Woke up with way too much on my mind, nervous because today I would see if I would have to rush to find a new job in a terrible job market or not.
At 9 AM after rolling around for 3 hours I finally gave up on sleep and checked my phone.
My boss decided to give me the papers I need to get my visa.
It was a complicated feeling. Of course I’m happy to get a visa, but I’m also worried he’s going to change his mind again last minute and I’ll be left even worse off than I started. I also worry the same thing could happen next year.
So I rolled around in bed another hour thinking about what I want to do in this situation and how to make it all feel better.
I decided I will keep working there, find another job and keep my private students. 3 part time jobs is likely to become more work than 1 full time job in reality, but if I don’t want to be subject to the whims of someone dealing with the stress of the world, I need to save 50k usd to “invest” in my company in order to get a business visa.
That’s the only way to not have to rely on anyone.
Instead of rushing to take whatever job I can find, I’ll wait til I find a more comfortable one with decent pay. April is when a lot of jobs start here so I’ll probably have much better choices come next month.
I don’t wanna rely on or wait for bitcoin but that 100k target would sure make things easier. I’d love to be able to take out a few thousand and put it into my business account to make a visa easier.
If I work a few different part time jobs and make good relationships with different schools, I won’t have to deal with this next time even if I don’t manage to save up money in time.
So I am working on 3 fronts.
1 saving money
2 finding a backup school
3 building up my student base so that I won’t have crazy losses when I start as a business
Some good things came out of all this:
- learned how to register with tax office
- learned the basics of how visas work for non-employees in Japan
- met some lawyers who can help in the future
- Was pushed to find some new work which will lead to new contacts and maybe new skills , this could really help in the future.
- saw how much love and support I have
- get to try last year over again with my partner here in Tokyo and a bit more focus on work.
- I skimmed some low paying/lazy students who I didn’t feel were a good match and kept some of my best.
I do feel sad to be this busy and stressed but at the same time I know this is how I level up. I won’t necessarily always be this busy and once I get in a groove it won’t feel as busy as it feels right now.
I feel like the more I work now, the less I will have to work later. I like managing and designing systems and that’s where this is all headed. And money won’t be as much of a problem as it’s been, though I will be more focused on saving to reach that magical number.
Society, you win again, I’m moving closer and closer to a normal person in order to bring everything together. But I’m playing the long game here. Let’s see how this plays out.
Wow what a lot of stress and a lot of work to stay in Japan, I know that you are really focused on staying there, so hope that it all begins to flow for you now. Some things are so challenging in life, but wow when it all works out, it does feel so good xxxx
It's funny though, all this work makes me really want to leave, but right now if I left I'd get stuck in my hometown without work and using up my savings. If I can start a business here and make it well I can leave whenever I want and I think the business would be really meaningful
good to hear man, maybe we get a little Bit of a surprise sooner than later. would sure help me out too.
Still gonna try not to need it, and have plenty of things I could use it for it pew pew pew's. I'll still hold on to 70-80% for long term though
yeah same, I'd love to be able to just hold what I've got and accumulate more next year.
I wish you good luck in all your ideas.
"Society, you win again, I’m moving closer and closer to a normal person in order to bring everything together." - these words are so close to my lifesituation now...
Also job and money earning questions, also changes of mood.
Also don't wanna wait for btc, better to say, can't wait any more.
All ideas and projects failed. Need to start smth new, but where to get power after all these troubles?
But yes - Universe loves us. You and me know it:)
I don't think btc or hive will fail but I do think they are part of the plan and the plan is to make us not need them, so for me they're just extra bonus yay yay yay
Yeah we know how it is!
What is being normal?
Where do you have to go?
Who defines that goal?
Because you think you have to get there?
What interests do you respond to? Do you let yourself be guided by your truths of the soul or do you just play the game of others?
I don't expect you to give me answers, but to look for them for you.
I hope that soon you can find peace and fullness
A strong embrace
¿Qué es ser normal?
¿A dónde tienes que llegar?
¿Quien define esa meta?
¿Porque crees que tienes que llegar allí?
¿A qué intereses respondes? Te dejas guiar por tus verdades del alma o simplemente juegas el juego de otros?
No espero que me des respuestas, sino que las busques para ti.
Deseo que pronto puedas encontrar paz y plenitud
Un fuerte abrazo
Lol I’m just trying not to get kicked out of the country. That’s all
¿Y si lo mejor viene después?
Todo estará bien.
¡Confía!
Oh finally sir something good happen with you. Stay safe stay bless.🙏
Good things are waiting behind the bad things !
Absolutely right sir, this is karma
Somehow I never doubted that your boss would comply with your request. You're going to be perfectly alright, you just had to live through this so you could make uncomfortable but extremely important decisions which, as you yourself have noticed, have given you great learning that you couldn't have acquired any other way.
That's the way I managed to let go of my country's situation last year. I realized everything we had to experience for the past two decades was necessary for our temperance. Now I see it as a source of strength.
I'm glad for you! Blessings, my friend!