I (22F) am half Japanese living in America. I am graduating with an Exercise Science degree this December. My original plan was to go straight into PT school, but it now doesn’t seem as realistic with everything going on, the cost, and to be honest, I just don’t feel prepared to go to PT school right now.
I grew up in America most of my life, other than 2 years in Japan from ages 4-6, then periodically visiting Japan for a couple weeks at a time. So my English is native level and although I learned Japanese first, it’s conversational at best now (no accent tho!). I did take a few Japanese classes and studied abroad at a Japanese language school during college, but I am not confident in my Japanese whatsoever.
A bit of a long background, but here is my dilemma: I am graduating and I don’t know what to do. I am currently living with my dad and his fiancée and I desperately want to move out. I have a strong desire to experience living in Japan again at least for a couple of years, but I’m not sure what I could do. Even in the US my degree, there’s not much I can do out of college unless I go to graduate school, etc. I could be a personal trainer, but there’s not much money in that unless I build a reputation. So I’m considering Japan. I feel like I’m practically a foreigner with a Japanese citizenship. I could go to school in Japan as an international student but that probably requires a N1/2 level. Or I could be an English teacher, but I don’t know, it feels like a too easy option if that makes sense. Another option, my grandfather owns a modeling agency. My aunt and him said if my brother and I lived in Japan, we could totally model for them, but I feel like that is not a stable income/job. I also don’t have confidence in myself as a model.
I feel like I have options, but no options at the same time. If anyone has any insight, advice, suggestion, I would be so grateful.
by Murky-Diamond-6910