Overwhelming Gratitude for 300,000 Views & The Problem of Having Too Much I Want to Do (2025/12/06)
300,000 views in 21 months
It seems I reached a cumulative total of 300,000 views today, December 6th.
To everyone who reads my work, as always, my
overwhelming gratitude! m(_ _)m
After registering on March 1st last year, I was effectively dormant until reaching 50,000 views this April, and since then, it has been as follows. It took 21 months to reach 300,000 views.
2025/04/24 50,000 views
2025/06/19 100,000 views
2025/07/31 150,000 views
2025/09/12 200,000 views
2025/10/24 250,000 views
2025/12/06 300,000 views
At the current rate, I am exceeding 400,000 views per year, and the pace is gradually increasing.
As always, even though I only write about trivial things, I feel both happy and apologetic.
Today marks 290 consecutive days of updates, and I suppose there is an aspect of people reading because I keep at it.
Truly, "persistence is power"
By the way, my follower count is currently 1,147, an increase of about 150 people in the month and a half since October 24th, when I had 250,000 views and 999 followers. I am deeply grateful for this as well.
Planned series for the immediate future
The current lineup is as follows.
Mon... Serious travel across Japan
Tue... Congratulatory Board Research Weekly Report
Wed... Life lessons learned from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (resuming Jan '26)
Thu... Ukulele Diary
As needed... Random thoughts, heart's tanka poems, chocoZAP & karaoke diary, today's chuhai, today's ice cream, etc.
Serious travel across Japan
Mon... A series where I write about my number one hobby as a multi-otaku—traveling—with in-depth content that only AI cannot write, because I saw and felt it on-site.
Thankfully, I have received the highest compliments, such as "I can get a sense of sightseeing" and "I feel like I've been there myself."
Currently, I am on the Ogasawara arc, just before the 10th and final installment. With a total volume of nearly 30,000 characters, it's long enough to be a Kindle book at this point.
By the way, there is also the Ishigaki Island arc that I went to last month but haven't written about yet...
Congratulatory Board Research Weekly Report
Tue... Introducing last week's Congratulatory Board (articles that received particularly many 'likes' last week). The consecutive record has reached 26 weeks (V26).
Recently, I received a record-high of 6 notifications in a week, which honestly surprised me. There is probably no upper limit(I saw someone else receive 11 in a single week recently).
The fact that I have been receiving Congratulatory Board notifications for over half a year now is entirely thanks to all of you who read my work.
In the end, it seems the number of Congratulatory Boards doesn't have much to do with the number of followers. There are still many mysteries, so I want to keep going as long as I continue.
Life Lessons Learned from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Wednesday... Watching the anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" and writing my thoughts from the perspective of "what is life." This series is currently on hiatus.
I plan to resume it in line with the start of the second season next month. I am very much looking forward to the broadcast and there is much to learn, but it looks like those busy days are about to begin again orz
Ukulele Diary
Thursday... About the ukulele I recently started. I haven't been able to practice much yet, so I want to make it a habit by writing articles about it.
Everything after this is as needed.
Shisa's Heart Tanka
Tanka is something I personally look forward to as well. I often write articles about scenery or scenes I happen to see in a fleeting moment, relatively just as they come to mind.
It takes at least about 3 minutes to compose one poem, but is that too short? I often revise them quite a bit, and my struggle is that I lose track of the original expression.
Trivial Matters
The "Trivial Matters" series, where I write about anything and everything, has finally surpassed 110 entries.
I never thought I would make it this far, but perhaps because I haven't narrowed down the genre, there is an aspect where I can write articles that make people laugh.
Note that serious topics like qualifications and investment methods, which are not trivial, are on a separate note.
Chocozap & Karaoke Diary
The Chocozap & Karaoke Diary is also very well-read, and it is especially encouraging for my karaoke practice.
The fact that my JOYSOUND national ranking score went from 880 points at the beginning of May to 970 points is all thanks to everyone's "likes."
If it weren't read so much, I probably wouldn't have practiced that much lol
Today's Chu-hi & Alcohol
I've been drinking and drinking, and the 'Today's Chu-hi' series, which I started right after launching this Note, has now exceeded 120 bottles.
I opened the 'Shurei' Awamori I wrote about when I hit 250,000 views, but come to think of it, I still haven't written an article about it (this happens all the time).
Today's Ice Cream & Sweets
It seems there are loyal fans for this as well, and I am truly grateful for the magazine subscriptions.
Summary... isn't there too much to write?
Checking the lineup again...
Isn't this a bit too much? orz
I'm also updating my investment and certification notes daily, making it at least four posts a day on weekdays. Add to that the occasional updates... No wonder I'm tired.
Except for some investment articles, doing everything without AI might be exceeding my capacity.
However, I feel it's not right to let AI take away the joy of writing. It's a dilemma.
I introduced this on another account, but Masataka Matsutoya said something similar.
Having a machine do the most fun part is like bringing a swing machine to a golf course, hitting the ball, and asking if that's fun. Would you rather have all your food as an IV drip instead of tasting it? I wonder if that's the kind of era we're heading into. But personally, I still want to eat.
The problem of still not having introduced myself
Also, something that has been bothering me for a while is that I still haven't introduced myself once, and there is no site map.
I said I would write it when I reached 300,000 views, but I didn't make it in time after all orz
Like the literature club in a certain light novel, I'm the type who says I'll write but never does (not something to be proud of).
I've actually started wanting to make a site map for myself, so I'd like to organize it little by little. I might not make it in time for 350,000 views...
Thank you for your continued support m(_ _)m