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Cherry blossoms, bullet trains, and the realization that a country can be both hyper-modern and deeply ancient at the same time. A travel diary from two weeks wandering Japan.

After years of optimizing every trip with spreadsheets and research, I spent a month in Portugal with no itinerary. Here's what happened when I stopped planning and started wandering.

A long overdue personal update: I left a full-time role, moved from San Francisco to Austin, and started freelancing. Six months in, here's what I've learned.