try lists. i schedule tasks on my phone.

none of my tasks are big, 20 pushups a day means about 600 a month.

or one step in a larger task, going to a store to see if they have the right fabric for a mosquito net. whether they have it or not, if i go, that’s a task complete. I cross it off the list and now I’m in the process of completing the larger task of making my bug net.

“hey, Google. Remind me every day at 9 am to do 20 push-ups”

or for single tasks “hey Google, remind me in 5 seconds to check daiso for a hammock ridgeline.” I might not do it for four days, but the task is there reminding me that I have something I want to do.

And yesterday daiso hsd a perfect elastic cord, so I got to mark the task complete yesterday and now my hammock has a ridgeline.

tasks today:

Just did my situps

Talking to people around the world and people being kind, even after they find out im originally from the US.

despite the terrible things the internet and the news tells us to fear from people, most people in real life are compassionate, understanding, empathetic and like to laugh.

they like their differing textures here, so there’s usually fat included on each piece of meat.

same with salmon sushi, it’s often cut so a small but flavorful and chewy piece of skin or the like is on each slice.

this would have been right up your alley, they cut it so each piece had 10-50 percent fat with the lean meat, rather than one side all lean and one all fat

there were three leaner pieces, the others were about 50% fat, so you may have enjoyed this cut!

yea, I feel that way everywhere. I feel that way with my whole life, haha.

I hope you can get back here sooner rather than later!

as scorpion word say: “get over here!”

whereabouts have you been in Japan?

Heyo yup, sleeping/camping in public spaces is legal and culturally acceptable in Japan. People do not get upset, most don’t bat an eye. I’ve hammock-camped across Japan many times, once for 3 months straight from Tokyo to Osaka in every sized town and city, in public parks, mountain passes, riversides, tree groves, cherry blossom orchard(accident), everywhere.

That article is inaccurate, I will update it. Everything after legality is about respect and unobtrusiveness, so if by “hobo camp” you mean “bother people” then no, that won’t fly anywhere, but as long as you are out of the way and being respectful(not obstructing people, playing loud music, or throwing trash around), nobody in Japan is going to mind you camping in public spaces.

I’ll add that goes for most countries. I’ve hammock-camped in a couple dozen countries, but Japan is the best because it’s legal, culturally accepted, food’s great, laundromats are everywhere, I can bathe whenever I want to, clean, beautiful environment, island ferries, it’s great.

Sure! get any remote job that pays ~$500 USD equivalent per month and live abroad.

You’ll be down to working a couple hours a day maximum and can pursue your interests, hobbies or get to know yourself and figure out what you want to do next.

details over in the travel community. or ask here.

ha, a hatted hamster sounds fun. ads work, I think I saw Crunky around but didn’t really notice it until I saw this girl throwing gang signs on the wrapper.

okay, thanks, I’ll pick one up at the next opportunity.

Cool thanks. Do you think it’s one of the better candy bars? oh I guess 15 years ago is a pretty long time.

dang, i thought lotte was chinese, thanks!

I like lotte chocolate, but China makes pretty bad chocolate, so I was confused. And then this Japanese guy recently told me that Lottie was Chinese and that’s why he hated their food, but now It’s all falling into place.

coulda just checked the internet anytime in the last decade, I guess, but there’s so many other things to do.

what’s a chaebol?

oh perfect, thanks. how was it? what is it?

original had extra? these guys are crunky.

Food poisoning definitely sticks in the mind, it can be scary, and I completely agree that our perception of something is often more powerful than the thing itself. Raw meat often sits out in Asian markets, but once it begins to smell or look rancid, it goes. In the US, on the other hand, I can’t count the number of times I’ve opened an “unexpired” package of meat I had to return because it’s spoiled.

Water’s a big factor too: The Clean Water and Air Acts helped for a long time in a lot of the US. You can have street food in plenty of countries, no problem, but if you get unlucky with a glass of tap water, game over. Course, now that the US EPA can’t enforce either Act anymore and Congress is dismantling them, I don’t know what the US situation will be like by the end of Trump’s second term.

wow, thanks, that really is interesting. I’m making a note now to look up more about that dish later.

You mean that dish?

I’ve had my fair share of raw shrimp, but never marinated in fish sauce before.

thanks. I’m not a huge fan of raw shrimp texture, so that’s why I probably haven’t tried it yet even though I’ve been to Thailand a dozen times.

that said, I also am crazy about fish sauce, so I will definitely look for that dish next time I’m there.