BloomBloom -the Journey to a Second Career-

I want to find a career for the next 10 years while I'm in my 40s, retire early by 60, and spend the rest of my life enjoying my hobby of traveling. I would like my next career to be one that earns foreign currency (dollars). Japan's national power has been declining recently, and earning yen in Japan is inefficient and risky. However, I need to improve my English skills. My TOEIC score was around 400. In addition, it would be preferable to be self-employed. One of my children has a developmental disorder. Considering his future, leaving a business where we can work together would be a risk hedge. In order to be self-employed overseas, I must improve my English skills above all else. Next, I will find connections and work in the country where I will be working (Australia is the most likely candidate), and eventually become independent. How do I learn English? I thought that I would not be able to acquire a working level of English by attending an English school, as is the commo...

I will be leaving my current company at the end of June next year. Around this time next year, I’m going to volunteer overseas. I had been vaguely thinking about doing a different job in my 40s, when the second half of my career begins. My current job is a domestic bureaucratic job, so I thought that my next job would be a job where I could interact with people overseas. In particular, my country's economic power has been steadily declining recently, and I wanted to be able to earn foreign currency, so I thought about working overseas. However, my English skills are quite low, and my TOEIC score was around 400 points. I also found out that I needed connections with companies to obtain a working visa in a developed country. When it comes to learning English and looking for a job, it's so far in the future that I can't even imagine when I'll be able to start working. At that time, I found an overseas volunteer dispatch program. This program is run by a government agency, ...