I uploaded a video of me saying"I got the working holiday visa so I'm going to the UK."

And I didn't let you guys know how it went after that, then some of you guys asked me

"What happened after that?"

"Do you live in the UK?"

"Where do you live?"

"Do you live in Paris? What happened?"

in the comment so

I'm going to talk about that today.

Well, as you can see in the title

I'm in Japan right now.

And as I said in the previous video,

since I got the visa,

I was going to plan on moving to the UK but

I have a little change of my mind

and I decided to stay in Japan

"Wait but last year,

you uploaded a video saying how much you hated living in Japan."

Exactly.

But things have changed.

and I ended up living in Japan.

I went to the UK as well as to Paris in March

and collected my BRP there.

So I can always move to the UK whenever I want

but that's not very likely to happen for now.

Originally, when I moved out from Japan 3 years ago

I just hated being in Japan

and just moved to France.

Tbh, even when I lived in France,

no matter where I lived, Paris or Tokyo

I always did the same things:

stayed at home,

net surfing,

and watching Youtube

I just love staying at home.

I spent almost every day off at home and

what I despised the most was to commute.

So since I lived in Tokyo back then

I always thought it'd be fantastic to be able to work from home.

And I always looked for the way to make that happen

whilst I was in Paris.

Then I came back to Japan.

I thought I don't like to commute but the next thing I don't like is be in Japan

so I was preparing stuff to move to the UK right after coming back from Paris.

But I started teaching Japanese on italki in February this year and I thought

"Maybe this is it."

"Maybe I can make a living with it."

When this came up on my mind,

I went to London the other day and

I found it such a nice city

you know, such an international environment and

you don't really have to think about blending in among Japanese people.

Also everybody speaks English so

I thought it was a good city but

even if I move to the UK,

you have to do some kind of work to pay the rent.

Like, I don't know, something similar,

you have to have a work that is required to commute.

When that hit me,

I don't hardly go out on my days off then

it doesn't matter where I live, does it?

If you like staying at home and watching Youtube,

a nice home and good internet is all you need.

So paying the rent that is as 3 times expensive as you pay now

and move to the UK just to live the exact same life that you hated,

when I asked myself if I really want to do that,

I thought "Maybe not?"

if I ever have an opportunity to live abroad,

I would love that but

more than that,

I realized what I really wanted to do.

Working from home,

you can work anytime you want,

you can take a break anytime you want,

I got this environment from beginning of this month and

that is ssssssssoooooo comfortable.

So one day,

when I get more freedom with my current job,

living abroad is of course a great option but

just not now.

Right now, I just want to achieve the life style I want and

in order to do so I need to develop a solid base

I think I need to focus on that for now.

Although I like staying at home,

I don't have like

It sounds weird when you say it in Japanese.

I don't have it, really.

It's not hard to talk to strangers.

That's not the case at all.

Like, I've been doing customer service job for like 10 years so

that's not hard at all but

all those partying and clubbing,

I f***ing hate it.

Since my mid-twenties, I kinda

started to realize my introversion.

Rather than going to parties and

mingling with strangers,

it's much more fun to watch Youtube videos by myself.

If I want to be with friends,

the closest ones, the ones I can be really open with,

it's more fun to hang out with these kind of friends.

I'd rather be alone than having to socialize with the people I hardly know.

I'd have more fun, actually.

When I think about that kind of my personality,

it dawned on me, maybe it doesn't matter where I live anymore?

Also when I was in France,

unfortunately,

I wasn't able to have a friend who I could be really opened up with

I did have someone who I can hang up with, go out with

or acquaintances I can say hi to at the event or something but

I wasn't able to meet someone I can call a "real friend".

When I was in Paris, I would stay at home, net surf,

and the only people I talked about stuff with were my mom or

the closest friends of mine that live in Tokyo.

Now that I live close enough to go see them whenever I want.

Besides the rent here is one third expensive compare to London.

It's so cheap.

So I thought I'd give it a try and live in Japan for a while.

But I can't deny that I like living abroad,

being exposed to different culture or

being in an international environment

so if I ever get an opportunity,

I would love to live abroad

but right now, stabilizing my life,

I mean, stabilizing it by doing what I truly like

is my main focus right now.

That being said, I'm in Japan now.

And I'll probably live in Japan for a while.

So if you are looking forward to the videos of me traveling abroad

I'm sorry.

I'd love to do that when I get a chance.