It is difficult to make a living and manage life when working as an English teacher in Japan due to low wages and unstable contracts.

“I was dead broke for about seven years of my life like could not you'd have to choice of like the month of October you're like go out and have fun with my friends once or eat”

Being fluent in Japanese is a major advantage for finding work and navigating daily life in Japan.

“I'm fluent in both English and Japanese which is such a huge plus here like if you know both languages like you can pretty much get a job anywhere”

Ramit warns that moving back to a home country is often a reactionary attempt to escape underlying personal or relationship problems rather than a sound financial decision.

“What I'm trying to do is to show you that going home is not escaping your problems. you will have a whole set of very real problems there and we can reasonably predict it.”