It's a very good question. How do we really define ourselves? If I said I was a middle-aged mother of two, I think you'd have COMPLETELY the wrong image of me in your head.

I'm an introverted, over-thinking, socially awkward book worm.
I'm a gregarious, city-loving, bar-hopping, salsa dancing queen.
​I'm Japanese.
I'm British to the marrow.
​I love Crossfit (mad military-style crosstraining for those uninitiated).
I'm a duvet-addicted lazybones.
​I'm passionate about wholesome, nutritious, delicious food. The body is a temple.
​I stuff my temple with family size packets of crisps when the mood takes me.
I love people, and enjoy a good chat with friends.
​I cannot deal with people - the only living being I can stand is my cat.

​We are all a bundle of contradictions - or maybe it's just me. Writing a blog will hopefully help me find out a bit more about myself, and I might even entertain some people on the way. Being a weird hybrid of different nationalities has been, throughout my life, my all-encompassing, frustrating, fascinating nemesis. I welcome interactions from others out there who can identify with me because, despite my rational mind assuring me it must be otherwise, I often feel like I am the ONLY person on the planet with these particular conflicts and challenges.

​So, my intention is to try and write every single day for 365 days, and see how that goes... I know it's going to be mad, fitting that in amongst the school run, my job, cooking, and washing - but I instinctively feel I will learn something from it. Hope you join me sometimes on my rambling journey.