Why I Want a Porsche

Today, I want to write about what someone who has decided “Someday I want a Porsche” should do first. To get straight to the point, it’s to change your environment.

More specifically, I believe it means placing yourself in an environment where Porsche owners are around.

That said, I haven’t yet bought a Porsche with my own money, so I can’t speak too authoritatively… (this is just my personal view). First, I’d like to share why I want to buy a Porsche 911.

I recently wrote an article titled “I’ve Started Taking Concrete Steps to Buy a Porsche 911”, and someone asked me this:

“You already have several Porsches your husband bought at home, so why do you want to buy one yourself?”

It’s a question I’ve been asked a few times before, and even my husband often says,

“Why are you so fixated on buying one yourself? And since we have Porsches at home, why don’t you just drive them more often?”

And that’s a fair point.

In terms of experiencing Porsche’s performance and driving, I’ve already driven various Porsches, both PDK and MT, so there’s no real need to buy one just to feel that again.

Also, since I watch my husband own and maintain Porsches up close, there aren’t many surprises or “Oh, really? That’s amazing!” moments left for me.

Plus, I’m not the type who “loves driving and always wants to go for a drive.” Usually, I only drive for nearby errands like grocery shopping, taking my child to kindergarten, or occasionally for work. I rarely go on long trips.

When asked again, “Then why do you want one?” my answer is largely “I want to experience the world of owning a Porsche myself.”

Since I was a student, I’ve never been very attached to material things. I used to save money from part-time jobs and spend it all on overseas travel, then save again and repeat. I probably started my business because, after talking with many company presidents during sales visits, my curiosity about “What’s it like to be a CEO? What’s it like to run your own business?” grew stronger.

So with Porsche, too, watching people whose lives improve by owning one, I’m driven by the curiosity of “What kind of world would I see if I bought one myself?”

Maybe if I own a Porsche myself, I’ll suddenly love driving, or my passion for touring will skyrocket, or maybe I’ll discover something else entirely—but I won’t know until I try.

The Importance of Environment

If the goal is simply “to experience the world that opens up by buying something that’s not easily within reach,” then watches, bags, or shoes might work just as well… but the reason it has to be a Porsche, as I mentioned at the start, is the environment.

After starting this Porsche blog and meeting Porsche owners, being surrounded by them, the Porsche that once felt so far away gradually changed to “Hey, maybe I can actually buy one myself?”

At first, of course, it felt strange. I thought, “How can everyone buy such expensive cars? They must really have money.” But that feeling gradually faded. (It’s a little scary… lol)

So if my husband had been into watches, and had stepped into that world, I might have wanted a watch instead. If it had been shoes, then maybe shoes.

What’s amazing—and a bit scary—is that your senses can change dramatically without you even realizing it, depending on the environment you’re in.

I’ve heard that most decisions people make in a day are unconscious. Life is shaped by a continuous series of choices made without even realizing it.

So if I had stayed in a world where “Buying a Porsche is just a dream, a dream beyond dreams,” I would never have imagined buying one, my daily decisions wouldn’t have changed, and I probably wouldn’t have developed the mindset to “earn more.”

I truly believe that changing your environment is essential for growth. At first, it feels uncomfortable, you might be pulled back to old ways of thinking, and the unfamiliar feelings can be unsettling.

But when that feeling becomes “normal,” I think you’ve taken a big step closer to achieving your goals.

From now on, I want to be even more aware of the importance of environment, to place myself among the people in the world I want to be part of, and to think and act in ways that allow me to be recognized as a member of that world.