3 years staying outside of Japan

After I resigned my job in Japan more than 3 years ago, I stayed in New Zealand for 1 year, in Australia for 2 years, and came to Canada recently.

I simple got interested in seeing other countries while I was staying in Australia, and this is the reason I decided to come to Canada believing my intention.

Thanks to a working holiday visa, I am allowed to stay wherever in Canada up to 1 year and to work full-time. I am not quite sure what I want to achieve here, but an only thing I am sure is that this experience will be fabulous.

I have spent more than 3 years in overseas so far. What I learned from my all experiences living outside of Japan is that being surrounded by people who have different cultures gives me a brand new point of view. I had never thought living outside of Japan until I decided to resign my job. I had never imagined what would affect my life by staying in other countries with using the other language.

Studying, working, travelling and living. All of these experiences in New Zealand and Australia completely changed my way of thinking. I became more optimistic than I was. I used to think my future in a pessimistic way, but now I don’t.

I came to respect and accept other opinions and cultures while I was being with people from all over the world.

How small world did I used to live in? How narrow view did I used to have? I would like to express my appreciation on all the people I got to know in these three years who helped me to change.

I’m going to write whatever I think is important. I hope my unique experiences can help somebody who has the same way of thinking like I used to have.