I tried making a note Mandala chart!

Good evening, everyone!
I'm GAMI, aiming to be a cool next-generation middle-aged guy.

It was incredibly hot and the weather was great today!!
It's been a long time since it was this warm, so spring is finally here🌸
The cherry blossoms might be in full bloom soon too!!

Actually, there is a river flowing near my house, and if you go down that river, you'll reach a small spot famous for cherry blossoms where there are many Somei Yoshino trees and food stalls.

My hay fever only flared up a little in mid-February, and it hasn't been bad at all this year, so I think I'll go for a long walk to see the cherry blossoms sometime next week!

I know that food stalls are expensive, not very tasty, and not great in terms of hygiene, but why is it that I always end up wanting to eat something when I see them? lol

Mandala Chart

As the title suggests, today I tried making a note Mandala chart, inspired by Yasu-san's article! (To think of ideas for note articles, lol)

I happened to have an A3 blank notebook sleeping at home, so I'm writing in it in real-time right now while writing this note.

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After that, please surround the word "Writing". Apparently, Yasu-san's idea is that not making it look like a "field" (田) prevents your thinking from becoming narrow, so I'm following that and keeping the space wide instead of enclosing it like a "field"! ↓↓↓

Then, like this, 8 squares are created around "Writing".
You have to fill them in, but apparently there's a way to do it...

Tsubasa Ito, who is famous for expanding site maps, wrote an article about Mandala charts, and in it...

It seems easier to get ideas if you fill in the squares in the order of the symbols A to H, so I'll try doing it that way.

By the way, this is what happened when I just wrote down whatever came to mind. ↓↓↓

I think the five topics I usually write about are self-improvement, daily life, about being a "next-gen middle-aged guy," article introductions, and mindset...

Strategies for note seem interesting, and I'm sure I could write a lot if I included my hobbies, but I feel like writing about hobbies might break the concept of my note, so I haven't really touched on that yet.

Wait, what even is 'Men's Theory'??? lol
I've written quite a few articles about YouTube, but it's not included... 💦 bitter laugh

Now, I will dig deeper into the eight items that came out of this, and by surrounding each of those eight items, I will create eight more squares...

A total of 8x8 = 64 topics for deep dives will emerge!

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When you do this... your thoughts get organized.
Things that were vague start to come out as words like this.

I think I've already written quite a few articles on all eight topics related to self-improvement, but there are still plenty of ideas for the others. It's interesting, and I realized I won't have to worry about running out of content for a while!

I was thinking 'What even is Men's Theory???' and such, but when you dig deeper and write down what comes to mind, quite a lot comes out! I don't know if I actually want to write about it, though... lol

[Men's Theory]
Hope in an age of despair
On masculinity and femininity
Anxiety felt by men
What is manliness
Stop comparing yourself to others
Revisiting how we work
Acknowledging the diversity within yourself
On vulnerable men

Wow!!!

If I take all this input and combine it with my own experiences to write articles, I could create more than a week's worth of content 🎵

I realized the power of the Mandala chart by actually trying it!

Yasu-san, Tsubasa Ito-san, thank you for the easy-to-understand articles!!

Summary

With that said, I made a Mandala chart for note today, and I really recommend it! Even if you don't have any ideas and can't post, or if your posting has stalled, if you try this once, I think you'll be able to find enough article ideas within yourself to not have to worry about daily posting for a month or two!!

I think the reason we feel like we've run out of ideas is probably because whenever we think of something to post, we try too hard to think about it from the perspective of our note followers or the specific audience we want to reach...

No matter what topic comes up in the Mandala chart, if I can ultimately write an article that leads to a conclusion aimed at my followers or the specific audience I want to reach, I'm sure it will become the kind of article I wanted to create, right?!

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Finally, regarding the 'Horse Racing' section of my 'Hobbies' in the Mandala chart, strong horses from Japan will be competing in the Dubai World Cup Day in Dubai late tonight, Japan time!

For me, it's as exciting as the World Cup, so once I get my child to sleep, I'm going to shout out loud in my heart all by myself!!

Do Deuce, who won last year's Arima Kinen and whom I even went to support at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France a year and a half ago, will have his first race of the year in the Dubai Turf, so I will be cheering for him from the other side of the screen, hoping to see him win 🎵

See you again tomorrow!!