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Whenever marks the end of a chapter,
As one door closes many open
It's easy to find only if you believe it
So get ready now,
To soar among your wildest dreams
A world so high you can't come down
You won't ever think of looking back.
Some people call it luck
Luck is created by the prepared
But you can't rely on luck.
Sometimes moving on is a better decision,
Enjoy the time we shared together
Your door is just somewhere different than mine.
Have you ever felt like there are energy vampires?
When you are succeeding, finding your own way and making changes in your life
Do the people who don’t believe in you or question your actions just try to suck the motivation or passion out of you on purpose?
What is it motivated by?
Self limiting beliefs?
Jealousy?
Lack of empathy?
I don’t understand but what I do know is that it’s so dangerous to be around those kind of people
It takes a while for people to really show their true colors
But is it wrong to just do what you want to do?
Is it so wrong to want to try new things?
Isn’t that what living is?
I wish that everyone could focus on what they want, and believe they could really have whatever they want, whenever they want it
Because if they don’t, the possibility of it ever happening vanishes in thin air
Like it was never there at all..
富士山 Mt. Fuji by Masayuki Nozaki
Life update: I got married in Japan, yes that's right.
Like some famous saying. "When you stop looking for something, it finds you", is basically what sums up the past 4 years for me.
I moved from The U.S, WA to Shizuoka Japan right when the pandemic started. Life was a roller coaster for me with ups and downs up until that point. I guess you could say it's the rather predictable trajectory as you go through life and begin to become an adult, but it steadily went in the upward direction for me.
My wife found me on Tandem, a language exchange app where we can learn and speak different languages. In my profile I wrote my dearest passions; classical music, nature, traveling and gaming. It was a perfect chance because my wife share those passions with me now and every day is an adventure.
Me in a wedding “Hakama”
My life has changed so much. I went from 177lbs in the US to 138lbs just by diet alone. The saying how healthy Japanese food is compared to American food is actually not as true as you think. There is unhealthy food, but the key really is utilizing the readily available healthy food. It's astounding how easy it is to get a healthy meal for a cheap, fast and low price while being unsuspectingly tasty and satisfying. America makes it too easy to eat food that will just make you fat. I'm sure there's some level of extra additives and preservatives too but it's hard to say much about that. Just living here got me healthier. But I sure do miss Jersey Mike's subs and authentic Mexican food..
Relationships drain me as an introvert.
I met so many people with vastly different backgrounds from me and with that brought so many memories, like scattered puzzle pieces that can only be found when you realize the ups and downs of life are just how it goes.
I made friends cry. I helped crying students. I helped them win competitions, get into an esteemed university and at the same time, made them look at the world from a different lens. Just reaching out. It's really all it takes.
I worked at a high school university from 2021 to 2024 and it was a job that was so comfortable, I could honestly say I could have kept for the rest of my life. My wife lived far away and I wanted to live together. Alongside my foreign coworkers working there for 10-20 years saying that they aren't passionate about teaching and realize their life has more meaning than that. Made me think that it was a good stepping stone into what I am wanting to achieve in my life. I was satisfied, it was bittersweet. But my wife was the driving factor to get me out of there. They treated me amazingly, too amazing for the work that I did. It was my time to move on. I'll post a picture of my wife too, but don't tell her!
Staying in one place forever, what does it really mean?
I moved to Yamanashi this year. Shizuoka was my home and my roots were just starting to grow in the directions as you would expect; career, health and fitness, business and local event connections, love for the nature of Mt. Fuji and the diversity between the sea and mountains. All I can really say is that it's weird starting all over again.
There are mountains for all of us to climb, but the biggest challenge is realizing them. Once you know what to do, where to invest your energy, time, resources, attention. Only then you can really build something that you are proud of and something you are passionate bloody passionate about that you would be proud to call it your life's work. But it's most often than not hiding in plain sight.. at least for me.
Anyways, I'll share some photos of my life so it's not just randoms from when I was a young adult.
I haven't decided yet, but I want to start writing freely and I think this would be a good outlet for that. Thank you for reading if you made it this far.
I decided to start writing and the flow of thought brought me back here. Hello again everyone who is still here with me :)
Just going out on the other side of the world, it’s been low. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. Stuck between lost and found
Only me here can get me out of this mess. Don’t you dare point a finger at me, can’t you see that I brought me here?
I’ve dipped my toes in, scared to find out what lies deep within
With my words, i’m trying to fill the emptiness. Just phrases and pros and fictions that don't make sense. My words, i'm scared they’ll never be enough to reveal all my fears and all I feel.
My words, your words. They are all mixed up in translation.
Even Akiba is advertising this game
At my JHS I have a 3rd grade student that frequently confesses her love for me in the hallways, staff room and sometimes even the classroom. She was so excited when I entered the classroom she jumped and the guys around her we’re shouting “ikemen” which basically means attractive guy. It was just as hilariously awkward as it was embarrassing.
I’ve heard stories of female ALTs in JHS having frequent love confessions to them but I guess it happens to guy ALTs too..
Today in my larger elementary school I was handing out zoo animal stickers to the 3rd graders for answering questions like “what color do you like?” or “what food do you like?” in front of the class. I thought it was harmless until i showed them my other stickers of hamsters, eevee and sumiko gurashii after class.
A flock of pleading students formed and followed me around school begging for one in Japanese. One student even dedicated himself to blocking the others from grabbing my arm and shirt. The teacher was laughing and translating that they just really wanted a sticker, but I can’t just give those out for free!
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In my dream, I met a mayor gentleman.
Slowly things are starting to feel routine. Living in Japan, interactions at my schools with teachers, staff, students, and the friends I’ve made. One of my friends from training left 3 days ago. He really didn’t like teaching from the start and mentioned that to me during our training in March. It really made me think about what I am missing from home and how interactively distant I feel, especially with how social I was at my restaurant job with my coworkers and guests. I wondered if the magic is starting to fade for me to, living in Japan and all.
No, I don’t want that. We’ve just started living.
Someone really important to me so many years ago said “Everyone smiles when they are with you. From now on, you should share your happiness with other people”. At the time I denied it. I couldn’t smile without you. But now I am beginning to see why I’m here, as the momentum of this situation is less of a waterfall but more steady like a current. The desire of always wanting to learn, striving to be better and come out of it with no regrets is key that will never let the intial feeling of this journey fade.
I went to Tokyo this last weekend and had the time of my life there, just like the first time I visited last year. I went to Skytree for the first time and the best time since Covid delayed the FF7 Midgar at Skytree event, it was amazing. The event is finished at the end of August and I nearly threw in the towel to risk my health and well-being to see it, but my friend insisted and booked a hotel in Ginza with his free hotel points from traveling and we even got upgraded in the fanciest district in Tokyo. He’s not into FF but I managed to drag him to Skytree and a FF Eorzea Cafe I’ve been wanting to visit. I had never felt so happy to finally experience my favorite childhood game remade in the city I’ve wanted to be in for so so so long. I felt like I was 6 again yet I was able to contain my excitement and emotions. We went to Shinjuku, Harajuku and so many cool places I would never know of if I was on my own. From all the amazing places I’ve been, Tokyo has to be my favorite place in the world at this moment in time.
I’ve been living in Japan for almost half a year and I am beginning to realize what it takes to live in a country with a language you don’t speak but are so immersed in it everyday. I’m so nervous and shy when I’m normally outgoing and easy to talk with and it got to the point where I said what I’m doing isn't worth it; I’m not going to continue my lazy half-ass learning habits of Japanese. I am going hard in learning the language and I mean HARD by immersing in all Japanese all the time (when I’m not working as an English teacher that is). I’m not going to waste money on classes that I don’t want to take. I want to prioritize my happiness and fun. I want to complete Japanese 100% and know everything there is to know about the language. Right now I’m starting at maybe 5% if I’m lucky, but I have so much passion and excitement about learning Japanese. I want to have more genuine connections with people that don’t speak English. I want to be able to connect myself to Japan on a deeper level and learn everything there is to know. I’m holding myself to it and in doing so I hope the magic for me here never fades.
In my dream, I met a mayor gentleman superior to thousands, ten thousands people. In that state, I was able to realize why I was so unhappy until now. It came to me like flowers smell so sweet on warm days in spring. A happy manifestation that should be celebrated, like a decayed branch that has flowers open once again.
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If there’s something you want, you have to go all out to claim it for yourself. Life’s more fun that way.