i had some huge news dropped on me, huge changes are coming, it looks like a disaster. still somehow i manage to see opportunity.
in this video i share some of how i manage to sponsor my own visa, some of the diffiuclties of living in Japan and what winter has in store.
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I think you totally have the right attitude, and always make sure to be few steps ahead, especially when you count on someone to help you with the Visa.
Man, it looks like setting yourself up as a company might be the way to go, if you're just scared of paperwork (like I am), it's always easier that it seems.
To help you cope with it, I can tell you that there are countries where paperwork and administration never work, I think Japan is good with the mundane tasks, or at least that's my vision!
You got a playstation? Which games? 😁
I mainly wanted to play NieR Automata so I did that. Amazing. I’ll take a break for a few months and then play final fantasy 7 remake and ff15 even though people say it sucks. Then at some point I will play all the assassins creed games but first I’m gonna figure out the visa and finish these books!
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OOOOh I totally dig your style, are you into manga by any chance?
I will check what you posted about your novel, so I don't make your repeat something that you already mentioned! That one thing the blockchain is practical for, you can stalk people!
I read a little manga, mostly for Japanese practice. Mostly Asano Inio and Urasawa Naoki. Also really really into Made in Abyss anime adaptation. What about you?
Whouhooooo I'm amazing 😄, watched the whole thing lol aaaand guess what, you are talking about my life here 😂 . Things change weekly now and uncertainty is my new bff. Funny thing, I was just trying to figure out myself on how to run my own business but are facing similar issues. It would cost me a lot plus the insane bureaucracy. I wouldn't mind all that but the business would have to start off right away in order to pay my bills. With a lingering new lockdown due to spiking COV numbers that is a risk I can't take. So right now I just try to get any kind of job that is funding my basics but still leaves room for myself. Even that is not easy these days, who would have known 😅 .
Aight, going to reply on your other comment now...see you there lol 😄
You are so amazing, thank you!
You can’t do freelance? I’m going to essentially keep being freelance but with a lot more red tape just for the visa. I’m guessing you don’t need a visa right?
What kind of company if you don’t mind me asking?
Anyways. Awesome! So awesome!
Don't know to be honest. I have no clue about Freelancing and what that means. I always thought I have nothing to offer in that field.
Nope, not for the EU.
Lol, something with dogs or helping the elderly.
But without a buffer in hand, that's just impossible, regardless of the bureaucracy. Right now I feel a bit like a ping pong ball of life 😂. I actually have a lot to give, but as my father says, we are a "society of success", not a "performance society". Whoever performs a lot is not automatically successful and whoever is successful does not always have to perform a lot. Sometimes a big butt is enough to be successful ;).
Its not always fair but I feel like there are enough opportunities out there if you really MAKE them. Which is not easy!!!
I’m still figuring it out.
I don’t think you need a company to do anything like that. It may be easier to monetize with a company but if you experiment and put yourself out there you might find a way. Even just putting up a sign on a bulletin board or something like that. Freelance just means you don’t have a company or work for a company. It’s what I do except it doesn’t provide a visa so I need another way
I’m rooting for you!!
We have like a catalogue of professions that are allowed to call themselves freelancer in Germany. You can be self employed but still not considered a freelancer depending on what you plan to do.
But as you said, there are opportunities and probably just like you I'm trying to figure them out. And even though I may loose faith in actually being able to do what I love when staying where I'm at, paying the bills is priority as of now. So right now even cleaning in a hospital becomes an option to make ends meet 😅.
I am def not the typical career person, rather I was flowing with life as it came, but in a world of specializations, free spirits are a real commodity.
I think people who have an open eye and are flexible are worth more than the tunnel vision of a high degree of specialization. Not in every case of course, but in many cases thinking outside the box is an advantage in my opinion. But foresight and free spirit always go hand in hand with an open opinion, and not everyone likes that.
I really appreciate the restrictions that Japan has put on me. 7 years ago, the first time I left, I couldn’t handle them but the second time around they’ve helped push me to discover just how powerful I am and just how close my dreams really are.
I’m the same as you. I want to just flow. I’m SURE there is a way to get paid for that, and paid well enough so that you don’t have to think about the money. It can sure be a journey to find it, that's all.
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You rock 😄 ! I appreciate your words and support.
So far I made it through life lol and I take it as it comes I guess. I just think that it's a little paradox. The so called "free world" is packed with rules and regulations. How free is the "free world" really? I don't mind certain rules and regulations when connected to common sense, ethics and moral, but human kind runs on different priorities mostly.
Oh well, "Schlimmer geht immer" - "It could always be worse" is my guiding principle 😂 .
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Live tends to throw us curve balls and I guess we are the ball, trying to enjoy the curve, go with the flow and make the best of our flight ;<)
Nothing to do but to enjoy it right? Let me know if you wanna do a video together ;-)
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I am wishing you a great weekend, sir.
Your attitude is killer.
Despite saying things that are incredibly frustrating and groan-worthy (the needless bureaucracy and the hierarchy issues with your boss), yet you share all of these sorrows with a smile.
Your accent is making me struggle - where are you from, originally? Or are you a big cultural clusterfuck like me?
I am definitely a clusterfuck. I'm from the US but I spent about 10 years speaking very little English, mostly Japanese and Mandarin or English with Italians, Israeli, Germans and Russians...or Japanese so I have to actively try to speak like a native speaker to sound like a native speaker which I never bother with unless I'm teaching.
I'm positive because I don't have a choice! Everything sucks so much more when I'm negative, I learned positivity the hard way!😀
Oh, how interesting!
It reflects my Dutch which has deteriorated after barely speaking any of it for 10 years as well.
Funny thing is - I can, for the most part, understand it very well. It's the explaining myself or actually USING words that I know subconsciously that I struggle with.
Do you feel the same with English? Do you feel like you can say, still type like a native, but struggle to speak like one?
And that's a REALLY interesting outlook on positivity. Very pragmatic. Reminds me a little about a fantasy novel I'm reading that a friend wrote, based on Mindfulness.
Basically, one of the characters makes the point that truth is boring and depends on facts that fluctuate based on circumstance, whereas lies (which he doesn't see negatively - telling yourself it's going to be alright when everything sucks, is technically a "lie" because you don't know) are under your own control.
It's a Zen-ish attitude of being happy regardless of what the "objective" reality is.
Sorry for spamming your thread, your videos always make my mind wander (in a good way) :)
Keep on keeping on!
No need to say sorry. Your comments are like little presents 🎁
Lol so I’m lying to myself now 😛😛😛
That book sounds awesome. I think it might fit in a genre with the books I write.
I don’t know if I’d say the truth is boring, I think the truth is a lot more flexible than we make it out to be. Self fulfilling prophecies everywhere. I’ve already experienced how much worse I feel physically when I’m negative so for me being positive is kind of a responsibility. I can’t control if there is food to eat, but I have to go out and look anyway. And I find it’s usually out there if you look hard enough.
All the biggest positive changes in my life have occurred because of change in attitude toward the biggest struggles too.
I don’t forget English but I do wonder if I have to pause more because of all the time I spend not speaking it. And yeah there are silly words I forget that I have no reason to forget. The word in Japanese kind of obfuscates the English word.
D'aww thanks! (I had this tab open for days and only just realised)
Haha, sorta... I mean, if you go under the theory that "nothing is true unless it happens" then we're always lying to ourselves when we try to predict the future.
It seems that your approach is a flexible one, where truth is more of "what you make of it" (= self fulfilling prophecies). I definitely agree to an extent with the "Law of Attraction"-like stance, even though I can't stand people who swear by that book/rule.
My explanation as a basic psychologist is not one of cosmic energies, but simply a matter of attention:
We take a person having a day. That day has a lot of frustrating events, and also opportunities/fun moments.
That someone who is pessimistic/annoyed/angry, will notice all the things that anger him (e.g. my bike pedal loosened 2 days ago), so much so that he will miss the opportunities/pleasant events. (e.g. one day I was biking to work and I noticed a quirky salamander on the side of the path. Another, my flatmate walking to work)
Someone who is hopeful/energized/determined will ignore the noise and pick up on the opportunities given. An opportunity could be a small smile from a stranger (a new friend?) or perhaps, someone on the side of the road who needs help.
Having gone through the same day, the pessimist will say how lousy it was, whereas the optimist will say what a great day he had. They will both be right, subjectively and objectively because of what they engaged their energies in.
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Lucky you! Talking slow is bearable - I hate knowing that I know a word, but being incapable of retrieving it. Or retrieving a typo'd cousin of the word I'm looking for. ("right to bear/bare arms")
There are all different perspectives to look at this, but I think it rings true whether from a more psychological perspective, a philosophical one, a spiritual one or a practical one. Law of Attraction....I try not to use this word because my exploration of it leaves me feeling its a much heavier and complex model than people give it credit for...having a subconscious mind and everything, and the relationship between the conscious and subconscious. It's not just a matter of words and images.
Actually I live by the theory that all things constantly coexist and I am merely moving through parallel realities that give me the illusion of time...lol this is a whole new can of worms though, how many do we wanna open? hahahha
Eh, worms are a delicacy - we should open many of them :)
I suppose you could look at it through multiple prisms, as mos things. I try to stay within my field of knowledge - some philosophers have a habit of looking at things through prisms of say, computer science, without really knowing computer science. This in turn makes for a really weak argument, but a nice metaphor to get the point across at best.
Unfortunately, philosophers, unlike writers, don't like to take themselves with a grain of salt (or accept that sometimes "just" dramatization is fine without a deeper meaning) but seem obsessed with their own opinion.
If you can tell, I'm not a huge fan of philosophers 🙃
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Navigating an Uncertain Visa Situation
In this episode, the host discusses the challenges he is facing with his visa situation in Japan. He explains that the language school he works for is closing down, which means his current visa sponsorship will be ending soon. This has left him in a precarious position, as he needs to figure out how to maintain his legal status in the country.
The host outlines several potential options he is considering. The first is that his current employer may be willing to continue sponsoring him for a short period, even though the school is closing. However, the host notes that their relationship has been strained at times due to differences in work culture and approach. As such, he is unsure if his employer will be willing to extend this goodwill.
The second option is for the host to start his own company in order to sponsor himself. However, he explains that this would require a significant financial investment and a tight timeline, which may be too much to handle in the next few months. The host had originally planned to pursue this route, but the pandemic has disrupted his timeline.
The third option is to find another job that could sponsor his visa, but the host is hesitant about this as it could interfere with his freelance work and client relationships. The fourth option he is considering is to see if one of his private students could sponsor him, though he is unsure if this would be legally viable.
In addition to the visa challenges, the host also discusses the financial strain his household is facing. His girlfriend is a student, and they have recently moved, leading to unexpected expenses that have depleted their savings. The host had planned to use his Bitcoin holdings to help fund these costs, but the recent market volatility has complicated those plans.
Despite the difficulties, the host tries to maintain a positive outlook, viewing this as an opportunity for growth. He acknowledges that he has matured a lot in recent years and is prepared to navigate these challenges carefully. The host also expresses relief at having stepped back from his daily blogging commitment, as it has lifted a significant weight and allowed him more freedom to focus on other projects, like his podcast.
Overall, this episode provides a candid look at the host's complex personal and professional situation, as he grapples with an uncertain future and the need to make difficult decisions. The host's openness and introspection offer valuable insights into the realities of living and working abroad.