Are You Using “Being Yourself” as an Excuse? Let’s Check If You’re Calling Laziness “Individuality”

These are the very first words I wrote in my note account profile.

And even now, I’m sure this remains my core.

But recently, I had a thought.

“Being myself” is such a convenient phrase.

If you call being different from others or “not fitting the mold” your “individuality,” it immediately feels a bit special.

It can be an attractive “personality” and a selling point.

But when it comes to a side hustle on note,
if you take one wrong step, it becomes “self-indulgence” that leaves the reader behind.

If it’s just a “diary” where you aren’t aiming for monetization and don’t care if anyone reads it, that’s fine.

But if you’re looking at it as a side hustle where you want to be “read” and “purchased,”
you also need to properly polish your “readability,” “how you convey things,” and “how you deliver them”.

When you’re worried that you “aren’t selling” or “aren’t being read.”
The cause might just be a disconnect in the name of “being myself”.

It would be a shame not to realize that.

The Aesthetics and Pitfalls of “Being Yourself”

We live in an era where anyone can write “polished, beautiful sentences” using AI.
That is precisely why the only way to differentiate yourself is to show “individuality”.

Compete with an attractive character persona or a unique tone and perspective.
Or, use your extraordinary life as a weapon.
—In other words, strategically cultivating “individuality” is the key to being “read.”

Yes, “being yourself” is something you “cultivate” to match the medium.

After all, even if you use a turbulent life as material,
if you can’t write sentences that convey it well, it’s only natural that you’ll be buried on note.

Isn’t that just claiming to “protect your individuality”, while actually
giving up on the “effort to communicate”?

If you don't care about being read, you can write whatever you like.

But if you want to deliver writing that feels like 'you',
it might also be important to put in the effort to refine it so that your message truly gets across.

The effort to tune “being yourself” into “getting through to others”

If you’re aiming to monetize on note,
I believe it’s important not to be satisfied with just saying “it’s just like me,” but to first keep polishing your individuality.

So, what does it mean to “polish your individuality”?

It means sharpening the persona and tone you’ve set for yourself, while
gradually tuning it so that readers will also find it “appealing.”

Yes, to truly express “being yourself” in a note side hustle,
you can’t complete it without involving the reader.

For example, unique expressions, words, and episodes
don’t shine on their own.

They only leave a mark on the reader’s heart because the structure and logic of the entire article have a solid core—
that is precisely why they resonate.

Making things easy to read is like the foundation that comes before all that.
If the writing is constantly stumbling, the essential message won't get through.

I remember when I was in elementary school.
I was bad at reading aloud. I didn't know where the breaks in the sentences were, so I couldn't read well.
(I just didn't understand the meaning of punctuation yet.)

So, it ended up sounding like a “sutra,”
and the story didn't sink in at all.

Since it was a story in a textbook, it should have been interesting.
But I didn't feel even a millimeter of interest.

Or rather, I didn't even understand the “meaning”. That was the state I was in.

…Could it be that with my own note posts right now,
“it’s an interesting story to me, but it’s not getting across”is happening?

“Strategy” is not “pandering.”
Rather, I think trying to understand the reader is the ultimate form of respect.

If people who become customers appear among your readers,
then that is already a legitimate “market.”

You need the power to “translate” your work into a form that reaches that market.

Translating your own words and thoughts into a “form that reaches them.”
I think honing that power is what makes you a “professional at expressing who you are.”

Is your “true self” actually getting across?

If I believe in being myself, I don’t want to run away from the “effort to deliver” it.

That’s why I...

• keep polishingmy writing

• so it reaches the reader,updating how I convey things daily—I am

• while facing the numbers (the voice of the market),I’m refining my strategy for “how to deliver.”

You could even say I’m tuning my “true self” so it reaches the market.

That is the exact opposite of “not making an effort = laziness.”
In fact, it’s a strategic “true self” that involves

a ton of effort and trial and error.

That “true self that puts in the effort” is what will surely be chosen someday.

Have you given up on the effort to convey your message?

If you’re aiming to monetize on note,
let’s cultivate our “true self” while properly holding hands with the market.

Well then, goodnight. See you tomorrow.

Thank you for reading until the end.😊

If you “like” or “follow” me,
・Are you someone struggling with how to convey your true self?
・Are you someone who is refining your delivery strategy daily?
・Are you someone who never neglects self-improvement?
・Did you resonate with this?
I’ll interpret it in the most convenient way possible and be happy.🤩

Click here for my self-introduction article (updated with the note side-hustle style I found in one month)👇

I want to make sure I don’t lose my “true self” even in articles written with AI👇

It would make me happiest if the “true self” I consciously let seep through is appreciated, wouldn’t it?👇