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The birth of my second child that changed my life to a life of work x childcare x exploration.
Celeina： That’s a good lesson to learn. It’s important to analyze yourself, isn’t it? I heard that when you gave birth to your second child, your life of work + childcare + exploration changed to a life of multiplication.
Ichihara: During my maternity leave for my first child, I started TSUMUGI, and my theme changed to an exploration of ways to enjoyably multiply child-rearing, work, and exploratory activities in this era of busy co-workers. I was also experimenting with what I could not do on my own, and wondered if forming a community or inheriting what already existed would bring me closer to the worldview I desired. But with the birth of our second child, there was no room for anything else. I realized that I had to change the equation, and in order to make work, childcare, and exploration multiply rather than add, I changed my work to be more closely connected with exploration, childcare, and the food and lifestyle that is connected to all of this. In this way, I was able to create a cycle in which my life as a mother is connected to my work, and the results of that work are connected to my own exploration.
Takano: I see. So you naturally sought a synergistic effect between the two.
Ichihara: That’s right. It was with our second child that we changed all of our hours to be connected.
