thirty things

Some things took me thirty years to learn. Some took thirty years to say right. The rest make up the count. Over the past year, I’ve been working on this piece: thirty reflections on life, lessons, and observations. I challenged myself to complete it before the end of 2024,

2019.

(This read — and honestly any other one — would be nicer if you had any playlist from duduke playing in the background) I still struggle with what exactly these year reviews should be, despite having already written 5 of them (this one being the 6th). I woke up this afternoon (had

2018.

悪いエネルギーは遠くに留まります (This read – and honestly any other one – would be nicer if you had Feral Thing by Josin playing.) *Cue the longest, most unnecessary intro ever!* Since 2014, I’ve been writing these end of the year things on Medium. It’s that time again and I’ve spent the

2017. Sentō kaishi

(This read — and honestly any other one — would be nicer if you had Final by Wilsen playing.) Sentō kaishi. This simply means “battle start”. It’s the thing you hear just right before you start mashing a game controller when playing Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm. Not only does it sound

2016. Heichi

(This read — and honestly any other one — would be nicer if you had Tycho’s Awake playing.) 31–12–2016. I’ve been looking forward to today, because it’s the day I get to pretend I’m a good enough writer and that people care enough about how my

I lived.

My 2014. (For effect, play One Republic’s I Lived while reading this) Hey, humans of earth, we’re here again. The end of a year. Yeah, I know, it’s just a human construct. It could have been yesterday if we all decided long ago that the year should