Enjoyment is a reason to write

Everyone, are you writing on note?

Whether you're just a reader, someone who writes at a slow pace, or someone who posts every single day, I want to ask all of you: "Are you enjoying note?"

That might have sounded a bit serious. But you don't need to think about it too deeply. It gets complicated if you try to pin down exactly what "enjoying it" means, and that's not what this is about.

I think everyone, at some point, has opened the note posting screen and wondered, "What should I write?" Whether it's because you can't think of anything, or conversely, because you have so many ideas you don't know where to start, I think that's an important feeling regardless of the reason.

So today, I'm writing this article in the hope that I can give a gentle nudge to those moments when you're wondering, "What should I write?"

Me? I think about "What should I write today?" almost every day. My head is full of fragments of ideas, and there are days when the main theme hits me and I think, "This is it!" But the actual writing and posting is very sporadic.

But that's okay.
For me,
that "sporadic nature" is just right, and above all, it's "fun."

Yes, what I want to write about today is the emotion of "fun." More specifically, the question: "What kind of articles are fun for me to write?"

Fun really comes in many different forms, doesn't it?

• The excitement when a paid article sells

• The happiness when you get lots of likes

• The sense of relief when you can put your thoughts and feelings into words

• The joy of thinking, "That person is wonderful, I want to introduce them!"

• The warm feeling of being moved, even just from reading

Just writing this now, I realize that fun isn't just one thing, and I'm sure you all have plenty of "your own kind of fun" as well.

However, this "fun" is surprisingly easy to forget.

Little feelings of discomfort pile up in daily life, or you don't get much reaction even when you write, or conversely, you get so many reactions that you get used to it and think, "I'm happy, but I guess this is just how it is."

It happens to me often, too.

At times like that, I stop for a moment and try to remember.

• The time I nervously pressed the "Post" button on my very first note

• The surprise and joy of receiving my first 'like'

• The grin I get when a comment arrives on an article I wrote

• The attempt of saying, 'I couldn't think of anything, but I wrote something anyway'

In each of those things,
I felt that 'fun' was truly packed inside.

As an example unique to note,
I'm sorry to use Haruka-san, who always takes care of me,
as an example,

but when someone writes about me,
or says they laughed at something I wrote,
it makes me incredibly happy.

Not only is it my own joy,
but the fact that people around me also feel happy
makes me think, 'How wonderful is that!'
That's the kind of mood I get into.

Of course, I don't think you should
force yourself to find things that are fun.

The trigger for writing this article,
was the 'Glad Game' from Pollyanna,
which I read at the library last weekend
after finally clearing my busy season,
but I'll skip the details of the book.

There are others like Anne of Green Gables or Little Women,
which have a similar atmosphere, or
what you might call a template today,
but I actually quite like them.
As for the 'Glad Game' itself,

you could read about it in some media,
or watch the anime if you like,
but my recommendation is to search for 'Pollyanna',
as various articles by various people will come up,
so please do read them.
Setting that aside,

as those who know will understand,
it's hard to go as far as she does, isn't it?

Besides, if you're forced to play the 'Glad Game',
some people might feel a bit stiff,
and I don't think there's much need
to force yourself to be positive.

But, if you can feel even just a little bit
in your daily life,
'Oh, that might have been a little fun',
I think that is something
very precious.

That is precisely why,
to those who read this article,
no matter what the content is,
the feeling of 'I want to know about you'
welled up in me,
so I wrote today's article.

I am here, wanting to know
more about you.
To those who liked this,
and those who happened to see this article somewhere,
I look forward to being able to read
your articles.
That is my casual yet extravagant request!

In closing

I think the act of writing
often includes 'confirming your own feelings for yourself'.

And note is a place
where you can share that confirmation process with someone.
Instead of trying to deliver something to someone,
writing that sounds like whispering,
'This was important to me,'
surprisingly ends up gently knocking on someone's heart.

'Fun' doesn't have to be
something flashy.
If you finish writing and think,
'Ah, I feel refreshed,'
then that is the perfect answer.

I feel refreshed!

So, I would be happy if this article today
could be even a small trigger for you to think,
'Oh, I think I'll try writing something, even if it's just random.'
Well then, see you in the next article.
This was Yoshihiro, who got a sense of satisfaction

by writing down whatever he wanted to write!

#ThingsThatWereGoodAboutNote
#Essay
#TheJoyOfWriting
#RecommendationForOutput
#WritingLikeMyself
#PuttingFeelingsIntoWords
#Pollyanna
#RecommendationForForeignLiterature
#WaitingForComments