To you who have been working diligently and seriously, and are feeling a little tired

Are you feeling a little tired from taking your work too seriously?

The more you try to do things properly,
the less you can cut corners,
the more you overthink,
and the more you feel like you are falling behind those around you.

If you, who have opened this text, are thinking,
“This might be about me,”
then first of all, I think you have truly done a great job getting this far.

There are people who are suffering because they take their work too seriously.

For example,
・I have to be more efficient
・I am no good because I am not clever
・Everyone else is handling things more easily

These are the people who think like this and wear themselves out alone.

If that is you right now, please listen to me for a moment.

You are not wrong.
And being serious is not a flaw.

In today's working world,
“efficiency,” “the shortest route,” and “cost-performance” are strongly demanded.
How quickly, how efficiently, and how easily can you produce results?

That in itself is by no means a bad thing.
However, when it is treated as the “only correct answer,”
there will inevitably be people who suffer.

People who proceed while checking every single detail.
People who think about the background and the impact.
People who pause and wonder, “Is this really okay?”

The more people are like that,
the easier it is for them to blame themselves.

But that is not because they have low ability.
It is because they do not treat their work lightly.

Serious people
see work not as a “task” but as a “responsibility.”

Beyond what they have done,
will someone be troubled?
Will someone's time be wasted?
Will corrections be needed later?

They think about such things unconsciously.

That is why it takes time.
That is why they cannot easily just let it go.

But that is also
a way of building up trust little by little.

There is no need to force yourself to increase efficiency.

“I should have been able to do it faster”
“Someone else could do it more easily”

You do not have to keep directing
such words at yourself.

Your work
is already creating value in other ways.

・Few mistakes
・Careful verification
・Can be trusted with tasks
・Little need for rework

All of that
is something that has naturally accumulated
precisely because you have approached it seriously.

Of course,
there is no need to work until you are exhausted.

However, I want you to remember just one thing.

Efficiency
is not something you do after denying yourself.

First,
acknowledge yourself for having done things so carefully up to this point.
Then,
think, “Maybe I can make this part a little easier.”

That order is enough.

If you are currently
suffering because you are comparing yourself to others,
please try changing your perspective just a little.

You are not falling behind.
You are just digging deeper.

The place where people who look light-footed are advancing,
and the place you are digging into,
are different to begin with.

Seriousness
is quiet and not flashy.
Sometimes it is not immediately appreciated.

Even so,
the reason organizations and work continue to function without collapsing
is because someone is thinking properly
and facing it properly.

You have already become
that “someone.”

Therefore,
you do not have to force yourself to change.
You do not have to force yourself to be faster.

If your current way of doing things is a little painful,
what you should cut is not your seriousness,
but the words you use to blame yourself.

People who have approached things seriously
will surely be rewarded someday
in the form of trust.

Please, do not let go of that value
yourself.

For you, the serious person,
here is a story about steps to
lighten your heart a little without losing your sincerity