Christmas & Life Updates

I'm sure not many people care to read this too much, but I haven't really had a chance to just write and chat other than using twitter to spew out 240 character babbles on this blog for awhile. So I wanted to talk about what's been up with this blog, work life and all.

As all of you know by now if you follow this blog and my twitter, I started a new job in April of this year.

It's been a tough transition.

I went from basically teaching teens and almost young adults to children again, and on top of that, I have full homeroom duties. So I'm no longer just bumbling around a school just chatting up kids at the school and trying to kill time during the work day. I am responsible for the kids I teach to a much high degree. I even teach most of the core subjects in English now.

And dealing with Karens... or well, Karen Parents.

A rant about terrible parents I've started on my twitter account. :p

So in essence, I have less time to travel around and write blogs. At least to the same quality I used to write them in. And when it comes to writing, I really don't like half-assing it. I know that if I want my blog to be more "successful", it's often more about the output than the content itself. But for me, this wasn't really about profit. I simply enjoy writing. And I use this as an outlet where I can do design and write, both of which I have done to some capacity in the past. So I try not to put out blog posts unless I have something dire to say, except that means I need time for. Time I no longer really have.

So that's to say... I do still want to write and share my experiences with all of you who still like to read things. So I will continue to do that as much as I am able, but the quality will suffer due to the time I have to actually recheck and add details on there.

I don't want time to deter me from writing, and I don't want to have to stress about why I can't write. I can. And I want to for sure!

So I hope you can understand.

Before I go, I want to leave you with this year's Christmas decorations from Osaka Grand Front in Umeda. It's Harry Potter themed this year. A bit underwhelming tbqh, but it still looks nice:

I even got myself an Advent Calendar this year from Lindt. A bit expensive for tiny balls of chocolate, but I thought it was fitting since I'm currently learning German and the chocolates are from a German country.

Anyway, I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday, whatever it is that you and yours celebrate this winter!!