We're going to take it slow this episode and talk about burnout, fleeting friendships, finding your support system, and the desperation we can get to when we're trying to find our way back 'home'. This is not a light-hearted episode, and though we talk about our experiences in Japan, we also talk about how to cope with ourselves before and after it. Hope you learn a lot from this one!

Timestamps:

• 5:20 How we handle burnout changes as we grow older
• 10:42 Burnout multiples if all the contexts gather in one place
• 15:32 "Growing up as a person, there's something wrong with me"
• 20:50 Creating personas as a coping mechanism for stress
• 26:56 Tokyo is too fast-paced for nature
• 33:45 The first step to making friends needs courage
• 41:37 People adapt at different speeds to get comfortable in speaking their mind 
• 49:40 When friendships deepen after exchange
• 1:00:33 "Everyone is busy"
• 1:05:17 The beauty of friendship is the time spent keeping it up
• 1:11:05 Social media is a form of burnout
• 1:17:52 Coping with fleeting connections
• 1:30:42 To meet with the people you know before exchange again
• 1:38:16 There was a desperation to get back to where you did exchange
• 1:48:10 Find your support system

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