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What will your Harajuku Moment be this year?

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David Hewlett
2 min readJan 24, 2025
Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash.

As we move through the start of the year, this passage from Tim Ferris talking with Chad Fowler has been coming to mind for me…

“Why had I gone 10 years getting more and more out of shape (starting off pretty unhealthy in the first place) only to finally fix it now?

I actually remember the exact moment I decided to do something.

I was in Tokyo with a group of friends. We all went down to Harajuku to see if we could see some artistically dressed youngsters and also to shop for fabulous clothing, which the area is famous for. A couple of the people with us were pretty fashionable dressers and had some specific things in mind they wanted to buy. After walking into shops several times and leaving without seriously considering buying anything, one of my friends and I gave up and just waited outside while the others continued shopping.

We both lamented how unfashionable we were.

I then found myself saying the following to him: “For me, it doesn’t even matter what I wear; I’m not going to look good anyway.”

I think he agreed with me. I can’t remember, but that’s not the point. The point was that, as I said those words, they…

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David Hewlett
David Hewlett

Written by David Hewlett

Storyteller, adventurer, and trampoline enthusiast who loves to ask and discover answers to the question: How can I craft the best story possible with my life?

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