【A Scent to Find Your Heart's Resting Place】They Say 35 is the Limit in This Industry【Sensitivity and Depression】

"Working in the creative industry hits a limit at 35."Have you ever heard that?

I, Mineko, work as a web director at fūun, a web production company in Tokyo, sothe 35-year-old limit theory is not something that concerns only others. It applies to the industry, and to my own age of 30.

This theory likely refers to the fact that as you get older, your physical stamina to keep creating simply decreases, andyour antenna and sensitivity to various things settle down, which puts a cap on your output.I think that is what it means.

Because of my sensitivity, it was painful, it was fun

I have depression.

I don't know if I'm sensitive because I have depression, or if I have depression because I'm sensitive, butthere are moments when just getting through the day causes my heart to be greatly shaken, and people sometimes describe that as having high sensitivity.

Looking back, because of that"sensitivity," there were many things I couldn't do,and conversely, because of that "sensitivity," I designed, wrote text...

I was also able to create various things as if driven by it.

A "Scent" to Determine the Heart's Resting Place

What does it mean to get older, to become an adult?
It has been a long time since I became an adult, but I sometimes think about it.

The answer I have come to now is"having the resolve to keep choosing."I believe that is it.

As you get older, the things you can "choose" decrease.There are age limits for changing jobs, marriage agencies sort by age, and even childbirth is determined by physical standards unrelated to your own will.

"Choosing" is scary. Because it means taking responsibility, saying, "I did this of my own will."But,that is precisely why, even so, you must "keep choosing with resolve."

Because whether 35 is the limit is something you decide for yourself,andlife, and the way your heart is, are things you should choose for yourself.

I decided tochoose my current sensitivity through "scent"to find the resting place of my heart,which tends to drift here and there due to that sensitivity.

Breathe in, breathe out. Creating choices in habits you don't think about

Inside my heart,there is a vague, cloudy feeling I can't quite put into words. At times like that, my breathing always becomes shallow.

I wish I could exhale well along with this feeling of unease.... When I thought that, I started to become conscious of 'scent' as a tool that stays close to my daily life and
helps me achieve that.

If there were a scent that I could instinctively inhale deeply, a scent that could strengthen or weaken my sensitivity, and if there were a routine of choosing one every day, I thought I could surely choose a wonderful version of myself even after turning 35.

Creating favorite days with 'scent'

By incorporating a scent routine into my current life, I am able to have time every day to have a dialogue with myself at that moment.

That time is a necessary communication for 'choosing' something, and since it is also simply a fun activity, I would like to share my recommended scents with you all here.share my recommended scents with you all here.

When I wake up in the morning, I burn incense that matches my mood for the day

I believe that everyone has a balance of frequency and magnitude of happiness that suits them.

It might be because I am simply an indoor-oriented, introverted person who is weak to external stimuli, but I am overwhelmingly a 'Slow-Burn' happiness person.

And one of the elements that colors that life is the 'scent routine,' and through that habit, facing myself for the day has become an act of confirming my own inner equilibrium.

I am puffing away... with these kinds of incense, matching them to the season, the weather every morning, and my feelings,.

By burning incense that wraps the entire space in smoke, I'm hoping that the scent will also nicely transfer to my unread books... that's my goal.

During the day, before heading out, I create a barrier around myself with perfume.

Perhaps it's because of my sensitivity, but I get completely exhausted when I enter a crowd.

At times like that, I cast a 'circle' around myself with scent. (Like in HUNTER×HUNTER) Then, I feel like I can handle even unpleasant crowds. I feel that way.

So, before going out, I choose perfume, which lasts longer than incense.

Just like changing my makeup or clothes, I don't overthink it; I just change my scent based on my mood or the season.

Perfumes for a night of nirvana-like peace

Web directors are possessed by various "wants.""I want to finish this," "I want to raise these numbers," "I want to win this pitch"... these are all worldly desires.

At least at night, you want to cast aside your worldly desires and sleep like the dead (=nirvana), right?
Just like in this famous scene from "Saint Young Men."

I like to try many different kinds of perfumes in detail, so I useColoria's perfume subscription serviceI am doing.

Also, since it's easy to enjoy layering perfumes, I keep the brand consistentI am.I mainly collect JO MALONE LONDON, I suppose.

Just by spritzing these before bed, I feel like I can somehow tell myself, 'You lived today, well done,' and I feel like something from the day I lived is being purified.

What gets purified is probably, after all, my worldly desires.

I hope that what I remember when I die are the nameless days.

A little while ago, my grandmother passed away.She lived a full life to the age of 89.When I heard the news of Grandma's passing, what came to mind were the rice balls wrapped in salted greens that Grandma used to make.

Even when someone precious dies, what I remember are those days I didn't even pay attention to or think about.

Surely, even when I die, I will remember those everyday days that weren't special events and weren't worth writing in a diary.

And what I remember then, I don't want to be small regrets like 'I forgot to give a Father's Day gift' or 'I forgot to tell my husband thank you for taking out the trash'.

What I want to remember is my own modest courage of 'choosing every day and living it to the fullest,' and today, which is so deeply imbued with a 'love' that cannot be expressed in paintings or poems.

That is why I want to live each day with care.

I want to be surrounded by things I like, wonderful things, work I love, and people I love.
I want to spend my favorite days until I die.

If, while living, my heart gets swayed by my own sensitivity, if I can return my heart to its home position with the power of the things I love, I can always return to that determination.

That is why I want to live today with care. I want to choose today for myself.

Loving today will even change the wider society.

This is a quote from LION's note, which hosted this theme, '#ImportantDailyHabits'.

Yes, within our habits and the days that are connected to them, there are many precious things hidden that can even change the world, which we cannot see unless we try to look.

That is precisely why I believe it is necessary to create triggers through habits and choices, and to constantly observe and verify them..

Beyond the 'nameless today,' your days—and the 'habits' and 'choices' that spark them—will connect you with a rich heart and society.

From the corner of the internet, I pray that those days will continue peacefully, surrounded by beautiful and wonderful things.

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I have talked about many things (it was fun!), but finally, I think those who have read this far surely share a similar sensibility with fūun.

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