Wrapped in 1,005 "Thank yous"🍀 It's been a little over a year since I started note. I've reached 1,000 followers🌱

Hello, this is Kototane🍀

To those who always read my posts,
and to those who are here for the first time,
thank you for stopping by🌸

Actually, the other day, my follower count surpassed 1,000😳✨

Seeing the number "1,000" on my computer screen, I couldn't help but stop in my tracks.

While working full-time and chasing after my first-grade son and my daughter in her final year of preschool every day, I still find it hard to believe that I reached this number.

Today, at this milestone,
please let me write down the "thank you" I really want to convey🌱

Looking back at when I started

Thinking back, when I first started note,
I had zero IT skills.
I felt so lonely, like I was groping through the dark,
wondering, "Will anyone even read such small musings?"

When days went by without any reaction,
I thought many times, "I might not be able to write tomorrow😭"

The only reason I was able to keep writing
was because of one thing.

Your
"I read it"
"I understand"
...those words were the reason.

Changes that happened this year

A lot has happened this year.

🌱I, who used to only get angry with a harsh tone, have gradually learned to regulate my emotions by writing.

🌱My son started saying, "Mom, I finished today's work!" and began doing his homework on his own.

🌱I, who had no connection to IT, was able to use the power of AI to try creating an app for children.

These are all places I could never have reached on my own.

I don't know how many times the words I received in the comment section pushed me forward.

My gratitude goes here

To you who clicks the 'like' button.

To you who reads my long articles to the very end.

To you who quietly leaves a comment.

To all my fellow travelers running alongside me in my magazines.

What I have always cherished is,
that "thank yous" circulate,
and become a source of healing for someone else again.

——that kind of gentle cycle🍀

The number 1,000 is,
not just a number,
but 1,000 encounters,
and 1,000 "thank yous."

Thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart💐

My thoughts for the future

I will continue to write without pretense.

The reality of the 'first-grade wall',
putting emotions into words,
and all sorts of things about AI and parenting.

To someone like my former self,
who is overwhelmed and unable to care for the roots of their heart.

I would be happy if the words here
could become "seeds of words""seeds of words"that make every day a little easier🌱

In closing

Thank you so much for reading this far🌸

I look forward to your continued support.

May we continue to nurture this gentle cycle together🍀