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12 Week Fitness Challenge

Hiroko Nishimura · November 22, 2022February 13, 2023

3 months post-birth, Hiroko goes on a 12 week fitness challenge after re-reading “The 12 Week Year.”

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From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero

Hiroko Nishimura · July 23, 2020August 8, 2024

How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.

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Face Coverings Order #COVID19

Hiroko Nishimura · April 17, 2020July 22, 2020

Maryland’s Face Coverings Order to become enforceable 4/18 at 7AM.

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Day 46: 8 Miles & Sickness Returns

Hiroko Nishimura · March 27, 2020July 22, 2020

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

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Day 41: 170 miles and Counting

Hiroko Nishimura · March 22, 2020July 22, 2020

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

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Reflecting on January

Hiroko Nishimura · February 3, 2019July 22, 2020

The last time I wrote a monthly recap post was last January. (Mostly because I had a GREAT January, and then I crashed in February and could barely function for a whole month.) I don’t know if this one will continue, but I figure let’s try it again! Work + Hustles + Tech LinkedIn Learning …

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2018: The Year of Unexpected Beginnings

Hiroko Nishimura · December 21, 2018July 22, 2020

2018. What can I say, except wow. It was a year of many many unexpected beginnings, trials, and impact on my identity as a person. I said Yes to many things, and No to others, and being able to realize my boundaries and limitations have allowed me to find myself in situations that I couldn’t …

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How Netflix’s “Afflicted” harms us

Hiroko Nishimura · October 10, 2018February 13, 2023

“We were told it was an investigative documentary.” Instead, it’s a Reality TV show poorly disguised as a Docuseries.

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I challenged myself to exercise before work for a week

Hiroko Nishimura · October 3, 2018July 22, 2020

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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Behind the “Picture-Perfect”

Hiroko Nishimura · April 11, 2018July 22, 2020

My tongue is swollen, and I have the constant malaise of a tongue too big for the month. I keep on biting it around the edges, and it’s difficult to speak. It’s a side effect of the chemo pills I take for Rheumatoid Arthritis – the Methotrexate. I take folic acid pills for this issue, …