Not losing ones mind
I, like many people, would one day eventually like to live in Japan for perhaps a few years. However, I am wondering that for those of you who do already work/live here what do you do to stay sane and do any of you do something that isnt teaching?
I've been here for 8 months on a student exchange and that has already killed any hopes I ever had of teaching in Japan. Also, there are a few things that drive me nuts (like having to practically drag information out of people, not possessing the skill to read minds, always being thought of and pretty much treated like an outsider atc...)and just wondering how it is that people already living here(not on school exchange) deal with day to day life here.
♥ Elyse
Edit:
I should have worded my post better in the first place.
What I meant by 'stay sane' was simply what do you do in your spare time that you enjoy in Japan? I find that when I have nothing to do it starts to drive me nuts hence why I used 'stay sane'. Same with 'Not losing ones mind.' I was looking more for what people do to keep themselves from boredom.
By 'killed' I meant that having seen how it works I've realised that I'd suck at teaching English. That and my abilty to spell things in English is diminishing because I keep wanting to spell in katakana.
For the last part I was just trying to find out what people do when things irk them about Japan. I'm actually coping really well here and don't want to leave. I love the culture and a lot of things about the place and the list of things that drive me nuts is really just the things that get me down when I've already had a bad day.
Sorry if I sounded like I was whining about Japan. All I wanted to know was how other people deal with things in Japan and see how it differs from myself. Like what hobbies and such you've taken up whilst here. Because I'm an exchange student I spend most my time studying, hanging with friends and my host family, going exploring around the areas I'm doing home-stay in and making the most of my time here. Just curious about others here who aren't exchange students and who are free to go out and explore the stuff that us exchange students cant.
Once again I'm sorry for the way I wrote this post. I shouldn't be allowed on the computer when I'm sleepy. And sorry I didn't see the non-english teaching jobs and forgot the tags >.
I've been here for 8 months on a student exchange and that has already killed any hopes I ever had of teaching in Japan. Also, there are a few things that drive me nuts (like having to practically drag information out of people, not possessing the skill to read minds, always being thought of and pretty much treated like an outsider atc...)and just wondering how it is that people already living here(not on school exchange) deal with day to day life here.
♥ Elyse
Edit:
I should have worded my post better in the first place.
What I meant by 'stay sane' was simply what do you do in your spare time that you enjoy in Japan? I find that when I have nothing to do it starts to drive me nuts hence why I used 'stay sane'. Same with 'Not losing ones mind.' I was looking more for what people do to keep themselves from boredom.
By 'killed' I meant that having seen how it works I've realised that I'd suck at teaching English. That and my abilty to spell things in English is diminishing because I keep wanting to spell in katakana.
For the last part I was just trying to find out what people do when things irk them about Japan. I'm actually coping really well here and don't want to leave. I love the culture and a lot of things about the place and the list of things that drive me nuts is really just the things that get me down when I've already had a bad day.
Sorry if I sounded like I was whining about Japan. All I wanted to know was how other people deal with things in Japan and see how it differs from myself. Like what hobbies and such you've taken up whilst here. Because I'm an exchange student I spend most my time studying, hanging with friends and my host family, going exploring around the areas I'm doing home-stay in and making the most of my time here. Just curious about others here who aren't exchange students and who are free to go out and explore the stuff that us exchange students cant.
Once again I'm sorry for the way I wrote this post. I shouldn't be allowed on the computer when I'm sleepy. And sorry I didn't see the non-english teaching jobs and forgot the tags >.