Been over a year since I've done one of these! I flew back to CA for a software engineering bootcamp and spent many sleepless nights trying to learn something I thought I had no business learning. I went back to Japan hoping to work completely remote, but ultimately got a job offer as a full stack (sr!) application developer and flew back to CA. My family moved out of the home we've been in since I was in high school. It's always been a home base for me through my life, and though it was a little sad packing up and leaving, it really taught me how much home is where the heart is. My loved ones and my friends have, throughout this crazy journey, never ceased to support me. I would literally not be where I am today were it not for these pillars in my life. And now I'm out here in Ventura right next to amazing surf working from home as a software engineer and that hard work is starting to really pay off. Thanks to all those in my life, from the bottom of my heart. You know who you are.