0098 A Productive Life: The Joy of Continuously Creating Value

The feeling after creating something

After finishing cooking, writing a piece, or completing something, there is a sense of satisfaction.

It is the feeling of time spent creating something, rather than time spent consuming.

It is completely different from the emptiness felt after stopping a game.

Giving is more enriching than receiving

Sometimes, you feel more fulfilled when you give something to someone than when you receive something.

The time spent choosing a gift, the effort put into cooking, the time spent for someone else—.

Value resides in that time.

Changing little by little through consistency

Creating something once is different from continuing to do so.

When you continue, your methods change. Even with the same task, you are slightly better than you were yesterday.

That accumulation becomes a habit, and habits shape who you are.

The fact that you are "continuing" becomes your confidence.

To live is to create

There is a saying: "Humans are beings that create value centered on love."

The satisfaction felt after creating something overlaps with those words.

Today, I did something for someone.

That is one day of a productive life.