(Edit: Yep, I screwed up on the title and didn't mean to mispell Ehime at the 3am time of making of this post. Please don't hate me too much for that.)
Hello all,
Let me preface this by saying. This move is major, and the first time I will ever be out of the US. My fiance has just accepted a job in Japan (She has lived there before for a few months and loves it). I'm planning on leaving with her.
Personally and honestly, I'm a mix of being positively thrilled, terrified, and supremely anxious. I've wanted to go to Japan, or at least move there for the longest time. So, let me just give an info dump before I ask questions.
I'm 30M, she is 31F, and we gave a child. She has accepted work to love to Ehime (giving general info so as not to do us). I've just started college for my Associates in Information Security, and have 6 years experience working as a Technology Electronics Technician (Fancy way of saying, I'm the guy who sets up register systems, and all the networks, PCs, Remodel Installs, and new tech that goes into your grocery stores).
I've been using Duolingo for the past few months but paused due to our initial plan of moving to Italy and studying Italian for that. I've got very basic Japanese(greeting, goodbyes, asking where train, bus, etc is.)
She will be taking a major of the expense burden when we move. We will be having a dual income of USD and Yen. She is at an N4/3 level herself.
I want to contribute and find work quickly, if possible, even part-time, after we relocate to help ease her burden.
TLDR
I'm a 30M who plans to move with my (Soon to be) spouse in Japan and work to help acclimate and speed up the move and relieve some of the burden.
Any advice is appreciated. We've all got passports and are waiting for the Immigration Attoryney contact from her job. We've settled on a place, and her best friend will be our eyes in Ehime scouting homes for us.
What can we do to make our transition as easy as possible, and if anyone has any job recommendations, tips, tricks, etc. I'd very much appreciate it. I'm lost and terrified that I'm going to drag her down and want to help as much as possible. We've joked and understood that I may be jobless for some time as I will take care of our child, the home, etc, while she works.
Thank you very much in advance for any advice.
With love,
Alenori
by Alenori