I am interested to hear what people are dealing with while trying to learn Japanese.
As for me, I work 20 hours a week doing pizza delivery (until January when i leave for Japan).
I go for an hour jog every other day. For me this is a big deal. At the same time I started studying Japanese hardcore, I was fat again, and just quit smoking cigarrettes. So while the 20 hours a week may not seem like a lot to deal with, I also have the tobacco cravings hardcore and my new healthy diet along with running every other day.
I also have my parents to deal with. They treat my intensive study of Japanese like super religious parents would start to deal with their child if he just announced he started to worship satan. They hate Japan and are pretty much racist against asians, so you can imagine what I have to put up with on that front every day.
I would like to a consider myself a fairly social person. My lifestyle usually revolves around partying hardcore with a long list of friends. But since I made this choice to become fluent in Japanese I have put my social life on complete hold until I get to Japan in January where I can make Japanese friends. Not that it matters much because all of my friends here in America have either moved to another state or are in Japan/Korea/China. Others have moved back to Europe (I had a lot of international friends).
I also have the stress of my work visa pushing down on me. During the first month of my intensive study, my plan was to move to Japan and get a job off a tourist visa. Fortunatly, I have since gotten a job, but waiting on this visa approval from the Japanese government is seriously stressing me out. To the point where I lay in bed awake for hours some nights unable to sleep.
This 3 month or so period of limbo I will be living through is going to kill me. I have to save every penny I make, deal with the constant negativity from my parents at home, the constant social angst of not being able to do anything social (do to the immersion, lack of friends, diet, exersize, quit smoking and expendable money)
On the plus side, I still have free rent which is helping immensly on getting the required startup money saved up again for Japan.
sorry for the long rant but glad its all out of me now. so what is holding you down during your study of Japanese?
As for me, I work 20 hours a week doing pizza delivery (until January when i leave for Japan).
I go for an hour jog every other day. For me this is a big deal. At the same time I started studying Japanese hardcore, I was fat again, and just quit smoking cigarrettes. So while the 20 hours a week may not seem like a lot to deal with, I also have the tobacco cravings hardcore and my new healthy diet along with running every other day.
I also have my parents to deal with. They treat my intensive study of Japanese like super religious parents would start to deal with their child if he just announced he started to worship satan. They hate Japan and are pretty much racist against asians, so you can imagine what I have to put up with on that front every day.
I would like to a consider myself a fairly social person. My lifestyle usually revolves around partying hardcore with a long list of friends. But since I made this choice to become fluent in Japanese I have put my social life on complete hold until I get to Japan in January where I can make Japanese friends. Not that it matters much because all of my friends here in America have either moved to another state or are in Japan/Korea/China. Others have moved back to Europe (I had a lot of international friends).
I also have the stress of my work visa pushing down on me. During the first month of my intensive study, my plan was to move to Japan and get a job off a tourist visa. Fortunatly, I have since gotten a job, but waiting on this visa approval from the Japanese government is seriously stressing me out. To the point where I lay in bed awake for hours some nights unable to sleep.
This 3 month or so period of limbo I will be living through is going to kill me. I have to save every penny I make, deal with the constant negativity from my parents at home, the constant social angst of not being able to do anything social (do to the immersion, lack of friends, diet, exersize, quit smoking and expendable money)
On the plus side, I still have free rent which is helping immensly on getting the required startup money saved up again for Japan.
sorry for the long rant but glad its all out of me now. so what is holding you down during your study of Japanese?
