Name: Habits I Developed While Living in Japan
Uploaded: 2020-10-09T19:30:41.000Z
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I care a lot about my appearance now, So Okay, This is another weird habit that I developed, but pointing at yourself to do you Yeah.

I am trying very hard to find a spot for me to film any of anything.

Honestly, because I haven't, uh, completed the office room.

I have my tea right here, and I have my Christmas tree in the back.

I'm gonna try to be as brief as possible.

If some of you guys were living in Japan or living somewhere else around the world and you guys can share your habits with me, that would be wonderful.

I'd love to hear about other countries and people who I've also lived abroad and developed some habits and all that stuff.

So the first habit that I developed was taking off my shoes.

So taking off your shoes in Japan is a very common thing.

Before you walk into the house automatically just without thinking.

Take off your shoes because if you're in someone's home or you're in a very nice, like Japanese restaurant or space or hotel or something, you just naturally take off your shoes like common etiquette in Japan.

Also, I feel like this habit is very good for me because first of all, a lot of bacteria is carried on shoes.

So if you're wearing your shoes outside and you're wearing your shoes inside as well, it's not good.

It drags a lot of germs into the house, and it makes the carpets dirty and the flooring dirty.

You can have room shoes, which is totally fine.

But honestly, like I just don't feel comfortable in it anymore.

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this when they're in Japan, but I definitely had developed this habit of just not wearing shoes.

I used to actually just walk into my house with shoes, especially when I was a kid in America.

You know, we would go outside and play and we just come in and walk in, and it's just like my host sister when I had her in high school like we would walk in with our shoes and she'd be like, Oh, my gosh, why are you walking inside with your shoes?

Another habit I developed is eating more fish.

And some of you guys may think, Well, yeah, Japan is surrounded by water.

It's an island, so naturally you're gonna eat more fish.

Fish is very healthy for you if you're not a vegetarian.

If you're not vegan, Um, I feel like fish is a very good thing to incorporate into your diet.

Has omega threes packed into it has vitamins such as vitamin D and B to fish is rich in calcium and phosphorus.

So it's just all around a good meal toe Have, if you are tired or just need something to pick you up, give you more energy.

I've been eating so many different types of fish.

My favorite fishes Sava, which is mackerel.

It doesn't have as much mercury in it, but salmon is also one of my favorite.

I eat all types of other fish that I've never heard of.

Okay, I'm not sure what that is in English, but it's just very good for you.

Like I just love fish and I love the way they cook it here, even though it has the bones in it, it's just ah, hearty meal like it's very good.

If you guys come to Japan, you should try some of the many fish, but they have especially sushi.

I'm trying toe lean toward not eating so much raw fish.

I prefer to eat more cooked or broiled or grilled fish.

Japan just loves to stand in long lines, and they're very okay with it.

People stand in lines that are hours long, probably Tokyo Disneyland.

If you ever come here, a lot of people stand in line for popcorn and it'll be miles long and you'll be like why they're the most patient people on the planet.

Even the customer service is very patient.

They are always there to help you and kind and loving.

I feel like as a teacher in Japan, you learn to be more patient with things, so especially When you're teaching small Children, you learn patients, so I've become a lot more patient.

I used to be a very, very impatient person, and I still kind of am.

But I'm a lot better with it now, and I feel like patience is key to living in this country and to working here.

That's just one of the positive habits that I developed.

I care a lot about my appearance now, so when you come to Japan, you'll see lots of people that are dressed up and looking nice.

They look like they're going to a nice dinner.

They look like they're going to work or they look like they're going just out for a casual date.

You will never see anybody wearing sweatpants, but Jammeh pan their hair tied in a knot.

Everybody, it looks like they're going somewhere.

Even if they're not, you'll see moms at the grocery store wearing the most beautiful clothing, long skirts and cozy sweaters with their hair and braids.

I just like just seeing that makes me feel very embarrassed when I go out and I'm dressed really crappy.

I have not gone out in sweat pants or anything like that since I moved here.

You'd never see anybody really wear hoodies here, which is crazy, and they do sell them.

But it's just like you don't really see people wearing them.

There's a lot of fashion trends that are going on that people are trying out and just I just think it's so interesting to see how people dress and how the trends are changing.

And, ah, lot of people are starting to not care what other people think they express themselves.

Some people dress up in like crazy stuff, and it just it's very expressive and very creative.

And I think that's one thing that I really love about Japan walking instead of taking public transportation.

But if I had the option to walk and it was only about 30 minutes of a walk, I will take that walk because first and foremost trains they're usually very packed.

It's very hard to move in them, especially at certain hours of the day.

Um, taking a bus can also be very packed and slow walking is just sometimes generally faster.

There's a lot of things that are close together.

A lot of places, they're close together and you just should walk.

I love walking from station to station just to see what they have and what's going on.

There's lots of cash phase and cool stuff, especially in Tokyo.

I even walk to the station from my apartment, which is literally, like 12 minutes of a walk.

If you were in America or something, if I were in America, I used to be like parking, maybe five minutes walk away and I would complain.

But now I'm just like when I go home and be park 15 minutes away.

I'm like, Cool, let's walk and I do not care anymore.

So I definitely walk more to places than I did before, and that's a habit that I've developed that's also very healthy.

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