"Making my own job" by Tadao Ando

The author of this book is world-famouse Japanese architect.
This book is his autobiography.
He has been paid attention not only his excellent works but his unique background as a architect.
He hasn't graduated from University because his family wasn't afford to pay his tuition.
But he didn't give up his dream to be an architect. So he started to read enormous numbers of books and study architecture and study by himself.

"I bought all books used at the University which one of my friends had entered. Then I studied from 9 in the morning  to 4 in the next morning  everyday. "
During his self educational period, fortunately he found one　architectural office which allowed him to work as an assistant.
So he could acquire　practical skills.After that he had passed architectural exam for his architectural license  and　have gotten independent.



This is a line I found in his book.↓
 つらかったのは、共に学び、意見を交わす友人がいなかったことだ。自分がどこに立っているのか、正しい方向に進んでいるのかさえ分からない。不安や孤独と戦う日々が続いた。そうした暗中模索が、責任ある個人として社会を生き抜くためのトレーニングとなったのだろう。

"The hardest part of my self-study was that I didn't have any piers to learn together and share our opinions together. I didn't have any way to confirm whether I was walking on the right track. I have been always fighting loneliness and anxiety. However、 this period of my life made me tough enough to survive in the society."


It was really even He had been suffering anxiety for his future.But he told me that we have to face this anxiety and keep going on.