Last May, I purchased my first Porsche, a 911 Carrera T. I’m currently driving a Taycan 4S Cross Turismo, but when I started this blog seven years ago, I never imagined such a future awaited me.

Of course, I had always thought, “Someday, I want a Porsche,” and I wrote about my trial-and-error journey toward buying one. But back then, it was just a vague hope of “It’d be nice if I could buy one someday….” I never imagined it would actually come true.

However, about a year and a half ago, there was a moment when buying a Porsche suddenly felt within reach, and from that point until the purchase, everything moved swiftly. (That said, I bought it with the resolve of someone jumping off the Shimizu Stage and ready to break a bone—laughs.)

So today, I want to share what exactly happened that made buying a Porsche suddenly feel real and achievable.

I’m really driving a Porsche.

When I say, “What made buying a Porsche suddenly feel real?,” it wasn’t a single moment when I said, “I’m serious about buying one.” Rather, at some point, I naturally reached a place where I could effortlessly imagine myself driving a Porsche I bought a few years down the road. From there, everything started moving quickly.

That said, at the time, I didn’t have the money ready, nor a sufficient down payment, and I wasn’t confident I could handle the monthly loan payments. Still, I naturally thought, “Ah, I’m definitely going to be driving my own Porsche in a few years.”

Since I started this blog, I’ve been surrounded by many Porsche owners, including my husband and others who own multiple Porsches.

Being in that environment, I admired them but also keenly felt the gap between their world and mine, which ironically made my dream of owning a Porsche feel even more distant.

I often thought, “I’m completely different from these people. It’s like talking to someone way up in the clouds.” Every conversation reminded me of that gap, and at times, I felt resigned, thinking I could never be like them.

People often say, “If you want something, surround yourself with those who already have it or have achieved it.” Of course, just being in that environment doesn’t mean you’ll achieve it immediately (though some might), and I’ve come to realize that changing your mindset, thoughts, and actions takes time.

So why did I suddenly feel like “It’s natural for me to be driving my own Porsche“? I believe it’s because over several years, I kept taking small steps that were possible for me at each stage.

The first step was buying a used BMW 320i with my own money. At that time, even though I had passed my license test, I couldn’t drive a manual transmission at all, so I thought, “I have to learn to drive one. The only way is to buy an MT car and drive it every day,” and I committed to that.

Who would have thought that before meeting my husband, when I had zero interest in cars, the first car I’d buy would be a manual transmission? (laughs)

Later, after my third child was born, I decided, “I can now drive an MT car, and since expenses will be high for a while, I’ll sell the car,” so I sold it through a simultaneous appraisal service—and had a surprising experience.

I bought the car for 2.3 million yen and was able to sell it for 1.7 million yen.

I expected the price to drop much more when selling, but since the 320i MT in good condition was rare and still in demand, I was amazed at the high resale value.

I had driven it for just over a year, so it was like I got to drive it for only about 600,000 yen.

This experience made me deeply realize, “If you buy a car with good resale value, you can drive the car you want with minimal actual cost. No wonder everyone values resale so much.”

After settling down post-childbirth, I bought a new Swift Sport MT.

I still didn’t have the budget for a Porsche, and the Swift Sport was the only MT car that could just barely fit our family of five.

This time, it was a brand-new car, customized to my liking.

Buying a new car was exciting and fostered affection, so I drove it almost daily. Later, after starting my own business and gradually getting it on track, and after finishing the Swift Sport payments, I started to vaguely think, “Maybe my next car will be a Porsche.”

I still didn’t have the money ready, but the image naturally came to me: “The next car I drive will be a Porsche. In a few years, I’ll be driving a Porsche. Maybe even a 911.”

Buying a Porsche is like climbing a mountain.

Around that time, an owner acquaintance told me this:

“If you want a 911, you should tell the dealer now. I’ve heard there are still people lining up to buy one, so if you wait until you really want it, it might be too late.”

That made sense, so I boldly told my dealer contact, Mr. H, “I want to order the next 911 facelift as soon as it’s released.” A few months later, I was offered the chance to buy a Carrera T, and I took it.

As a result, I was able to achieve my goal of “buying my own Porsche” sooner than I expected.

This feeling is, in a way, like mountain climbing.

When you’re near the base, you can’t see the summit, don’t know where it is, how to get there, or when you’ll arrive. But as you climb to the third or fifth station, and then around the seventh, you suddenly see, “Ah, that’s the summit!” The goal becomes real and the climb accelerates.

…Though I’ve never climbed a mountain, that’s how it feels.

Even if you can’t see the summit, even if the path might be a detour, you start by doing what you can at that moment and keep moving.

Gradually, the image of achieving your goal becomes clearer.

And when you shift from “I want to buy someday” to “I can naturally and effortlessly imagine myself owning it,” you get much closer to making it happen.

I’m sure this applies not only to cars but to any goal.

Right now, I have a big goal in my work, and I can’t yet clearly imagine achieving it, but if I keep taking steps forward, I’m sure I’ll see the summit and make it real.

Until then, I’ll keep moving forward steadily. (And of course, enjoy my car life along the way!)