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🇯🇵 What a Half-Day of Work Taught Me - Retiring in Japan

🇯🇵 Yesterday stretched across the day in a way I haven’t felt in a while. Three classes. An English club. Long pauses in between. In total, just under four hours—but I was there most of the day. And it felt like work. One year into retirement, that lands differently. It isn’t the hours that weigh on me. It’s the awareness. I feel the softened edge of reflex now—the slight pause where there used to be quickness, the moment of searching for the right word, the subtle shift in how I move through a room. The difference is small, but I notice it. But something else has changed too. The awkward moments don’t echo the way they once did. A small stumble passes. A hesitation dissolves. Not because I care less—but because my identity no longer rests so heavily on performance. There is a strange freedom in that. I still value hard work. I still want to do well. But my worth no longer rises and falls on the sharpness of execution. Competency matters—but it no longer defines me. This is a quiet reflection on aging, work, retirement, and the subtle relief that comes when effort is no longer the measure of self. ✨ Delve deeper into Kurt’s work: 🇯🇵 Retiring in Japan https://a.co/d/3WI9RzH 🌵 Going Alone https://a.co/d/6SORY8N 🌐 Website: https://goingalone.org 📧 Email: dinnerbytheriver@gmail.com 🌀 Discord:   / discord   👍 Support my endeavors on Patreon:   / softypapa   Be safe… But not too safe.