[SamuraiAlchemistNinja]

I've been trying to figure out a solid plan for a few years now of how I want to go about achieving my dreams and also not becoming discouraged or depressed at a horrible outcome I've brought about by insufficient planning. Now that I've run out of time for idly sitting and thinking things out and it's time to act, I've got *almost* everything figured out. College first, and it was always gonna be that way. As much schooling and knowledge gain as is possible before I up and whisk myself away to Japan. And ideas like "What if it turns out I don't like living in Japan, even after all I know and have learned; what if it turns out I don't want to be in Japan?" have crossed my mind, so I intend to save up money to spend a few weeks in Japan as something of a "taste test". Because if I get my Masters degree (as I plan to) without doing something like that in Japanese teaching/esl teaching and go to Japan and be totally disappointed, then I have wasted 8+ years of my life and will have to start over again, which no one wants to do or even admit to doing.