Time to move out of the company dorm

Living in a dorm of international students was great, living in a dorm with co-workers is pretty damn boring. I exist in a different world, even when in Japan with international expats, Japanese people that have lived abroad and came back, I even really like the country folk here as well. The thing is that I just can't connect with the ordinary traditional salary-people here. The just don't jive with me, not that I don't like them; I am just bored around them. I generally do my best to fit in and I am usually pretty good at fitting in, but there are times when you simply just need to put your foot down and get out.

Yeah the rent for the company dorm is really cheap, they charge about $250/month in fees with utilities included. Dirt cheap and thanks to that price, I've saved up a good chunk of money that would have otherwise gone to the landlord. But at the same time, you also pay a price, that you can't invite outside friends and the other thing is that I live away from Tokyo, from where all the cool stuff is happening. I've just started to meet many interesting people and decided that I need to get closer to Tokyo and make more free time to do interesting work and meet interesting people-- the surrounding environment plays a very important influencing factor. You can tell that things are different when you listen to people with interesting ideas and trying to startup a new business, whether it is in silicon valley or in Singapore; you think depending on your environment.

So I've decided that I need to get out and get myself into a more happening place. I'll probably have to deal with a commute to get to work, but it is one of those things I'll probably have to live with. In ideal circumstances, I'll find a new venue of work where it is close to where I live, somewhere happening. I've been living too "defensively" for the last few years by making decisions based on how much it I can "financially save." I want to from "saving" to "making".