Clumsy Mom, Heading to the Open Sea

I have been a member of the community
"asobiji," which I learned about through a friend's post, since around February.

A community for people who want to live like they are playing,
and do business like they are playing?
How outrageous!
Come on... it's not that easy...
In these past 10 years of mine,
I know how much I've struggled to earn money doing what I love (photography)...😭

I thought things like that, and then again, maybe not,
but I was so, so curious.
You can study business through videos,
it sounds kind of fun,
maybe I can make 100 friends,
the design is cute. Beautiful. Pleasant.
You can even get consulting for a few thousand yen a month?
Wait, what does that mean?

Thinking about all of that,
I took a leap of faith and joined.

Right after joining,
the two organizers (
Rea-san,Yuji-san) spoke with me on Zoom, even though I was a complete stranger.I was moved, thinking, "They'll actually do that for me!"
They are both incredibly busy people.
Besides running a community of nearly 100 people, they seem so busy with corporate training and other things that they barely have time to sleep.

Yet, they told me to ask them anything at any time,
and I was moved again, thinking, "Wait, are you sure?"

The video courses contain a lot of terms that are difficult for a clumsy person like me,
but just listening to them makes me feel smarter,
and in fact,
there were many things I learned for the first time,
like, "So this is how business is built in the world."
It's also great that I can choose the content I want to learn myself.

With all that,
I've had two consulting sessions,
and in yesterday's session,
since I had written 100 note articles,
we moved to the next step.
I've entered the phase of spreading those (note articles) on X and Threads.

The two organizers would "like" my 100-day note posts almost every day.
I thought, "Wait? Are you even looking at posts from a newcomer like me?"
It was a huge encouragement for my daily posting.
At the same time, I feel like I've touched upon an important part of community management.

So, I successfully reached 100 articles and moved on to the next step.
I used to enjoy X over 10 years ago, but I had stopped using it because I grew tired of the anonymity.
I also used Threads a little bit at the beginning, but I had forgotten about it before I knew it.

I'm quite comfortable with systems that have limited connections, like note or Facebook, and I like them; I thought it would be enough if only people I knew saw them,
but here,
I decided to try venturing out into the open sea.

When I was first told to do it,
I thought it was kind of scary.

It feels unsettling to do something away from home.
When I said,
"I'd hate to get flamed,"
we concluded that "I can just avoid it by saying 'I'm just a clumsy person' lol."
What a convenient name I've given myself.

Like this, the consulting sessions are full of laughter,
and even though I have a business allergy, I'm enjoying getting advice.

So,
while continuing to update my note,
I'm going to try X and Threads too!

I hope I can move forward
steadily, one step at a time.
The 100-day consecutive posting challenge
really gave me confidence.