Summer comes with a packed calendar of weddings, barbecues, and Friday-afternoon road trips, which seem fun but can also feel like a second job. Which is why my modest mission these past two months has been to relish having to be nowhere—my phone dead, left behind, or Bricked—where I have no obligations other than to listen to my instincts and embrace the unknown. Helping me on that mission: I went to Japan last month for vacation, where my boyfriend and I put away our pinned-to-oblivion…

