It is way more easy to judge about events happened in the past than forming those laying upon us 
One of my former supervisors taught me to always base my decisions on the knowledge available until that very moment when I make them. It is my task to take into consideration everything I can know by then but also to acknowledge that at the same time this is where the limits are. Everything I gain knowledge about or that even happens after making a decision is simply out of scope.
For Japan(ese) and me my moment of truth came in March 2011. Now, ten years later I can easily say that it became a game changer. But back then I simply took into consideration all given information and everything that mattered to me. And made my choice.
That’s an interesting way of phrasing it. As someone who has been moving around many times for me there have been many doors I’ve knocked onto.
I never thought about whether it always should be the same door to knock onto. To me this sounds more like a partnership than a friendship. Not sure though, whether it makes sense to draw a line between those two concepts.
Anyway. This is your last couple of hours before reaching the final level. Tomorrow at this time you’ll be full of delicious cake and dreaming of the upcoming trip with your parents, I guess
Thanks for sharing a part of your journey within this study log. As well as some of your thoughts with one of the new durtles around. It was really nice meeting you and I wish you all the best for the upcoming adventures in Germany and hopefully many more places some time in the future. 