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The World Before Me

Finished. I’m done. Done done done. I did it. Oh man oh man. So many times I thought of packing my bags and going home to my parents where the food is better and the house isn’t freezing or humid and where the TV people speak in English but I stuck it out. I Finished. My job as an English teacher is officially over (for now) and I’m onto a new chapter. Wow I am so excited and scared and happy and nervous but good nervous. Thank you so much for sharing this journey with me. For being there when I needed you. Over and over again. You know who you are. Please continue to walk with me for my next adventure. I’ll be waiting. I won’t embark without you.

“Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.”
(Walt Whitman)
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“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” (Ralph H. Blum)

Next up: O S A K A.

What Feels Like The End Is Often The Beginning

Top to bottom: flowers, rice field, bento, bento, flowers and rice field, froggy car, fancy granola, my goodbye letters to my students, rice field, real-life Pokemon Go and, bento bento bento.
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“The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.” ~~Shannon L. Alder