I recently took my first trip to Mito and Fukushima prefectures, which was a completely new experience for me. I stayed one night at the Dormy Inn in Mito, and then we headed to Spa Resort Hawaiians bright and early the next morning. It was a unique kind of getaway we don’t usually have, so it felt really refreshing.

To be honest, the experience at Hawaiians wasn’t entirely perfect since it was high season and quite crowded with people enjoying the water. However, seeing my daughter happily playing in the “lazy river” made the trip a success. This opportunity was particularly precious because my older daughter is usually busy with private tutoring every weekend, preparing for her junior high school entrance exam next February.

While the trip meant giving up my weekend, it was undeniably filled with joy and precious family time.

Got a new MacBook Air! It’s got a JIS keyboard, which isn’t ideal since I prefer the US layout for easier ” ‘ ” input. Still, the experience is fantastic: beautiful screen, great sound, powerful processor, and amazing battery life.

My only real disappointment is that I can’t use it for remote desktop to my company’s VPN-connected PC. If that were possible, this MacBook Air could control both my personal desktop and work PC via VNC or remote desktop.

I initially tried to buy it with “Visa e gift#” from my company’s Connected Recognition points (sort of thanks card points)
However, it took 4-5 days to activate, so I just used my credit card instead.
I could buy the laptop, but it turns out, I received 20 separate virtual credit cards instead of one consolidated 20M yen card. I ended up converting all 20 into Amazon gift cards, gaining no benefits or points, which was a time-consuming hassle due to my misunderstanding.

I’m running low on cash. This is mainly due to RSU and ESPP, which are considered part of my salary, but aren’t liquid cash until I sell them. Currently, two-thirds of my income is RSU/ESPP, so my available money is decreasing continuously.

The estimated tax prepayment is approaching, and I need to credit 60 million JPY to my bank account by
July 31st. To do this, I need to sell my stocks.

I’m not a good investor, so I invested 1 million JPY in an individual stock, but the performance has not been good. Just around 5% return in this 1 year, including dividends.

A significant portion of my assets is my company’s stock, but selling it bothers me because I need to complete all the necessary tasks for next year’s tax return.

All this is due to not having enough liquidity.

As it’s calm and silent, it can be confused as if nothing is happening.
But the reality is that all these things are happening.
I was reading books, watching some videos on U-Next with a free trial, and doing all the trivial stuff needed for living.

My wife and daughter are talking to family in her hometown via LINE as a video call.
It’s convenient and is being leveraged and taken for granted.

I’m reading books about the telegraph from 1850-.
It’s amazing to know that old people made an effort to create the fundamental part of the current internet and telecommunication.

I’ll need to have a contract with a mobile service to give a telephone number to my younger daughter soon.
Gradually, she is becoming capable of using the mobile and the internet.