Comments on: Roots http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/ A Life in Motion - The True Confessions of a Travelholic Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kira Petersson-Martin http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/#comment-536 Kira Petersson-Martin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:20:27 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=294#comment-536 Unfortunately I didn't get into the JET program, but I did get in to a few grad schools, so I'm moving to Newfoundland for the next two years. I really wanted to go to Japan though, and it still bums me out a bit that I'm not going. <br /><br />Yeah... The whole dandelion thing... I was pissed for the rest of the ceremony! Who is he to define who is a rose and who is a weed? And there are MANY levels between roses and weeds anyway! Grr. <br /><br />If writing will stress you out, then you're probably right to avoid it professionally. Maybe you could do freelance? Just whenever you felt like it... Or when you're broke, ha. Unfortunately I didn't get into the JET program, but I did get in to a few grad schools, so I'm moving to Newfoundland for the next two years. I really wanted to go to Japan though, and it still bums me out a bit that I'm not going.

Yeah… The whole dandelion thing… I was pissed for the rest of the ceremony! Who is he to define who is a rose and who is a weed? And there are MANY levels between roses and weeds anyway! Grr.

If writing will stress you out, then you're probably right to avoid it professionally. Maybe you could do freelance? Just whenever you felt like it… Or when you're broke, ha.

]]> By: jenlovestokyo http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/#comment-535 jenlovestokyo Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:24:56 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=294#comment-535 Heheh, I knew that when I used the word "stuck" it wasn't going to come out right. I'm not very good with words.<br />No, really, I love Tokyo, I'm happy here. But as with any place where you live, the crap times come eventually too: heartbreak, work stress, etc, etc. In those moments I would have left just to escape the problems. <br />I have a lifelong habit of giving up everything (hobbies, people, jobs) because they weren't perfect, so my goal is to stick at the things I love doing: drawing, designing, etc etc, and Tokyo is one of the best places to be as an artist/art lover. :-)<br /><br /><br />Enough about me!!!<br /><br />Heheh! Heheh, I knew that when I used the word "stuck" it wasn't going to come out right. I'm not very good with words.
No, really, I love Tokyo, I'm happy here. But as with any place where you live, the crap times come eventually too: heartbreak, work stress, etc, etc. In those moments I would have left just to escape the problems.
I have a lifelong habit of giving up everything (hobbies, people, jobs) because they weren't perfect, so my goal is to stick at the things I love doing: drawing, designing, etc etc, and Tokyo is one of the best places to be as an artist/art lover. :-)

Enough about me!!!

Heheh!

]]> By: Reannon http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/#comment-533 Reannon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:27:47 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=294#comment-533 Kira - Congrats on graduating! Wow, That's really lame of your graduation speaker to say that. I mean, what was he even talking about..."be a dandelion". WTF??? That's funny though. <br /><br />Are you still planning on moving to Japan?<br /><br />Thanks for saying that I'd make a good writer. I enjoy writing but I don't know if I'd enjoy if I had to do it for a living. That'd probably be more stress than I would want to handle. : ) Kira – Congrats on graduating! Wow, That's really lame of your graduation speaker to say that. I mean, what was he even talking about…"be a dandelion". WTF??? That's funny though.

Are you still planning on moving to Japan?

Thanks for saying that I'd make a good writer. I enjoy writing but I don't know if I'd enjoy if I had to do it for a living. That'd probably be more stress than I would want to handle. : )

]]> By: Reannon http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/#comment-532 Reannon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:17:59 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=294#comment-532 Jen - Good to know you're still reading this blog after all that time. That's too bad though that you're feeling 'stuck' in Japan. It's true that having access to free (well, more like 'dirt cheap' - I have to pay a tax and fee) plane tickets makes things complicated. It leaves everything a little open-ended. But really, even when my mom didn't have a job with an airline, I still pretty much made decisions the same way. I'd just book plane tickets on my credit card and pay them off later...not the best idea. I've got crap credit because of it...but at least it made making a decision a little easier because I'd know that I had an escape strategy.<br /><br />If you're unhappy living in Tokyo, maybe you could try the same thing (?). Buy a plane ticket and worry about the rest later.<br /><br />What goals are you trying to achieve by staying in Japan?<br /><br />I think you're right to stay though. Everyone I've talked to said that it's best to stay in a foreign country for over a year. It takes that long to get adjusted. I probably left too soon. Jen – Good to know you're still reading this blog after all that time. That's too bad though that you're feeling 'stuck' in Japan. It's true that having access to free (well, more like 'dirt cheap' – I have to pay a tax and fee) plane tickets makes things complicated. It leaves everything a little open-ended. But really, even when my mom didn't have a job with an airline, I still pretty much made decisions the same way. I'd just book plane tickets on my credit card and pay them off later…not the best idea. I've got crap credit because of it…but at least it made making a decision a little easier because I'd know that I had an escape strategy.

If you're unhappy living in Tokyo, maybe you could try the same thing (?). Buy a plane ticket and worry about the rest later.

What goals are you trying to achieve by staying in Japan?

I think you're right to stay though. Everyone I've talked to said that it's best to stay in a foreign country for over a year. It takes that long to get adjusted. I probably left too soon.

]]> By: Reannon http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/05/25/roots/#comment-531 Reannon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:33:19 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=294#comment-531 Geeze guys, ya'll give some awesome advice. I should really hire you as my spiritual / career counselors or therapists or something. Maybe one day when I've raked in millions on a book deal. : ) Geeze guys, ya'll give some awesome advice. I should really hire you as my spiritual / career counselors or therapists or something. Maybe one day when I've raked in millions on a book deal. : )

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