I became a 36 years old some month ago. Many things happened my life since last time I post here.
First, I will be a father. A boy will be born in November to my family if nothing comes up.I have some expectations to our baby already, like playing together, talking him camp... but as the due date gets closer, all I truly care about is that he is born healthy.
Anyway my life stage will change. It will be changing actually.
Lately, I’ve been really feeling that nothing changes unless you take action. With the limited upside in my current salary, I feel a strong need to earn on my own, which got me constantly thinking about how to leverage my unique career. I think I’ve finally come up with an answer to this. I’ll share more about it later.
Second, Africa entered my life.
My wife and I visited Senegal for the first time as a kind of second honeymoon and check business potential. I love it. I established a startup there with local business partner. I'm a cofounder and CFO now. The business progress so far is baby step and way behind from my expectation though, We were invited to Vivatech 2026, La French tech and one of the biggest conference event in the world, to exhibit as African innovators. I'm catching up the french language now and take an online class to study. I'm studying Wolof the Senegalise local language too. Besides business in Segegal, I'm doing africa related business in Kobe. I am recognized as african business person.
Third, another master's degree challenge. Since our business in Senegal is Bio and circular thing, I need to Study biology and I took 2 online graduate class last winter. And I'm into it now and decide to apply online Mastser's degree program. Actually I already applied last week. If it worked, I could earn proper persuasive bio-knowledege and it will work for our business to convince investors and regulators. Also, I'm thinking a PhD program after that. hopefully in Portgul. In my current calculation, it need 7M yen cash flow a year to stay there healthy with my familiy. That's a concrete number and I need to think to deal with it.
In short, there are other new things what I want to do now and I'm committing above things to realize next 5 years.
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I turned 36 a few months ago. A lot has happened in my life since the last time I posted here.
First, I’m going to be a father. A baby boy will be joining our family in November, barring any complications. I already have so many things I'm looking forward to doing with him—like playing together and taking him camping—but as the due date gets closer, all I truly care about is that he is born healthy. Either way, my life is entering a new stage; in fact, it’s changing already.
Lately, I’ve been feeling that nothing changes unless you take action. With the limited upside of my current salary, I feel a strong need to earn on my own, which has had me constantly thinking about how to leverage my unique career. I think I’ve finally come up with an answer. I’ll share more about it later.
Second, Africa entered my life. My wife and I visited Senegal for the first time as a kind of second honeymoon and to explore business potential. I loved it. I established a startup there with a local business partner, and I'm now a co-founder and CFO. Although our business progress is taking baby steps and is behind my expectations, we were invited to exhibit as African innovators at VivaTech 2026, one of the biggest tech events in the world. I'm catching up on French by taking online classes, and I'm also studying Wolof, a local Senegalese language. On top of my work in Senegal, I'm doing Africa-related business in Kobe and starting to get recognized as an Africa-focused businessperson.
Third, I'm taking on the challenge of another master's degree. Since our business in Senegal is in the bio and circular economy space, I need to study biology, so I took two online graduate classes last winter. I really got into it and decided to apply for an online master's degree program. In fact, I submitted my application last week. If accepted, I can gain solid, credible biology knowledge to convince investors and regulators. Looking further ahead, I'm considering a PhD program afterward, hopefully in Portugal. By my current calculations, it will take around 7 million yen in annual cash flow to live comfortably there with my family. That’s a concrete target, and I need to figure out how to make it happen.
In short, there are many new goals I want to pursue, and I am fully committed to realizing these plans over the next five years.
Key Corrections
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I became a 36 years old $\rightarrow$ I turned 36: "Turned [age]" is the most natural native phrasing for aging milestones.
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If nothing comes up $\rightarrow$ Barring any complications: "If nothing comes up" refers to personal schedule conflicts. Medical contexts favor "barring any complications" or "if everything goes smoothly."
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Talking him camp $\rightarrow$ Taking him camping: Corrected the typo and verb-object pattern.
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Catching up the french language $\rightarrow$ Catching up on French: The phrasal verb requires the preposition on when referencing subjects or skills.
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Bio and circular thing $\rightarrow$ Bio and circular economy space: Replacing informal terms like "thing" with domain-specific terms strengthens professional tone.
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Stay there healthy $\rightarrow$ Live comfortably there: "Healthy" strictly implies physical/mental health, whereas "living comfortably" captures financial security and quality of life.
