After my trip to Japan in 2018 I have decided that I need to explore Japan on another level. So in 2019 I went there to study the language. I went to a nice town called Ueda, one Shinkansen station from Nagano. My trip got extended by additional 4 months due to COVID and while I failed to significantly advance in my Japanese beyond the basics it did fulfill its purpose of showing me what life in Japan is like. Needless to say that it was within my expectations and finalized my decision to relocate to Japan permanently at the earliest opportunity.

Sadly things never work out as one plans, so things are taking longer than I would like. Part of the problem is that my Japanese is still at a basic level, but of more importance is the way I have decided to come to Japan. I want to relay on my own abilities and have the result be dependent on my own abilities. That leaves me with only one way and that is to establish my own company and get a business owner visa. This is the most difficult of approaches as the requirements are very strict, especially to the profitability of the business. Startups are notorious for running years without turning profit, so this is going to be a crazy gamble. Still personally I prefer that over regular employment where Japan does not have the best of reputations and I want to be fully reliant on my abilities.

Beside my interest in Japan, persona and health reasons the time has come for me to settle down. In a way I'm a few years late to my ideal when I want to settle down, but every time I'm in Japan I'm more and more certain that it is the right choice. Not an easy choice. After all, staying back in Prague in the family home would be the easiest and cheapest choice. So would be just working a part-time job (with the salaries in my field and cost of living I could easily afford that) and spending the other half of the day playing games or doing open source work instead of trying to build Literary Universe (which as of now is financially and personally expensive).

With this goal in mind the challenge this year is to focus my mind and efforts to make it happen. I need to re-learn leadership qualities that I have lost by being years just rank and file employee in corporations. Strictly structure my day and keep at to be successful and not to loose sanity. This is required if I want to move forward and have any chance of success. The goal is the end of the year for Literary Universe to be self sustainable. If it won't be then at that time I will be out of money anyway and will have to take a job elsewhere.

During my last visit to Japan I have meditated on these things and that is my resolve. Wish me luck, and if you can I would appreciate your support!