2025 Hristiyan’s Blog

Hi, The long-term vs short-term orientation previews how cultures perceive time and its importance when it comes to traditions and planning the future.  To me it is tough to decide where Bulgaria leans into more. I can see both cases, but to make it easier I will just talk more about the short-term focus, because we definetely have a lot of people who focus more on that. Traditions and social norms are very important when we talk about this, because of things like economic uncertainties in the past. People often opt-in for curent stability rather than trust promises in the very far future. And as in previously established blogs, Bulgarian people can have trust issues because of the government and other things. So long-term goals do not feel realistic to all people. Japan is very, very opposite of that. I would say is one of the if not the strongest example of long-term orientation in the world. This society values everything in this ideology. Companies plan years or decades ahead ...

 Yo, Politics is one of the things that shapes how pepople see their government, rights and overall place in society (obviously). As a Bulgarian or Eastern European I have always found it interesting to compare how countires think about this, especially when looking at other continents like North America or Asia. Since even thoug there is the separation of west and east in EU, but our politics are more or less the same. In my home country the political culture is in a very bad state. Almost no hope and a lot of skepticism because of the huge amounts of corruption. Actually last week we had one of the biggest protests in the capital and I think there are going to be more and more protests with even more people. They are aiming to have 1 million people infront of the parliament, which is 1/7 of our p opulation. Regardless, Bulgarians complain all the time about the politics but I would say that most people follow the scene closesly more or less. Japan has a very different political e...

 Здравейте, As a Bulgarian, I’ve always noticed how different cultures deal with the unknown, especially when it comes to uncertainty avoidance. Bulgarians stay in the middle of the scale. Unpredictabillity is not loved, I would assume its similar to most cultures, but even if it is not liked Bulgarians do not panic when things dont go as planned. Most of the people I know grew up with both structure and improvisation. Since it is a more traditional country girls get more strict treatment from their parents in terms of freedom, but its still a mix of both. If something changes last minute people might complain here and there but they manage somehow.  Japan, on the other hand, is known for having very high uncertainty avoidance. Things there are extremely organized, planned, and detailed. People prefer clear rules, schedules, and expectations. From what ive learned and seen the society here tries to have the lowest amount of risk as possible. This could be found even in small t...