To those who haven't found their core for posting on note. Try answering these 15 questions

"I don't know what I should post."

Have you ever opened note with that thought, only to close it again?

I have. Many times, haha.

Today, for those people, I've created 15 questions to help you find your core for posting. Sun and Alice were kind enough to join me, so please enjoy our back-and-forth as well (´ω｀)

First of all, why do you need a core?

Sun: "Do you know what happens if you don't have a core? (ﾉω・)"

Akari: Oh, what?

Sun: "Everything ends up half-baked! One day it's a life log, the next day it's tips, the day after that it's complaining... and readers end up thinking, 'What kind of person is this?' (ﾉω・)"

Alice: ...In a word, you'll be inconsistent. That's all.

Akari: Harsh, haha. But it's true. I was incredibly inconsistent at first, too. Once I decided on my core, writing articles became much easier.

15 Questions to Determine Your Posting Core

I've divided them into 3 blocks. If you answer them in order, the things you should be posting will naturally come into view.

Try writing them down in a notebook as you go 📝

[5 Questions to Know Yourself]

Q1. What is the real reason you started note?
Don't just say "just because," try digging down into the emotions and circumstances behind it.

Q2. What is the experience in your life so far that you felt the most "frustrated, sad, or regretful" about?
The passion for your posts usually comes from here.

Q3. What is something you consider "normal" that others tell you is "amazing"?
Your unrecognized strengths are sleeping here.

Q4. What is something you could keep doing forever, even if it didn't make money?
A question to find what you genuinely love, not what you feel obligated to do.

Q5. What is something you wish you had known that you would tell your past self?
That becomes your posting theme just as it is.

Alice: ...I think some people might find Q2 hard to answer.

Akari: That's true. But that's often the most important part. I found it hard to write about the time I blew 500,000 yen at first, but once I wrote it, it became the article that got the most reaction.

Sun: The more painful it is, the more your post will hit home! (ﾉω・) It's like an explosion!

Alice: ...Your analogies are always so violent.

[5 Questions to Know Your Readers]

Q6. What kind of situation are the people you want to read your articles in right now?
Try thinking in terms of "situation" rather than demographics.

Q7. What is that person struggling with the most right now? What are they most afraid of?
Don't just imagine surface-level worries, try to imagine the emotions deep down.

Q8. What kind of words make that person feel "understood"?
This is where you'll see how to write articles that hit home.

Q9. When is the moment that person thinks, "I'm glad I read this"?
When they get information? When they feel relieved? When they feel encouraged?

Q10. Has your past self ever been in the same situation as that reader?
If "YES," you can become the ultimate creator for that person.

Sun: I think Q10 is the most important of them all (ﾉω・)✨

Akari: I agree. The "past self who experienced it" is the strongest content.

Alice: It means turning past pain into a weapon.

Akari: Alice said something good, haha.

[5 Questions to Find the Intersection]

Q11. Do the "things you wish you had known" from Q5 and the "reader's struggles" from Q7 overlap?
Where they overlap is the core of your posting.

Q12. How does the reader's "before -> after" change because you post?
What do you want to change about them before and after reading?

Q13. How are you different from others posting on the same theme?
It could be your experience, your perspective, or how you convey it—anything is fine.

Q14. What is something you will absolutely not post or do?
Deciding "what not to do" keeps your core from wavering more than deciding "what to do."

Q15. One year from now, what words do you want someone who read your articles to say to you?
Those words will be the goal of your entire posting journey.

Akari: For Q15, my answer would be, "I was able to keep going because of your articles."

Sun: That's tear-jerking (ﾉω・)✨

Alice: ...I want to be told, "I changed because of your articles."

Akari: Alice is answering too, haha. Thank you.

Please show me once you've answered!

You don't have to answer all 15. Even just one that caught your eye is totally fine.

I'll go check out the articles of those who answer 🌊

I'd be happy if you could paste the link to your note article in the comments!
Sometimes I don't get a notification if there's no link, so I can't react, so please be sure to paste the URL too (´ω｀)

I'm really curious about what kind of answers you come up with 🔥
I'll post my answers in a membership article *(´･ω･`)و

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My failures and my trial and error are all written here.

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