*** Follow me on my journey as I struggle to make my dreams since 7 become a reality in Japan***
-Dylan(20 yrs old)
Quick Summary Of Journey/Footnotes(Intro):
-7 years old:
Raised in small Canadian town feel perspective largely widened after becoming infatuated with Japan. NAFTA and global competitiveness makes Japanese products harder to find during this time period. I dreamt of a day products from all around the world flourish in Canada widening perspectives and bringing innovation to the next level. (no japan no instant noodles/no japan no Walkman no inspiration for the later to become Ipod)
-14 years old :
I began saving money and studying intensively(no Japanese classes available at school and had to be ready if I wanted to enter as an actual student to Japanese university)
-16 years old :
launches wood-shavings resale company.
(to get some savings together for the big move to Japan had launched several other companies at 11,13,14 years old all did not do so well)
-18 years old:
Left the small Canadian town to move to Tokyo. I entered exam hell to enter Japanese university.(being raised in Canada and no education In Japanese history,geography and all other subjects 19 hr+ days of studying in very small room. Quite badly destroyed health that year,gained 45 pounds but managed to pull through and get accepted and gladly health is back to normal now)
-19 years old:
I became 1 of first North Americans to enter Chuo University.
-20 years old:
After beginning to take on student debt luckily earned fully paid scholarship sponsored by Japanese manufacturing company.
As of today I am far from where I want to be and am working everyday to become someone who 7 year old me could have looked up to.
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FULL INTRO:
Hi my name is Dylan. I’m 20 years old. I was born and raised in Canada but during my transition into adulthood(at 18 years old) I had moved to Japan.
I will be posting frequently about my journey as I grind each and every day towards once again showing the world the charm of Japan.
Of course moving to Japan culture shock was one thing, but the extremely long days and loneliness often tested my will, however there is not a day I have regretted the decision to make the leap.
I’m just as passionate as the 7 year old kid who ran around with a picture book of Japan to anywhere he went LOL .
Glad to now be a member of steemit. Nice to meet you all!
Posts You Can Expect:
-Insights On Japanese Society
-Updates On My Journey
-Experiences In Japan/Comparisons
WHY DO I CARE ABOUT JAPAN? AND WHY WOULD I GO TO THESE GREAT OF LENGTHS TO SHOW THE BEAUTY OF A COUNTRY WHEN I WASN'T EVEN BORN HERE??
CHECK THE VIDEO BELOW FOR MORE INFO ABOUT WHAT GOT ME STARTED!
UPCOMING POST(MY NEXT POST): THE IDENTITY CRISIS-CONFORMING TO DIFFERENT CULTURES-Early January Post
man, steemit is really awesome, I just found your post by chance conse someone I follow resteemed it and it appeared in my Feed.
We do have A LOT in common, passion about japan, and will to move and study in there, I'm really glad to see you're already a lot of steeps closer to your life dreams, in fact you are already living it !
This is absolutely just amazing, I'm also struggling here in order to make my dream to move and study in japan become true (you can found this at the foot of any of my posts hahaha)
I'm sure we shall become great friends !
I'm already following you and please feel fully invited to add me on steem.chat, discord and facebook!
you can both find me and andyluy on steemchat and discord.
And on facebooke you can see my page at:
facebook.com/andyluy
hope you have amazing experiences here on steemit!
Like I already am =D
see ya ! o/
Thank you so much andyluy!
I have followed you as well as looked at some of your amazing content.
I am extremely impressed that not only do you speak spanish you speak amazing English!
and to top it all off you are aiming to study in Japan
I will add you on discord as im downloading it tonight!
Its inspiring to hear there are others working hard towards a similar goal.
I wish you all the best of luck and if there is anything I can help you with please let me know! Im sure there is a lot we can do to help one another 😄
Hey Dylan! That's an amazing story, and a really cool animated video. Did you create that yourself? If so, you are an incredible animator!!
Welcome to Steem! We're glad to have you here!
I am a Steem curator, and creator of the series "The Fresh 5" where I pick five new Steemians to share with my followers that they should know about. I have selected you as one of my five for today. Your post has been featured in my post you can find here: The Fresh 5.
I would encourage you to come over and visit my post and say hi in the comments to get to know some of the folks reading my daily digest. You are welcome to tell us more about yourself there and encourage my readers to come and check you out!
Have a great day! Looking forward to seeing more of you on the platform!!
Thank you!
Yes I worked on narration, subtitles and worked with a team on the animation. The animation was originally made for a piece Im working on to present to Japanese companies as we further cooperation with one another.
Im glad you have taken an interest in my posts.
Thanks again so much for your support! I checked out your page as well truly interesting content will be sure to keep following you !
-Dylan
Welcome to Steemit Dylan. I'm in Tokyo, Hachioji to be exact. If you ever need someone to have a beer with I am always available.
The Japanese Steemit community is growing and meet ups are being planned. @moromaro and @steemijp are involved in them.
Cheers!
Thank you!
I would love to meet everyone!
I will be sure to follow others from Japan as well.
I live quite close to Hachioji so would really like if we could meet up sometime!
-Dylan
Yes! I think @shogo is out here too. We could have mini-steemit meet ups! Where are you at? You can DM me at our discord community here: https://discord.gg/e5XFZKa
I'll download discord tonight and be sure to DM you! :)
-Dylan
Welcome to Steemit. I think you’ll find it can really supplement everything you’re already doing here quite well.
I’d recommend reposting that video and introducing yourself, or just the video, in Japanese and labeling it with the tag #japanese so that you can begin making contacts with the Japanese community.
I think you’ll find your identity crisis really developed in another year or two when you visit home, or later when you have kids in Japan.
Thank you this is hugely helpful !
I thought about reposting it in Japanese but was very worried people would think I'm just recycling content.
I will be sure to post in Japanese as well!
For sure! I currently am visiting home and feel I guess what you could call "reverse culture-shock" .
Thanks for the advice! Much Appreciated!
-Dylan
I’ve found reverse culture shock to be much bigger than culture shock in itself, at least when dealing with Japan.
Many people make two posts, one in each language. I’ve never seen anyone complain about it, and it looks much neater. Sometimes having two languages on one page looks really messy.
And when it’s your own content, you can definitely use it as you want. If readers don’t like it, they will let you know, either by not voting, by downvoting, or by leaving you comments.
Hello and welcome @dylansjourney! Thank you for a concise and informative introduction post! I hope you'll find Steemit friendly and rewarding! I find it fascinating that you decided to move to Japan and as a fellow Japan fan I'm very happy you'll be posting about the Japanese society and culture. I'm sure your insight will be very interesting. You know, I'm from Poland and we've got a very well known Youtuber called Krzysztof Gonciarz, who also moved to Japan and I enjoy watching his films. You did amazing job on the film, and your use of Japanese is mind-blowing (I learnt Japanese a bit and love this language). I'll follow you to not miss anything! I wish you success on Steemit, all the best, Klaudia :)
Hello Klaudia.
Im glad to hear there are others who share a love for Japan!
Thank you! I will try my best to contribute the most informative and helpful information I possibly can!
I will be sure to check him out as well! Your English is absolutely amazing the fact you know both English and some Japanese is quite the achievement. 😄
I really do appreciate the kind words. The animation took quite a bit of time and effort so it is nice to hear the positive feedback.
I followed you as well look forward to seeing more from you!
-Dylan
Cool! I'm sure we'll stay in touch :) Good luck @dylansjourney :)
Welcome to steemit community, by joining in steemit then you will add new insights and knowledge, you also can share new things that have not been known by others. Greetings know from me @teukukhaidir
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to view my post !
It seems like you are someone who posts consistently I have followed you!
Look forward to seeing more of your content!
-Dylan
Welcome to Steem @dylansjourney. Feel free to follow me @kanasite and upvote. Cheers :)
Thank you so much look forward to it! I followed you :)
You have some interesting content .
I see you have started a startup as well!
Hopefully I could see some content on your experience being a new startup. Would love that!
Thanks again for taking the time to read my page!
Hey, @dylanjourney! Welcome to steemit and Japan! I’m also here chasing my dreams! Looking forward to your posts, they sound pretty interesting!
Thank you!
I saw your posts as well! They seem very interesting cant wait to read more! I am following you as well!
Thanks again:)
-Dylan
Hi Dylan, interesting story! As a fellow Canadian and new Steemian who has a brother living in Japan, I will definitely be following your posts.
Hello Sean I took a look at your page.
Amazing story you have there! You have quite the way with words.
Truly enjoyed reading your introduction post sounds like I could learn a lot from you!
Will be sure to read more of your upcoming posts.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
-Dylan
Thank you for following me, Dylan!
I followed you too.
I'm looking forward to read your interesting story :)
And I replied your comment too.
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