Posts by Kaeko

Here is a difference between releasing what weighs you down and abandoning what makes you who you are. In the first piece of this series, I wrote about the difference between relief and clarity — how the feeling of letting go can be real and good, while still being something other than wisdom. I

There is a particular feeling that comes when you get rid of something. A bag of clothes you no longer wear, a shelf of books you will never read again, the furniture that made the room feel smaller than it was. The space that follows is almost physical — a loosening, a breath. It

It’s been a while since I posted anything! I’m back with a new episode from the podcast Hoshirio. This season, we’re welcoming friends and family to share ideas and personal stories worth spreading in our warm Hoshirio community. In this new episode, I am joined by my long-time friend Kaisa — a sociolinguistics researcher