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In 2019, I Reflected on How Anything Worth Doing Takes Time

With the holiday season fast approaching, I hope you are in good spirits.

This year, I’d like to talk a bit about shogi, the Japanese variation of chess.  You may be thinking “but you do that every year,” but this year I hope to give some context to my annual report on how

2018 Was a Year Focused on Achieving Results

Perhaps because I spent most of 2017 thinking about time and how there is never enough of it, I dedicated 2018 to making the most of my limited time seeking to accomplish something new and concrete outside of my day job.

In 2017, A Lot of Contemplation About Time

This past year, I thought about “time” quite a bit.

In June and September, two of my college roommates got married, and their wedding ceremonies became an occasion for the four roommates to get together for the first time in years. As we bantered much in the same way as we had in college, I

2016 Was the Year of Changes

If I were to pick one phrase to describe the past year, it would be “The Year of Changes.”

On the professional front, I left Shearman & Sterling in May after seven and a half years at the firm in order to join Amazon in Japan. The jump from being an experienced lawyer at a

2015, a Busy Year with Moments of Reflection and Fun

As I look back on the past year, which flew by even faster than usual, the biggest news for me was the retirement of The Honorable Peter E. Doyne, the Assignment Judge of the Bergen Vicinage of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Judge Doyne was my first boss and mentor.  I became his law clerk

2014 Was An Uneventfully Fulfilling Year

I hope this letter finds you well.

It is hard to believe, but this past September marked three years since I transferred to Tokyo.  I am entering my seventh year with my current employer, meaning that I have now worked in the Tokyo office longer than I did in New York.

How time flies.

Life is interesting in that

Let’s Have More of the Winter

There are so many things that make winter the best of the four seasons, and what would make it even better is more of everything.

When I lived in the United States, winter always began on Thanksgiving week, just when the temperature outside starts to get comfortably cold in the Northeast.  Thanksgiving  means a lot of

Music Tied to My Life Moments

My life consists of obsessions and it's no different with music.  When I buy new music, I listen to it over and over (and over and over) again until it is playing in my head and driving me insane.  I then find the next music to obsess about.   Because of this, many of the songs

I Have Faith, But It Doesn’t Come Easy

Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."  --John 20:29

The story of the doubting Thomas is my favorite passage from the bible.  It was a favorite passage when I lacked faith because I was a Thomas who needed to see
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