Akari's Morning Activity Diary: Sour Coffee the Morning After Losing Every Game

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Good morning~! It's Akari (っ ॑꒳ ॑c)

Yesterday, after I finished writing my article, I spent the evening playing games with my note friends. We played two games: Apex and Elden Ring Nightrain.

I'll start with the conclusion! This is what they call the PREP method! ( ･´ｰ･｀)

The result was that I got absolutely crushed (´；ω；｀)

I'm a total newbie at rank 70 in Apex, so I knew this would happen (´；ω；｀)

I'm bad at both close-quarters and long-range combat! I don't know when to use my skills or ultimate! Even when I pick up really good weapons, I get taken out before I even realize it ☺️

I was looking through a sniper scope and got downed by a sniper ☺️

I tried to attack the enemy from behind, but I was the one who got downed ☺️

I tried to attack a weakened opponent after a fight, but I got surrounded and downed ☺️

In Elden Ring, I was just dragging everyone down ☺️

Sun: 'Starting off with a report of your losses, huh? (ﾉω・)'

Me: 'Yeah. If I don't say it first, I need to prepare myself mentally.'

Sun: 'Mentally prepare for losing? (ﾉω・)'

Huh ☺️? Mental preparation is important, you know.

Me: 'No, but really, in both Apex and Nightrain, it's not that I'm bad, it's just that the enemies are too strong.'

Sun: 'I heard that when Akari was getting knocked down, your teammates were still alive and well~ (ﾉω・)'

What... did you say...?

Me: '...That's because I was bravely falling on the front lines.'

Sun: 'Bravely falling? Isn't it more like you were just rushing in and getting melted?~'

The way you put that!!! ( 」´0`)｣

But you know, it's strange, my mood isn't bad at all.

Even though the results were a total disaster, I was laughing the whole time. When you play games with note friends, it's more fun to shout things like 'Whoa!' or 'Did you see that!?' than it is to win or lose (´▽｀)

If I had been doing this silently on my own, I probably would have given up after three tries.

Sun: "So, the results were sacrificed, but your heart is satisfied, right? (ﾉω・)"

Me: "Exactly. The win-loss record is dead. But my morning is full of energy. That's good enough."

Sun: "You're living life strongly, aren't you?"

Oh, that's right.

Actually, yesterday, I reached 500,000 views on Note.

……but, you know, I don't really feel much of a sense of accomplishment (っ ॑꒳ ॑c)

When I thought about why, I realized it's probably because I already felt it coming when I was at around 450,000 views, thinking, 'Oh, 500,000 is coming soon.' So, the moment it hit 500,000, it was just like, 'Oh, it's here.'

Sun: "You consumed the climax ahead of time, didn't you? (ﾉω・)"

Me: "That's right. It's like a movie that's been spoiled for you."

But you know, I don't think that's a bad thing.

500,000 views isn't a number I earned in one go by doing something flashy. I wrote my morning activities every day, replied to comments, wrote introduction articles, and created content; those modest efforts just added up to 500,000 before I knew it.

The fact that there's no flashy sense of accomplishment probably means that 'the accumulation is properly showing results.' It's not like a firework, but more like 500,000 bricks that I've been laying down steadily every day.

So, even though the sense of accomplishment is thin, I think this is fine (´꒳｀*)

🍞 Today's Meal (Breakfast)

Doutor's large-capacity jar (powder type) coffee, Calpis, and bread.

But, this coffee has a strong acidity, and I feel like I made a bit of a mistake with it (っ ॑꒳ ॑c)

When you buy it, you don't know if the beans are a variety with strong acidity, right? Even if you look at the bag, you don't check the internet for 'this bean acidity' in front of the supermarket shelf every time.

Me: "I bought it with a mysterious sense of security, thinking, 'It's Doutor, so it should be fine.'"

Sun: "What was the basis for that sense of security? (ﾉω・)"

Me: "The name Doutor..."

Sun: "That's just the name~"

So noisy ( 」´0`)｣

But thinking about it calmly, both acidity and bitterness are standard for coffee. So it's normal for there to be ones with strong acidity. The problem isn't the beans, it's me for buying them without checking anything even though I'm bad with acidity ( ´△｀) Ahh-

Sun: "Then let's check before we buy next time~ (ﾉω・)"

Me: "No, isn't a woman taking out her smartphone in front of the supermarket shelf to look up beans a bit scary?"

Sun: "It's not scary~ It's smart~"

Me: "I don't have that kind of courage."

So, I've got Calpis on the side, and I'm drinking it while neutralizing with a rotation of sour coffee -> sweet Calpis -> bread. I'm living with the exact same combination as I was in the caffeine debate episode (´▽｀)

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That's how my morning was today~✨️

🌙 Bonus: A record of my late-night battle with Sun

Come to think of it, I'm writing a series on Substack called "Self-Destructing Akari".

It's a story where I consult Sun about trivial daily matters and get completely demolished in a debate every time (っ ॑꒳ ॑c)

The latest episode is about the time I challenged Sun, saying, "I can sleep even if I drink coffee at night!"

For those curious about how I managed to win against Sun, who kept throwing scientific data about caffeine at me... take a look.

By the way, the way I won was a method that makes me question my own humanity (´▽｀) lol

👉 Self-Destructing Akari | Caffeine Debate Edition https://akarinote.substack.com/p/a70

Well then, another day begins.

Even if the results were a total blowout, even if the views hit 500,000, and even if the coffee is sour, the morning still comes.

That's just how it is (っ ॑꒳ ॑c)

Don't push yourself too hard today, have a great day!

I'm going to go lay my brick for today too (´ω｀)

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