i've made
very few trips into tokyo but recently
i've been coming out of my shell and
exploring
a bit of the city because let's be
honest we're all going
a little bit insane
to keep it short and simple most
restaurants and shops that relied on
foreigners and tourists
have shut down my favorite places were
even shut down and i can see the stress
on the faces of the business owners here
struggling to stay
afloat not gonna lie though it's nice to
see tokyo not so congested and crowded
but i know many people want to witness
the amazingness
that is tokyo and it's quite a shame
we've all felt a bit heavy even i've
cried some nights without a reason
and we're taking the ultimate test of
life this is the universe telling us to
be grateful for what we have now
and use it to build yourself from the
ground up
feeling kind of down today so yuji took
me out
and we're gonna go get some breakfast
and then we're gonna head to a dog cafe
i'm grateful for my husband who takes me
to eat and to dog cafes
what are you grateful for i'm grateful
for eggs benedict
who whoever invented that i'm
grateful for the fact that i can walk
anywhere in japan because there's a lot
of older people that take a really long
time to walk places and have such a hard
time and
whenever i see that i i just feel very
grateful for the fact that i can
do that but things always get worse
before they get better
we always come out okay in the end and
there are endless
i mean endless possibilities we don't
realize the many different paths we can
take beyond our normal routines
we have the power to create the life we
want no matter what
circumstance it's like
it's like lunch
brunch brunch
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do you know that word yes i do oh good i
was like
still married but we're still married
still still married
forever mary okay so i ordered some eggs
and i'm not sure i'm gonna do with them
because i
am allergic still technically so wish me
luck
even though i don't see any tourists in
japan any longer i know i'll see them
again
nothing lasts and nothing is permanent
and that's what japan teaches us the
impermanence of
everything the impermanence of emotions
life and events we can take what we
experience and fall
or we can take what we experience and
run i just can't believe i live here
it's just like looking at this like
in the city like yeah
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you're walking in the middle of the
street
japanese medicine shop this is so cheap
oh this must be is this ginger that's
gobo
oh it's google
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interesting
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traveling to anime city akihabara was
the most shocking
seeing zero tourists this was an empty
saturday
it almost gave off this eerie vibe with
not so many around visiting
life in japan without tourists is a
whole another experience
look at old school pokemon you guys
oh my gosh
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we're at the toy poodle cafe oh my
goodness they're cute
yuji and i definitely want a dog someday
i'm allergic to most but toy poodles i
seem to be okay with
our apartment doesn't allow dogs right
now but once we move we are looking for
a place that will allow
a dog
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all right so we just finished at the toy
poodle cafe and it was really really fun
um that one specifically was really good
it's very clean
and the dogs look like they were taken
care of pretty well so
and they only let a certain amount of
people in and like certain amount of
people to play
and all that stuff so that was really
nice i just went because we're thinking
of getting a dog
and we can't have a dog in our apartment
that we're in because we're not allowed
but in the future we're going to be
looking for a place where we can get a
dog
because i definitely want to get one
because toy poodles i'm not allergic to
and i've never been allergic to and so
we went to play with them and i didn't
have an issue so
dj's looking at the they took photos of
us while we were there and they sent
or airdropped it to us so so cute
yeah so you guys can look at that on my
instagram
and i'm gonna put it in my highlights so
you guys can see it
yeah we definitely want a toy poodle
because i'm not allergic to them
another thing i noticed is the spaces
that were once packed with people are
now
quite empty vending machines and gacha
gacha machines
the machines that hold surprise toys and
collectibles are always
full and it's easier to get the things
that you want
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the pace of tokyo is much slower and not
so rushed despite there being
a bit of uncertainty about day-to-day
life but i feel
without tourists there's more of a
normalcy
and do i get stared at more yes much
much more and oftentimes business owners
and places
that usually rely on tourists light up
when they see me walk through the doors
it's kind of uncomfortable but it's kind
of humbling as well
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yuji and i don't go out to eat much
anymore and you'd think
that would help with weight loss but it
doesn't i gained some weight around my
midsection to where my pants
just don't fit me anymore and we're
moving less so it's time to get into a
healthy food rhythm
and so the next day i made it a point to
cook more
meals for both me and my husband so
we're transitioning into what i in a day
in 2020 now before ending this video
every morning i have a routine of
journaling and pulling an oracle card to
set the tone and guide me through the
day
it's very quiet in the morning and it's
a chance to have some alone time to
clear my mind
unblock limiting beliefs and feel better
during the madness of 2020
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i have a lot of different vitamins but
for now i'm only showing you a couple of
them
which is l-glutamine in the morning just
thrive
spore based probiotics and a tantra
which helps with sibo and bloating
i love oatmeal in the morning and this
particular one is bob's red milk
gluten-free organic oats
i add chia seeds in with some almond
milk and this one is organic
and expensive but worth it for what you
get and then i like to add cinnamon to
my oats while they cook and with this
meal
i bought some matcha tea bags these tea
bags are organic and the matcha is so
rich and delicious
i'm trying to see how i do with matcha
instead of coffee for now
i also had some fresh blueberries in the
fridge to eat and voila
we got oatmeal topped with fruit and oh
sprouted almond butter i bought on iherb
and we just bought these cute japanese
handmade bowls and cups for a kitchen
someday i'd like to have my entire
kitchen filled with these
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this is yuji's what i eat in a day
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after getting ready i did a little bit
of editing and before i knew it it was
lunch time
now for lunch i bought some organic
chicken burgers from horizon farms you
can get
organic stuff online on this website in
japan
i made ugni some rice bowls with the
burgers on top
mixed with avocado mixed frozen veggies
and
some sriracha sauce on top this is what
we've got
to eat for dinner we're making a nice
salad a little bit of avocado
and red onion and mushrooms for the miso
soup
and pepper
red pepper and lettuce and
sapa which is mackerel
dinner and for a snack i had a little
bit of
chocolate chip cookies they're oatmeal
cookies they're only 100 calories i'm
trying to get rid of sugar
but i was really craving something sweet
today and i think it's okay to have once
in a while
and for dinner i decided to make a new
recipe using coconut milk and coconut
cream
to make a sort of mackerel fish quinoa
pasta
and i know this is not how you chop
onions but i didn't care
how they were cut so i just chopped them
up randomly
it turned out to be super delicious i
even sprinkled in some nutritional yeast
didn't film too much but this is
the end result there's white fish saba
hopefully there's no bones in it but i
picked them out as
best as i could um i used coconut cream
coconut milk
not too much red onion red pepper
mushrooms
uh herbs garlic powder onion powder
garlic
lemon juice and it just kind of becomes
this thick
creamy pasta and it's healthy
and it'll last for till morning because
we're gonna have we're gonna need some
breakfast tomorrow
it looks amazing so it's
just put i just put the lettuce on top
and some red pepper flakes and a little
bit of avocado
and you got quinoa pasta quinoa saba or
quinoa fish pasta try and improvise with
what you have
it's always good to have a beginner's
mind especially now
so invent innovate pivot and try
something new when things just don't
feel right
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