Japanese progress (2025 mid-year)

Distracted by new hobbies and life events, but still slowly making progress.

Packing list: 4 days in NYC (Spring)

What I packed for a 4-day work trip to New York City, traveling by train and centered around the office.

Packing List: 11 days in Greece (Spring)

How I packed for a trip centered on casual/fine dining, city exploring, and archaeological+religious site and forest hiking.

Remodeling my bathroom

How much it cost, what I researched, avoiding toxins, what it was like, before and after.

2025 new-year retrospective

Work is too much, traveling too much. But decluttering, gaming more with partner. Health is better and worse.

Review 1: Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course

Reflecting on half a year's study with yet-another kanji learning source, and comparing it with RTK.

2024 travel lessons

Reflecting on what I've learned over the years as a regular traveler.

2024 finances strategy

Credit cards, checking, spending habits, etc. Maximizing the benefits of my finances to enjoy my life, while minimizing spend, is a big interest of mine. Here's where I'm at as of 2024.

Testing from Samsung Dex

More ways to to optimize and minimize my travel packing -- instead of bringing both my work laptop and personal laptop, just reuse my phone for the latter!