What Happened When I Stopped Posting Daily? Insights I Gained

If I stopped posting daily, what would I see?
What would change?


It has been 10 days since I stopped the daily posting on note that I started on New Year's Day this year.
This time, I will talk about what I feel and have realized since stopping daily posts, as well as my new challenges.

When you post daily,
there are moments when you wonder,
"How long will I keep doing this?"

If you have developed a habit of writing on note like brushing your teeth,
and you feel "uncomfortable if I don't write!"
then that is a different story, but as I experienced, if you seek "quality," you may find it difficult to keep writing articles of the same quality every day.

I know myself when my writing isn't flowing and the quality of the article is dropping, so my finger feels heavy on the update button.
"Should I really press it...?"
While thinking that, I am pushed by the time limit,
and with that momentum, my finger touches the update button.

The indescribable emotion at that time was a bit bittersweet, and I felt a sense of guilt.
It was like the regret of serving a dish that I knew myself was low in quality and not delicious.

While I felt a sense of accomplishment by posting daily, that guilt also grew larger day by day.
Around the time my daily posts exceeded 40 days,
I thought, "I'd rather stop than put out an article like this," but I couldn't quite make the break.

There are two reasons why I couldn't make the break.

The first is that I felt the benefits of posting daily.
By posting daily, my followers, who were in the single digits on New Year's Day this year, increased day by day,
and the number of likes also increased.
That is something very happy for a writer.

I kept writing with that feeling.
Even so, when followers and likes increased,
what I wrote is reaching many people
it also became a source of confidence.

Therefore, there was a risk of losing what I had gained with such effort by stopping daily posts, so I couldn't easily let it go.

The second reason might be a small thing, but
it's the encouragement notifications from note.
When you post daily,
"It's been ●● consecutive days. Congratulations."
or something like that, are you being subtly pressured? (I am fully aware that you are supporting me, though)

Perhaps it's psychological, but when I'm told "for ●● consecutive days," I find myself setting goals on my own, like "I have to keep going" or "Next is 100 days."
I started to lose track of whether I was continuing of my own volition or if I was being pulled along by note.
It felt like I was in a three-legged race with note.

It felt like I was in a three-legged race with note.
My leg hurt and I wanted to rest, but
note-chan next to me was
"Just 10 more meters. Keep going!"
running alongside me, cheering me on innocently.

Once it's broken, it's no big deal, but I was a little conscious of it.
Trying not to stop those innocent cheering notifications.

It's been 10 days since I stopped posting every day.
I've only updated once during that time.
But

"What if no one reads my work anymore?"

I was anxious, but I still consistently received likes every day.

There are people who read my work properly

There was nothing to be afraid of.
So, I will continue to
warm my own heart and write at just the right temperature.

A small sense of confidence was born.

And, because I stopped posting every day and gained more room in my heart and time,
I challenged myself to do something I had wanted to do for a long time.
That was to ask for writing consultation.

Since I started note, I had wanted a professional to look at my work.
I wasn't sure if that meant joining a membership or asking for individual writing guidance.
It was vague, but I decided to ask for writing guidance.

Because I intuitively felt it was necessary for my future self.

I have been like a broken record,

but I think there is a right way to deliver that message.
If you keep sending love letters unilaterally, it eventually becomes annoying.

If you send them to someone who doesn't need them at all, they won't even look at them because they'll be considered misdelivered.
Even if they do arrive, if the reader opens them and thinks, "What on earth is this?" because the atmosphere is uninviting (like being so full of kanji that it looks like classical Chinese), they will be discarded without being read.

Delivering a message and having it read are equally difficult. That is precisely why I wanted to have a professional third party look at my work and help me create

my own comfortable temperature and sense of distance.

I am excited and looking forward to seeing what kind of changes will emerge through learning about writing.
From here on out, I want to continue weaving my own unique prose while cherishing the temperature of my own heart.

It has only just begun, but I would be happy if you could sense my changes and growth through my writing.