[Results Announcement] What happened after focusing exclusively on note for 4 months?
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August 14, 2025.
I started a life of focusing exclusively on writing note articles.
I dove into a training period that I call "Shut up & Run."
It is similar to a self-improvement habit known overseas as "Ghost Mode."
For a certain period, you work alone in silence on one thing to maximize results.
In the past, I used this for "muscle training" and "design" to build habits and acquire skills.
This time, I fully committed to enlightenment activities on "note."
I decided to run for four months until December 14, and I wrote articles incessantly.
The deadline I set for myself finally came to an end the other day, so I am reporting on it in this article.
■ My Personal Rules
・In principle, only do things related to note.
・Posting casually on social media is prohibited.
※ Copying and pasting article URLs to X for promotion is OK.
※ YouTube is OK when necessary for an article.
・NoFap is mandatory. Continue strength training as well.
・This time, alcohol and cigarettes are allowed.
Those who want to commit to results for any reason should take this as a reference.
※ Please check my actual face and body on Instagram or YouTube. ※ Setting aside the "facial changes" from NoFap, it is a hassle to take new separate photos.
※ Summary photos of facial changes due to long-term NoFap ※
Before starting: The lackluster numbers before focusing solely on note
The various numbers before starting are as follows.
Number of articles: 1 per month
PV: Around 500 per month
Followers: 10
So, with the goal of "nurturing note," I set a [10x target].
Number of articles: 10 per month
PV: 5,000 or more per month
Followers: 100 or more
For the number of articles, I defined "1 article" as "equivalent to 5,000 characters." In my case, I often write tens of thousands of characters in a single article. It becomes more about character count than the number of articles. It's a matter of workload.
The most important thing is the "number of articles."
Because this is the only amount of work I can control myself.
PVs and followers are part of the 'results,' so they cannot be manipulated.
So, here are the results after 4 months...
At the end: The numbers I increased after focusing exclusively on note
The various numbers at the end are as follows.
Number of articles: 15.75 per month
(*315,000 characters = 63 articles based on 5,000 characters each)
PVs: Around 3,800 per month
Followers: Around 65
First, the workload was cleared with ease.
If I had pushed myself a little harder, I might have reached the level of 20 articles per month.
In particular, I am aware that my pace dropped from late November to mid-December.
PVs did not reach 5,000 per month...
It was close, as I was only about 1,000 away.
The final goal is 50,000 monthly PV. I will continue next year.
Followers were a secondary goal, but I didn't reach 100.
Around 65. Since there are fluctuations, I can only say it's about that much.
At the time of writing it was 62, but at the end it was 66. It went down, haha.
Somehow, 4 or 5 trash AI-writing-related idiot accounts followed me in a row, and then they all disappeared at once. I wasn't counting on them anyway. Also, some mysterious female accounts that followed me disappeared. I don't need them, haha.
PV is much more important, but I think I will continue writing with a goal of 100 followers just in case.
As an aside, there is 'quality' to followers, too. Obviously.
There are accounts that follow hundreds or thousands of people just like giving a 'like,' and there are those who only follow me and a few others, so.
So-called 'loyal readers' who regularly press 'Like!' have started to appear, so I will do my best to increase those kinds of people.
In the first place, this is not the type of content that can get big numbers.
It is a sharp discourse that pierces deeply, so the PV goal is 50,000.
How should I put it...
I just want to make the 'effort to reach as many people as possible' to wherever I can deliver it. So, I will continue to write in 2026, but the pace should slow down.
I have already started early, but I intend to expand into 'talk videos' and 'radio audio' from now on. So, the focus solely on note is ending for now.
Talk video (mediable)
Radio audio (LISTEN)
I will create an announcement post at a later date, but if you are interested, please check them out along with my note. In talk-based content, things are neutralized by facial expressions, tone of voice, and humor, haha.
Impressions: Looking back on 4 months of focusing solely on note
Yes. The impressions section.
Four months. Was it long or short?
It was short.
That is how much.
I suppose it means I was able to devote myself to it, to be fully focused. Total concentration!
Naturally, I haven't been able to perform at a high level like a precision machine every single day, but...
Well, I am human, after all.
About once every 5 to 10 days, I would take a break and barely even touch my PC.
I haven't been posting every day either; I've just been continuing at a pace I can manage, like a marathon.
However, in fact, I still have over 20 topics just on the subject of 'NoFap' sitting in my web notepad, and I haven't been able to keep up with turning them into output. It's quite frustrating.
*Of course, some of these will be scrapped, and others will be added.
I simplify the ideas that pop into my head into 'article titles' first.
I copy and paste that title into the note writing screen and then just proceed to write from there.
Since the analysis and structure are already complete in my head, the rest just flows. Like a torrent.
Also, I made a new discovery on my 'days off'.
On days when I intentionally decided to 'take a break,' in the past, I would just lazily watch YouTube videos or zone out and think, which was unproductive, dead time.
Around November, I thought I might as well start doing some light 'design' work again.
Originally, my main activity in the first half of this year was design sales for monetization purposes.
Design is still fun, and it doesn't feel like a burden.
*Things change when it comes to client work or intensive design production...
Psychologically, I approach it with the feeling of a "hobby".
I plan to continue treating "article writing" on note as my professional activity, while doing "design" like a hobby. It's the reverse of the first half of the year.
*Currently, I am creating template designs for VTuber stream thumbnails.
*As for the works I've created recently, they are like the following. Given the season.
For bloggers, or should I say, for noters?
I am also selling the note article thumbnails that I create myself.
These are available on my design account.
As for design sales...
It's not enough to make a lot of money, but it's enough for some pocket money.
So, I will continue to do it as a hobby that also provides some practical benefits, feeling like it's a way to take a break.
In this regard, I had another pleasant discovery.
Until now, I used to drink alcohol at night and watch Japanese anime or foreign dramas, but recently there are many patterns of extra charges on Prime Video, which is quite frustrating...
The number of works I can watch easily for free or works I want to watch has been on a downward trend.
However, the "Drinking Talk: Face-revealing Free Talk Video" and "Drinking Audio: Free Talk Radio Program" that I started as a test around December 12th have really clicked.
Anyway, since I tend to have nothing to do at night, I decided to make videos and audio casually while drinking. This also has a strong sense of being a "hobby." Ignoring the numbers completely.
The stance is first and foremost: I do it because I want to do it.
If it leads to note or interview projects as a bonus, that's lucky.
Recently, I've been able to spend my evenings meaningfully with this, so I'm quite happy.
As I introduced earlier...
I am doing it on the following platforms.
If you are interested, please check these out as well.
Talk Video (mediable)
Radio Audio (LISTEN)
Of course, my content is in principle "all free".
I have no intention of monetizing "End-of-the-World Tales" at the moment.
*Only closed online consultations are, as expected, paid services.
I'm digressing, but that's how it was, looking back on these past four months.
Overall, note has grown, I have made a comeback, and I have gained new discoveries.
I'm glad I did it. After all, you have to put some "load" on yourself somewhere.
So, although the pace might slow down...
I will continue to write on note next year as well.
I look forward to your continued support. See you in the next piece.
That is all.
*I also recorded an audio radio show on the same topic. See below.
*I also recorded a look back at 2025 on LISTEN beforehand.
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P.S. Bonus Video
This is a project called [Drinking Talk] where I talk loosely while drinking alcohol at night.
*Because I was censored on YouTube,"mediable"I moved there.
*Please do not have high expectations as it is not as polished as my note articles.
*I am filming casually as a "hobby" without caring about the numbers at all. I tend to go off on tangents.
■ Media Outlets
■ note (Long-form articles)
https://note.com/syumatukatari
■ LISTEN (Audio articles)
https://listen.style/u/wagahaaai
■ mediable (Talk videos)
https://mediable.jp/channels/KYOYOUKENGUILD
■ YouTube (Live-action videos)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCat6V4yuGNjDqNzp3dNkK7w
■ X (formerly Twitter)
https://x.com/waaagahai
■ Instagram (Live-action photos)
https://www.instagram.com/you_wagahai/
■ BOOTH (Design)
https://yopi-design.booth.pm/
■ Reference Books
"Soul Chart"
"Convict Conditioning"
*The discussion is based on these books.