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i'm kennedy! i'm a big nerd who's obsessed with many things but my biggest obsession is languages!

i'm currently living in japan going to an intensive language school, but i will be returning home soon because i am SO burnt out with japanese haha i think i need a break. in the meantime i will be studying spanish and saving up money to hopefully go back to university and actually finish lol

the quickest run down ever of the past 3 years of my life

i went to college for graphic design & asian studies and my school also offered study abroad programs, which is exactly what i intended to do. the semester abroad in japan was going to be my junior year, but, in my sophomore year, the japanese sister school said "no more silly americans" (paraphrased). they would only accept students who were completely fluent in japanese (i was DEFINITELY NOT). i was taking japanese at the school and most of my graphic design work revolved around the language and culture. i realized that i wanted to study there more than anything, so i dropped out of school and went through the extremely long process of applying to a long-term japanese language school!

now, after a year here in japan, i will be returning home and spending lots of time with my loved ones, still keeping my skills in japanese, but i don't think i will use it in my career. at first i wanted to learn japanese to be a translator, but i've learned how competitive that would be, and how long it migiht take me to actually get into a career in that field at all LOL so i'm pushing it to the side for now and keeping japanese as a hobby. i have started learning spanish as well and that will also be a hobby, and possibly also in the hopes to get good enough to finish up my degree in spain or something idk yet lol.

anyways yeah! i really enjoyed my time here, but i'm also so excited to come home and actually get to spend time with my people and work towards whatever my career ends up being. i'm excited to start making money again too hahaha.