{"id":40190,"date":"2016-08-22T20:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40190"},"modified":"2016-08-22T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:11:03","slug":"life-after-jet-patrick-finn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/22\/life-after-jet-patrick-finn\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After JET: Patrick Finn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <strong>Jon Dao<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/\"><strong>Toyama-ken<\/strong><\/a>, 2009-12) for his <strong>podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/\">Discussions with Dao<\/a><\/strong>. Jon works as a <a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/\"><strong>speech coach<\/strong><\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/personal-training\/\"><strong>personal trainer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fresh off the plane (okay maybe more like a few weeks) from a 5 year stint in the JET Programme, here&#8217;s <strong>graphic designer<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pmfinn.com\">Patrick Finn<\/a><\/strong>! Be sure to follow him on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pmf1030\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"twitter.com\/pmf1030\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The &#8220;Best Thing&#8221; being back (1:20)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Using Credit Cards Over There (4:10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Music\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHG1VnrjTju\/\">Concerts<\/a> in Japan (8:38)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Japan Apologists (15:20)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Why do the JET Program? (17:10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">What kept you going for 5 years? (20:10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Is JET &#8220;worth it&#8221; for personal and professional development? (26:41)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;Just living alone and kind of having to start fresh, I could throw away any ties I had to people, right? Okay, I can finally be me. No one expects anything of me because they don&#8217;t know me. So I don&#8217;t have to live up to anyone&#8217;s expectations. Be 100% me and build my reputation around that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Traveling &#8220;Outside&#8221; (31:17)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Silence on the Struggle (33:07)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;You HAVE TO be a go getter, otherwise it&#8217;s not going to happen to you.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMF1030\">@PMF1030<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hustle?src=hash\">#hustle<\/a> What is &#8220;it&#8221;? You decide!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Dao (@CommDao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommDao\/status\/763360575946690560\">August 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0Get the Pension Refund (37:40)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Fan Question (40:32)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tomorrow I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/podcast?src=hash\">#podcast<\/a> with graphic designer and recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Japan?src=hash\">#Japan<\/a> returnee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMF1030\">@PMF1030<\/a>. Former JETs and current JETs, send&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OnIcM2rMp\">https:\/\/t.co\/1OnIcM2rMp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Dao (@CommDao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommDao\/status\/762463502376120321\">August 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you find yourself doing things that you could&#8217;ve been doing where you came from, You shouldn&#8217;t be there. You&#8217;re making a mistake. You&#8217;re not making the most of your time, and you&#8217;re wasting someone else&#8217;s opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F278243175&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9MXSSOaKYwQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jon Dao(Toyama-ken, 2009-12) for his podcast Discussions with Dao. 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