週末の過ごし方 / this weekend

週末は結構仕事があり、資料作りをしていました。

と言いつつ、運動とか昼寝とかはちゃんとしており、十分な休息も取りました。

本もほんの少しだけ読めたし。

昨日は三男が「秋山仁の数学体験館」に行きました。

学校からのイベントで希望者だけ行けたのです。

いつもながら何もメモもとってこなかったみたいだけど、楽しんできたらしい。

ホームページを見ると確かにおもしろそう。

次男は土日両方サークルへ。

緊急事態宣言が出るとこの大学じゃないからしばらくは練習できるのかな。

I made some documents this weekend.

But I could take a leave by exercising and taking naps.

Also I read a book a little bit.

Yesterday my youngest son went to an experience of mathematics in university.

His school applied to it and some students who wanted to go could go there.

As is often the case with him, he didn’t take a note but he enjoyed it.

I checked the website and I found it interesting.

My second son went to his brass-band circle on Saturday and Sunday.

He will be able to practice for a while because his university is located outside of the area where will be declared lockdown.

振り返り / reflections

今週もいろいろあったけど、無事に1週間を終えました。

ギュッと詰まった1週間でしたね。

相変わらず異動のアナウンスは出なくて、でもすっかり新しいところで仕事をしている。

前のところでオンライン送別会をしてもらえた。

オンライン色紙もいただき、だいたい私のことは

パワフル

ロジカル

愛情深い

リーダーシップ

みたいな言葉に集約されていました。

ありがとうございます。

新しいところの外人リーダーとも関係良好で、今やってることと課題を話したら、早速「リーダーシップを発揮していてすばらしい」とのこと。

リーダーシップってよく言われるけど、目に見えないよね。

みんなが無理そうと思うことをできるんじゃないかと思ってやり続けることなのかな。

「できるできるできる」と私が言うから、できる気がしてやってみてしまうと言ってる人たちもいるからね。

あきらめが悪いのか、できないと思う機能がないのか。みんなができないと言うから、反抗したくなるのか。全部かな。

2年間ちょっと同じロールをやっていたけど、2年目は特にビジネスの結果がなかなか出ずに苦労しました。

だからといって特に腐ることもなく、結果が出ることを信じつつも楽観的になりすぎず、ようやく最後にやっと結果が出ました。

かなり派手に結果が出たので、やってきたことは間違いじゃなかったんだということですね。

そしてこの流れをenjoyせずに次の役割に行く。

私の強みはたとえ結果が出ないときがあっても生き延びていくことなのかもしれません。

I finished the week with many things.

It was filled with many experiences.

The announcement about my moving to the new organization had not still done yet but I am working in the new organization.

The team which I led held a farewell party online.

They gave me an online farewell card in which I was expressed as powerful, logical, devoted, and leadership.

Thank you so much.

My counter part who is a global leader of my role and I have already built a good relationship.

I shared what I did and the issues with him and he praised my leadership. 

Leadership is invisible but it means to keep doing what many people are afraid that they couldn’t till completion, doesn’t it?

Some people say that they feel aware of they will be able to do something which looks tough by being told they can by me and they begin to do.

It depends on not being good at giving up, lacking of a function to be aware of that I can’t, and resistance to being told that we can’t do.

I have taken the former role for two years and a quarter and I have struggled with achieving business targets especially in the second year.

During the situation I have never been desperate, believed growth without too much optimistic, and finally achieved it.

I proved that what I have done is correct by making the great results.

Also I won’t keep enjoying the good tendency and I am going to the next role.

My strength might be to be able to survive even during not achieving the targets.

白鳥とコウモリ / a swan and a combat

白鳥とコウモリ https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4344037731/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_i_EST5GVDJDSJ709FPCSZN

昨夜から一気読み。

深い、深すぎる「罪と罰」です。

犯人はすぐに見つかり、なんの疑いもない事件に見えたのに、被害者の遺族も被告人の遺族も違和感を感じる。

そして思わぬ結末に。

全く退屈しない本です。

おすすめします。

I have read the book written by my favorite novelist, Mr. Keigo Higashino, since last night.

Deep, deep crime and punishment.

The killer was easy to find and the incident didn’t seem to have any doubt.

But the family of the victims and the family of the accused felt uncomfortable.

And to the unexpected end.

It would never bore you.

I recommend it.

受賞 / winning a prize

今日も資産運用の関係で一駅歩いて銀行へ。

あともう一回行かなきゃ。

女性カウンシルが社内で一番名誉ある賞をいただき、みんなで大喜び。

よかったよかった。

前の期よりも成果をあげたというのが受賞理由。

次の期はさらに期待してるぞと言われたけど、言われなくたってやっちゃうぞ。

I walked to the next station to go to bank today.

I will go there one more time.

The women’s council won the most honorable award internally and the members were happy.

It was good.

The reason is because we achieved more than the previous term.

The next term was told to be expected much more but I am sure it even if I were not told.

女性カウンシル / the women’s council

先日、女性カウンシルの次期立ち上げについて社内に相談。

これまで以上に関心を持ってもらえて嬉しかったです。

ジェンダーギャップ120位の日本をなんとかしなくてはという話題にも。

大変だけど、成果がでるように進めていきたいです。

I discussed the next term of the women’s council internally.

I was happy because the senior executives were more interested in it than before.

A topic to move up Japan which ranks the 120th in the gender gap index was also raised.

It would be tough but I would like to lead it to realize outcome.

たけのこご飯 / rice with bamboo shoots

あまり季節感のない人なんですが、今日はどうしてもたけのこご飯が作りたくて、超簡単なレシピで作りました。

おいしかった。

子供の頃はあまりたけのこのよさとかわかんなかったなぁ。

嫌いじゃなかったけど。

大人になるっていいもんです。

私の小中学校も、息子たちの小学校もたけのこに結びつきが強い学校だった(つまり竹やぶが多い地域)んですよね、なんてふと思い出したりもしました。

I am not interested in season much but today I cooked rice with bamboo shoots as a seasonal dish.

It tasted good.

I didn’t realize the deliciousness of bamboo shoots even though I didn’t dislike them when I was a child.

It is good to grow up.

I remembered that my elementary and junior high schools and my sons’ elementary school were familiar with bamboo shoots, that is they were located surrounded with bamboos.

資産運用 / asset management

資金の運用の相談&手続きに行きました。

隣駅まで歩いたのですが、今日はちょっと寒かったです。

資金の運用はなかなか時間をかけてできないタイプなので、きっかけがあった時に一気に決めないと。

方針も決まったんですが、今日だけでも手続きが大変だったのに、まだあと2回行かないといけない。

ところで今日行ったのは銀行ですが、説明してくれた方は2人とも女性でした。

いつもながらどの方もとても聡明ですよね。

I went to bank to listen to the explanation of some financial instruments and procedure one of them.

The bank is at the next station and I walk there.

It was cold today.

I have to decide which financial instruments to select once because I don’t have time to think about them normally.

I decided my plan but I will have to go there twice more even though it took some time to procedure only one today.

By the way two bankers explained to me and they are both women.

I always respect bankers’ smartness.

Anyway I was happy to proceed with asset management.

服を買いに / bought my son’s clothes

コロナ禍はほとんど家にいた長男。

今年度は実験等で対面もあるということで服を買いにユニクロへ。笑

ベーシックなものはユニクロが一番よね。

商品をおいただけで会計ができる方式の店舗なんだけど、どうも読み込まれた結果が違う気がする。

匂う。

そして一点買ってないんじゃないかという商品名もある。(正確な商品名を必ずしも把握してないから勘のようなもの。)

20点だと出てるが念のため商品を数えると19しかない。

何度か確認し、店員を呼び、隣のレジでも確認したけど、やはり19点しかないのに20点と出る。

店員がさらに確認したところ、あるセット商品に違うタグもはいっていた。しかも半ズボンのはずが長ズボンに。

違和感を感じてよかったけど、結構な時間を消費してしまった。

My first son has been at home since COVID-19 came.

This school year he has some classes like experiments on-site and we went to UNIQLO to buy his clothes to go out.

Basic clothes are the best to buy at UNIQLO, I think.

We went to a shop a type of which is to scan the items to be put on the defined space and cheek them and I felt the sum given by the automation register wrong.

And I found one item which we were not supposed to buy included in the list to be checked. Actually I couldn’t remember the adequate names of all of the items and the finding was from my intuition.

The number of the items were displayed 20 but I counted them just to be sure and the number of them was 19.

We re-checked them several times with a shop staff and 19 was the right number but the register told us 20.

She checked again and again and she finally found another tag included in one set item. Also it should have a half pants but actually it had a long pants.

It was good that my intuition worked correctly but it was waste of time for us. 

お金の使い方 / what to spend money for

長男とは夕食のときに必ずしゃべる。

これは完全にコロナのおかげ。

お互いに家にゆっくりいなかったからね、前は。

昨夜は何にお金をかけるかについて。

長男の中高はわりとブランド物とかが好きな人が多かったらしく、あまりそういうものを買わない長男は居心地が悪いこともあったらしい。

私は若い頃はブランド物が好きで、あまりお金がないから買うのに限界があり、いつか稼ぐようになったら買おうと思っていた。

でも実際に今はあまり興味がない。

ときどき買うこともあるけど、本当に気に入ったものだけ。

息子たちの学費とか、私自身の書籍代と化粧品代とか、家を建てたときのこだわりとかにはお金を使うけど、それ以外はあんまり使わないかも。

ご褒美に自分に何か買ったりもあまりしない。

長男はこれがいいらしいけど。

I always talk with my first son at dinner.

It is completely due to COVID-19.

Before COVID-19, we were not at home.

Last night we discussed what to spend money for.

He was surrounded by those who liked brand goods when he was a high school students and wasn’t sometimes comfortable because he didn’t buy them.

When I was young, I liked brand goods, couldn’t buy them enough due to lack of money, and wished that I would buy them when I earn a lot.

But now I am not interested in them.

I sometimes buy them which I want to buy strongly only.

Even though I spend money for my sons’ tuition, books and cosmetics for me, and housing, I don’t for the others.

I rarely buy something for me as rewards.

My first seemed to like it.

消耗 / exhaustion

ひたすら働いた1週間だった気がする。

来週からはだいぶ新しいロールに移れる。

まだ移行期間だけど。

忙しくてもリングフィットだけは続けてます。

年末年始あたりで結構コロナ太りか？と思ったけど、そのときと比べると体が少ししまったかな。

つらかった運動がそうでもなくなったりしてるので体は変わってるはず。

今夜は久しぶりにゆっくりしよう。

読書かネットフリックスか。

I have worked very hard for a week.

Next week I will move to my new role more than tii hi is week.

Even though I have some transition tasks remained.

During hard work I have kept exercising with Ring Fit.

My body became tighter than around the new year when I felt I had been getting fat due to COVID-19.

Some exercises are getting easier than before so my body should be changed.

I would like to relax tonight.

Reading or Netflix.