出会い / an encounter

実はここしばらくめちゃ忙しいのですが、そんな中で今夜は素敵な女性を紹介してもらいました。

志が結構似ていて、初対面(しかもオンライン)なのにかなり盛り上がりました。

日本を変えるんだ！という雰囲気で。

アプローチは違うけどね。

紹介してくれたのは高校の同級生です。

最近同級生を介してネットワークや新たな挑戦ができるケースが多い。

年取ったってことかな。

楽しかったです。

I've actually been very busy for a while now but in the midst of it all, I was introduced to a wonderful woman tonight.

Our aspirations are quite similar and even though we had never met before (and were online), we had a lot of fun.

We're going to change Japan! That's the atmosphere.

The approach is different, though.

The person who introduced us was a high school classmate.

Recently there have been some cases where networking and new challenges are available through classmates.

I guess that means I'm getting old.

It was fun.

元彼の遺言状 / Will of Ex-boyfriend

【2021年・第19回「このミステリーがすごい! 大賞」大賞受賞作】元彼の遺言状 (宝島社文庫 『このミス』大賞シリーズ) https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4299021223/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_0N0Z1G4JARGSHN5T1T9R

主人公がある意味、昔ながらのステレオタイプなキャリア女性像かなとも思うけど、やはり共感できるところもある。

というか極端なキャラにしてるだけで、私もこうかもなってとこもあったり。

弁護士とかいわゆる資格を持った専門職の女性が多いですよね、小説で描かれるのって。

それはそれでいいのだけど、欲を言えばそうじゃない小説がもっと増えてほしい。

ってなんだかあまりよくなかったみたいな書き方になっちゃったけどそんなことはなく、続編を読もうと思ってるぐらい気に入りました。

ゆえに、余計に欲を言いたくなったのです。

I think the main character is, in a way, the stereotypical career woman but or therefore I emphasized with her in some ways.

Although she was written to be an extreme character, I think I might partially be like her too.

Many of the women in novels are lawyers or so-called certified professionals.

That's all well and good but if I wanted to, I'd like to see more novels where other types of career women.

I'm not sure why I wrote it as if the novel wasn't very good but it wasn't. I liked it so much that I'm thinking of reading the sequel.

That's why I wanted to be greedy.

幼馴染 / my childhood friend

幼馴染がメールで、「地震あったけど大丈夫だった？」と心配してくれた。

普段ほとんど連絡も取らないし、何年も会ってないのに、うれしいな。

彼女との付き合いは幼稚園の頃から。

家がとても近くて、幼稚園は別だったんだけど遊ぶようになった。

小学校中学校は同じところに通ったけど、なぜか彼女の家族全員で私を信頼してくれて、学校の行き帰りはよく一緒だった。

彼女はときどきいじめられたりしてたみたいだけど、私といれば安全と思ってる感じだった。

中学生のときは毎朝家に迎えに来てくれて、忘れ物チェックまでしてくれてた。

折りたたみ傘はいつもたたんでくれた。(実はこれについては他にもいた、たたみ方が相当ひどいからだろう)

そんな思い出に浸りました。

One of my childhood friends sent me a text message asking if I was okay after the earthquake. She was worried about me.

I thanked her for taking care of me even though we hardly ever communicate and haven't seen each other in years.

I've known her since I was 5 years old.

We lived very close to each other and we started to play together even though we went to different kindergartens.

We went to the same elementary and junior high school, somehow her whole family trusted me, and we often went to and from school together.

She was sometimes bullied and she seemed to feel safe with me.

When I was in junior high school, she would pick me up at my house every morning and even check my lost items.

She always folded my folding umbrella. (Actually, there were others about this, probably because the way I folded them was pretty bad.)

I was immersed in such memories.

体育祭 / sports festival

三男の体育祭がありました。

昨年も今年もコロナ禍のため、いつもより縮小バージョンで、家族も一名しか行けません。

今年は私が行くことに。

オンラインが多くて準備もあまりできておらず、三男の苦手なダンスで、とにかくいまいちなんだと本人は言ってました。

しかもライブ配信される。

とはいえ、今のうちだしってことで見に行きました。

久しぶりの学校。相変わらず環境抜群です。

運動場がめちゃ広いしね。

わりといい席を確保し、ちゃんと見れました。

本人からどこで踊るかをフォーメーションごとに聞いておいたのがよかったな。

さもなくば絶対に不可能。当たり前か。

ヒップホップダンスだから確かに結構難しい。

三男はちょっと遅れるんだよね、タイミングが。

でも準備不足だから、多かれ少なかれ完璧ではなく、まぁ楽しめばいいんじゃないかという感じでした。

私は楽しかったよ。

明らかに行き帰りの時間のが長かったけど、行ってよかったです。

My third son’s school had a sports festival today.

Last year and this year, due to the COVID-19, it was a short version than usual and only one family member could go.

This year, I went.

Due to a lot of online classes, they haven’t done much preparation and his play was a hip hop dance that he was not very good at so he said he wouldn’t  go well.

Also a live-streaming was provided.

However, I decided to go see it because I can see it until he graduates from high school.

I hadn’t  been to the school for a long time therefore  I recognized his school’s great environment again.

And the playground is so big.

I got a rather good seat and was able to see the show properly.

It was effective that I asked him which point where he dances for each formation.

Or else absolutely impossible. It is obvious, though.

It's a hip-hop dance, so it's definitely pretty difficult.

He is a little slow, timing wise.

But they were unprepared so they were more or less perfect and I felt like, well, I should just enjoy it.

I had fun.

Obviously, it took me longer to get there and back, but I'm glad I did.

イベント / events

今週は自社のイベントがあり、仕事しながら見れるとこだけ見たんだけど、結構よかったな。

私も一部出てたんだけど、そういうことと関係なくいいイベントでした。

D&Iについて3人で対談したんですが、すごくよかった。コラボってやっぱりいいものができますね。

収録のときは自分の準備不足(ほとんどしなかった)を反省し、今でもしてるけど、できあがったのを見たらすごくよかった。

そして内容は準備不足でもこれまでの場数や、蓄積されたもので全くそんな感じにも見えない出来上がりでした。

いや、でも反省は忘れずに、昨日、反省を生かしてお客様向けに2時間のみっちりD&Iセッションをやったんですが、それはかなりうまくいきました。

イベントと言えば、来月は女性リーダーを集めたイベントをやりますし、再来月はあらたな協業のイベントをやることになりました。

もともとさほどイベントが好きではないのですが、やはりエコシステムを作るにはイベントも必要ですね。

本業では7月から四半期に一度、組織全員に向けたミーティングを開催してますが、忙しいのか、関心がないのか、出席率をあげることにも、まぁ苦労してます。

たぶん私が悪いわけじゃないんだけど。

ここは引き続き精進です。

現場が得意なタイプなので、お客様とともに現場ベースで仕事してますが、ここが一丁目一番地だな、やはり。

We had an event this week, and I watched as much as I could while working and it was pretty good.

I was there for part of it but regardless of that, it was a good event.

The three of us had a conversation about D&I there and it was really good. Collaboration is a great way to make something good.

When I recorded it, I regretted my lack of preparation (I did very little), and I still do, but it was great to see the finished movie.

And even though I was unprepared for the content, it didn't seem like it at all due to the number of occasions and things I've accumulated.

Sure I didn't forget to reflect and yesterday I did a full two-hour D&I session for my client based on my reflections and it went pretty well.

Speaking of events, next month we will hold an event for women leaders, and the month after that we will homd an event for a new collaboration we discuss with.

I'm naturally not a big fan of events but events are necessary to create an ecosystem.

In my main business, I have held quarterly meetings for the entire organization since July, but I have a hard time getting the attendance rate up, either because they are too busy or not interested.

Maybe it's not my fault.

I will continue to be diligent.

I'm the type of person who excels in the field, so I work with clients on a field-based basis and this is a center of my job.

幸運か必然か？ / lucky or inevitable?

みんなの回答を見る

四年前に書いたものですが、自分が恵まれてることを何度か認識したようでした、私。

7年ぐらい前から、運の大切さに気づき、もちろんちゃんとやらなきゃいけないんだけど、それだけじゃ足りなくて運が味方をしてくれないといけない。

運を高めるにはどうしたらいいのかを結構考えた時期もありました。

その後しばらくすると、運がないなぁと思うこともほとんどないです。運へのこだわりも薄れた気がします。

自分からこれをやりたいです、次はこういう役割をくれとか言わないタイプで、そのせいで自分の道を自分で決めることができてないんじゃないか、と思ったんですが、さらに深堀りしてみたらそうじゃないことに気づきました。

私はその役割を持たされる前に始めてしまうんですよね。

だから次はこれをやりたいなんて言う必要がない。

私の範囲の仕事じゃないからと遠慮をすることもなく、必要だ、やったほうがいいと思うことは最低限の確認だけしてやり始めちゃうんです。

つまりむしろ全く逆で、自分のやりたいことを認めてもらうタイプなんだと気づきました。

I wrote that it seemed to recognize that I was blessed four years ago in only Japanese.

About seven years ago, I started to realize the importance of luck and of course I had to do everything which I have to do but that wasn't enough, I had to have luck on my side.

At that time I often thought about how I could improve my luck.

After a while, I rarely feel that I have no luck. I feel like my obsession with luck has faded away.

I was the type of person who didn't say, "I want to do this," or "Give me this role next time," and I thought that was why I wasn't able to decide my own path but when I looked deeper, I realized that wasn't the case.

I'd start before I was given that role.

So I don't have to tell you that I want to do this next time.

I don't hold back because it's not my area of work, and I just start doing what I think needs to be done with a minimum of checking.

In other words, I realized that I'm rather the complete opposite, the type of person who needs to be allowed to do what I want to do.

運動習慣と体型 / Exercise habits and body shape

昨年から始めた運動習慣のおかげか、体型も少しだけ変わりました。

コロナ禍の影響で太ったのとの相殺が多そうだけど。

でもコロナ禍じゃなければ運動をする時間を持てなかったのでいってこいです。

ウェーブ型なのですが、上半身が貧弱だったのですが、だいぶ貧弱からは解放されました。

もともと肩幅はある方だったので以前よりがっしりしたかも。

下半身は痩せたいのですが、痩せにくい体質なわけです。

違う運動も組み合わせるべきかな。

My body shape has also changed a bit, probably due to the exercise habit I started last year.

I'm sure there's a lot of offsetting with the weight gain during COVID-19.

But if we didn’t meet COVID-19, I wouldn't have had the time to exercise, so it was trade off.

My body style is the wavy type and My upper body was thin but it is much less thin now.

I've always had broad shoulders comparatively, so I think I'm more sturdy than before.

I want to lose weight in the lower part of my body but it is difficult to lose weight due to my physical nature.

Maybe I should combine different exercises.

事業計画 / the business plan

来年の事業計画の大詰め。

これも忙しさの原因のひとつ。

どうせやるならと形ばかりにはしないのが私風。笑

リーダーたちからそれぞれプランを集め、昨日今日マージ。

マージするだけにとどまらず、整合させて全体計画にする。当たり前だけど。

先週は何時間もかけてグローバルからのインプットも聞いたところ。

10月あたりっていつも忙しい気がするね。

We are finalizing the business plan for next year.

This is one of the reasons why I am so busy thesedays.

It's my style not to be too formal if I'm going to do it anyway.

I collected plans from each of the leaders in my organization and merged them yesterday and today.

It's not just about merging, it's about aligning and making the whole plan. It is sure though.

I just spent many hours last week listening to input from the global as well.

I feel like I'm always busy around October.

明王 シベリアの陰謀 / Minour- the Siberian conspiracy

民王 シベリアの陰謀 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4041117178/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_RA7JZKNJJG9A1FN9N9P9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

実は前作の民王を読んでないですが、十分に楽しめました。

政治に対する痛烈な批判が盛り込まれた小説。

今が旬のウイルス。コロナとは違いますが。

おもしろくて、読みやすくて、それでいてほろっとします。

Although I haven't read the previous Tamiou, I enjoyed it enough.

A novel that contains scathing criticism of politics.

The main topic is viruses which we are struggling with. Not the same as COVID-19, though.

It's interesting, easy to read, and yet heartwarming.

次男の研究室配属 / my son’s assignment to a laboratory

次男の研究室配属が決まりました。

今年度から3年性で配属する仕組みになったようです。

何の研究か聞いたけど、専門外で全くわからず。笑

第一希望の研究室だったわけじゃないけど、意外とおもしろそうだと言ってました。

そして昨日からサークル活動再開。

その後バイト。

彼はすっかりおばあちゃん(私の母)の車を自分のにしてるので、移動は楽々のよう。

母が免許返上できるように息子たちに教習所に通わせたので、投資の効果はあったということか。

長男は私と一緒で車の運転をあまりしたがらないんだよね。

次男はだいぶ乗ってるので、かなり上手です。

My second son has been assigned to a laboratory.

This year, the system seems to have been changed to an assignment system in the 3rd grade.

I didn't understand what is his research because I am not an expert about the area.

It wasn't his first choice of lab but he said it looked surprisingly interesting.

And yesterday, his circle was activated again following the ending of the statement of emergency.

He when there and after that he worked on the part-time job.

He uses his grandmother’s (my mother’s) car, so he easily moves anywhere.

I made my twin sons go to driving school so that my mother could give up her license, so I guess the investment paid off.

My first son doesn't really want to drive a car like me.

My second son rides a lot, so he can drive very well.