Finding Kendra

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 of the quirks from th...

So, like everyone else in the world it seems, my birthday is in March and after watching home videos of myself as a one-and two-year-old I’ve been thinking a...

So, I’ve been thinking, and really, I’m not that cool. Really, I’m not–just ask my sister! But inevitably, in conversations with people I’m getting to know, ...

Well, hello! Long time no see, and I must say I’ve missed you all! I’ve chatted with a few of you in this extended downtime but I want to know what everyone ...

The only thing stranger than moving to an exotic foreign country alone with two suitcases and little to no knowledge of the language and culture… is leaving ...

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. It’s such a cliche everyone, and I know I’m guilty of saying it quite o...

Oh my gosh you guys! It’s been a rough time for me lately but I found these three videos on my laptop that kind of helped. Two are videos from my first days w...

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 sometime in the nex...

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 and was kinda excit...

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 load. Two months of ...

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 and the food and the...

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 other. But for Japan, Ma...

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

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 have become a part of ...

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 how to create the at...

This is the official Everywhere To Be Found announcement that I’ll be leaving Japan and moving back to California sometime in early April 2016. I’ve put up a...

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 recently the 6 thing...

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 Googled every bit of...

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-turned-goal has been r...