Metamorphosis

It's now over 12 years since I lost wrote something in this blog. To tell you the truth, I enjoyed blogging but hated my perfectionist tendencies. I would take hours to write a 300 word post. I'm going to try again and writing more from my heart instead of my brain.

I've renamed the blog. The "Japan" part of "Transformed in Japan" is no longer as relevant. I still have many connections to Japan, most notably my wife and son. I have continued transforming, but in different contexts. I've tentatively named the blog "Metamorphosis"

How do I summarize 12 years of events?

Then: I was 23, I had two academic terms left before graduating with a degree in Computer Science, I had two months to go before meeting my future wife.

Today: I am 50% older, married and with a four year old son and have 10 years of experience in software development.

I quit my job at Amazon in Seattle in August 2017 to attend the 9 month Anake Outdoor School program at Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, Washington. The program finished on June 2, about 3 weeks ago.

I am now in Vancouver with my family and today was my first day of work since quitting last year. I am a youth summer camp instructor at Soaring Eagle Nature School.

I am reminded of the early days of my software dev career. When I would have fun building things and think often to myself: "I get paid for this??" Today at staff training, was very much like those early heady days. I feel young and happy and am startled to think I am getting paid to play games and tell stories with kids.

There are many details to fill in. Slow and steady.