Very well said. If nothing else, your time in Japan has gifted you greater self-awareness n confidence, which will only bode well for you in the future.

I am a traveller, too. For our honeymoon, I was aghast to find out that my wife wanted to relax in the Maldives. I put my foot down and so, we went to explore Spain and Italy for two weeks. I still look at those honeymoon photos.

For our third wedding anniversary, I listened to my wife and spent one week in the Maldives. You guess it, she is a vacation kind of girl. I had more fun than I had expected! Haha.

There is a time n place for both trips and vacations. It requires some give and take in a relationship.

Anyway, Otsukare sama deshita! お疲れ様でした!