[Must-see for those lost in side hustles!] What is right for you? The key to success is deciding on 〇〇.

Hello, this is Asanon!

To start with the conclusion

the shortest route to achieving results is
to decide what not to do

is it.

While juggling a full-time job, housework, and childcare,
if only I had 50,000 yen more a month...

I want to start a side hustle with that thought, but
in this day and age, there are just too many options.

I don't want to fail if I can help it,
so after the kids are fast asleep,
I'm surfing the net with my smartphone in hand...

But in the end,
I don't know what suits me.

Someone please tell me the right answer! *cries*

I run a
newsletterfocused on note x systemization, and

I receive these kinds of worries
reeeeeeally often.

I get it, I really do.

Since that was exactly me in the past, I ended up sending a rather passionate message to my readers lol

No, seriously, side hustles are endless once you start looking into them.

Video editing, product sales, writing, social media management... The more you search, the more information you encounter, and the cycle of getting lost repeats.

Even just looking at platforms to post on: X, Threads, Instagram, note, Ameblo, Facebook... Seriously, there are just too many, right lol

There are so many options that it's exhausting just thinking about it, isn't it?

Speaking of being exhausted by having too many choices...

Do you know the American psychologist Barry Schwartz?

It's often thought that the more choices people have, the happier they become, but...

Barry Schwartz argues that having too many choices actually makes people unhappy.

This is called the 'paradox of choice'.

The more choices people have,
the more they feel the pressure that
they must make the best choice.

As a result,
fatigue and regret are more likely to occur.

The time you spend worrying or being indecisive about your options
is actually just you spinning your wheels in your head,
so you aren't moving forward at all.

And then, you feel
guilt or inferiority about that current state of not moving forward.

It's a complete negative loop, isn't it?

And,
something that people who say, "I don't know what's right for me!"
tend to do even more.

That is,
starting many things at the same time,
thinking, "Let's just try this and that first!"

Since there are too many things to do,
you write a To-Do list in a planner or memo app
to organize them.

It's that thing where you write down all your goals and tasks
and cross them off one by one.

At first glance, this
seems efficient because it clears your head.

In fact, there is a mountain of information out there
like, "Boost your productivity with To-Do lists!"

But wait a minute.

Modern Japanese people
simply have no time.

Especially for those of us in the child-rearing generation.
Unexpected things
come up infinitely every day.

Just the other day, even for me,
I thought, 'After putting the baby to sleep, I'll leave the rest to my husband and get some work done!'
but then

my one-year-old son suddenly started screaming,
and even though my husband tried to soothe him,
'MOMMY!!!!!!'
he opened the bedroom door and came out lol

In such a situation, continuing to work is
almost impossible,
so I have to interrupt what I want to do and go to sleep with him.

When you make a To-Do list in such circumstances,
the items you couldn't finish keep piling up every day.

I couldn't do it today, oh well. Ah, I couldn't do it again today...
I couldn't do it again today...

That accumulation slowly
'Maybe I can't do this...'
leads to those feelings, doesn't it?

Even though you're trying so hard to move forward,
it feels like you're visualizing your own inability to do things,
and isn't that incredibly painful?

But it's okay,
I have definitely walked that same path.

Even so,
the number one reason why I, who am chased by housework, childcare, and my main job,
and have limited time,
was able to monetize on note.

It's about focusing entirely on
note × building a system among the many side hustles out there!

It's because I decided on
what NOT to do rather than what to do.

Once I discovered the platform called note,
I decided at that point
that I wouldn't do any other side hustles.

This might be extreme, but in reality,
rather than shallowly completing a list of 100 things to do,
narrowing it down to 10 and focusing on them
definitely improves the quality of each one.

This isn't limited to side hustles on note,
but I think it applies to everything,
including your main job, housework, and childcare.

Housework, in particular,
doesn't it have an infinite number of things that need to be done?

I have a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old,
and no matter how much I clean every day,
for some reason, the food crumbs on the floor never disappear lol

So, I don't clean the floor
unless it's absolutely necessary.

Of course, I think it would be better
if the room were clean, but

with small children around,
doing everything perfectly
is impossible to begin with.

Aiming for perfection is
not good for my mental health lol

This is also my own strategy
for spending time happily with my children.

You should also start by
deciding on "what not to do"
from among the overflowing list of things you need to do.

Before you even decide not to do something,
you might find that there are things
you don't actually need to do at all.

Rather than deciding to do everything you need to do,
by deciding what not to do,
you can focus on what you really need to do.

Only then will you see results.

If you, the reader,
are struggling to choose a side hustle.

First, please download this e-book
that summarizes my side hustle on Note.
(Tap the image!)

Anyone can start for free right this second,
you don't have to be desperate to update it every day like social media,
no face reveal needed, it's all completed with just text...

Because this place called Note
is, to put it mildly, the absolute best.

I also recommend that you
focus entirely on note x systemization
right now!

Asanon