Overwhelming Gratitude for 600,000 Views (2026/07/05) [Grateful Stories 223]

600,000 views in 2 years and 4 months

Today, July 5th, I reached a cumulative total of 600,000 views. It has been 2 years and 4 months since my first article on March 1, 2024.

To everyone who reads my work, here is my customary...

Overwhelming gratitude! m(_ _)m

The history is: a temporary hiatus after starting -> 50,000 views in April 2025, and the following thereafter. Recently, it has been 100,000 views every two months or so.

2025/04/24 50,000 views
2025/06/19 100,000 views
2025/09/12 200,000 views
2025/12/06 300,000 views
2026/02/19 400,000 views
2026/04/21 500,000 views
2026/07/05 600,000 views

My qualification note has also exceeded 310,000, for a combined total of 910,000 views.

Perhaps due to changes in the recommendation engine, the growth speed of both views and likes seems to have slowed down.

Even so, the total of 1 million views within the year that I declared in my "10 things I want to do this year" list looks like it will be achieved by August at the latest.

Today marks 501 consecutive days of posting. I believe these 600,000 views were truly earned through the power of consistency.

By the way, my follower count is currently 2,122, which is an increase of about 110 people from the 2,013 I had at 550,000 views (5/25), for which I am very grateful.

Current lineup

The current lineup is as follows.

Thursday... Congratulation Board Research Weekly / Detective! Note Scoop
As needed... Stories about this and that, Heartfelt Tanka, My near-50s karaoke & muscle training & streaming diary, Serious travel across Japan, Today's Chu-hi & alcohol, Today's ice cream & sweets & mega-sized meals, Life lessons learned from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, etc.

Congratulation Board Research Weekly / Detective! Note Scoop (Thursday, as needed)

A corner where I summarize and introduce the Congratulation Boards I earned the previous week. After a streak of 50 weeks was broken, I have reached 5 weeks (V5) again.

Recently, notifications have been arriving on Thursdays, or articles published on Tuesday nights of that week are being treated as "especially liked last week," which honestly makes me wonder if everything is okay.

I intend to do the Note Scoop as needed, but I have so many other things left to write that I can't keep up at all orz

The following are as needed

Life lessons learned from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (originally on Fridays)

I will write my thoughts on the anime 'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' from the perspective of 'what is life'.

Due to changes in my living environment, I haven't been able to update at all, but it's about time I resume the series.

Today is my day off, so maybe I'll watch it for the first time in a while...

Serious Travels Across Japan

A series where I write intensely and thoroughly about my number one hobby: travel. I pride myself on the fact that AI cannot do this. Originally, it was a project updated on Mondays to aim for a Congratulatory Board.

I am currently at the end of the Okinawa arc... but I haven't been able to update it at all lately. I would like to resume this as well.

Shisa's Heart Tanka

I express things that suddenly come to mind in my daily life or while traveling.

In my '10 things I want to do this year' for 2026, I set a goal of 100 poems for the year, but currently I have 138... no, wait, I miscounted and it's actually 140 poems orz

Lately, I don't have much leeway, and my concern is that I don't have time to think carefully about Tanka.

Stories about XX (Essays)

So-called essay-like pieces.

I finally updated the image that I hadn't changed when I hit 550,000 views.

Note that useful topics such as TOEIC preparation and analysis of AI-related news are on a separate note (daily updates have ended).

Karaoke & Muscle Training & Streaming Diary

Previously it was just karaoke and muscle training, but now 'singing' videos on YouTube have been added to the mix.

I haven't been able to do any muscle training at all, but I plan to resume in July.

Sanshin Weather & Okinawa Summary

I resumed practicing the sanshin in earnest from June. I am very happy to have an environment where I can practice almost every day.

I can now play 'Nada Soso' and 'Shimanchu nu Takara' almost perfectly, so I want to try a third Okinawa song soon.

Today's Chu-hi & Alcohol

The long-running series that started right after this note began was intended to be a stock for daily updates.

...but there is so much to write about that the stock just keeps piling up orz

I'm having trouble clearing out my article stock... and I just keep drinking lol

Today's Ice Cream & Sweets & Slave to Carbohydrates

I'll be sharing my own reviews of ice cream and sweets that I mainly buy at the supermarket when they are on sale or discounted.

I also want to introduce some hearty 'slave to carbohydrates' items if I find anything interesting.

Summary... Things I've started, things I've stopped

Looking at it this way, I can see for myself that my environment has changed quite a bit even since the 550,000 views at the end of May.

My concern is that I don't have as much time to spend on Note as I used to (manga, sanshin, etc. lol), but it's also true that my pace isn't as bad as I had initially expected.

First, I want to regain my pace and resume updates on life lessons learned from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and my serious travel logs.

Thank you for your continued support m(_ _)m