Abstract

No matter what the situation, accept your limitations based on what you value and build on what is in front of you.

I believe this is the only way to live a life without regret, without being dragged down by impatience and dissatisfaction, and without clinging to past happiness.

If you have the "power to make up your mind", I believe that you can be a person who is satisfied with yourself, regardless of your age or situation.

Even if you are not satisfied with your current or past self, there are many things you can change from now on.
Don't worry. I myself was like that.

You can move your life by thinking and deciding for yourself.
So, you can decide more by yourself.

Author’s Information

Cynthia Usui was born in 1959 to a Chinese family in the Philippines. After graduating from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies as a government-sponsored student, she worked for a trading company and married her husband, a Japanese working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She gave birth at age 30 and became a full-time housewife. She lived in five countries for approximately 20 years. At age 47, she returned to the workforce when her daughter entered university. She began working as a cafeteria attendant at her daughter's alma mater. After returning to Japan, she worked as a telephone receptionist for 1,300 yen per hour before joining ANA InterContinental Tokyo. Within three years, she was promoted to Deputy Manager of Sales Development and transferred to Shangri-La Tokyo. In 2018, she became a Senior Hospitality Manager for Coca-Cola Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. However, she lost her job when the games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She worked as a supermarket cashier while searching for a new job. In spring 2021, she became the Japan President of LOF Hotel Management, a foreign-affiliated hotel chain. She is a certified LinkedIn influencer. Her books include "8 Things a Full-Time Housewife Should Do Before Getting a Job" (KADOKAWA) and "How Was My Daughter Raised to Get Accepted into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton University?" (KADOKAWA).