Atoka-san, Can I Do an AI Side Hustle Too?

👇Author Introduction👇

Chapter 1

"I felt like I would never become anyone at this rate."

It was a Friday night.

After finishing work, Yuto placed the peperoncino he bought at a convenience store on his desk and looked at his smartphone in his studio apartment.

23 years old.

Second year in the workforce.

Sales position.

It wasn't a particularly exploitative company.

I think my salary is not bad compared to my classmates.

But,

"...Somehow, it feels like it's going to end just like this."

That feeling had been stuck in my head for a long time lately.

Wake up every morning, go to the company, be careful around my boss, come home, watch YouTube, and go to sleep.

Before I knew it, it was Monday again.

It was just a repetition of that.

Of course, it's not like I can't make a living.

But,
“the feeling that there was something ahead”
wasn't there.

I open my smartphone.

On social media,
more AI-related posts are flowing by.

“500,000 yen a month with ChatGPT”
“Turn your life around with an AI side hustle”
“A free life with just one smartphone”

Honestly,
I thought it was a bit suspicious.

No,
very suspicious.

But,
for some reason, I keep looking.

Maybe,
it's because I was hoping for just a little bit.

“If I could change myself too”

I was thinking something like that,
somewhere deep down.

Yuto,
sighed while scrolling through the screen.

Then,

on one post,
his finger stopped.

It wasn't even a flashy image.

There were no stacks of cash either.

I don't even have a luxury car.

What was written there was
a sentence like this.

'...10 minutes a day?'

Yuto let out a voice without thinking.

The person who posted it was
Atoka by name.

He looks at the profile.

'Using AI to publish on note'
'Accumulating every day'
'Over 3000 articles'
'An ordinary housewife in her 40s'
'Started in February 2024'

There,
there was none of that common 'successful person' vibe.

Rather,

there was a bit of a lived-in feel.

How should I put it,
she looked like an 'ordinary person'.

But,
the posts have a strange persuasiveness.

Yuto,
before he knew it, had opened Atoka's note.

There were,

• How to write articles with AI

• Mindset for continuing every day

• The idea of turning posts into assets

• The meaning of increasing followers

• Tips for not sounding like AI

That kind of content was written in a way that was surprisingly easy to understand.
There were few difficult words.

And yet, it felt strangely realistic.

In particular, one sentence caught my attention.

Especially, one sentence stuck with me.

Yuto read that sentence over and over again.

Lately, no matter what he did, he was always looking for immediate results.

• Working out

• Studying

• Job hunting

• Social media

He would try something for a little while, see no results, and quit.
Then he would look for something else.
It was a cycle.

But this way of thinking was a little different.

It was a cycle.

But this way of thinking was a little different.

'A period to build habits... huh.'

Yuto
placed his smartphone on the desk.

The room was quiet.

Only the sound of the refrigerator could be heard.

Suddenly,
he thought about his own life.

What if five years pass just like this?

What about ten years from now?

It wasn't that he hated being a company employee.

But...

He was afraid of
becoming "only a company man."

What if the company disappeared?

What if he ruined his health?

What if he could only do his current job?

Thinking that far,
Yuto picked up his smartphone again.

He opened Atoka's profile.

He could see the DM section.

He hesitated for a moment.

Even if he sent a message to someone this famous,
it might not get a reply.

But

I felt that if I didn't send it now,
nothing would change again.

Yuto
slowly typed the words.

After pressing the send button,
his heart beat a little faster.

It probably won't even
be marked as read.

Thinking that,
he turned his smartphone face down.

A few minutes later.

A notification chimed.

Yuto
opened the screen, feeling a little surprised.

There,
a reply from Atoka was displayed.

Chapter 2

"What exactly do you do for an AI side hustle?"

The next morning.

Yuto
woke up a little earlier than usual.

Last night,
I still couldn't believe
that I had received a reply from Atoka.

What's more,
it wasn't like the
“glittering successful person” I had imagined.

The writing was,
strangely ordinary.

That's why, conversely,
it piqued my interest.

On the commuter train.

Yuto opened his smartphone and,
nervously typed a reply.

A few minutes later,

a reply came from Atoka.

Yuto was,
a little let down.

Honestly,
I thought people doing AI side hustles
were more of a “special person”.

• Science-oriented

• Engineer

• Smart person

That was the image I had.

That's why,
I thought it was impossible for me.

From Atoka,
another message arrives.

“Content creation...?”

Yuto,
muttered softly.

• SNS

• note

• blogs

I've seen them before, sort of.

But,
I never imagined
“being the one doing it.”

When I sent that,
a reply came immediately.

Yuto,
stares at the screen.

“Is that really all it takes...?”

Honestly,
I thought I needed something more “special.”

I thought people who make money with AI,
knew some amazing secret tricks,
and were doing difficult things.

But Atoka,
says the exact opposite.

Yuto
thought about it for a moment.

Certainly.

Lately,
what I've been watching on YouTube and social media
isn't so much "perfectly successful people,"
but rather

"the process of ordinary people changing."

I feel like that's what it was.

Another message
arrived from Atoka.

Yuto was surprised.

"Even images...?"

"Wow... times have really changed."

Without thinking,
he sent that message.

Then,
Atoka sent back a slightly longer reply.

Yuto
looked at his reflection in the window of the commuter train.

"Ordinary"

Truly,
I was just an ordinary 23-year-old, the kind you find anywhere.

I have no special qualifications.

I don't have any significant skills either.

Even at work,
I'm still just getting scolded all the time.

But

Even for someone like me,
is there a possibility that I could do it?

Yuto
mustered up a little courage and asked.

The message was marked as read.

There was a short pause.

And then,
the text that came back
was different from what Yuto had imagined.

"Half a year..."

I thought
I would be told that I could "earn money immediately."

But,
that realism actually made it trustworthy.

Atoka continues.

Yuto read the message quietly.

The train stops at the station.

People around him get off.

But Yuto could not take his eyes off his smartphone.

Atoka sent this as a final message.

While reading that text, Yuto thought to himself.

Perhaps

what I was looking for
was not a 'way to make money easily.'

I just

wanted the feeling of moving forward,
even if it was just a little bit.

During his lunch break that day.

Yuto opened ChatGPT for the first time in his life.

Chapter 3

'Let's try posting for just 10 minutes a day.'

The conference room was quiet during the lunch break.

Sitting at an empty table,
Yuto stared at his smartphone.

On the screen was
ChatGPT, which he had opened for the first time.

Honestly,
he was a little nervous.

“AI…”

It felt somehow difficult.

He felt that people who could master it
were more “capable” than him.

But Atoka had said,

she had said.

Yuto
timidly typed in the text.

Send.

A few seconds later,

a large amount of text
appeared on the screen.

“Whoa…”

A voice escaped him involuntarily.

There, it was

• What AI beginners should do first

• Side hustle habits you can do in 10 minutes a day

• How my life changed using AI

and other article title ideas were listed.

Yuto felt a little goosebumps.

“Something like this,
can be generated in a few seconds...”

The chime for the end of the lunch break rang.

But Yuto,
right up until the moment he closed his smartphone,
kept using the AI.

That night.

Having returned home,
Yuto placed his convenience store bento on the desk,
and opened ChatGPT again.

He also opened his DM with Atoka.

Then,
a reply came immediately.

Yuto,
smiled a little.

When he sent that,
Atoka replied like this.

It was that word again.

“Habit.”

Atoka really values that.

Yuto looked at the screen while sitting on his bed.

Honestly,
that was what he was most worried about.

Up until now, he had tried and failed at
“daily routine”
challenges many times.

• Working out

• Reading

• English

• Keeping a diary

All of them
ended after about three days.

Then Atoka said something a bit unexpected.

“Huh?”

Yuto felt a little relieved.

"If it's just 10 minutes..."

I felt like I could
manage that much.

Yuto
recalls the AI generation screen from yesterday.

Certainly,
it would be tough to come up with that from scratch on my own.

But,
with AI, it only took a few seconds.

When he asked that,
after a short pause,
a reply came.

And then,
these words followed.

Yuto
read those words quietly.

Lately,
no matter what I did,
I was always looking for immediate results.

But,
that's why I couldn't keep it up.

Atoka
continued further.

"Is that all it takes..."

Yuto
felt a bit let down.

He had thought,
that some special technique was necessary.

But Atoka was
the exact opposite.

She was plain.

Quite plain.

But,

that plainness,
on the contrary, felt real.

Yuto burst out laughing.

It was as if
she were reading his mind.

Yuto
asked while gripping his smartphone.

Then,
Atoka answered immediately.

And then,
a slightly longer message arrived.

Yuto
read the message quietly.

“Accumulation over quality.”

Until now,
I feel like it was the other way around.

Aiming for perfection,
I couldn't put anything out.

But

If it's just 10 minutes.

If it's a short post.

If I use AI.

Just a little bit,
I felt like I could do it.

That night

Yuto,
for the first time in his life,
opened the post creation screen on note.

Chapter 4

I almost gave up after 3 days

“...Nobody is looking.”

It was the fourth night
since he started posting.

Yuto,
while lying on his bed,
was looking at his note dashboard.

Honestly,
it was a bit of a shock.

At first,
it was fun just to post.

Asking ChatGPT,
to create a title.

Creating images with AI.

Posting to note.

For some reason, it felt like
“something had started.”

But

around the time I passed the three-day mark, the reality of the situation started to sink in.

No one was reading it.

There was no reaction.

Was this just a waste of time?

Thoughts like that
started to cross my mind.

And what's more,

whenever I opened social media,
it would pop up again.

“Make 1 million yen a month with AI,”
“Monetize in one week,”
“Explosive growth even for beginners.”

Yuto
turned his smartphone face down.

“...Isn't this impossible?”

He muttered quietly.

Maybe,
those people really are just special.

• Talent

• Talent

• Eloquence

• Knowledge

In the end,
isn't it only those who have such things
who can grow?

Yuto
closed the draft screen on note.

The article he was about to post
suddenly started to look lame.

"Something like this,
　who would even read it..."

Just like that,
he tried to go to sleep without doing anything.

Then

a notification chimed on his smartphone.

It was from Atoka.

Yuto
let out a small laugh.

The timing was too perfect.

When he replied with that,
it was read immediately.

"Huh?"

The sound escaped his lips before he could stop it.

Looking good?

It's not good at all.

Nobody is reading it.

It's not growing either.

If anything,
it's quite embarrassing.

Then,
a message arrives from Atoka.

Yuto
quietly stares at the screen.

That was exactly it.

He felt like he was putting in the effort.

But,
the results were zero.

That's why
he felt anxious.

Yuto
frowned slightly.

Normal?

Atoka continues.

Yuto
looks at his own note.

Number of posts.

Only 7 articles so far.

Indeed,
if you think about it calmly,
it would be strange if that alone changed your life.

At those words,
Yuto was a little surprised.

He only knows the current Atoka.

Someone who has written thousands of articles,
has many followers,
and is getting results with an AI side hustle.

But,
was it different at the start?

Yuto
quietly stares at his smartphone.

He felt that lately,
he had been thinking
“on the premise that results would come from the start.”

But in reality,
building something up
might be more plain and simple.

Atoka continues further.

“People who keep going...”

Yuto
thought about it for a moment.

That is certainly true.

I am also
about to quit right now.

In other words,
there are few people who make it past this point.

Yuto
burst out laughing.

"How did you know? (lol)"

Those words
were a bit surprising.

I thought it was painful
because I was no good.

But
it is also part of the growth process.

Atoka finally
sent this message.

100 posts.

Yuto
stared at that number.

Honestly,
it feels far away.

Quite far away.

But

I felt a little bit of a
strange sensation.

Up until now, I had
repeatedly quit because I wasn't seeing results.

But

what if...

what if it were something you built up
with the assumption that you would get results?

Yuto
opened the note app he had closed
once more.

And then,
he stared at the article title left in his drafts.

“What I felt after continuing to post for 10 minutes every day
as an AI beginner”

Yuto,
after a moment of hesitation,
pressed the publish button.

Chapter 5

“I can only write text that sounds like AI”

The number of posts
was gradually increasing.

15 articles.

22 articles.

30 articles.

He was getting more used to
writing notes than he was at the beginning.

• Open ChatGPT.

• Think of a title.

• Create an outline.

• Write text.

• Create images.

• Post them.

Tasks that felt difficult at first
gradually started to feel like routine work.

I can even do it on the train home from work.

I can even do it in the 10 minutes before bed.

“This,
the times have really changed...”

Yuto
had started to think things like that.

But...

Recently,
a certain sense of unease had emerged.

Reading back over his own articles,
he thinks.

“...Somehow, it all feels like AI.”

It's easy to read.

It's polished.

It sounds just like it should.

But,

somehow,
they all look the same.

Lately,
articles from other AI influencers have started to look similar too.

“AI changed my life,”
“Even beginners can do it,”
“We are in the AI era now.”

Of course,
they aren't wrong.

But

how should I put it,
“I don't know who is writing this.”

Yuto
sighed while looking at his smartphone.

“This,
someone else could write this too...”

At that moment,

suddenly,
he didn't know what he was doing anymore.

• AI writes the text.

• AI creates the images.

• AI thinks up the structure.

If that's the case,
maybe I'm not needed.

Such thoughts even started to cross his mind.

Yuto sent a message to
Atoka.

Read.

A little while later,
a reply came.

"Important...?"

Yuto was
a bit surprised.

Atoka continued.

That was exactly where he was now.

Yuto
looked at the screen quietly.

Then,
an unexpected message arrived from Atoka.

"Eh?"

Yuto let out a voice in surprise.

Honestly,
I thought there was more of a
"manual touch" to it.

But,
Atoka continued.

"But..."

Yuto replied immediately.

Then,
a reply came back right away.

Yuto
read that sentence over a few times.

To make the AI
understand me.

That idea had never occurred to him.

Atoka continued.

Yuto
was starting to understand little by little.

In other words,

it's not about getting rid of AI.

It's about
customizing the AI to be "just for me."

Certainly,

Atoka's articles
had a unique atmosphere.

It's not too intense.

But it
makes you feel positive.

A sense of warmth that makes you think,
“Even an ordinary person could do this.”

That wasn't
a coincidence, was it?

Yuto
got a little goosebumps.

“Using AI”

instead of

“Raising an AI.”

That was the feeling.

Atoka
continued.

Those words
really stuck with Yuto.

Recently,
more people are using AI.

But

it might be an era where
“whose AI it is” makes a big difference.

Atoka sent that message.

Yuto
quietly looks at his smartphone.

Lately,
I feel like I have been
trying to hide the AI.

But,
that was wrong.

Make AI your ally.

And,
make it understand you.

Was that the right direction?

Atoka sent one last
message.

Midnight.

Yuto
starts writing a new note.

Unlike usual,
he first entered
this text into ChatGPT.

Send.

A few seconds later.

The displayed text
looked
a little different than before.

Chapter 6

"Posts become 'assets for the future'."

The number of posts,
had exceeded 50 before I knew it.

At first,
I was exhausted just from posting one article.

Now,
thinking of titles on the train home from work,
and posting before bed,
had gradually become part of my daily routine.

Of course,
my motivation isn't high every single day.

There are days when I'm tired.

There are days when I get scolded at work.

"I don't want to write anything today."

It's normal to have days like that too.

But

"Just do it for 10 minutes"

if I decide that,
it surprisingly continues.

Don't aim for perfection.

Don't rely too much on your mood.

This feeling,
Yuto was starting to learn little by little.

One night.

Having finished his post,
Yuto casually opened his note notifications.

Then

an unfamiliar notification had arrived.

"You received a 'like' on a past article"

...Huh?

Yuto was
a little surprised.

The post was
an article from over two weeks ago.

Moreover,
it was content he had almost forgotten about himself.

Yuto
opened the article.

“The story of how my life changed a little
after I started posting for 10 minutes every day”

It was a
pretty clumsy article he wrote when he first started.

But

someone
is reading it right now.

That feeling
was somehow strange.

Yuto
immediately sent a message to Atoka.

Then,
Atoka replied immediately.

“Huh?”

Yuto
looked at the screen quietly.

Piling up.

I still don't quite
grasp that feeling.

Atoka continues.

And then,
the following text appeared.

Yuto
pondered this for a moment.

Certainly,

lately,
he himself had been reading Atoka's old articles.

From half a year ago.

From a year ago.

Even articles from further back.

In other words,

past posts
remain there forever.

'Cited by AI...?'

Yuto
recalled the talk about AI search
that he had seen on the news recently.

Certainly,
I feel like the times are changing.

Atoka continues.

Yuto
looks at his list of posts.

50 articles.

The me from a little while ago
would never have kept this up.

But now,
my perspective has changed a little.

I no longer think
that I'm going to change my life with a single post.

Instead,

the feeling of“building up”

is something I've started to understand
little by little.

Atoka
continues further.

Those words
felt quite real.

Recently,
my followers have been increasing just a little bit.

One person.

Then another.

It's not dramatic.

But,
it's no longer zero.

In my notifications,
I've started seeing the same name more often.

“They've come to read again.”

The moment I think that,
I feel a little happy.

Atoka,
sent this message at the end.

Yuto,
read that sentence over again.

Until a little while ago,

I thought posting,
was something for people who want to stand out.
I thought that.

But it's different now.

Posts,
remain in the future.

They reach someone.

They become trust.

And then

The writing I did in the past
starts to help my future self.

I was beginning to understand
that feeling little by little.

Certainly,
it was seeing this number of articles
that made me trust Atoka.

1:00 AM

Yuto
starts writing a new article.

The title
came to him naturally.

“I felt like the future was getting a little lighter with every post”

Chapter 7

“Consistency and followers build ‘trust’”

The number of posts
had exceeded 80.

At first,
I thought, “100 posts is impossible, right?”
but now.

Before I knew it,
I was getting closer little by little.

Yuto
opened note on the commuter train.

Followers

128

Until just a little while ago,
that number was 0.

Of course,
it is not a large number.

However

for me,
it was a rather strange feeling.

“Over 100 people,
are following me...”

At first,
no one was watching.

But now,
when I post, I get a little reaction.

• Like

• Comment

• Save

• DM

Little by little,
the number of “people reading”
was increasing.

That night

Yuto,
sent a message to Atoka.

Then,
a reply came immediately.

Yuto,
after hesitating a little,
asked this.

Honestly,
he was worrying quite a bit.

• Posts that went viral

• Posts that didn't go viral

• Follower fluctuations

• Number of notifications

Before I knew it,
I was opening the dashboard over and over again.

What's more,
when I look at other creators,
I get anxious again.

“We're doing the same AI side hustle,
so why are they growing so much?”

I end up thinking about things like that
every single day.

Then,
a reply came from Atoka.

Yuto
smiled a little.

That was exactly where I was right now.

Yuto
looked at the screen quietly.

Atoka continued.

Yuto
fell into deep thought.

The people I've been reading lately
were definitely like that, too.

It's not like
they're going viral every single time.

But

“This person is
actually keeping at it.”

There is a sense of security in that.

That is why
I go back to read it again.

Atoka keeps going.

Those words
were a surprise.

I thought I would be told
“Don't chase the numbers”
more often.

But
Atoka was different.

Yuto
reads that sentence slowly.

“Trust”

Until a little while ago,
a word I thought had nothing to do with me.

But now,

I am posting every day.

I am keeping at it.

Little by little,
I am starting to be read.

Perhaps that
is becoming trust.

Atoka
continued.

'Short-term numbers...'

Yuto
couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Every day,
I get depressed over that.

Those words
really hit home.

Recently

within Yuto,
his perspective had started to change a little.

Before,
he only looked at
'whether it grew today'.

But now,

he is looking at his

'post list' more often.

Accumulated articles.

Increased followers.

Reactions to past articles.

Seeing that,
gives me a little bit of confidence.

Atoka sent this message
at the very end.

Midnight.

Yuto
opens his profile page.

Until a little while ago,
it was a place with nothing.

But now,
articles are lined up.

There are followers, too.

There are people who read them.

Just a little bit,

I felt like I was starting to move forward
from 'the person who was nobody'.

Chapter 8

'When I passed 100 articles, the scenery changed'

I posted my 100th article on
a rainy Tuesday.

There was no special fanfare.

While drinking coffee bought at a convenience store,
as usual,

I opened ChatGPT,

thought of a title,

and created an outline.

I added a few of my own words

created an image

and posted it.

That was all.

But

after pressing the publish button,
Yuto
stared at the screen for a moment.

“...100, huh.”

Honestly,
he was the most surprised of all.

He almost quit after three days.

Many times,
he thought,
“Is there any point to this?”

But

before he knew it,
he had made it this far.

That night.

In his notifications,
a single comment arrived.

“I always read your posts.”

Yuto
paused for a moment.

Read more.

I also recently
started an AI side hustle.
Yuto-san's articles,
they're easy to read from a beginner's perspective and really helpful.

Yuto
stared quietly at his smartphone.

“Really helpful”

Those words
stuck with him more than he expected.

It wasn't an earnings report.

It wasn't a viral post either.

But

for some reason,
it made him quite happy.

Until a little while ago,

he
was a nobody.

He had never posted anything before.

He had no confidence.

He had no special skills.

But now,

someone
is reading his articles.

I just
couldn't believe it.

Yuto
took a screenshot of that screen and
sent it to Atoka.

A few minutes later

a reply came.

It was a short message.

But
it felt a little warm.

Yuto
nodded quietly.

That was exactly it.

Lately,
the comments have been increasing little by little.

DMs are coming in, too.

"This was helpful."

"I want to read the next part."

"I started doing it too."

Words like those
were starting to reach him little by little.

Of course,
his life hadn't changed drastically yet.

He hadn't quit his job either.

He wasn't making a million yen a month yet.

But

I was definitely different from the person I was a little while ago.
I was definitely different.

Atoka
continued further.

Yuto
remembered those early days.

3 views.

0 likes.

0 followers.

Back then,
I was truly lonely.

Yuto
opened his profile.

100 articles.

If you only look at the numbers,
there are people who have done much more.

But

for me,
it was quite significant.

100 times.

Nearly 100 days.

I kept building.

I didn't run away.

That feeling was
becoming a bit of confidence.

Atoka
continues even further.

Yuto
reads those words slowly.

Recently,
he had started to understand a little.

AI is convenient.

Very convenient.

But

just touching AI
doesn't change anything.

Post.

Continue.

Build up.

That part,
in the end,
is on the human side.

Atoka finally
sent this message.

Those words
stuck with Yuto quite a bit.

1:00 AM.

Yuto
starts writing his next article.

Lately,
there has been a slight change.

Unlike before,
it's not just about
wanting to be recognized by someone.

The act of building things up itself
had become a little fun.

In the title field,
he naturally types out the words.

“I realized this after writing 100 articles.
Life only changes little by little”

Chapter 9

“Know-how can only be created by those who have built things up”

From the time he passed 100 articles,
changes started to increase little by little.

Followers.
Comments.
DMs.

And then,

for the first time,
a message like this arrived.

Yuto
stared at the screen for a moment.

Until a little while ago,

he
was on the
“receiving end”of being taught.

But now

I am starting to become
the one being asked.

That feeling was
still strange.

That night

Yuto
sent a DM to Atoka.

Then,
Atoka replied immediately.

Lately,
I've been hearing this
“It's happening, isn't it?” a lot.

But,
certainly

little by little,
I had the feeling that I was moving on to the next stage.

Yuto
looked at the screen quietly.

A person who has built things up....

Honestly,
I still don't have confidence.

But

I have written over 100 articles.

I have continued every day.

I have also used AI quite a bit.

I have also failed.

That experience is
accumulating little by little.

Atoka
continues further.

"Experience...?"

Yuto
ponders for a moment.

Indeed.

Recently,
the articles I've been reading
have all been ones with "real-life experience."

Conversely,

articles just summarized by AI
don't really stick in my memory.

Atoka
continued further.

Those words
left quite an impression.

Yuto
looks at his list of notes.

Over 100 articles.

At first,
they were all over the place.

But recently,

little by little,
I've started to see something
like "my own style."

• 10 minutes every day

• Accumulation

• AI Beginner Perspective

• Don't Overdo It

• Long-term Perspective

• Consistency

I hadn't noticed it myself, but
little by little,
my posts were starting to have a core focus.

Atoka
continues even further.

Yuto
read that sentence again.

Lately

just a little,
I've started to understand
how people who write paid articles feel.

Before,
I used to think,
"Why is this paid content?"

But now it's different.

Inside them,

• time

• consistency

• failure

• trial and error

• accumulation

are all included.

So that's what makes it valuable.

Atoka
continues further.

Yuto
was beginning to understand
why he had recently been receiving DMs from beginners.

Perhaps

“because he was a beginner until just a little while ago”

is why.

That's why
he understands their worries.

He also knows where they stumble.

Atoka finally
sent this message.

Midnight.

Yuto
opens his note.

Until a little while ago,
it was a place with nothing.

But now,
there is a collection of things he has built up.

Looking at that screen,
Yuto suddenly thought.

“...Could it be,
that my life is really starting to change?”

And then,
enter a new article title.

“I think AI side hustles
get stronger the more you build up.”

Chapter 10

“Is it okay for me to sell my experience?”

“Lately,
have you thought about paid articles?”

That DM arrived
a little while after he had passed 100 articles.

Yuto
froze for a moment while looking at his smartphone.

Paid articles....

Honestly,
he thought it was still too early for him.

He was
still only 23.

His experience with AI side hustles wasn't long either.

He wasn't making a million yen a month.

He wasn't some special success story.

That's why

he didn't have an image yet
of being on the
“selling side.”

That night,

Yuto
sent a message to Atoka.

Read.

A little while later,
a reply came.

Yuto
felt a little relieved.

Atoka continues.

Yuto
looks at the screen quietly.

Those words
were a bit surprising.

Atoka continues.

Certainly.

Recently,
he had been getting more DMs from beginners.

'At first,
what should I write?'

'It's not growing at all.'

'It sounds like AI.'

Until a little while ago,
these were all things he had worried about himself.

That's why
he can answer.

Atoka
continues further.

Yuto
nodded quietly.

Recently,
he had begun to understand a little.

Paid articles aren't just
about selling knowledge.

They are also about saving time.

They are also a "template"
to help you move forward without hesitation.

Atoka
continued.

Yuto
looked at his list of notes.

Over 100 articles.

The version of himself from a little while ago
would never have believed this amount.

10 minutes every day.

Some days are short.

Some days he's tired and doesn't want to write anything.

But

he had built it up.

That
had become a bit of confidence.

Atoka
continued.

"Huh?"

Yuto was a little surprised.

Atoka sent a message that
seemed to have a slight laugh in it.

Yuto
couldn't help but laugh.

He was
no longer surprised by that.

Atoka continued.

Yuto
thought back to his recent self.

His instructions to the AI
had also changed quite a bit.

At first,
it was just
"Write an article."

But it's different now.

• 23-year-old office worker perspective

• For AI beginners

• Don't stir up too much anxiety

• 10 minutes a day

• Focus on building up

• Long-term perspective

He was sharing that kind of information
with the AI quite a lot.

Then,
the text that comes out changes too.

Little by little,
I had the feeling that it was becoming
“my own AI.”

Atoka finally
sent me this message.

1:00 AM.

Yuto
opens his note.

• Post List

• Followers

• Comments

• DM

Until a little while ago,
it was a place where there was nothing.

But now,
it is definitely building up.

Yuto
pressed the new article creation button.

In the title field,
he slowly typed the characters.

“I did an AI side hustle for 100 days,
　What I actually did”

And then

at the end of that article,
for the first time,
he drew the line for the
“paid section.”

Final Chapter

Atoka-san, I was able to do it too.

It was spring.

Walking along the road at night as it grew a little warmer,
Yuto was looking at his smartphone.

In the notification bar,
a new purchase notification.

Until a little while ago,

I thought paid articles
were things that "amazing people sell."

But now,

there are people who pay money
to read my articles.

That fact
still felt a little strange.

Of course,

my life hasn't suddenly changed drastically.

I haven't quit my job either.

I haven't started driving a luxury car, either.

It's not like
I'm free every day, either.

But,

it was definitely
different from before.

Yuto bought a coffee at a convenience store
and sat on a bench in a nearby park.

Open my smartphone.

• note

• followers

• past articles

• comments

• DM

There, I found a world that didn't exist half a year ago.
a world that didn't exist half a year ago.

At first,
everything made me anxious.

• AI side hustle

• broadcasting

• posts

• paid articles

Can someone like me really do this?

I thought that over and over.

But

10 minutes every day.

That, at least,
I kept up.

Even on days when I was tired.

Even on days when I didn't see growth.

Even on days when I thought,
"Is this even meaningful?"

Little by little,
I built it up.

And before I knew it,

I had gotten used to using AI.

I had gotten used to writing articles.

My followers had increased.

I had started to develop my own style.

Above all,

the "feeling of being a nobody"
had changed a little.

Just then,

a DM notification arrived on my smartphone.

It was from an account I didn't know.

Yuto
opened the screen.

Yuto
smiled just a little.

Half a year ago,

I had asked
the exact same thing.

The wind in the park is
a little cold.

Yuto,
while drinking coffee,
slowly begins to type.

As he types,
he remembers his past self from a little while ago.

3 views.

0 likes.

0 followers.

The version of himself that was about to give up after three days.

But

back then,
he was glad he didn't quit.

Yuto
continues typing.

Send.

After closing the screen,
Yuto looked up at the night sky.

Maybe.

AI side hustles,
weren't just about making money.

• Building things up.

• Sharing information.

• Giving shape to your own thoughts.

And

regaining the feeling of
“moving forward little by little.”

I feel like that
was the biggest thing.

His smartphone buzzed again.

It was a new comment notification.

“I always read your posts.”

Yuto
smiled a little.

And,
as always,
he opened ChatGPT.

To write the next article.

Afterword | The “AI Side Hustle Map” Embedded in This Story

Thank you so much for reading this far.

This story is about a young office worker who gradually regains his own potential through AI and note.

However,
this is not a success story about someone with special talents.

In fact, the protagonist, Yuto, is a very ordinary person.

I am sure that there are many people who feel the same way.

As I have continued my own AI side hustle and posting on note, what I have felt is that what is needed in the coming era is not special talent, but the ability to start small and shape things while continuing.

AI is not a magic tool.

It is not something that will make you money instantly if you use it,
nor is it something that will suddenly change your life.

However, writing sentences.
Organizing thoughts.
Putting your own experiences into words.
Refining them into a form that can reach someone.

It can be a very reliable partner that supports such small actions.

In this story, the reason Yuto changed little by little was not because AI did everything for him.

He organized what he thought himself together with AI.
While feeling lost, he tried posting on note.
Even on days with little response, he built up just 10 minutes every day.
He turned failures and anxieties into material for his next article.

That accumulation gradually changed Yuto's way of working and the world he sees.

If I were to put the map of AI side hustles I put into this story into words,
it would be these five points.

1 | Don't try to earn money right away

When you hear the term AI side hustle, your eyes inevitably turn to how much you can earn per month.

Of course, monetization is important.
As it is a side hustle, connecting to money is one of the major goals.

But if you chase only results from the beginning, it won't last.

What is needed first is not the skill to earn, but the habit of interacting with AI.

• Try asking ChatGPT a question.

• Have it generate article titles for you.

• Have it help organize your thoughts.

• Try consulting it about problems you face at work or in your daily life.

By repeating these small experiences, AI changes from something 'used by amazing people' into 'something I can use in my own life'.

2 | There is value in a beginner's record

Many people try to wait until they have achieved results before they start sharing.

After I know more.
After I get more results.
After I gain more confidence.

But in reality, there is value in the progress of a beginner.

This is because what someone who is just about to start wants to know is not just perfect success stories.

Where did you get lost?
What didn't you understand?
What did you stumble on in your first step?
How did you keep going?

Such realistic records are what push someone forward.

The words of someone who is just a little bit ahead can sometimes reach people better than the words of a distant successful person.

3 | 10 minutes a day is fine, just don't stop sharing

What is important for a side hustle is
consistency rather than momentum.

If you try to write a perfect article from the start, you will get stuck.

That is why you should start with just 10 minutes a day.

It can be short.
It can be unfinished.
It can just be a realization.

Use AI to organize your thoughts and post one thing in your own words.

This small repetition will eventually become your own unique asset.

As the number of articles increases, you will be able to see what you have struggled with, what you have learned, and what themes your readers respond to.

Sharing is not just for reaching readers.

It is also a record for cultivating your own thinking.

4 | Until you reach 100 articles, build trust rather than revenue

When you start a side hustle, you inevitably want to see sales quickly.

However, what you should really be building in the early stages is trust.

This person keeps going.
This person's words feel authentic.
This person understands how a beginner feels.
I want to read this person's articles again.

Only when you have a foundation where people think that way will your paid articles and services become easier to reach them.

In the AI era,
anyone can put out information alone.

That is precisely why the ones who get chosen are not those who 'have information,' but those who 'can speak through experience.'

The number 100 articles is not a magic benchmark.

But there is a view that can only be seen by continuing.
There is trust that can only be created by continuing.

In this story, I depicted that feeling through Yuto's transformation.

5 | Turn the experience of walking a little further ahead into a map for someone else

Paid articles and side hustle products are not things made only by special people.

They do not have value only if they come from people who have achieved great success.

In fact, someone who remembers where they first stumbled as a beginner can sometimes better support those who are just starting out.

The path you got lost on.
The experience of taking a detour.
Posts that didn't go well.
The moment you got your first reaction.
The realization you had when you made your first small sale.

If you organize these, they become a guidepost for someone else.

A side hustle is also about transforming your own experiences into something that helps others.

AI is a tool that helps you with that transformation.

AI side hustles are not about a quick turnaround, but 'practice in reclaiming yourself'

What I wanted to convey most in this story is that an AI side hustle is not a method for a one-shot reversal.

However, it can be a way to gradually reclaim your own time.

Having your own voice outside of the company.
Cultivating a version of yourself beyond your job title.
Turning daily experiences into value that reaches someone.
Gaining the sense of generating small earnings on your own.

That can have a meaning beyond simply earning money.

What Yuto ultimately gained was not a large sum of money.

It was the feeling that "maybe I can do this too."

And the fact that he was now able to pass that feeling on to someone else.

What is needed for a side hustle in the AI era is not perfect preparation.

It is to try touching it first.
To record things in small ways.
To improve while continuing.
To transform your own experiences into a form that is useful to someone else.

I would be happy if this story could serve as a map that makes the first step a little easier for those who want to start an AI side hustle from now on.

At first, everyone is just an ordinary person.

But new ways of working are born from the small things that ordinary people accumulate.

Thank you for reading this far.
Thank you very much.

I am Atoka, an AI column writer.

What Yuto was doing in this story
was not a special talent.

What was needed was,

• 10 minutes every day

• Accumulation

• Not being afraid to use AI

• And a "style of continuing"

That was it.

However,
when you actually try to start,

• what should I write?

• how do I instruct the AI?

• how do I mass-produce posts?

• how to make the AI learn my personal style

• the process for increasing followers

• the mindset for turning note into an asset

and so on,
it is quite easy to get stuck.

If you have any questions,
I have set up a question box exclusively for followers, so please ask your questions here.

As mentioned in the text, it took me about 6 months to reach monetization.

But,
once I established a routine of building it up in 10 minutes a day,
my life started to change little by little.

I have written a paid article for those interested in gaining over 3,000 followers in 3 months or achieving monetization (consistently) after 3 months.

It includes what I actually use, such as:

• AI article creation prompts

• AI image generation methods

• the mindset for increasing followers

• how to manage note

• How to share your persona with AI

• A system for continuing with 10 minutes a day

and more are summarized in detail in
this article.

For those who don't want to just "read it as a story and be done with it," but
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