A very special Golden Week is coming to an end, but I had a great time over the past 9 days.  Sometimes during vacations I just focus on relaxing, but this time I wanted a healthy blend of relaxation and productivity, and I think it was pretty successful!  

First of all, spending time with my family is the most important thing to me.  I don’t get to see my son often due to my work schedule, but when I have days off I spend tons of time playing with him and bonding together.  During Golden Week, we went to the park, played baseball, played around at home, watched TV, and lots more.  We also went to the aquarium with one of my old friends who was in town!  I got to spend a lot of time with friends I hadn’t seen in a long time, too.  Again, due to my work schedule, it can be hard to get together with friends, but it was very satisfying to be able to do it a lot this week!

I also got to watch a ton of baseball.  I’ve commented a lot about how baseball is a major part of my summer every year.  My favorite routine in the summer in Japan is to wake up and watch baseball with a cup of coffee and some breakfast.  I did that just about every day during Golden Week!

My creative outlets are also very important to me, and I made sure I got a lot of music time in over the past week.  I listened to a lot of great new stuff and also played around in my little home studio.  It was a blast!  Writing music is a great way to relax.

I’m looking forward to getting back to work this week, but having weeks like this is very important to me.  I feel refreshed and very satisfied with a very productive Golden Week.

ネットの語源由来辞典によると1951年に今のGW期間中に上映された映画『自由学校』が正月やお盆よりヒットしたのを機に、多くの人に見てもらおうと映画会社の人が作った言葉らしい。造語なので英語では存在しません。日本だけなので、日本人はやはりうれしいのでしょうか？アメリカでは、学校が8月や9月から始まり5月に終わって夏休みが3か月近くある・・・みなさんはどちらがいいのでしょうか？いずれにしても休みはあとわずか。気持ちをそろそろ切り替えないと5月病になってしまうよ！！

ゴールデンウィークも半分以上が終わり、残り４日となりました！

今年は大型連休なので、部活や勉強、遊びなどの予定がたくさんあるかと思います。

長い休みが続くと、普段習慣にしていたことがストップしてしまうことがありませんか？

コツリスも同じで、５月は１日も見ていない！という人もいるかもしれません。

１度やらなくなってしまったことを、もう一度始めるのはとても大変です。

ずっと見続けている人も、見ていなかった人も、今日のコツリスを見てみましょう！

何事も「継続は力なり」です。

これからも毎日コツコツ頑張りましょう！

みなさん、Golden Weekをどうお過ごしですか？

最長で10連休のGolden Week。

旅行に行ったり、のんびりしたり。学生の皆さんの中には部活がある子も

いるのではないでしょうか。

そんなGolden Weekも今日でちょうど折り返しですね。

休み明けからまた気持ちを新たに頑張っていきましょうね!!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Golden Week holiday! I am relaxing and catching up on a lot of reading. Since it’s been a little chilly and rainy this week (and not very Spring-y) it’s nice to just stay inside and drink something hot, but I hope to hear a lot of interesting travel stories when we have classes again!

Today is the beginning of the new era, and I’m really happy that I could be in Japan during this time. I am interested in politics and history, and the concept of a “new era” is very hopeful and positive!