{"id":8684,"date":"2015-06-02T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/?p=8684"},"modified":"2016-03-29T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T20:19:00","slug":"there-is-no-waste-of-time-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/2015\/06\/02\/there-is-no-waste-of-time-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is No Waste of Time in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the last day of work, I shared my favorite quote with my colleagues;<\/span><\/p>\n

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. <\/span><\/p>\n

So throw off the bowlines. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sail away from the safe harbor. <\/span><\/p>\n

Catch the trade winds in your sails. <\/span><\/p>\n

Explore. Dream. Discover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Mark Twain<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mark Twain is an American famous writer, and wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” etc.<\/p>\n

Actually, I don’t like to read a book since I was a kid. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then why do I know of Mark Twain? <\/span><\/p>\n

Because I majored in English and English literature at junior college in Kagoshima before studying in US.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When I was 18 years old when choosing college to apply, I didn’t care much about the\u00a0curriculum as long as I can study English. <\/span><\/p>\n

The high school I attended was not like the top high school in Kyoto, but my class had advanced English programs for students who want to prepare for college study. <\/span><\/p>\n

I had the programs for 3 years in high school. <\/span><\/p>\n

So I thought those study environment was normal, and studying in junior college would be more advanced.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, once I entered the junior college, speaking\/listening English classes were just 2 times a week, and other classes were reading and discussing about English novel. <\/span><\/p>\n

As I mentioned earlier, I don’t like to read at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

So I went back to my home in Kyoto for summer vacation and complained to my mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Me<\/span>: <\/span><\/p>\n

The classes in junior college are not like I imagined. <\/span><\/p>\n

Spending time in class is totally waste for me and won’t be useful for my future. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t wanna go back to Kagoshima. <\/span><\/p>\n

I should go study abroad now.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mother<\/span>: <\/span><\/p>\n

I see. <\/span><\/p>\n

You think “it is waste of time” now, but I’m sure it would be useful in some way one day in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stopping\/quitting\/leaving is very easy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Keep doing is hard but makes something meaningful. <\/span><\/p>\n

Think your current life will connect to something in the future, and go back to Kagoshima again.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At the time, I felt “why didn’t she understand me?!” <\/span><\/p>\n

But now I really appreciate what she told me. <\/span><\/p>\n

My English literature knowledge is not directly helping my current life, though I could study abroad in US for 2 years because I could transfer my credits from the junior college. <\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>nd I met my husband in US too.<\/span><\/p>\n

I sometime remember my mother’s words even after I started working.<\/span><\/p>\n

My career was not always perfect. <\/span><\/p>\n

I have faced many difficulties and experienced the hard time like I didn’t want to go to work at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For example, my 2nd job was not my ideal working environment. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, I had enough time to think about myself. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Why did I come back to Japan? <\/span><\/p>\n

I though I could do something for people with disabilities in Japan…” <\/span><\/p>\n

After I remembered my purpose, I started searching a volunteer work for people with disabilities, and soon found Co-Co Life magazine which I currently work as a volunteer work. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through Co-Co Life, I got to know so many people and my life became more fun. <\/span><\/p>\n

And those experiences led me to the next stage, researching in US. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I will remember the words my mother told me in the future too. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I believe the words will always give me courage to move forward in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was 18 years old when choosing college to apply, I didn’t care much about the curriculum as long as I can study English. The high school I attended was not like the top high school in Kyoto, but my class had advanced English programs for students who want to prepare for college study. I had the programs for 3 years in high school. So I thought those study environment was normal, and studying in junior college would be more advanced. However, once I entered the junior college, speaking\/listening English classes were just 2 times a week, and other classes were reading and discussing about English novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,133],"tags":[109,104],"class_list":["post-8684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocate","category-career","tag-fate","tag-parents"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8685,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684\/revisions\/8685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonrider7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}