How would you describe yourself to someone?

07/22/2025

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When I was young, I always pretended to be a good daughter.

But now I am being true to myself.

I grew up in a conservative family. If I hadn’t come abroad, what would I have done?

I would have married a Japanese man and become an English teacher.

But I didn’t choose that way of life.

For 20 years, I have lived a life that my Japanese family never expected.

I want to continue to live my life believing in myself.

Around the age of 20, I wrote a letter to my future self. ↓

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誰かに褒められたくて、ずっと頑張ってきた私

I’ve been trying my best to get someone to praise me.

でも、いつも人並み

But I am always average.

子どもの頃から書くことが好きで

I’ve liked writing since I was a child.

卒業文集に小説家になりたいって書いたね

So I wrote in the graduation book that I want to be a novelist.

私はまだその夢を叶えてないけど

I’ve not achieved that dream yet.

あなたなら絶対できるはず

I’m sure you can do it.

人生は一度きり

You only live once.

やりたいことをやればいい

Do what you want to do.

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I don’t intend to become a novelist now.

But I want to express my true feelings. 😉

When I was 20…↓

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