About a month ago, I came back from an almost three week trip to Japan and my outlook of life (especially living in Hawaiʻi/America) has been for the most part, gloomy. From being surrounded with dilapidated infrastructure to paying absurd costs for groceries, it has become depressing to live in Hawaiʻi and America in general, especially with rampant crime, homelessness, drug use, and political divisiveness/division. I would even go so far as to say that I felt more at home in Japan than in Hawaiʻi where I was born, raised, and lived my entire life.
Although I realize that this is a privileged issue, I canʻt help but feel the need to find a way to take action to combat helplessness. Iʻd like to try applying for a visa and make necessary chances to my life to feel fulfilled and satisfied but know that moving to Japan and the process of applying for a visa is complex. Do I follow my heart and quit my job and start a new life or should I do the logical thing and keep working the position Iʻm in, stick it out, and return to Japan the next vacation I take?
Has anyone else here experienced "post Japan trip depression" and if so, what have you done to combat it?