Spontaneity

Training yourself to be spontaneous!!

Have you ever had those moments where you look back and you wish you had spoken up. Something little, even a little compliment, or an observation, anything that could have sparked a conversation.

I almost have one of these moments daily, and many times I don't take the chance to pipe up. Then i look back and wish, damnit I wish I had said something.

My goal is to practice and train being spontaneous. By starting with a small step of saying a single comment. Simply by saying, "I like your nails" or "cool outfit". Lets be spontaneous.

new job

I quit my hosting job a month back and I have to say, life has really gotten much better. I can say the past 6 months has been the hardest months of life. New country, no friends, new jobs, different language, different everything. Its been a hard 6 months, most likely cause I havent had any real good friends.

Today I started a new job at a yakinuku restaurant. It was pretty hard, alot of new things to learn, all kinds of food, i can't read the kanji, and alot of new words, but it was fun cause it was a new scene and all of the staff was really nice. I hope japan takes a turn for the better.

Only thing is now I'm super busy. I'm hardly going to have any free nights cause I want to work, practice my Japanese and dive into the culture.

Things are getting to be more fun though so hopefully the next 6 months will be more fun and enjoyable.

Experience

Lately I've been going to a lot of bars by myself. I've never done it before, ever. In the few years i've been able to go drinking, (3 years) i've never once gone out for a drink by myself. At first i was nervous, wondering what I was supposed to do. But after just entering one bar, i was totally comfortable. Many bars in Japan, depending on the type, people frequent them by themselves so I was able to strike up conversations with a whole bunch of strangers, and all the bartenders were awesome.