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

Welcome to my first ever blog post with my new look and my new name--Finding Kendra! I love the new look but I'm still working out some o...

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!

Hey ya’ll! Awhile back I had written a post sharing my 100 Life Goals, ten goals in each of ten different areas of my life, to accomplish...

Hello all! How strange to think that three years ago today I started this blog because I was in the middle of applying for a job in Japan...

It’s been just over two months since I left Japan and moved back to southern California. Two months of eating Mexican food by the bucket ...

There are a million and one things I love about Japan--I could go on forever about the convenience stores and the food and the festivals ...

March 11, 2011 may not be a date that means anything to most of you. Maybe it’s a birthday or perhaps an anniversary. A day like any othe...

Ever do something and realize your expectations were so completely different from the truth they weren’t even in the same orbit? Yeah, th...

Having lived in Japan for two years now, there are many things about the country and culture that I’ve grown very attached to and that ha...

Hey all! So this video is a continuation of my previous post 100 Life Goals- Why You Need Goals In Your Life and explains in more detail ...

This is the official Everywhere To Be Found announcement that I’ll be leaving Japan and moving back to California sometime in early April...

Now that I’ve put out there the things you should and should not bring to Japan, my personal to-do list before moving to Japan, and most ...

So you’re moving to Japan! You’ve been hired, you’ve read, signed, and mailed every bit of paperwork and by now you might also have even ...

So you’ve finally made it! You’ve saved and worked and sweat and worked some more, done all the research, and you’re there. Your dream-tu...

The one in which I wax poetic on the image boosting, soothing, and oh so wonderful properties of Japanese hot springs.