Ahaha when you wrote stolen year I thought of Trump's stolen elections xD
Yep, a break would be pretty great by now. It is especially hard to manage yourself in these times I think, everyone is screaming and pushing their opinions on everyone. There is so much friction between people. No one is willing to listen to the other side. Like screaming into the void. All we can do is to check ourselves not to fall victim to one or the other. Step back and look at ourselves.
Oh you are so lucky! I am sure she will show you the culture from really Japanese perspective, not the touristy side. So cool! Would love to at least read on your adventures there then :)
I couldn't have said it better.
I think if we're all looking out for ourselves, understanding how we feel, it will help us maintain the right attitude, mostly...Then we can look outwardly a little more and ask others Are you ok?.
I'm not sure when Japan will happen, after the pandemic thing though. It will be very cool to have an insiders perspective though. :)