F is for Future…
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F is for future…If you had asked me ten years ago or even five years ago if I thought the life I am living now is what I would of being living I probably would of laughed and said no way! But life takes you in strange directions, some stranger than others (like half way around the world)…
I handed in my notice at work today…I will finish up on April 11th. By then I will have worked at my current preschool for almost 18 months….I love the kids, I really do, but several months ago I mentioned how lately my job had been making me feel like I would be a terrible mother. And with all the stuff going on back home I didn`t need the added stress of that, and under-staffing issues that my job has being causing me lately. After speaking with the owner, and after having finalized my decision with Shumpei and my family I feel as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders..
I am ready for the next step of my life. Which will be me returning to Australia in May spending time with my family, helping Shumpei learn English when he arrives in July (and also teaching him more about my `Australian life`)and taking a year to do some temp work, see if I find a job or industry I like….Also, planning a wedding and saving money to move back to Tokyo as a married couple….
I am hoping that somewhere in all this I will be able to cross a few things off my life list…..Something I plan to focus on a lot more over the next year.
Sometimes future is a scary word….mainly because people rarely have any idea what is going to happen….I have a little bit of and idea what the next six months will entail at least, and for after that we will have to see!!! While future is a scary work, it is also a word that brings to mind new experiences, closure and excitement…all things I am ready for!
Here is to my future(our future!)…and to yours!
ps: I love ps`s…sorry this is not a very long post for the enc of me, but I am lacking blogging inspiration today!
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So much is going to happen in the next few months, it’s pretty full on, but I think it’ll all work out well. Is Shumpei starting to get excited about the move? It’ll be here so soon- for both of you, really.
I think you’re right- who really knows what the future will bring?
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I figured I’d get in a Happy Birthday!!! Did you end up going to Disney Sea? Thanks with all the help with the Japanese place names too in my previous blog entry. I suck at remember Japanese names.
Anyway, I’m enjoying the posts. The future is something I tend to think about WAY too much almost at the neglect of living in the present. Sometimes I think I should be more Buddhist and live only in the moment but then again I like planning the future. It seems that a lot of bloggers like to plan or at least think about the future too which I nonetheless enjoy reading about. Anyway, I’m glad that other people out there are contemplating the future too.
- Paul T
BRING IT ON!
Like the new layout much.
I’m glad you have a rough plan of how things will turn out. Always having uni to do, I suppose I never really thought about what it would be like to live my life without it having broken up into semesters. I have until September roughly planned out, but from then on I don’t have the slightest clue!
I’m sad I will be in the middle of the outback when you first arrive back here, at least I will have some good stories for when we catch up though
Warm wishes for everything!
Create your future gorgeous you have the power! It is true we cannot control what happens to others in our lives but we are the drivers of our own. Anything your heart desires…
Gambatte
Future is a scary thing… you never know what’s going to happen or how it’s going to happen. And even if you plan things out, the situation and the circumstances change, and you need to change/adapt your plans! But it doesn’t matter how things turn out, everything is for a purpose, and the life you are leading is the life that you were destined to live…
I can’t beleive your coming back in May!! Do you think we could catch up some time?
I like this post! I’ve never been very good with planning ahead….that’s something I’d like to become better at. I know some people who have 5 year plans! LOL! I guess some people are better at it than others. One thing I have learnt is to enjoy every day and every moment for what it is and to stop worrying about the future or the past too much. Here’s to a great future for as all! I’m sure you will find something that interests you, stay in touch closer to to the time and I’ll tell you which temp agency I liked the most. We will definately have to do lunch if you will be working in the city!
Amanda: I think Shumpei is getting a little excited…he applied for information about a couple of English schools (without me mentioning it…it just showed up in the post one day)…and he has been tellng me he has been looking at flights already (one for me in May also) and he will often ask things like ` How much does so and so cost there?` and `Can I still speak Japanese to you` etc etc. You will be heading off again overseas and I will be heading home! It is like we are switiching places almost
Paul t: Hey dude, was wondering when one day you would actually comment on here…you stalk me and my other blog buddies enough! heheheheh! It is funny instead of commenting on here Mandy will often msg me on facebook about something I have written!!! I also thing way to much about the future, I am all for planning….Unfortunately now matter how boy scouty you are, you can not be prepared for absolutely everything!
Sigsy: Thanks! Can`t to hear more about this dream of yours to open up a boutique hotel when I see you in a couple of weeks! If you do open one, can I work there when I come back to Japan! I do have a degree in PR after all!
Jen: You have a very exiting year coming up for yourself also, with finishing uni after so many years studying and also with your new business and going overseas!!! I am great at planning stuff so I can help you with planning before you leave…Glad I will get to spend a couple of months with you before you jet-set off! Also can`t wait for outback adventures!
sushi: Thanks babe! You are an inspiration, as always! I just need to see what you and Masao have done with Tokyo Made to know that if you want something bad enough you can get it!!! Really need to cross hooping off my life list too, so when I see you in two weeks we will have to discuss a hooping date!
Nay: We can most definitely catch up in May, and several times after that before you head back to Japan!!! I can`t wait to hear how your wedding plans are going by then…I will be planning my own wedding from when i get home so I will need lots of hints! I think you and I both have a simmilar fate!! Brissie girls, same age, getting married to J-boys! we will need to share lots of stories!
Katie: Lunch dates in the city, here I come! I am the opposite to you, I plan and plan and plan. And when things don`t go according to plan, I stress out! I am the kind of person that rights lists of what I need to do today, what I need to do by the end of the week, what I need to do before I leave Japan (Started that list in my journal last night!) Maybe some of my planning will rub off n you! I wish I could not worry about the past/future so much….I am so much better at not worring about past now, just work on not worrying about future or over planning!
Must have been a weight off your shoulders to resign! Does Shumpei know he’s getting married while he’s here?
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Enny: Yeah Shumpei knows! hehe….We have not decided yet if it will be before we return to Japan next June, or later next year in October (but we would still have it in Australia…we would just travel back)
The reason we are not yet engaged is because he wishes to ask my dad for permission after we arrive in Australia….
Oh !!! How sweet the Shun wants to ask you Dad permission! I think I’m going to take a leaf out of your book and start writing lists and notes. Seems to work well for all the organised people I know. I tend to write mental lists in my head, is it any wonder it takes me so long to get out of the supermarket? I’m always thinking what do I need to buy? what do I want to eat! ha ha!
Hilarious about that lady calling out “Moshi moshi” to you! My guess is it was because you are forgein. She probably heard somewhere that some foreigners think moshi moshi means hello…so thought it would be a good way of getting your attention!
Oh future is scary and exciting and yours seems jam packed with adventure!
For what it’s worth… I used to teach preschool and wondered all the time what sort of parent I would be… now my girls have just started preschool and I am again wondering what sort of parent I am…. mostly I think working with kids has helped me be a better parent…. mostly…