Thoughts on writing on note every day for 450 days
It has been 450 days since I started writing on note every day. One year and three months have passed.
Looking back, I cannot recall any other habit I have kept up for 450 consecutive days.
That is how difficult it is to make something a habit.
However, I have also learned that once it becomes a habit, it is difficult to stop.
And so, I took a moment to think once again about what writing means to me.
I couldn't even keep up a WordPress blog for three months to share helpful information, but on note, I have continued to write happily without ever giving up.
I believe this decisive difference lies in the purpose of writing.
I started my WordPress blog hoping to earn money by plastering it with affiliate ads and Google AdSense.
Even though I went through the trouble of applying for and getting approved for Google AdSense, I quit after just three months.
On the other hand, no matter how much I write on note every day, it rarely leads to work or generates money. (I am truly happy when, on very rare occasions, someone reads my note and asks for financial planning advice or writing services.)
I was struck by what economist Yusuke Narita said: “Continuing to do something even when it is not rewarded is the most essential human behavior and one of our fundamental desires.”
Since I was a child, I have been bad at expressing my feelings to others and have tended to bottle them up, so I have always continued to write as a way to organize my thoughts, relieve stress, and record my daily life.
Beyond just enjoying writing, I am now happy to have various people read my work and empathize with it.
Even so, there are times when I wonder where I am heading, writing every single day like this.
I feel like I found the answer to that in a speech by Yusuke Narita as well.
For a stone thrown into the air, falling is not bad, and rising is not good. A state where you don't know if you are rising or falling. A state where you don't know if things are going well or not. A state where you don't know if you are heading toward success or just stagnating. Enduring this state without giving up or making judgments is what it means to live.
Raising children, working, doing housework every day, and turning the feelings I experience along the way into writing.
I realized that this is exactly what it means to live.
I have summarized the benefits of writing in articles at various milestones, but it feels like I have come full circle and everything has become very simple.
To write is to live.
I feel that I no longer need to set writing on note every day as a goal.
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