Finding Kendra

The one where I try to find a way to not make 2020 a complete waste of space and list ways I'm working on improving myself going forward.

The place where I compile all of my life's wildest dreams and hope to inspire some of yours, too.

The one where I wax on for too long about the six biggest lessons that I've learned in the exactly six months that I've been living in Zambi

The one in which I show you a piece of my Peace Corps application in the hopes that it gives you ideas of how to write your own!

The one in which I tell you my schedule for PST in my first month in Zambia and hope you realize why I've disappeared and am so super tired.

The one where I pack as minimally as possible for a spontaneous Thailand trip but still somehow bring too much stuff.

Welcome to my first ever blog post with my new look and my new name--Finding Kendra!

The one where I reflect on my life and list the biggest lessons I've learned from it.

The one where I tell you all that I'm kind of a lazy scaredy cat and if I can chase a dream, so can you!

The one where I explain how stuck I felt in 2017 and my plans to move forward again and achieve some goals in 2018!

The one where I take you around the Cal Poly SLO campus and downtown area so you can find all the local hidden gems in my favorite city!

The one where I explore the hilarious differences and the pieces of life I miss moving from my life in Japan to my old-new life in the U.S.

The one where I discuss the big changes I've seen in myself since living abroad and why I think they're important.

The one where I show you my video diary from my very first day teaching English at a rural Jr. high in Japan and my excitement from it!

The one where I review past goals I've made and figure out a plan to move forward in my new life!

The one where I thank you all profusely for sticking with me and link you to pages you can use to stay up to date on the blog!

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