[For note beginners] To those who can't seem to publish articles. "It's too early" is just an assumption.
Hello! This is Nozomi.
"I'll publish it after I prepare a little more."
When I first started writing on note,
I always thought that.
I could write up to the draft,
but I just couldn't press the publish button.
Have you ever had that experience?
Today,
especially for beginners,
I want to talk about letting go of the assumption that "it's too early for me."
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"It's too early" is just an adult's hypothesis
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- After I study a little more
- After my writing gets a little better
- After I have a few more ideas saved up
A common thing for people who just started note is
hesitating because they think,
"It's too early."
I was hesitating all the time too.
But thinking "it's too early" is
just your own arbitrary assumption.
The readers
don't even know that you think
"it's too early."
You only reach the starting line once you publish.
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My 5-year-old son and the Mario movie
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This is a story from a little while ago,
but I took my 5-year-old son
to the movie theater for the first time.
The trigger was
"Super Mario Galaxy."
It's Mario,
which my son is totally obsessed with in games.
(Mr. Mario, thank you for always being there.)
Since he concentrates so hard when playing games,
I thought he might be interested in the movie too,
so I decided to take him.
Honestly, before going, I hadnothing butanxiety.
"Is it too early for a 5-year-old to watch a movie?"
"Won't he be surprised by the dark theater?"
"Won't he get bored halfway through and be unable to sit until the end?"
"If he wants to go home halfway, the ticket money will be wasted (I'm such a cheapskate)."
And so on.
I was thinking about all sorts of things,
and was just full of anxiety about whether it would be okay.
But... you know.
In the darkness,
the moment the images were projected onto the screen,
I glanced at my son in the seat next to me,
and he was leaning forward,
watching the screen intently...!
As expected of Lord Mario!!
Your existence is in a league of its own!!!
While my level of worship for Mario in my heart
was rising next to me,
my son actually watched until the very end.
He did ask "Isn't it over yet?"
about twice during the movie, though. Haha.
After the movie ended,
my son was super excited.
"Princess Peach was there!"
or
"He said Mamma Mia!"
we talked about things like that on the way home.
As for me, the anxiety I had before going was gone.
The assumption that "it might be too early"
was completely wrong.
My son's reaction to watching his favorite Mario movie
at the movie theater for the first time
said it all.
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You won't know until you try with note, too
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Children
don't think "is it too early?"
They act on "I want to try it."
The one putting on the brakes by saying "it's too early"
is a hypothesis that adults have created on their own.
I thought that this is the same
when writing on note.
While you hesitate saying "it's too early,"
only your drafts keep increasing.
But you won't know how the readers will feel
unless you publish it.
What's important is
to try it anyway, see the reaction,
and fix the next one.
There is no one who can publish a perfect article
from the start.
Even with the movie,
my son's "figure leaning forward to watch"
erased my anxiety.
With note, too, the feeling of publishing your first piece
should teach you the next step.
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Things I want you to try today
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If you have even one draft that you haven't been able to post
because you think "it's too early" right now,
gather your courage and publish it!
It's okay if it's short.
Rather than thinking 100 times "is this okay?"
publishing it once
leads to much more learning.
Even if you don't get the reaction you expected,
there's no need to feel down.
That's not a failure,
it's material to use for next time.
Only after you publish will you see the next step.
That courage will be your start.
Nozomi
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