How to deal with a lack of motivation or writing topics

A little while ago, there was an article that really made me think.

What do you do when you have "no topics to write about"?

If you don't have the raw materials within yourself, you have no choice but to go out and look for them, right?

When I was in high school, I donated blood and became anemic... and they actually drove me home in the blood donation vehicle.💦

If you're anemic, you'd think, "Get some nutrition" before donating blood, right?＾＾；

In the same way, in order to output, you need input.

For me, I think I'd eat something delicious or talk to people...

When I'm moved by something "delicious," I want to write about it on Note or my blog (lol).

For example, like this↓

The days have been hotter than body temperature, and for the past few days, I haven't felt motivated... but I went to eat something delicious and was able to recharge my energy (lol).

In the first place, times when you "don't feel motivated" are often times when you need rest.

No motivation means no energy to move. It's also important to listen to your body's voice saying, "I want to rest."◎

It's also important to eat nutritious food and get plenty of sleep. I think you need to take care of yourself first.

When I'm inspired by an interesting book or seminar, I sometimes want to share it with someone... Just interacting with energetic people gives me energy.✨ I think it's also okay to get energy from others.💛

Before exceeding 100,000 monthly PV... an Ameblo blog I left untouched for two years

Looking back now... my blog "Ameblo Creation Course for Absolute Beginners", I created the account in 2006, but I left it untouched for a full two years.💦

During the Obon holidays 13 years ago, I suddenly thought, "Let's try updating that blog again," and that's when I resumed updating it.

It was before there were any books on Ameblo. Speaking of the period from 2008 to 2009, that was the timing when Ameblo users went from 300,000 to over 1 million.

Every time a new feature was released, I continued to update my blog with the motto of being "faster and clearer than anyone else," and as a result... it became a blog read by many people.

A note account that I left untouched for 7 years after registering

I mean, I left my own note account untouched for 7 years after registering it (lol).

This is a graph from when I had just resumed updating my note.

You can see that the graph line, which had been flat for both the number of articles and the number of followers, has been rising sharply since 5/15 (lol).

✅ note has a well-designed system for maintaining motivation

note really has a well-designed system for keeping your motivation up, doesn't it!

Message that appears when saving a draft

When you save a draft, a pop-up appears saying, "Please rest your eyes if you're tired" (lol). It feels kind of human, which is nice 😊

Sometimes it also displays, "Maybe you'll make new discoveries if you re-read it?"

If you continue drafting, it even says... "Why not try posting consecutively?" (lol).

It counts your consecutive posting days and praises you

It counts the number of days you've posted consecutively and praises you every day 😊

You might even get a badge when you achieve something 💛

Sometimes you can even earn badges when you achieve something.

A notification saying "Congratulations!"

It's also nice to get notifications about how many likes your articles have received, isn't it? 💛

Articles with many likes are sometimes recognized by note, which is very encouraging, isn't it? 💛

I'm grateful for my morning activity friends who encourage each other with me 💛

After all, it's hard to keep working hard all by yourself, isn't it? 💦

I believe I'm able to keep going precisely because of the morning activity I do on Clubhouse every morning from 5 AM.

I introduce my morning activity friends in this article below:

A special method for when you have no topics to write about on your blog

A password to overcome "it's a hassle!" and get things done quickly

About updating note every day

In this article, opposing opinions on posting to note every day are also mentioned, which is interesting.

After all, if it's not fun, you can't keep it up, can you?

If it gets tough, I think it's fine to take a break without pushing yourself. Even if you take a break, as long as you don't quit, you are continuing.

Even I have left Ameblo alone for two years, and as for note, I left it alone for seven years (lol).

If you take a break and that's the end of it... then it just means you didn't want to do it that much. If there's something else you want to do, I think it's better to continue doing what you can enjoy.

The Obon holidays start today, and I think it's important to keep pace with the world's biorhythms, don't you think?

Today marks 91 consecutive days of posting. I am enjoying it so far, so... it looks like I will be able to continue updating my note for a while longer (laughs).