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Automating Your Way to Financial Independence

Hiroko Nishimura · February 25, 2018August 3, 2020

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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Month In Review: January 2018

Hiroko Nishimura · February 4, 2018July 22, 2020

The first month of 2018 has come and gone, and it was definitely an eventful month. Coding I was awarded Google Developer Challenge Scholarship from Google and Udacity to work on the Frontend Development Track. Started learning JavaScript for the first time. Finished #100DaysOfCodeChallenge Round 1 – and blogged about it! I’m making steady headway into …

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What I Learned From R1 of #100DaysOfCode

Hiroko Nishimura · January 26, 2018August 15, 2020

In early September, I began a coding challenge called the #100DaysOfCode Challenge. Basically, it challenges you to commit to coding for 1 hour a day for 100 days, and sharing your progress, questions, and thoughts on Twitter with the hashtag, #100DaysOfCode. I had no idea if I would finish 100 days (it’s a lot of …

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New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down

Hiroko Nishimura · January 1, 2018July 24, 2020

Living in the chaos that is New York City, breathing the cold, dry winter air, and tumbling around on the subway in rush hour with millions of others, it is often jarring to come to a sudden stop, look around, and realize where I am. What am I doing? Where am I going in such …

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Free Books: How I Read for Free

Hiroko Nishimura · December 23, 2017July 22, 2020

So I read a lot. And it sounds expensive, because books are really expensive in the US, but in truth, I barely spent any money last year on books. There are so many ways to get free books LEGALLY, and I’m here to spill the beans, having compiled over 2 dozen ways to read for free …

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Magic, Wizards, & Mug of Butterbeer: Harry Potter World

Hiroko Nishimura · November 30, 2017July 22, 2020

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! For our Thanksgiving holiday, my boyfriend and I took an impromptu week and a half trip to Florida to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. It was kind of surreal, because 2 weeks after we decided to take the trip, we were already getting ready to go. Half of it was spent working in Cape …

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Baby’s First Ever #Hackathon!

Hiroko Nishimura · November 2, 2017July 22, 2020

October was a rush and a blur. I did many things in the past month, but as the title suggests, one of the biggest “wins” was that I participated in my first ever Hackathon! (As a matter of fact, I participated in TWO!) I have also been working on the #100DaysOfCode Challenge, along with beginning my #3090FitnessChallenge …

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On Accepting my Mortality at 22 – #AVMAwareness

Hiroko Nishimura · October 8, 2017July 22, 2020

With my diagnosis of harboring “ticking time bombs” in my brain at the age of 22, technically, little had changed. And yet, somehow, everything had changed. I was diagnosed with a vascular disorder in my brain a month after my 22nd birthday. After a Grand Mal Seizure which sent me to the Emergency Room, a …

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My Summer Reflections: Decluttering, #100DaysOfCode, Arthritis, and Chemo

Hiroko Nishimura · September 26, 2017July 22, 2020

Time just keeps on flying by! September is almost over, and I haven’t done any Monthly Reflections since my first one in June! So here’s one for July, August, and September… Basically Summer 2017! July In July, I officially began my Minimalism Journey by dumping out my main closet and creating a huge mess in …

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TechInclusion 2017: My First Tech Conference

Hiroko Nishimura · September 20, 2017July 22, 2020

In early August, I had the privilege of being sponsored by Diversability to attend and report on TechInclusion, which is an international Tech Conference focused on improving Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry. This was my very first (non-anime; hah) convention, and I was pretty nervous. I only found out about the conference few …