The final countdown

Counting on my calendar there are only 20 weeks left until I venture into the world that is "life after JET." And what a scary world it seems!

I have spent a lot of my free time lately freaking out about my future, thinking of all the possibilities. Going over my resume over and over again. Trying to see if everything looks just perfect. (Any volunteers to look it over are more then welcome!) I have been focusing so much on that big dark abyss that I haven't really been thinking about and enjoying my time in Japan. I have just been slowly counting the weeks down, and watching them pass by all too quickly.

So now it's time for a change.

What better way to focus on the now, focus on Japan, than to write about it? I have about 20 weeks left on the JET Programme. 20 weeks until the great unknown abyss swallows me. It's a scary world out there. So I decided that from now each and every week I will write a blog. I will give myself 20 assignments, each due Friday evening. Below I will write a list of 20 things I want to write about within the next 20 weeks. I welcome anyone and everyone to follow this list and even write their own sharing their own thoughts and feelings on each topic. You don't have to be leaving Japan, you don't even have to be living in Japan! But I think that it helps just to reflect on all the experiences I've had in the past 3 and a half years.

Let this be my Japan Blog Bucket List.

1. Reflections on 3/11
2. Favorite moment teaching
3. Most difficult moment teaching
4. Festivals in Japan
5. Japanese food
6. Japanese people, Safety
7. Japanese trash system
8. Conveniences in Japan
9. Inside/Outside
10. Favorite temple/shrine
11. Favorite city
12. Travel in Japan
13. Dating in Japan
14. Japanese music
15. Customs, omiyage
16. Trains
17. Japanese stores, customer service
18. Night Life
19. Life as an ALT
20. Things I will miss in Japan

So that's it! That is my list! I am sure there is more, and maybe as time passes I may do some edits. But I think it's a good direction to start.

Wish me luck!