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My Obsession with Japanese Women is OVER
2022-06-27 · 11 min
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So it's 2022 and the idea of Japan
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0:00–0:03 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_0reopening for tourists this summer has
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0:03–0:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_1started to become more and more of a topic
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0:06–0:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_2that people are talking about. And after
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0:08–0:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_3waiting 2 long years for Japan to finally
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0:11–0:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_4reopen to tourists, you might think that I
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0:12–0:15 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_5would be very excited at the idea of being
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0:16–0:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_6able to finally get back to Japan. But
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0:18–0:20 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_7unfortunately, I just don't really feel
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0:21–0:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_8very interested in going to Japan right
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0:22–0:24 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_9now. 2 years is quite a long time, and
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0:24–0:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_10over the course of 2 years, I feel like
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0:27–0:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_11I've changed quite a lot as a person. The
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0:29–0:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_12things I feel interested in has taken a
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0:32–0:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_13dramatic shift over the past 2 years, and
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0:34–0:36 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_14I think that might be quite understandable
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0:37–0:38 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_15for most people. Most people don't have
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0:39–0:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_16the same interests or hobbies for their
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0:40–0:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_17entire lives, and as the years go on, we
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0:42–0:45 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_18mature and grow as people, and so do our
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0:45–0:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_19interests. So as many of you may know,
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0:48–0:50 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_20for most of my adult life, I've been very
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0:50–0:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_21obsessed with Japan and the idea of living
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0:52–0:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_22in Japan and dating a Japanese woman. But
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0:55–0:58 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_23now when I think of the idea of going back
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0:58–1:00 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_24to Japan and living there semi-long-term
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1:00–1:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_25for a few months, the idea just kind of
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1:03–1:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_26bores me because I can kind of imagine
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1:05–1:07 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_27what's going to happen. I'll go there,
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1:07–1:09 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_28I'll get some kind of apartment hotel,
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1:09–1:11 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_29and then I'll just sit around in the hotel
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1:12–1:13 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_30feeling pretty bored. I might get some
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1:13–1:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_31dates on dating apps and then I'll go on
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1:16–1:17 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_32dates, but these dates are probably going
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1:17–1:19 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_33to be pretty rubbish and not really up to
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1:19–1:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_34my standards. I won't really feel
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1:21–1:23 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_35attracted to any of the women I get dates
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1:23–1:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_36with, and it'll just be in general pretty
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1:25–1:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_37lacking in lustre and dull. 6 months will
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1:27–1:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_38go by, which is the longest amount of time
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1:31–1:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_39I can stay as a tourist, and I would have
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1:33–1:35 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_40wasted all that money on apartments and
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1:35–1:37 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_41hotels and food and stuff. And after the 6
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1:37–1:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_42months is over, I'll have to leave Japan,
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1:40–1:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_43and I basically would have achieved pretty
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1:43–1:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_44much nothing during those 6 months unless
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1:45–1:47 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_45I somehow managed to get a visa by getting
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1:47–1:49 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_46married again, which is probably going to
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1:49–1:51 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_47be very unlikely. I just look back at all
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1:51–1:53 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_48the times I went to Japan, all of the
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1:53–1:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_49trips, all of the months I spent in Japan
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1:55–1:57 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_50just messing around with women and going
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1:57–1:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_51dating and going to restaurants and
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1:59–2:01 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_52meeting people, and sure, it was fun at
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2:02–2:03 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_53the time, and sure, I made some nice
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2:03–2:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_54memories, but in the end, it didn't really
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2:06–2:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_55amount to anything that's helping me right
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2:08–2:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_56now in this very moment. I could have
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2:11–2:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_57spent that time or money learning new
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2:12–2:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_58skills, gaining new qualifications or
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2:15–2:17 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_59certificates, but instead of getting new
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2:17–2:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_60skills, I just got chlamydia and divorced.
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2:19–2:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_61I think the idea of settling down in
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2:21–2:23 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_62England and just living in England
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2:24–2:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_63long-term really scared me. For a very
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2:25–2:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_64long time, and the idea of running away to
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2:28–2:30 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_65a cool country like Japan always seemed
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2:30–2:32 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_66more magical and interesting to me as a
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2:33–2:35 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_67young adult. But now in my 30s, I'm
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2:35–2:37 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_68starting to rethink a lot of things. I'm
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2:37–2:39 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_69starting to think that maybe I could get
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2:39–2:41 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_70more happiness and fulfillment in life if
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2:41–2:43 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_71I just stayed put in one country, my own
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2:44–2:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_72country, which is the easiest country to
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2:46–2:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_73stay in to do stuff since I speak the
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2:48–2:50 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_74language and I don't have any problems
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2:51–2:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_75with visas. The main appeal of Japan for
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2:52–2:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_76me when I was younger was Japanese women.
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2:55–2:57 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_77I kind of had this obsession, maybe even a
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2:57–2:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_78fetish you could say, for Japanese girls
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2:59–3:01 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_79and Japanese women. But as of right now,
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3:01–3:03 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_80I kind of lost all interest in Japanese
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3:03–3:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_81women, and kind of just women in general
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3:05–3:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_82have been very uninteresting to me
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3:08–3:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_83recently. And I feel kind of bored with
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3:10–3:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_84all the dating stuff and the relationship
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3:12–3:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_85stuff. I want to do something else in
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3:15–3:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_86life. I don't even know why I was so
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3:16–3:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_87obsessed with Japanese women. I think it's
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3:19–3:20 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_88because of all of the anime I watched
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3:20–3:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_89where the girls look really cute and they
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3:22–3:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_90look really fun to be with, and I thought
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3:25–3:26 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_91they would just make perfect girlfriends,
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3:27–3:28 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_92and that was the kind of girl that I
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3:29–3:30 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_93wanted to be with. But then I went to
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3:31–3:32 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_94Japan and I realized that real-life people
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3:32–3:34 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_95don't really look as beautiful and pretty
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3:34–3:36 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_96as anime characters, or even as actresses
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3:36–3:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_97in TV shows do. I mean, some of the girls
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3:40–3:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_98over there are very pretty and very
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3:42–3:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_99attractive, but let's face it, they won't
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3:44–3:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_100ever be interested in a guy like me, and
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3:46–3:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_101the vast majority of people over in Japan
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3:48–3:50 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_102are just kind of either average or very
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3:51–3:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_103unattractive. It's the same as any other
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3:53–3:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_104country. It doesn't matter which country
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3:55–3:56 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_105you go to, there's going to be a small
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3:57–3:58 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_106percentage of very attractive people who
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3:58–4:01 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_107won't give a damn about you unless you're
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4:01–4:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_108also very attractive, which I'm not, and
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4:03–4:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_109you probably aren't either. And after
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4:05–4:06 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_110experiencing several relationships with
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4:07–4:09 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_111fairly moderately attractive Japanese
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4:09–4:11 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_112women and some very unattractive ones and
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4:11–4:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_113some very old and ugly fat ones, I have to
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4:14–4:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_114say that in conclusion None of the
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4:16–4:19 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_115relationships were very great. That's why
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4:19–4:20 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_116they all ended. There's not even one
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4:21–4:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_117relationship that I had with a Japanese
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4:22–4:24 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_118girlfriend that I actually regret losing
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4:24–4:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_119or that I miss being with. They all just
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4:27–4:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_120kind of sucked, and I preferred being
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4:29–4:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_121alone instead of being in them. I tried so
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4:31–4:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_122hard to make this dream of dating the
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4:33–4:35 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_123perfect Japanese anime girl to come true
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4:35–4:37 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_124and become a reality. And after all my
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4:38–4:39 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_125sacrifices and all of my efforts studying
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4:40–4:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_126Japanese and studying the Japanese culture
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4:42–4:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_127and trying to find out how I could move
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4:44–4:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_128there, all of it was all in vain and
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4:46–4:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_129didn't really matter because in the end it
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4:48–4:50 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_130was all just a waste of time. I think the
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4:50–4:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_131problem is if you're feeling bored and you
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4:52–4:54 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_132don't know what to do in life, just moving
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4:54–4:56 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_133to Japan is not really going to fix the
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4:56–4:58 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_134problems. Sure, in the beginning it'll be
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4:58–4:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_135exciting because everything's fresh and
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5:00–5:01 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_136new and you're with someone new and you
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5:01–5:03 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_137can go on cute dates, but when the
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5:03–5:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_138honeymoon phase is over, and it will be
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5:06–5:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_139over fairly soon, you'll just be back to
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5:08–5:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_140feeling bored and you don't know what to
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5:10–5:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_141do in life anymore. And that's exactly
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5:12–5:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_142what happened to me after getting married
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5:14–5:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_143and settling down in Japan. I just started
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5:16–5:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_144to feel bored and didn't know what to do
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5:19–5:20 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_145anymore again. Dating a Japanese woman is
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5:20–5:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_146also kind of boring because number one,
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5:22–5:24 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_147if they don't speak good English, then you
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5:25–5:26 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_148have to speak in Japanese all the time,
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5:26–5:28 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_149which wasn't really too much of a problem
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5:28–5:30 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_150to me since I passed level 2 of the JLPT
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5:30–5:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_151and I nearly passed level 1, so my
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5:33–5:35 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_152Japanese was up to a fairly decent
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5:35–5:37 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_153standard. But still, even for me, I
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5:37–5:39 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_154started to get very tired and exhausted
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5:39–5:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_155having to communicate in Japanese all the
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5:42–5:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_156time. Also, Japanese women have no idea or
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5:44–5:47 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_157knowledge about meme culture or internet
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5:47–5:49 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_158stuff or trending popular topics that
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5:49–5:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_159might be trending and popular in the West.
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5:52–5:54 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_160So good luck having any kind of
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5:54–5:56 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_161conversations about Elon Musk buying
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5:56–5:58 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_162Twitter or the Will Smith slap thing with
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5:58–6:00 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_163Japanese people because they probably
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6:00–6:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_164won't have any idea what you're talking
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6:02–6:04 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_165about or they won't even care in the first
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6:04–6:06 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_166place. So after you get bored of the
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6:06–6:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_167bedtime activities, which you will get
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6:08–6:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_168bored of pretty soon because Japanese
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6:10–6:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_169women aren't that exciting or adventurous
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6:12–6:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_170in the sack, then there's not really much
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6:14–6:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_171else to keep you stimulated emotionally or
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6:16–6:19 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_172intellectually. What are you going to talk
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6:20–6:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_173about? I guess you could talk about how
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6:21–6:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_174sunny it is and how cute the little bunny
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6:23–6:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_175rabbits across the road are. In almost
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6:25–6:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_176every relationship I had in Japan, I just
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6:27–6:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_177started to get really bored after a few
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6:29–6:30 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_178months, and I would start going to see
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6:31–6:32 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_179different women and then cheating and then
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6:33–6:34 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_180coming back home and didn't really care if
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6:34–6:36 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_181the relationships blew up and ended. So if
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6:37–6:39 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_182I'm not really feeling very interested in
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6:40–6:41 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_183Japanese women anymore, What is the point
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6:41–6:43 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_184of going to Japan? That's basically the
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6:44–6:45 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_185main appeal point of going to Japan is for
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6:46–6:47 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_186the women. I guess there's also the food
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6:48–6:49 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_187and the culture, but you can get Japanese
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6:50–6:51 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_188food anywhere in the world. If I want to
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6:51–6:53 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_189eat sushi or ramen, I can just go on to
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6:53–6:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_190Uber Eats and there's a lot of restaurants
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6:56–6:57 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_191that sell Japanese food. You don't need to
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6:58–6:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_192go all the way to Japan to eat Japanese
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6:59–7:00 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_193food. And the culture stuff, I don't
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7:01–7:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_194really care much about that. Now that I
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7:03–7:04 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_195don't really care much about the women
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7:05–7:05 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_196either, I just don't really see much point
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7:06–7:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_197or appeal in going to Japan. Because what
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7:08–7:10 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_198would I do when I get there? And right now
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7:11–7:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_199I'm just really enjoying learning to
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7:12–7:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_200drive. It's been such a long time since I
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7:15–7:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_201really dedicated myself to learning a new
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7:17–7:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_202skill, and it's very challenging, but I've
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7:19–7:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_203had about 6 lessons so far, 2 hours each,
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7:22–7:23 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_204so about 12 hours of driving lessons I've
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7:24–7:26 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_205had so far. And I'm actually really
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7:27–7:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_206enjoying operating the car and driving it
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7:29–7:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_207around town and doing the different
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7:32–7:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_208maneuvers, and it's actually been a great
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7:34–7:36 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_209learning experience, and I can't wait to
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7:36–7:38 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_210be able to get my driving license and then
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7:39–7:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_211start getting into the world of cars. And
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7:40–7:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_212I think I've really changed the way I
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7:42–7:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_213think when it comes to challenges and
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7:44–7:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_214trying to do difficult things. It all
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7:47–7:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_215started when I was playing Elden Ring, a
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7:49–7:51 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_216game that I thought I would never like and
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7:51–7:53 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_217I thought I'd really hate it. But after
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7:53–7:54 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_218playing Elden Ring and getting really
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7:55–7:56 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_219addicted to it, I started to learn the joy
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7:56–7:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_220of doing something difficult. And even if
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7:59–8:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_221it takes you 600 times to take down a
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8:02–8:04 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_222boss, when you eventually get better and
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8:04–8:06 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_223better and you finally get to take down
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8:07–8:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_224that boss and you get that sweet XP and
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8:08–8:11 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_225gear. It feels so great overcoming a
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8:11–8:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_226challenge, and I think that's really
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8:14–8:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_227shifted my way of thinking when it comes
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8:16–8:18 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_228to taking on difficult tasks, which in the
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8:18–8:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_229past I would just avoid doing. I would
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8:21–8:23 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_230just avoid anything that's difficult and
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8:24–8:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_231then find a way around it so I wouldn't
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8:25–8:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_232have to learn anything new. In the past,
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8:27–8:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_233I had such a bad mentality where if
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8:29–8:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_234anything became too difficult, I would
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8:32–8:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_235just give up, and then I'd start creating
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8:34–8:35 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_236all of these excuses to justify giving up.
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8:35–8:38 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_237When I first took driving lessons when I
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8:38–8:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_238was 18, every time it got really
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8:40–8:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_239difficult, I just thought, oh my god, I
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8:42–8:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_240can't do this, I'm gonna give up, this is
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8:44–8:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_241a waste of time. But now I'm embracing the
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8:46–8:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_242challenge in true Elden Ring fashion. If
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8:48–8:50 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_243there's something difficult, I'll just
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8:50–8:52 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_244keep trying and trying until I get better
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8:52–8:54 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_245and better, and I can see the
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8:54–8:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_246improvements. For example, I used to be so
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8:56–8:58 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_247scared of the clutch in a car, in a manual
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8:58–9:00 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_248transmission car. I used to be so scared
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9:01–9:02 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_249of stalling it and feeling embarrassed at
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9:03–9:04 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_250traffic lights. When the engine cuts out.
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9:05–9:06 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_251But I'm getting really good at the clutch
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9:07–9:08 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_252after all these lessons practicing clutch
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9:09–9:11 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_253control. I feel like I'm really getting
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9:11–9:13 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_254the hang of it. And you should have seen
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9:13–9:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_255me yesterday. I was using perfect clutch
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9:15–9:17 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_256control going up this hill in traffic,
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9:17–9:19 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_257and I was slowing down and slightly
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9:19–9:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_258speeding up just by using tiny little
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9:22–9:23 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_259adjustments on the clutch, pressing it
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9:24–9:25 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_260down slightly, lifting it up slightly.
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9:25–9:27 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_261And it just felt really satisfying to
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9:27–9:29 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_262finally get good at something that I was
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9:29–9:31 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_263very scared of in the past. So in
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9:31–9:33 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_264conclusion, now that I don't really feel
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9:33–9:34 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_265very interested in dating Japanese women
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9:35–9:36 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_266anymore, I also don't really feel very
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9:36–9:38 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_267interested in just going to Japan and
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9:38–9:40 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_268sitting around doing nothing like I used
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9:40–9:42 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_269to. I'd rather spend my time and my money
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9:42–9:44 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_270trying to learn some kind of new skill
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9:45–9:46 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_271that I really want to become good at. For
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9:46–9:48 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_272now, that would be driving. And then after
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9:49–9:51 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_273driving, I guess I have to find something
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9:51–9:53 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_274new to challenge myself with. And that's
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9:53–9:55 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_275basically life, isn't it? You just keep
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9:55–9:57 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_276doing one challenge after the next
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9:57–9:59 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_277challenge after the next one to keep
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9:59–10:00 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_278yourself stimulated. If you don't have
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10:03–10:04 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_280that's difficult, that you really want to
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10:04–10:06 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_281do, then you just become really bored
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10:06–10:07 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_282because there's no obstacles to try and
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10:07–10:09 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_283take down. You just feel like there's
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10:09–10:11 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_284nothing to do all day, you don't know what
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10:11–10:12 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_285to do with your life anymore. I guess you
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10:12–10:14 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_286could say after getting married to a
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10:15–10:16 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_287Japanese woman and sleeping with many, I
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10:16–10:19 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_288don't really feel like that's a challenge
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10:19–10:21 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_289that I care much about anymore. I guess
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10:21–10:22 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_290you could say I feel like I've conquered
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10:23–10:24 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_291Japanese women, and I want to go into
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10:24–10:26 · rev_c68bfcb5cce88ad135ef2193b18285fa_292something else now.
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