When I left for my holiday in Japan, I felt like something was ending and something was starting at the exact same time. Ever since I got on that first plane leaving Christchurch, I felt a storm brewing in my brain. Japan was the final calm before it really got started (though I definitely felt the beginnings of stuff being brought up to the surface) and since returning to New Zealand last week, I’ve felt like my brain has been in a million different places.
Read MoreAs I write this, I’m still in Japan. I think it’s a good thing that my return to solo travel happened in Tokyo, because Tokyo is a really easy place to get distracted in. When I’m sad I like to be distracted, just a little bit. Julien Solomita (youtuber and ½ of the Jenna + Julien Podcast) once said, “My serenity is chaos.” Even though I’m not an Aries, I relate to that. I’m comforted by being another face in a large crowd. I’m also not 100% against being just a bit gloomy – like, I don’t completely hate feeling the ache.
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