note is like summer vacation radio calisthenics [Today's Break Series]

♪~ A new morning has come
It is a morning of hope

♪~ Open your heart to joy
Look up at the blue sky~~

Miwa! Radio calisthenics have started!
Hurry up and go!

The voice of my mother, who was a little flustered,
overlaps with the "Radio Calisthenics Song"
playing at high volume from the neighborhood association speaker.

It is a nostalgic memory of summer vacation.

These days, there might be more people
who don't know this song.

When I was a child,
speaking of summer vacation, "radio calisthenics" early in the morning
was held in every neighborhood.

As expected,
I was also urged on by my mother's voice

and would dash out the front door while rubbing my still-sleepy eyes,

with my radio calisthenics card hanging around my neck,
running down the early morning road, lively with the sound of cicadas.

Let me take a moment here
to introduce myself.

I am Miwa Kanazawa, a web writer.

Making use of my experience as an instructor at an entrepreneurship school
and attracting customers through blogs in the past,

I usually
write tips for posting on note every day.

But sometimes,
I want to write different kinds of text, like columns or essays.

That is why, irregularly,
[Today's Break Series]as
I write completely private texts.

note is like summer vacation radio calisthenics

The reason I suddenly wrote about this is because
while listening to Masahiro Nakamura's Stand.fm (audio broadcast) today,
I suddenly remembered my childhood summer vacation.

Theme: "What is the fun of note?"

Masahiro Nakamura, who runs the "Web Writer Lab,"
the largest writer community in Japan
with about 1,500 members,

I asked the question because I wanted to know
how you feel about note.

What stayed with me from the broadcast was the following story.

note is like
people who enjoy running
gathering in a park to share the joy of running,

a place where people who enjoy writing
gather to share the joy of writing with someone.

When I heard these words, what came to mind
was the scenery of summer vacation mornings from my childhood.

The overlap between the "joy of gathering in a park" and note

For me,
summer vacation radio calisthenics

was not just a time
to move my body.

After the exercises were over,
it was also a "fun time"
where we could play freely until breakfast.

"Who is here today?"
"Can I play with that kid?"

No matter how sleepy I was,
no matter how much of a hassle it felt,

"I can see my friends"

I would head to radio calisthenics
with a feeling of excitement and anticipation.

This is the same for note.

As Nakamura-san also talks about on Stand.fm,

writing itself
can be done alone, but
it's even more fun when you're "with someone."

When you peek into note, you find wonderful encounters.

I also started writing on note,
and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Who is writing today?"
"What kind of articles is everyone writing?"

Every time I open note, I feel the same way
I felt on those mornings heading to radio calisthenics.

Between my main job as a web writer and household responsibilities,
writing on note, which I don't necessarily have to do,
feels just like a summer vacation independent research project.

The 'summer of note' will continue from here on out.

Radio calisthenics
end when summer vacation ends,
but note goes on forever.

I will keep writing, and
with the friends I've connected with through writing,

I want to cultivate
deeper and stronger connections.

And as we speak,
new encounters are being born one after another.

What kind of encounters will I have today!
When I think about that, I can't stop the excitement.

Summer is still just beginning.

Rather than just a single summer event,
I will enjoy this never-ending 'summer of note' again today.

Thank you so much.

This article is participating in the Web Writer Lab's 'Column of the Month'.

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