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Day 66: 10 Miles and Pivot

Day 66: 10 Miles and Pivot

Posted on April 16, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle2 Replies

2 months into my “Quest,” I achieved my goal of walking 10 miles a day! Now for a pivot to make this more sustainable!

Day 60: 313 Miles and Masks

Day 60: 313 Miles and Masks

Posted on April 10, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle2 Replies

Day 60 of my daily walk challenge puts me at 313 miles walked! Talking about masks, donations, and new mandate from the county.

No Spend Challenge During COVID 19

No Spend Challenge During COVID 19

Posted on April 3, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle, Money1 Reply

Inspired by a personal finance memoir, “The Year of Less,” I’m going to challenge myself to a “No Spend Month” for the month of April!

Day 50: 235 Miles Walked

Day 50: 235 Miles Walked

Posted on March 31, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, LifestyleLeave a Reply

Reflecting on my first 8 weeks of walking every day, going from 2 miles a day to 8 miles a day.

Day 46: 8 Miles & Sickness Returns

Day 46: 8 Miles & Sickness Returns

Posted on March 27, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle1 Reply

Today, I walked 8.25 miles. And had a “relapse” of the conditions I experienced 3 weeks ago.

Day 41: 170 miles and Counting

Day 41: 170 miles and Counting

Posted on March 22, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle2 Replies

I’ve walked over 170 miles in 41 days as I step towards my goal of 10 miles/day of daily walking.

Day 33: 6 Mile Walk

Day 33: 6 Mile Walk

Posted on March 14, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle3 Replies

Trying to find a nice 6 mile walking route as I work towards my goal of walking 10 miles a day.

Month One of Walking Daily

Month One of Walking Daily

Posted on March 14, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle4 Replies

My goal is to walk 10 miles/day, every day! After 1 month, I’m at 5 miles/day, and walking daily is a habit!

I challenged myself to exercise before work for a week

I challenged myself to exercise before work for a week

Posted on October 3, 2018July 22, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Lifestyle1 Reply

After I got my order of us made peptides, I spent last week getting a different type of exercise in every morning before work.  It was a challenge to myself, because I am looking for ways to use my time more efficiently while getting healthier. For the past few months, I have been replacing one…

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Automating Your Way to Financial Independence

Automating Your Way to Financial Independence

Posted on February 25, 2018August 3, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Money30 Replies

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? There’s a reason why this show has been airing consistently for almost 20 years now. Most people would, if given a chance.  But for most people, it’s a “dream” and not a feasible reality. Let’s get real; how many of you, without winning the lottery or finding a long…

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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