[Chapter 7] What was misaligned when I started focusing on '10,000 yen' in my note side hustle

After writing Chapter 6
I became a little afraid to look at the note screen for a while

I was getting likes
My followers were also increasing little by little
It wasn't that I wasn't being read

And yet
SomewhereI had a feeling that the flow had stopped—

I was directing all the blame toward myself

At that time
The first thing I thought about was myself
• Is my writing still too shallow?
• Is my experience lacking?
• Is my track record weak?

In short

I must not be good enough as I am right now

I naturally
thought in that way

When you are doing a side hustle
I feel it is easy to fall into this line of thinking

—

Looking across the note side hustle scene, a sense of discomfort emerged

For once, I took my eyes off myself
and looked at the note side hustle scene again
• Paid notes
• Books on side hustles
• YouTube

I read and watched a considerable amount

Then
I noticed a certain discomfort

What was written
was mostly similar...

'You should do this'
'It will be fine if you use this template'
'Templates you can use right now'

But
when it came to whether people working in the same way
were feeling the same results
that was not the case

—

When I thought, 'Am I the only one lacking something?'

If, in reality
• The information is the same
• The methods are the same

Even so
if there is a difference in the results and experiences felt

is it really okay to dismiss all of that
as a difference in individual ability?

Such a question
suddenly popped into my head

—

Comparing it to my architecture work, something clicked

In my main job
I am involved in architectural design and construction

In the world of architecture
there is a common story
• The materials are good
• It looks beautiful
• The construction is careful

Even so
there are buildings that are not used

The reason is very simple

The atmosphere of the town, the characteristics of the location, the history up to now
Andit was not built with the people living there in mind

High perfection and being used
are completely different stories

—

I thought that note might be the same

That was when
my perspective finally changed

The discomfort I had been feeling until now
was not about
• My writing ability

• The depth of my experience

but perhaps
the way the entire note was structured
was just slightly misaligned

with the situation and feelings of the readers

That is what I was able to think.
—

The word 'structure' came to mind for the first time

At that time
what came to my mind
was the word 'structure'
• Who am I writing for?
• What kind of situation is the reader in?
• Where is the boundary between free and paid?
• What remains after they finish reading?

Honestly
I hadn't thought about it very deeply until now

'If I write good things, it will surely get across'

Somewhere
I think I believed that

—

I still haven't found the answer

I don't want to be misunderstood
but at this point
it's not that I saw a clear correct answer

However, the only thing that was certain was

that maybe I don't have to doubt my own value
this much

I was able to think that

Just that alone
made me feel a little more at ease

—

What I intend to do in the next chapter

In the next chapter
I will look over my note side hustle so far
from a slightly higher place

Not from inside the castle
and not from inside the town

From a place where I can see the whole thing

Then
I began to see
connections and misalignments
that I hadn't noticed before

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