Meeting note has allowed me to build up my life's journey, and that is how I have become 'the me of today'💗

I made my first post on note on March 22, 2021.
It has been 4 years and 4 months since I started living in the town of note.
My first note post is the article below (with edits).

Today, I would like to write again about the path from my retirement to note, and how I am who I am today precisely because note was there.🧡

I retired from the childcare industry in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
As I briefly wrote in the article above, after experiencing the deaths of my biological father and my parents-in-law, and the hospitalization of my aunt who lived alone, I learned about 'end-of-life planning' while balancing those challenges with work. I decided to retire before the mandatory retirement age, thinking I would make this my final career.

After obtaining my 'Certified Social Worker' qualification, I discussed and planned with a friend who is a judicial scrivener to create a 'space' related to end-of-life planning. However, for various reasons, I gave up on the 'Certified Social Worker' qualification, and furthermore, due to the pandemic, I could not materialize connections with people, so I judged that realizing this new dream would be impossible for the time being.

Having worked and earned an income for so long, I didn't have the mindset or option to not work even though I wasn't yet 60. While handling my family's end-of-life planning and nursing care, I received unemployment benefits, encountered a 'funeral dispatch job,' and eventually, my desire to 'spread end-of-life planning' led me to work online.

That said, as an analog person, I also experienced many failures.
I was even deceived when I tried to earn an income too easily.
After that, thinking about whether I could put my learning to use even if I couldn't start my own business, I became a web writer.
However, exhausted by the writer's job of being chased by deadlines and 'not being able to write what I want to write = writing what is required,' I gradually stepped away from writing and, through a mysterious twist of fate, met note.

It was about a year from my retirement until I met note.
At first, I thought I might be able to monetize on note, but I realized that was something I couldn't do (lol).

But, even if I couldn't earn an income,'a place to output my thoughts'was given to me. Furthermore, wonderful connections that I could never meet in real life were born.

A place where I can create relationships where people read my clumsy articles, give me 'likes!', and even leave comments.
And a place where I can also say 'like!', share my thoughts in comments, and be supported and encouraged by connections not found on other platforms.

I was able to create the 'space' I was looking for.
At first, I wrote 'articles about end-of-life planning,' but gradually, through my interactions with fellow note users, I realized that it didn't have to be a 'space specialized in end-of-life planning.' I realized I could just write about what I like, do what I like, and that this place could create a 'space for connection' that everyone needs.

I held projects on note, met friends across different ages, created the'Dream💗Consultation Room',and I have dreams and have realized activities to convey the 'splendor of casual conversation.'
I was able to obtain a daily life more precious than income.

By interacting with many people living in the present in this place, opportunities to face myself have accumulated. While documenting my daily life experiences, my experiences on note, my failures, my sadness, and my joy on note, I have also been given many realizations, encounters, and learning from wonderful friends and fellow noters, leading to where I am now.
I am grateful for the 'space called note' where what I need is always shown and given to me at mysterious timings.

5 years and 4 months since retirement.
I, who used to call myself 'around-kan' (around 60) at first, have now reached the generation called seniors, and I recently completed my pension procedures (*´σｰ｀)hehe.
My age has accumulated, but that is precisely why my life has also been accumulated and deepened, and every day I am given many experiences and realizations.
Through counseling, coaching, well-being, and deep, deep learning of the subconscious, I have come to know, heal, and be saved as 'myself'.
Recently, I have started to remember the child I was, whom I had forgotten. I realize that I was loved enough. And that I am still loved now.
Both until now and from here on, the journey of living the life I choose and decide for myself continues.

To live is to connect.
To live is to keep learning.
To live is to face yourself.
I believe that by connecting, learning, and facing yourself, you can make yourself and those around you happy💗

Recently, I started a subscription to a magazine called 'Halmek'.
I had been curious about it for a while, felt a sudden attraction, and signed up before my birthday.
I started reading from the June issue, and the August issue arrived the other day.
This, too, is content that is perfect for me right now, issue after issue, surprisingly so...
It's more interesting than fiddling with my smartphone (´∀｀*)ufufu
I also feel joy in having met 'Halmek'.

I am living my life while honestly accepting the various messages given to me.
Everything in front of me is necessary for me.

To confirm that, I am now recording my daily life not on note but ina handwritten notebook.From those records, I have come to know 'my present' and face myself. I even write things I can't write on note (lol).
The thoughts I have reached are in the article below.
Please read it if you'd like🧡

Meeting note,
my life's journey has been accumulated,
and 'the me of today' exists💗

Thank you💕

[Lastly]

The next 'Dream💗Consultation Room' has been decided to be held in October after consulting with Mamanosuke-chan and Yuzu-chan❗👏👏
All three of us plan to participate. I'm looking forward to it from now💕
Details to follow later (^_^)v

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