Florian, Thank you for your comment. Yes, I know that we have to take control of our own healthcare. I work as a freelancer so I'm responsible for my own health and can't blame anybody. I'll have much free time next year. Yesterday, I finally finished this year's work, and I cleaned my apartment thoroughly today. So I'm ready to get out of Japan. Yay! I wish you have a happy new year! :)

I know that feeling. This year I worked over 300 extra hours. In the second half of the year I felt really tired most of the time. At first you don't feel the stress that much, or you want to make believe that it doesn't affect you that much - because it's only work. But if you have to face it everyday and never have a break, it keeps building up underneath the surface and at some point it boils over and you feel it in your body. You get weak, you lose weight, you are always tired, you can get ill easier. What we need to remind ourselves of is that after all WE have to take care of our health, mentally and physically, ourselves. Because our employers won't. They just let us work, and as long as we're still coming it works for them. There is no reason for them to help you, because you're still coming to work. It's all that matters for them. They won't care if your health is ruined, they will just replace you with someone else and do the same thing with the next person. So, we should not forget, it's only work. There are a lot of things in life that are much more important.

Seif, You are right. Thanks! Garrett, that's true! I don't need a little extra money though... Thank you for your help. :) とみぃ、なんでコメント書いてんの～なんかうける！しかもとみが薬って言うと怪しく聞こえる(笑)

ボールペンで食べてることにさえ気が付かなくなるかもよ。そんなに疲れてるなら、今度疲れに効く薬をあげよう。