Beau's Blog

It’s 5:37pm on April 19, 2023 and I’m writing my first blog post. Go me! I don’t know why I decided that now is the time to start. I can think of many reasons I should be doing other things such as:

• I just made an tasty tuna pesto melt that is in front of me getting cold
• A few friends are coming over at 6 to play Spirit Island and I can prep for that
• I feel like I should be doing more work work
• I feel like I should be organizing/packing
• I feel like I should be doing Japan stuff (checking what I need to do to enter because of covid, buying a power adapter, figuring out where I’m staying, etc)

Life is wild right now. These days I wake up in my bed in Boulder to work, play disc golf, cook food, hang out with friends, do errands and live my normal life. In two days I will be moved out and driving towards California. In less than two weeks, I will be in Japan.

On March 27th I got an email notifying me that my Japan visa application was accepted. Since then, it’s been go time. I’ve been making the most of my remaining time in Boulder, determining what to do with my stuff (bring, store, get rid), planning a road trip to/through California, planning for a new life in Japan and a nomadic year.

I thought I would be more ready to go by now. My room is a mess and my brain bounces around considering travel logistics for the next month and yet I feel good. I feel immense gratitude at my position in life right now. I feel excited, nervous, scared, proud and loved.

It’s time to get back to my tuna pesto melt. Yum!