The older daughter is now 11 and will enter the 6th grade of elementary school.

She is also going to a private tutor(cram school).
The objective is to try to go to a private junior high school.

But she doesn’t do self-study proactively.
Even with our suggestion, she is not willing to study.

Going to a private junior high school is not mandatory.
It’s her choice and if we force her to study hard, it will spoil her life.

Even with that consideration, she has some problems due to her sensitive age.
If I suggest she quit private tutoring school, she refuses.
But she doesn’t spend enough time for study.

Our ultimate objective is to let her live happily.
That’s for sure.

The stock price of my company is rising well.
It’s from 45$ to 60+$ in this 4 month.
I have 4.5k stocks, and it’s not a small amount.

I hope I can get more money.
When I was young, I didn’t care about money

But with growing, money started to play a more important role, especially for my family.
I spend the least within my family but still, much money is used for glossaries, clothes, and education.

Time also becomes an important factor after having a family as I need to spend time taking care of my kids.
But if I’m a billionaire, it can be a game changer and solver for the challenges.

If I’m rich, I can go to university now.
I’m interested in studying but achieving both work and studying is not easy for an ordinary man.

I started getting into reading at the beginning of this year.
It was gradual.

Anyway I read the book when I ride exercise bike every week.
But in addition to that, I read the book in night time more frequently.
I have read 9 books in this month.

It was unfortunate I stopped reading habit after marriage, and I didn’t have this habit while my elder daughter was little and young.
Because showing the role model is best way to motivate children, as per my understanding.

I recently read the book written by former CEO of Hitachi.
The author started 2 hours of random reading in the morning from his mid-40s.

I agree and it should be good idea if the person will need to be CEO.
Achieving knowledge and cultivate oneself is important for such kind of person.
If I need to be CEO, I’ll do the same.

The year is now 2025.
I’ll be 42, my older daughter will be in 6th grade, and my younger daughter will be in the same school with her big sister.
It will be the fiscal year for junior high school exams.

I really hope this year will be good year for everyone especially around me.
I don’t have critical issue in my life, but it’s just for now.
No one knows about the future.

My dad friend will start working in my company.
He is good guy and I believe it’s good choice.

I had 13 days off from 24th Dec, but it’s 5th Jan already.
Time really flies fast.
But I always realize again that day off is super important to have OFF from the duty.
And it’s crucial especially for older and growing man.

I have something to worry about.

My elder daughter seems not to like studying, and making a effort.
She likes playing a game, and watching Netflix, but she doesn’t care her exam scores.

I can’t blame her as the very first time when I started to study by my own intention is around 25 year’s old.
But I now learned that studying is important and helpful to have good life.

I really want to help her.
But it cannot be achieved without her understanding and help.

Last week, I created presentation with 8 slides to explain her situation, and the decisions she needs to make.
Hope she understands it, but if she doesn’t want to spend time for learning, still it’s OK.

But she will need to quit her private tutoring.

Days off are very important.
Since my job and role is with high pressure, “off” to away from the responsibility is crucial to maintain myself.
Even though I’m not good at switching on and off.
Still I can be away from the job.

My sister-in-law will visit my house tomorrow with her daughter.
It is always a pleasure to meet with her, as I like her personality.
Hope she can enjoy the stay, and my daughters and her daughter can enjoy the meet up and playing together.

My younger daughter caught stomach sick, then elder daughter had 39 degree C fever.
I needed to take her to the doctor, but fortunately it’s not a flu, and recovered promptly.
They are so excited to visit my wife’s home town from 30th, and looking forward.
Catching the sickness earlier is kind of positive.

It’s already December 24th.
Failed to keep posting in earlier days in Dec…

No special update, but finally I finished my work in 2024.
I have almost 2 weeks off, but Time will fly.

My eldest daughter turned 11 on the 25th of November.

She will need to consider about the entering exam for private junior high school.
But she is not so good at studying.

She has capability and potential as he is good at Japanese class.
But not good for other classes like Math, Science, Social study, etc.
I believe it’s closely related to curiosity and how to enjoy the learning.

Actually when I was young, I was also not doing that well.
On the contrary, I protested to my parent and determined not to do any study.

Nowadays, there’s lots of contents available in Netflix and Web.
Those will distract her.

I will continue to be a good advisor to her, using some kind of my success story.
I still believe private middle school is better choice.

My manager is now on medical leave.
He will get back on Jan 2025.

I like him as he is not simply good guy but good for me.
And our strong point is clearly different.
That’s very important to be a good team.

Hope his surgery went well, and he is having smooth recovery.

Actually I’m not sure the reason or name of sickness for his surgery.
He didn’t clarify it and our director also didn’t mention, so I didn’t ask as it’s kind of private area.
But he said 3 weeks stay is needed after the surgery, so I can assume it’s related to internal organs or something.

I’ve heard that my manager will start to take medical leave.
He will have surgery in 20th Nov, but I’m not sure about the details, as he (and his boss) didn’t mention it clearly, so I didn’t ask.

My honest feeling is it’s a kind of challenge.
We are good team to support each other, as strong point is different each other.
I really hope the surgery will go well.

By the way, I needed to face the fact that my English vocabulary is limited for this type of conversation.
I could only say “Hope the surgery will go well” in 1on1 call.
I have no plan to seek to move to management role, but this is one of the reason it looks very challenging for me.

Done with the book, 火星へ.
It was not so great honestly but I could enjoy the book without getting bored.
It’s not super dramatic but more for low-key, but very well written for the space travel toward Mars in 1960s.
Yes, 1960s.