二年前
久しぶりなー。 I found myself with some extra time today, and I wound up looking at my old travel blog. I regret not writing a final post here to wrap up my time in Japan, but I did make some lengthy posts on Instagram and Facebook if I remember correctly. Shrine near Biwako. Looking over my old blog was refreshing--it was a reminder that not everything was perfect in Japan. I have a tendency to romanticize the past. On one hand, this is a good thing. Negative memories tend to get absorbed into the positive, and it leaves me with a good feeling about experiences that were, in reality, difficult. On the other hand, though, it keeps me stuck in the past. Lately I've been thinking about how my life has been one tough thing after another since coming back from Japan. While it's true that these two years have been harder than usual, it's also true that I had my share of struggles when I was in Japan. This blog reminded me of how I really felt when I was there, which was
