Here I am again. I do think you spend too much time with traveling/photos/blogging: you say it yourself.
This year, you seem to have had a veritable orgy of travel. Now I love travel too, but I can't help thinking you are starting to overdo it. You don't have to see every single corner of Japan. It is because of this travel and then the time spent sorting photos and blogging that you have no other leisure left.
You complain about having few friends: time spent on these pursuits robs you of the chance to join a sport club [or any other club], or engage in other activities where you might meet someone. Because you are a bit lonely, you escape into travel and blogging, which... it is a vicious circle.
I do think it would be good to pass the N1. It is a proof of your accomplishment that could be useful for a job. Why wouldn't you want to continue being a teacher in Europe? I understand that was what you studied at the university. Apparently you enjoy it and are good at it.
I have no idea of the conditions in Switzerland or Austria. My feeling, though, is that everywhere in Europe taxes are high. And in most places jobs are not all that easy to find, though so far Germany, for one, is doing 0K.
I would quite understand staying in Japan, for the various good reasons you cite. Though if you do plan to return to Europe in the future, do not make it too distant. It becomes harder and harder to re-adapt. Now, I am myself an immigrant. I am of French birth, education, culture. After all these years here, I still get homesick periodically. Yet, when I am home, I realize it is probably too late to go back. I have gotten used to the atmosphere and the rhythm here, yet it can annoy me too. Being an expat is really, to use a French expression, sitting between two chairs.
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This year, you seem to have had a veritable orgy of travel. Now I love travel too, but I can't help thinking you are starting to overdo it. You don't have to see every single corner of Japan. It is because of this travel and then the time spent sorting photos and blogging that you have no other leisure left.
You complain about having few friends: time spent on these pursuits robs you of the chance to join a sport club [or any other club], or engage in other activities where you might meet someone. Because you are a bit lonely, you escape into travel and blogging, which... it is a vicious circle.
I do think it would be good to pass the N1. It is a proof of your accomplishment that could be useful for a job. Why wouldn't you want to continue being a teacher in Europe? I understand that was what you studied at the university. Apparently you enjoy it and are good at it.
I have no idea of the conditions in Switzerland or Austria. My feeling, though, is that everywhere in Europe taxes are high. And in most places jobs are not all that easy to find, though so far Germany, for one, is doing 0K.
I would quite understand staying in Japan, for the various good reasons you cite. Though if you do plan to return to Europe in the future, do not make it too distant. It becomes harder and harder to re-adapt. Now, I am myself an immigrant. I am of French birth, education, culture. After all these years here, I still get homesick periodically. Yet, when I am home, I realize it is probably too late to go back. I have gotten used to the atmosphere and the rhythm here, yet it can annoy me too. Being an expat is really, to use a French expression, sitting between two chairs.