Friends, I have a confession to make: I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. I get asked a lot, probably because I’m old enough that people think I should know, but I don’t have an answer. I tell them that, well, I’m going to go get an MBA because it seems like a smart, practical thing to do and I miss being in school. I tell them that I want to continue studying Japanese (though that has since expanded into also reviewing my Spanish and now tackling basic Hungarian because I’d love to be a proper polyglot). I tell them I want to travel. But none of those things are careers because, well, I don’t have aspirations that specific at this point. I want to do a lot of things and I’m not ready to settle on one at the exclusion of all others. I’ve got time.
However, one thing I would love to be is a travel writer. Any kind of writer, really, because writing is like breathing for me (I honestly don’t know what I’d do with myself if I didn’t write), but I love to travel and it would be amazing to combine the two. So I’ve decided to start a travel blog. A lot of the early entries are going to be based on material from this blog, but this blog is by nature personal and I want to try my hand at something more informative and of general interest. Also on a proper posting schedule, unlike the random, sporadic attempt I’ve made over here (sorry, guys). I’m still going to keep this blog going, of course, because where else would I talk about my life? But I want to do something different, something new, and this feels good.
If you’re interested in checking it out, you can find it here at The Half-Open Window.
As for Haecceity, I’ll be back this weekend with a post about yukata season here in 日本, complete with pictures of me and some friends and fellow ALTs dressed up. 15 days till I head back to the States and still 2359024.5 things to do, but I’m getting there.
