My Life Plan — 2026
At the start of this year, I want to write my life plan in words.
“MBO” is a word used at companies.
It means: set goals, look back, and move forward.
But this is not for work evaluation.
This is for my life.
This year, I will not write numbers or scores on purpose.
If I can draw my dream clearly, I think the numbers will come later.
My biggest dream
My dream is to make a place in Fukuoka.
It will be a place where people can come and feel better.
People may think:
- “I feel a little relaxed here.”
- “I don’t feel alone here.”
I want to build that kind of place.
I don’t know the shape yet.
It may be a café.
Or a used book shop.
Or a guesthouse.
I’m not sure.
Anyone can come.
- people who make things
- people who support others
- people who are still finding their way
- people who feel they are “no one” right now
I want everyone to stay in the same space.
The concept is:
Build for Local.
You don’t have to be strong.
You don’t have to be special.
I want to build a warm place, slowly, while caring for the people close to me.
This dream is difficult.
But I still want to build a place where creators, supporters, and enablers naturally gather.
When I talk about my dream, I still feel a little scared.
Maybe one day I will give up.
Maybe one day my heart will break.
Maybe one day I will feel embarrassed and think,
“Why did I say this dream out loud?”
But lately, I think that is okay.
Even if my dream works out, or even if I let it go,
I hope that later I can look back and say,
“That was also a part of me.”
If I can accept it like that, it is enough.
What I do now
To make that place in the future, I do small things now.
- I build small apps as a hobby.
- I write my Hakata relocation blog.
- I care about the people close to me.
- I try to make small communities in my own way.
I also read books that truly interest me.
And I write what I learn in my own words, little by little.
Recently, I am learning English and Korean little by little, too.
I don’t know the right answer.
But I will try first.
Even bad days will become experience.
And one more thing:
To make that place someday, I also want to save money little by little.
But money is not everything.
More important than money is trust.
I want people to think:
“If this person does it, I want to support him.”
So I want to keep taking action, step by step, and build small results.
I want to make ideas that move people
Along the way, I want to work in the creative world, like advertising.
I want to learn how technology and ideas become real experiences,
and how they reach people’s hearts.
I am not obsessed with the advertising industry itself.
But I feel making “ideas that move people” will help me someday,
when I make my own place.
To be honest, I also have a small admiration for Cannes.
Not the film festival—
I mean Cannes Lions, a big creative festival in the advertising world.
I don’t need a prize.
I just want the heat of long-time idea-making to reach someone.
That is enough.
(But if I win a prize, I will probably cry.)
I want to go to the Silk Road again
I went to the Silk Road about 10 years ago.
At that time, my feelings were simple:
“Big.”
“Amazing.”
“Different world.”
It was a good youth memory, but I didn’t really understand much.
Now I want to go again.
This time, I want to feel the air of:
- morning markets
- town squares
- guesthouses for travelers
Places where travelers gather, stop, talk, and then leave.
I want to learn from that kind of place.
This is not just sightseeing.
This is a trip to find hints for the place I want to make in the future.
My vlog (Bukhara, Uzbekistan / shot on iPhone 6):
I want to go to documenta again
In 2012, I went to documenta in Germany.
Documenta is a famous contemporary art event, held in Kassel, Germany, once every few years.
To be honest, at that time it was too “contemporary” for me.
I didn’t understand anything.
But when I look back now, I feel like I caught something small.
Maybe I felt something, even if I couldn’t explain it.
Along the way to my dream, I want to go to documenta again.
This time, I want to really feel contemporary art.
I want to improve my sense—
the kind of sense that is hard to put into words.
I think it will connect to:
- the atmosphere of the place I want to make
- and my idea toolbox
The next documenta will be in 2027.
(I also have photos from documenta 2012, shot on iPhone 5.)
Love and Marriage
Love and marriage can be hard.
Sometimes timing is not good.
Right now, it is not the center of my life.
But if I meet a wonderful person during my journey, I will be happy.
I want a person who respects:
- my way of thinking
- what I want to do
- my dream
And I want someone who can enjoy the same scenery with me.
If we can walk slowly together, I think it will be nice.
This reminds me of the Japanese drama “Yamato Nadeshiko.”
There is a famous line like this:
“I can see it…
10 years later, 20 years later,
you will still have me by your side.
Sadly, when I am with you, I am happy.”
I want to meet someone like that on the way to my dream.
If I meet someone like that, I want to face it seriously.
And yes, I may want to get married too, because I also think about responsibility.
Even if I get married, or even if I don’t,
I want to live in a way I will not regret.
And even if I regret something,
I hope I can accept myself with kindness.
The end
This is my honest life plan right now.
It will change. I will take many detours.
But I think one thing will not change:
I want to make a place where people naturally gather.
If you also think about community or “a place to belong,”
I would be happy to talk someday.
This is the first post of the new year,
so I talked about dreams a little seriously.
Trying too hard can look a bit “too serious,”
but it also means being a dreamer, right?
From here, I will keep writing about daily life as usual.
I will also face my work in front of me.
Please keep reading my hakata-blog.
Thank you so much for reading to the end.
Move, curiosity.