[Diary] What has been your greatest failure in life?

To be honest, I don't think I have greatest failure in life because I am optimistic.
I think any failures are seeds of success so any failures improve me.

If I had to choose, I have a regret about finding work when I was in university.
At that time, I studied sports science and I earned certification as a Health Fitness Programmer.

On the other hand, I was interested in reserching sports science so I was invited to go to postgraduate school by professor of my seminar.
In fact, I wondered to find work or go to postgraduate school.

Finally, I decied to work as a Health Fitness Programmer and I found work at nursing fasility in Nagano.

But the workplace was bad for me because I couldn't make use of my skills those I studied during university.
Even more, the company didn't obey the law of working means Labor Standards Act.

Due to those reasons, I thought I rather went to postgraduate school than find work.
That is my regret.

Although while I regret it, I also think the experience is important for me because any experience of my life make who I am now.
If I didn't have that experience, I couldn't get current job.

Also, we can't change the past things definitly.
So I'd rather think about what I can do now than regret the past

Correction by AI

To be honest, I don't think I have a greatest failure in life because I am optimistic.
I believe any failures are seeds of success, so any failures improve me.

If I had to choose, I regret finding employment while I was in university.
At that time, I studied sports science and earned certification as a Health Fitness Programmer.

On the other hand, I was interested in researching sports science and was invited to go to postgraduate school by a professor from my seminar.
In fact, I was torn between finding employment and going to postgraduate school.

Finally, I decided to work as a Health Fitness Programmer, and I found a job at a nursing facility in Nagano.

However, the workplace was not a good fit for me because I couldn't utilize the skills I had studied in university.
Moreover, the company didn't comply with labor laws, such as the Labor Standards Act.

Due to these reasons, I wished I had gone to postgraduate school instead of finding work.
That is my regret.

Although I regret it, I also think the experience was important for me because every experience in my life shapes who I am now.
If I hadn't had that experience, I wouldn't have my current job.

Also, we can't change the past.
So I'd rather think about what I can do now than regret the past.

In Japanese

正直に言うと、私は人生で「最大の失敗」というものはないと思っています。
なぜなら、私は楽観的だからです。
どんな失敗も成功の種であり、どんな失敗も私を成長させてくれます。

しいて言えば、大学で就職したことを後悔しています。
その当時、私はスポーツ科学を学び、健康運動指導士の資格を取得しました。

一方で、スポーツ科学の研究にも興味があり、ゼミの教授から大学院への進学にも誘われていました。
実際、就職するか大学院に進学するか迷っていました。

最終的に、健康運動指導士として働くことを決め、長野の介護施設に就職しました。

しかし、その職場では大学で学んだスキルを活かすことができず、あまり良い職場ではありませんでしった。
さらに、会社は労働基準法などの労働法を守っていませんでした。

なので、仕事を見つけるよりも大学院に進学すべきだったと後悔しました。それが私の後悔です。

それでも、その経験は重要だったとも思っています。
なぜなら、人生のすべての経験が今の私を作り上げているからです。
もしその経験がなかったら、今の仕事には就けなかったと思います。

人は過去を変えることはできません。
だからこそ、過去を後悔するよりも、今自分ができることに目を向けたいと思っています。

Today's expressions

• If I had to choose

• find employment

• at that time

• postgraduate school

• professor

• seminar

• be torn between

• workplace

• good fit

• utilize

• moreover

• comply

• labor laws

• Labor Standards Act.

• shape

• who I am now

• would rather A than B