18/03/2026
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝟯 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 (𝗢𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮 & 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱)
𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭-𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 (𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮). 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?
𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 3 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 20 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢, 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘰.
𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝟯 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗪𝗔, 𝗝𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘:
𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 (𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗨𝗣)
Whether you’re out on a walk or shopping, strike up a conversation (in English or Japanese). Courage speaks volumes. Afraid of misspeaking? You will. Just this past week, I said the Japanese word for eraser, when I meant to say trash box…It’s okay, it might feel embarrassing, but you’ll live.
𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬
It’s true that Okinawa island runs on Facebook, but as you speak with someone in-person, they can be your expander/connection person if you’re limiting time on social media.
Check Eventbrite for local happenings and actually attend an Event!
Check MCCS website or download the MCCS Liberty App
Check USO Okinawa Events.
Facebook Groups To Check Out: Making Female Friends In Okinawa, Ladies Of Kadena, Okinawa Military Spouse Entrepreneurs, Kadena Air Base Community, Okinawa International Community, Okinawa Wellbeing Collective
PRO TIP: Reserve 2 tickets for an event and invite a new friend to join you
𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 (𝗥𝗘)𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦
You may feel really doubtful of your path, your worth and your why. That’s normal because you’ve been through major transitions, personally and/or professionally.
Use this time to attend cultural events, solo or with a new friend, check out a new coffee shop, visit a “power spot,” get a massage, learn pottery, piano or Japanese, or volunteer.
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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.
𝘔𝘺 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁?