People can change no matter how old they are.

Tomie Mizusawa

(Mizusawa Tomie)

In my 40s, after my children were grown up, I started working part-time at Sakaeya. Sakaeya had a lot of young employees, and to me, it felt like they had a lot of children. I preferred the relaxed environment of part-time work to positions of responsibility or more demanding tasks. However, while I was feeling this way, the president offered me a full-time position. Because of my age, I wasn't confident I could handle being a full-time employee, so...

"I can't do it."

I refused.