guide to let us know where we are. The different directions we can go to. But without the north star we are always kind of lost, not only in the forest but also in life.

According to a study from Harvard and the Asian Development Bank, 6.7 percent of the world's population are college degree-holders. I became part of that 6.7 percent last year Sept 13! It's been a year already and a lot has changed in my life. The year after graduation has probably been my most transformative year.

A 4-year-old kid asks around 200-300 questions every day according to some studies. That's a lot of questions for 24 hours. But this curiosity as a kid decreases as we grow up. We tend to think that asking questions is a sign of not knowing. But in a lot of cases asking questions is a fundamental pillar of learning.

Part-time Jobs were one of the main reasons I could self finance my studies in Japan. It not only was a source of money but it also helped me learn some valuable life lessons. Those lessons are for another blog. But today I want to share 3 ways that you can get part-time jobs in Japan. If you are planning to come to Japan check these out and I hope it helps!

112 ligaments, 26 bones, 33 joints, nerves, blood vessels, and tendons work together when we run. I have been making use of all of those for the past 6 months and I have never felt better in my 25 years run as a human being. This has probably been my best year and a big contributor to my overall wellbeing has been running. Today I want to share how I got started, mistakes I made, and most importantly how I feel.