[Daily Sway] My Kanji of the Year
I'm casually wondering, 'Is it time for the Kanji of the Year yet?' I think the announcement should be coming soon. By the way, last year, 2024, was 'Gold' (Kin). My guesses for this year are 'Rice' (Bei) or 'High' (Taka), maybe? Hmm. Is that too simple?
Just as I was thinking that, Tamaki-sensei wrote in an article that it would be announced this afternoon. I'm looking forward to it! I wonder if my guess will be right?
2024 was 'Separate' (Ri), 2025 is 'Cultivate' (Kou)
I had started writing a rough draft of an article when last year's 'My Kanji' became a topic of conversation, but I was so busy every day preparing for the opening of my workplace that I left it abandoned without even having time to review it. Before I knew it, it was buried in the mountain of drafts in my note folder.
To summarize last year's "My Kanji" briefly,
Divorce, leaving my hometown, and quitting a job where I was forcing myself to deceive my heart and work hard. The Kanji for 2024, a year of taking the plunge and making up my mind, was'Separate' (Ri).
Now, as a form of revenge, let me think about what "My Kanji for 2025" might be.
I thought it might be 'Challenge' (Chou) because I took on various challenges, but
it didn't feel like I was charging ahead with enthusiasm, saying, 'Woo! I'm going to take on challenges with all my might!'
Rather, it was a year where I moved forward step by step, feeling my way while being lost. Thinking about it that way, I felt that 'Cultivate' (Kou) fit better.
❤️🔥 A year overflowing with things I want to do
In a crystal reading I had at an event in the spring, I was told that toward the end of the year, 'You will have too many things you want to do, so it's better to narrow your focus.' Also, my past life was a 'monk.' I was told 'monk' in last year's clairvoyant fortune slip too, so it feels more real. Both words became my guidelines for this year and also encouraged me.
Actually, since the "things I want to try" started increasing one after another, I calmly made a "things I want to do list," perhaps like a monk.
One of those things was "to do face-to-face fortune-telling sessions regularly again." Around the summer, I auditioned for a fortune-telling parlor, and I am currently sitting as a fortune teller twice a week. Real-life readings are, after all, a learning experience.
I am struggling as if my rival is the me of yesterday.
🍃 Longing for stability, or the true voice of my heart
I also long for a life where I engage in one job and continue peacefully every day while earning a stable income.
But it seems that my heart gets restless when I am in the same wave for too long.
Because for a long time, my mother constantly
'That's useless,' 'You don't need to do unnecessary things,' and she would meticulously deny both what I did and what I said,
“Am I useless?”
"Maybe it's impossible for someone like me."
"Surely, I can't do it properly, right?"
I think the habit of worrying about these things has become ingrained in me before I knew it.
But now, I am different from back then.
Without needing permission from anyone, without needing to conform to anyone's values,
“I do it because I like it,” “I learn because I want to know”
I think I have finally learned to “be on my own side” after a long time.
I can believe in myself more than anyone else.
I have come to think that way.
Occasionally, dark days that seem to fall from the sky visit me, but I have become incredibly fast at recovering.
🌱 Until the day the buds appear
There are no visible achievements or results yet. In fact, there might be more days where things don't go well at all.
Even if nothing looks different from the outside, the soil of my heart should be much richer and fuller of nutrients than last year.
And one day, suddenly, it might appear as a small bud. Even if a bud doesn't appear, my past life was a “monk.”
I can now think that there must be meaning in the days themselves, where I don't rush and continue to build up while believing in myself.
While looking forward to a small bud appearing, I want to spend 2026 as my heart moves.
🔮 Your current worries, within this year
12/13 (Sat), it is finally tomorrow.
Together with Harumi Plum-sensei, we will hold a reading session using Western astrology, tarot, and kalimba.
Not limited to next year's fortune, we also accept consultations on worries such as love, work, family, and human relationships.
It is also recommended for those who want to organize their current feelings.
Only a few slots left.
Let's lighten our hearts and welcome the New Year within this year.
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📌15:00~15:50 (In-person)
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