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The Zen Art of Submission
Or, just go with it
I’m obedient and lazy.
In every moment in my life where I have to make a decision, I listen to the world around me, and what it’s telling me I should do. Ignoring common advice is normal for me. I go against the grain based on what I feel is best at the time.
When I was 18, I didn’t know what I would be doing for college. At my orientation, they told me to take a philosophy class. I took two and failed one. A while later I graduated with a philosophy degree because I could never decide which real degree I should get.
When I was 19, I found myself in an office job. It was nice, comfortable, and I knew if I stuck to this path I could have an easy life.
When I was 21, I got bored working in an office job. I decided that since I was watching so much anime in my spare time anyway, I should try to make that something more productive. I decided to learn hiragana and the basics of Japanese. A month later, I quit my office job.
When I was 23, I decided I was in the right place and time in my life to move to Japan. I saved up almost $5,000 working part-time and got in an airplane to Japan with no job and no plan. Two weeks later I had a job lined up and was finished out the visa paperwork to start working.
