Unintended benefit of learning Japanese
All of us LivingAlone know that social circles can dwindle. On top of that, I'm old and now work nights. Basically, I'm a ghost. I could go out and waste money, but I'm not a bar/club guy... yet.
I completed my first Japanese lesson today and I had forgotten how fun it is to learn another language. I don't really care about Spanish, but I learned it and lived in Spain. Great memories. And all those great socializing feelings came back with just one Japanese lesson. There were lots of mistakes on both sides because she's not perfectly fluent in English and I don't know jack about Japanese. And it was nothing but laughs and learning.
Living alone and working nights can get rough with a small social circle or worse, no social circle. But one little lesson erased all that and I'm looking forward to all the future mistakes. Not to mention the infamous karaoke bar scene in Japan and late night talks discussing the States with people who have never been here and most likely never will. Looking forward to living alone in Japan.