The Flow Called Timing

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about timing.

People, encounters, and events often appear to happen by chance, yet when I look back, they sometimes feel strangely inevitable.

Small decisions and moments quietly connect and unfold into much larger paths in life.

My experience working as a footwear designer is one of those moments.

It was not something I had originally planned or actively pursued from the beginning.

While working in the fashion industry, I felt a desire to develop a deeper specialization, and within that flow, I naturally came across the field of footwear.

I happened to come across a job listing at just the right time and decided to apply.

I did not have prior experience in footwear design, so of course, there was uncertainty.

Still, instead of focusing on what I could not do, I found myself thinking about how I could reach what I wanted.

Before the interview, I prepared as thoroughly as I could.
It was the job I wanted most at that time, and I didn’t want to have any regrets, so I did everything I possibly could.

I was not yet able to draw footwear at a professional level, but I clearly remember saying that I would definitely learn and get there.

In the end, I was chosen among many applicants.

Looking back now, it feels like a moment that was not simply coincidence, but a deep timing where strong desire and intention, along with everything I was able to bring at that moment, came together.

If I had chosen differently at that time, I might have ended up somewhere completely different today.

And yet, at the same time, it also feels like I was somehow already being drawn toward it.

Perhaps timing is not only something we wait for, but something that also responds to how we stand in the moment.

And now, through NiiNu, I find myself experiencing a similar feeling again.

There are people who discover one-of-a-kind haori and hanten pieces and choose them for themselves.

Each of these encounters feels quiet, yet deeply meaningful.

Rather than something planned, it often feels like a coincidence that was, in some way, already meant to happen for that person.

The moment when a piece and a person meet cannot be fully explained by words like “buying” or “selling.”

There is a subtle current within it, something that quietly connects and aligns over time.

Perhaps timing is not only something that belongs to the past, but something that continues to unfold in the present moment as well.