January 11th 2026
Digital Journal Entry
Oh god what a day.
So it’s been a few days since my last journal entry, and there’s quite a few reasons. My big reason was that my student loan arrived. This is a great one because it’s not helping me get out of debts or overdrafts like previous ones, and I can essentially put it all towards my move to Japan, and I feel amazing about it! After that I put a big commitment into motion that I mentioned previously, and it’s to stop drinking. It’s going alright so far! Only a few days but it’s nice to stop wasting money and become a bit more focused on my goal ahead.
Work was fine, until it wasn’t. It was a regular shift for the most part, as people got really drunk and I had to refuse service to several people who had clearly had too much, including one particular guy. I basically almost got assaulted, as some dude who I refused service to literally jumped over the bartop and ran at me. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever experienced, and I’m furious it happened at all? Like where was security? I got to thinking about some stuff, like what if I didn’t run and instead just froze in panic? I thought this because I thought that I’d definitely be in the hospital, and it’s so scary to be that close to something so serious.
I’m just a bit annoyed about how it all unfolded, but then it’s no one’s fault specifically minus a horrible, anger-fueled drunk man. It makes me glad to be finally leaving this country honestly. I know it’s stupid to generalise Japan since it’s a country of over 120 million but I am just so sick of this British culture we have over here compared to Japanese culture. Grown men drinking ungodly amounts and then fighting and swearing and throwing stuff. Obviously stuff like that happens in Japan but so much less, and I can’t wait to be there.
That’s my yap. I got (almost) attacked and cannot wait to move on from Britain. I might come back to this and laugh, like I’m being so angry, but right now we move.