The act of "writing" can become someone's sustenance—a challenge that began with Noriko Shiromura's book

There is a world known only to those who have written a book.
When I touched that world, I realized for the first time that the act of "writing" is not just self-expression, butcan become a light that accompanies someone's life.

Noriko Shiromura's "Let's Publish a Book, Let's Publish a Book, What Happened When You Did?" is a book that changed for me from a "book to read" to a "book that prompts action."

◆ Learning and Realizations

The core message of this book was very simple.

Upon encountering those words, I began to view the learning and experiences within me not as "things to be read and discarded," but as "things to be transformed into a form that is useful to someone."

And after reading it, I began to practice the following four things.

• Read the books introduced and write my impressions in my own words.

• Think of publishing not as a distant dream, but as a "role for society."

• Try writing out a project proposal, even if it's just a draft.

• Incorporate my own experiences—my originality—into the information I share.

Especially the moment I started writing the project proposal, I realized:

It's not that the project is complete yet. But—I am already different from the person I was before I started writing.

◆ Things to accumulate from now on

After reading this book, I decided to create a "habit of leaving behind learning" in my daily life.

There are six action guidelines I will cherish from now on.

📌 ① Reading output twice a month

• Organize by chapter to deepen understanding.

• Don't end with "I read it," but with "I conveyed it."

📌 ② Actively read Japanese books as well

• Beyond foreign books, polish your sense of the Japanese language.

• Make reading itself the breath of your daily life.

📌 ③ Select books that address your own challenges

• Reading that does not run away from weaknesses.

• Make reading an act of self-transformation.

📌 ④ Continue "Shundoku" (speed reading) to develop thinking speed

📌 ⑤ Make posting at 6 AM every morning a habit to train your linguistic muscles

📌 ⑥ Learn from sources like Kaba-Channel and repeat the cycle of practice and verification

◆ In conclusion

Rather than a "life that ends with reading,"
I want to live a "life that moves and changes through reading."

Being able to think this way is my greatest lesson of the year.

If you are currently writing, and you find yourself thinking,

then let me tell you on behalf of others:

Writing becomes nourishment for someone.
And that someone includes yourself.

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Feedback, advice, and even harsh words are all very welcome.
This challenge has only just begun.

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