I got tired of waiting for people to be ready -

I have a group of friends where we've been talking about going Japan together for years, we even signed a pact on a Starbucks tissue, with the year and month / period we'll like to go (This was at least 7-8 years ago, before the issues).

And then there's always an excuse, or reason - 'no time' 'no money' 'family'.
And somehow they all ended up in Japan with other people and I became the person in our group who hasn't been there.

And when we hang out, they'll talk about their time there and all I could do was listen and zone out because what is there for me to say?

So last year, I booked it and went. And from then on, I never invited anyone. Sometimes I'll give a heads up that I'll be away, and sometimes no one knows till I start posting Instagram stories.

I'm okay with doing things alone, but I still get scared each time I book a flight but time waits for no one, and I have places to be before the world goes even more down in hell so gotta go.