Last week and this week, my school organized college and vocational school information sessions at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro.
For me, though, attending them brought mixed feelings.
If I choose to continue my studies and spend another two years in vocational school, I would be close to forty by the time I graduate. Realistically speaking, finding a job at that age would likely become even more difficult.
Because of that, the path in front of me feels clearer than ever: graduate from language school, and then start looking for work in Japan.
Objectively speaking, being in my thirties does not offer much advantage in the job market. Age doesn’t become smaller because we work harder, and reality doesn’t change because we worry about it.
But when I look at it another way, compared with my future self, I am as young as I will ever be today.
Rather than dwelling on my age, I’d rather focus on what I can do right now.
First, study Japanese well. Pass the exam in front of me.
Then keep moving forward, one step at a time.
The road ahead may not be easy, but as long as I keep going, I’ll get closer to where I want to be.
Compared with the person I will become in the future, today’s me is always the youngest.