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Hello there.
I’m Yasui, the president of a small company mainly engaged in inspections of high-pressure gas equipment.
The other day, I lost my grandmother at the age of 102.
She had been living in a nursing home, but she passed away from old age without any major illness. She was full of life until the very end. In her final days, she became unable to eat and lost weight, but her face was peaceful.
Death is the one future that no one who is born into this world can escape.
Whether you live comfortably or fight through life with all your might, the time you have is the same.
If that’s the case, then—how will you live?
How do you want to live?
Take a moment to imagine it.
I turned 40 this year.
When I was 30, imagining myself at 40 felt different from imagining myself now at 40 looking ahead to 50.
The version of me 10 years from now is clearly more fragile.
It’s hard to describe, but when I look ahead, it feels like a swirling black vortex of despair and unease.
Maybe it’s the fear of physical decline.
Seeing aging up close has made something that once felt vague—aging—suddenly very real to me.
It’s a path no one can avoid.
If we waste time, we age in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, I can’t quite imagine myself “becoming something” from here.
As an ordinary person, I wonder what kind of life I should live from now on if I want it to be joyful, healthy, and fulfilling.
The next ten years will be what people once called the prime of life.
I don’t want to be consumed entirely by work.
I want to value my time with family and my own life, too.
I love my work, so I know I’ll lean toward it—but I should stop just letting each day slip by without thought.
Until the day my life comes to an end someday…
I want to live it to the fullest.
Thank you for reading this far.
See you next time!
