The True Meaning of 'Earning' I Realized 300 Days After Starting Note to Escape Welfare

I wanted to earn money on note. I spent 300 days with that single goal in mind. But what I realized wasn't about how to earn money.

My motivation wasn't pretty

I'll be honest.

When I started note, there was only one thing on my mind.

I want to escape welfare.

I fell ill and couldn't work, my savings hit zero, and I ended up on welfare.

I felt so pathetic at that time.

I wanted money. I wanted freedom. I wanted to be someone who wasn't a 'recipient'.

That's why I started note. There was no noble reason at all.

The 'numbers' after 300 days

I kept posting every day, and I got results.

• Monthly views: Over 10,000

• Followers: 1,400

• Paid articles: Selling well

Looking only at the numbers, I think you could call it a success.

Someone who started from welfare reached this point in 300 days. That is a fact I can be proud of.

But one day, I realized something.

The true nature of my discomfort

When I line up my best-selling paid articles, they all have titles like these.

'How to earn on note', 'How to write paid notes', 'List of title failures'

Articles about my own experiences don't sell.

To earn money, I am selling how to earn money.

...Is this really what I wanted to do?

When that question arose, I felt a sense of discomfort somewhere.

The reason I started Note was 'I want to change my life,' but before I knew it, I had become 'someone who sells how to earn money because it sells.'

The purpose and the means had been reversed.

When I wrote 'I'm quitting,' it got the most reaction.

What I wrote there was an article titled 'I'm quitting teaching how to earn money on Note.'

I wrote exactly about the discomfort I felt. I didn't write anything fancy.

That article got 32 likes.

It's an ironic story, but this was the answer.

Rather than 'teaching how to earn,' 'writing honestly about what I feel' reaches people's hearts better.

I wrote it in a paid article that isn't about how to earn money.

The true meaning of 'earning' I realized over 300 days.

This is what I think 'earning' is now.

Create what you truly want to create and put a price on it.

Instead of selling know-how, deliver your own experience itself.

The story of building an app from zero programming knowledge. The reality of daily life on welfare. The hesitation and realizations I felt after writing for 300 days.

This is my own story that no one else can imitate.

It took me 300 days to realize that.

A question for you

If you are writing right now just because it 'sells'.

Please ask yourself this just once.

Is that really what you want to deliver?

Earning money is important. I still want to earn money too.

But I feel that what is conveyed to the reader is different between 'writing because I want to deliver it to someone' and 'writing because it sells'.

It took me 300 days to finally understand that.

🌱 Sapocchi

On welfare / Posting on note daily while battling health issues / Developing apps with AI from zero programming knowledge