Unfortunately in Japan this seems to be normal. I love the country and the people but living here has constant challenges

Welcome to another day of I thought I was in a modern country. Today I had one goal…. Get a phone number! I go to the store when they open, “sorry we are busy” (there is no one in the store except the 5 staff) I was told to come back at 4pm. I arrived at the allotted time to be told “sorry you don’t have an appointment “ I decided to stay and not get messed around. 10 minutes later my appointment is found and we start the process and get told that I can get a Samsung phone for 11yen as I’m a new customer. 90 minutes later I’m told that I can’t get the 11yen phone just as I’m about to sign. The end result no phone and no phone number. This was another 6 hour ordeal. I’m done with the circus this week and will begin again on Monday 🤪

I didn’t really return to my normal diet, I made some better choices. After around 18 months I had put on around 10kg and stayed there until I recently moved to Japan and I’m now losing weight without doing anything except eating a 100% Japanese diet, except I don’t eat Tofu.

I wouldn’t recommend it unless you are ready 😀

Yes nothing for the entire day and night for 40 days, I lost 18kg and my arthritis was gone and blood pressure was back to normal among other ailments.

I did 40 days with just water and 1 black coffee each day, it was great

I’ve just realised tomorrow is #Bitcoinwhitepaperday #Nostr #Bitcoin

Japan is different, we all think it’s modern but most practices here are very analog. I had 4 things on my agenda today, register my address with the prefectural office, open a bank account, pay my water bill, and get a new Japanese phone number. After 8 hours all I had achieved is registration of my address, paying my water bill, and making an appointment in 3 weeks to open a bank account. For a modern country things are very slow.

After jumping through hoops for months I finally have my long term Japanese visa. Now to get my resident card 🤪

GN

Thank you, I’ve found it’s a process of actively making good decisions. I’m far from getting it right most of the time but all we can do is try our best