In 2023, the Porsche 911 Arrives

Happy New Year! Thank you for continuing to follow “Welcome Home, PORSCHE” in 2023.

At the start of the year, my husband posted this as his mission statement for the year on Twitter:

#MissionStatementForThisYear

・Focus on interesting, fun things that bring joy to the heart

・Act proactively on what others ask of you

・Be mindful of making others happy in your actions

・Consider problems as your own responsibility and improve your thinking and behavior

・Use your abilities to make the world a better place

— Hiro @ Welcome Home, PORSCHE (@boxster_gts) January 1, 2023

When I asked him why he felt this way this year, he answered:

I’ve been thinking and acting like this for a few years now, but this year I decided to put it into words clearly.

I see… putting it into words and sharing it with those around you is really important.

As for me, for the past few years I’ve set a goal to try at least one new thing every year, no matter how small.

When I was younger and working at a company, I was often tasked with mentoring juniors or involved in new projects, so there was always some kind of change.

But around my mid-30s, I realized if I don’t take initiative, nothing changes and I don’t feel any growth, so I decided to make sure I could feel that “last year I could do something I couldn’t before” or “I saw a view I hadn’t seen before”, no matter how small.

In recent years, my goals have included learning to drive a manual car and starting to study English (both unrelated to work, haha), but this year, 2023, my biggest challenge will be fulfilling my long-time dream of owning a Porsche with my own money.

Strictly speaking, I signed the contract for the 911 at the end of 2022…

Still, since the real journey begins after delivery, I see this as a huge challenge for myself—to earn enough to maintain the 911 and become the kind of person worthy of it. (I hope to share more about the order process on the blog soon.)

More Ambitious Than Ever at Work

Strangely, after ordering the 911, my work luck seemed to change.

Taking a leap of faith to order the 911 and pay the deposit, I started thinking, “I need to save the down payment before delivery. Considering the monthly loan, I have to earn more!” From then on, a series of events pushed me to seriously face my work.

It felt like an invisible force was saying, “If you’re going to buy a Porsche, you can’t stay as you are. You have to work harder!”—creating an environment that gave me a wake-up call.

I’ve faced more challenges head-on and overcome them one by one.

For the past five years, I’ve scaled back work to focus on raising our three children.

Between parenting, housework, and blogging, the days fly by, but I’ve always felt strongly that I put family first (based on past tough experiences) and don’t want to lose balance.

Looking back, I think deep down I felt:

“At this age, starting from scratch and going all out again is exhausting. Isn’t it enough as it is?”

But after going around in circles, I realized my nature is to enjoy working hard and achieving things, so if the opportunity is there, I want to give it my best.

Most importantly, my kids have recently started supporting me working. The other day, my eldest daughter said,

“I want to be a CEO someday too, so Mom, please teach me lots when that time comes!”

That really touched me (I’ll have to earn even more by then, haha). As my children grow, our relationship and boundaries are gradually changing, and while I still work mainly from home, I feel the environment is becoming more supportive of my work challenges.

So, for 2023, I want to adopt a phrase famously used by Antonio Inoki as my personal theme (suddenly, haha):

If you go down this road, what will happen?
Don’t be afraid.
If you are afraid, there is no road.
Take a step forward,
That step becomes the road,
That step becomes the road.
Go without hesitation,
You’ll understand when you go.
— Antonio Inoki