After 20 Years in Japan, My Japanese Is Still Pretty Basic (And That’s Complicated)
Twenty years in Japan, a 567-day Duolingo streak, and I still panic at the tax office.
The Thoughts We Rarely Admit
Looking back at the arc of our life choices, the compromises we’ve made, and making peace with the paths we walked down or walked past.
Twenty years in Japan, a 567-day Duolingo streak, and I still panic at the tax office.
By most standards, I failed. Living paycheque to paycheque at 57. But I don’t feel like one.