Ayah Sophia

Reflections on Japan and Korea, 2022

Transcripts of journal entries from my travels.

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Ayah Sophia
Dec 27, 2025
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November 9th, 2022

Flight to Narita

A really disquieting realization I’ve made as I’ve aged further into my twenties is that I am now afraid of things I never gave a second thought to before—swimming in the ocean, flying, getting in a cab with a stranger. I guess that’s a hallmark of growing up – with experience comes world weariness and fear. These past …

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