Not a Runner

Not a Runner

Never ready

always ready

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Ryan Tanaka
Mar 25, 2026
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I moved to Japan when I was 16 for a year abroad. At the time I didn’t know any Japanese. But, I trusted in my ability to learn and succeed. Three months in, I cursed myself for ever deciding to go. Every single day, I’d come home from school, pass out until dinner, wake up, eat, sleep. Repeat.

Frankly, it sucked … until it didn’t.

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