A Beginner's Journey on note (Top 3 News)
Started note (9/20)
Spent 2 months just writing and posting daily.
Followers: 0, views: less than 10 per day.
First contest entry (11/17)
Zero interaction until now. Slowly getting read.
Joined membership (11/29)
Aiming to be read and to improve my skills.
Present (12/27)
Explosion of things I want to do. 58 followers.
① Bought an iPad (mid-October)
I had wanted an iPad for such a long time. Because I was bad at investing in myself, it was hard for me to spend money on things I could live without. Even though my husband kept telling me I should just buy it whenever I wanted. I felt the limits of typing long texts on my smartphone and decided to take the plunge! From there, I tried my hand at illustrations that I had wanted to draw. (10/21)
The iPad is amazing! (pardon my limited vocabulary) Things I wanted to do but thought were impossible became easy once I got an iPad! Like wanting to draw this kind of illustration, or wanting to write that kind of text. Having acquired the ultimate partner that expresses what's in my brain, creative things have become even more fun! I can't imagine life without an iPad anymore.
② First contest entry (11/17)
Until I entered the contest, I had 0 followers (3rd month of note). I had barely given any 'likes' and had never left a comment. Interaction was zero. Entering the contest was the trigger that caused my note to spread all at once. I was so nervous and felt like I was floating. It felt like I was living a different life; it was reality, but I wondered, 'Does this really exist? Whose story is this?'
The work I submitted to my first contest ↓
The background behind entering the contest ↓
③ Joined membership (11/29)
From there, Sunou-san said they would provide feedback to members, so I asked for it too. ↓
I was in a state of 'What is feedback? What is membership?' I was very troubled about how to act, but Kuromu-san gave me a comment, interacted with me, and gave me a lot of advice. If I hadn't met Kuromu-san, I wouldn't have been able to move this far. Kuromu-san, thank you so much.
Future ambitions
Since then, because I want to try paid articles, I've bought paid articles, What is a ZINE? I want to do it!, and I want to create a membership (still figuring out what I can do), and the things I'm interested in just keep increasing. It won't stop. I'm moving around a lot.
I used to think that things wouldn't become clear unless I moved my body, but I learned that I can move forward even while sitting here. But there are always people there, and a sense of security in being helped and connected by many people definitely exists. I've also gradually learned how to communicate online. To everyone who interacts with me, thank you so much, always. Because of all of you, I'm able to continue enjoying note.
My note, which I had no idea what would happen with, has changed dramatically in 3 months (I started actively communicating 1 month ago)! The more I move, the more I see what I want to do, and the things I want to do won't stop. From now on, I will keep the feeling of enjoyment as my top priority and not forget it.
I thought that by looking at my note, I might be able to lower the hurdle for everyone else to take on challenges, like (Huh? Can I enter a contest with a text like this?) or (Can I draw and upload a picture like this?). Even if it's clumsy, if you move, it will somehow take shape. Nothing changes if you don't move. I've done nothing but embarrassing things and uncomfortable things, but I'm already looking at the next thing and moving forward. Everyone, let's do our best while having fun! If there's anyone who has never interacted and wants to make their first friend on note, please reach out to me! Maybe you know more about things than I do, or maybe I'll end up being the one taught many things, but interaction is great! Let's enjoy it together!
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