2017年1月9日月曜日

反省・Looking back





去年は僕にいい一年だった。少し寂しくて落ち込んでいたけど、新しいことを挑戦したり、関係を育てたりするようにした。去年早く、アパートから出ること(外出しないでお金を節約することじゃなくて)が大事だということに気づいたので、ミスドで日本語を勉強しに行き始めた。

そして、新しい趣味を挑戦しようかと思ったので、数ヶ月にエレキギターのレッスンを受けた。でも、あまり長く続けなかった。なぜかといえば、まずはもう飽きたから。また、ダン・ペニャという人の話を聞いて、関係を育てたほうがいいと思ったから。彼は「人は親しくて、時間を過ごす5人の平均だ」と言う。また、彼は、自分の目標を現実にする邪魔になる人を避けるだけじゃなくて、目標を現実にする支援できる人を積極的に交流したほうがいいって言う。なので、僕がもっといい人になる支援ができる人を選んで、それらの関係を育てた。1人は今のベリーグッドの彼女になった。

痩せたり、旅行し始めたりすることもした。愛している人と一緒に旅行したら、もっと楽しくなる。僕は過去に、あまり旅行に興味がなかったけど、他の人と一緒に生活をすることにした後、外の世界を見る利点がやっとわかった。

仕事は一昨年より楽になってきた。ある学校で英語ラジオをし始めた。ある学生は僕が支援して、スピーチコンテストで2位をとって、東京に行った。

撮影の業界に入る少しの一歩も踏んだ。小さなバーでエレキギターの先生の記念日演奏でカメラマンをした。お金を儲けなかったけど、僕と僕の撮影装置がそういう難しい仕事ができることに気づいた。僕に自信をつけてくれる経験になった。

一年中、いつものようにニュースを読んだ。世界のニュースの知識を得るために、たくさんの時間を過ごした。残念だけど、妹は僕の政治に関しての考え方が嫌いだったので、僕たちの関係が結構悪化した。

年末に、僕は彼女の家の掃除を手伝って、お母さんと一緒に晩御飯を初めて食べて、最後に彼女はお返しに僕のアパートにあったたくさんの段ボールを捨てて、掃除を手伝ってくれた。手伝ってもらうと、楽になった。

結局、いい一年だった。

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Last year was a good year for me. I was feeling a bit lonely and depressed for a bit, but I decided to try some new stuff and develop some relationships. Early in the year, I decided it was important to get out of my apartment (rather than stay home and save money on food, transportation, etc.), so I started going to Mister Donut and studying Japanese.

Then I decided to try getting a new hobby/skill, so I took electric guitar lessons for a few months. That didn’t last long, though. One reason is that I kind of lost interest. I also decided to develop some relationships after getting some inspiration from Dan Pena. He says that you are the average of the handful of people that you spend time with. He also says that instead of just not associating with people that don’t help you reach your goals, you should also take the initiative to associate with people that will help you reach your goals. So, I picked some people that I thought would help me become a better person and did the work to develop relationships with them. One of those people is the great lady who became my girlfriend.

I also lost some weight and started traveling a bit. Traveling with someone you love makes the experience more worthwhile. I didn’t have much interest in traveling before, but after I started sharing my life with other people, I started to understand the benefits of getting out and seeing the world around me.

At work, I feel much more comfortable than last year. I started doing English Radio broadcasts at one school. One student I supported got second place in a speech contest and went to Tokyo.

I also made some baby steps toward getting into professional photography. I was the cameraman at my electric guitar teacher’s anniversary performance in a local bar. I didn’t make any money for that job, but I learned that both I and my photography equipment are capable of getting demanding jobs like that done. It gave me the confidence boost I needed.

Throughout the year I’ve kept up to date with the news, as I usually do. I did what little I could to support Donald Trump. I took a lot of time to learn and keep informed about the world around me. Unfortunately, a sister of mine didn’t like my views, so our relationship deteriorated quite a bit.

I ended the year by helping my girlfriend clean her family’s home, eating dinner with her mom for the first time, and then finally cleaning up my apartment, getting rid of a bunch of cardboard boxes that I had piled in an extra room I have. It was a great relief to have someone to help me.

All in all, it was a good year.

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