Day 111 of writing every day.
After a continuous week of programming lessons and leaving my job, I find I finally have my Saturday morning to myself today. I took things slow but still woke up early for the weekend. There was a package delivery I was hoping would arrive before I headed out in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the postal delivery came after I left and made it to the train station, so I requested a redelivery for Sunday morning.
Despite being in my room the whole morning, I knew my right leg and foot still were not back to “normal.” By normal I mean not feeling like there’s always some sort of tension that causes discomfort when I walk. But I opted not to have an osteopathic appointment this weekend. Having felt improvements, I wanted to see how my body actually functioned for a brief period without daily massage therapy. Turns out not too good, and it’s a shame as I’m on my feet a lot and there’s no getting out of using my feet unless I’m in a wheelchair.
Though I applied for national health insurance, I won’t be getting my insurance card right away. Perhaps it’ll arrive in the mail at some point next week if I recall what I was told, and heard the man at city hall correctly. It’s not the reason why I opted to set my next osteopathic appointment four days after my last one which was on Wednesday, but I would feel more at ease if I had my insurance card in case I have to pay the full cost upfront and go through some procedures to get reimbursed later if I didn’t have the card issued to me yet.
Continuing Education
The fight against boredom of studying on my own is constant if experience serves. I’ve reached the end of the fundamentals course for web application development and will be completing the intro to making a single page application on React that closes the coursework on Monday.
I’m not sure what my next step is: should I sign up for more standardized courses with them, or should I sign up for an online school that offers a more flexible curriculum tailored to me and my vision for the type of position I want to find employment in?
Whatever I choose, it’s going to require time and money, but also effort on my part to go above and beyond by experimenting on my own to build a portfolio and prepare for interviews. It’d be nice not to have to work but to only want to work when I feel like it. But life’s not that easy for me in Japan and I’ll have to soldier on.
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