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March Reflection

1. Reading books

I finished five books -two in English and three in Japanese. I struggled a little bit towards the end of the month but still managed to keep up with my monthly goal. The last book on parenting was really good -lots of examples shared by other parents and full of practical tips that I can apply right away.

Books I read:

本の著者・タイトル・出版社 値段
田中修治（2019）. 『破天荒フェニックスーオンデーズ再生物語』. 幼冬舎. Free (Amazon Prime JP)
Simone Davies (2019). The Montessori Toddler -A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being. Workman Publishing. £7.99 (World of Books)
東田直樹（2016）. 『自閉症の僕が跳びはねる理由』. KADOKAWA. 444 yen (Amazon JP)
加藤航介（2020）. 『世界を見てきた投資のプロが新入社員にこっそり教えている驚くほどシンプルで一生使える投資の極意』. 東洋経済新報社. Free (Amazon Prime JP)
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (2012) How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk. Piccadilly Press. Free (Amazon Prime UK)

2. Creating my personal website

I have been lazy writing posts in English here as I have started writing on note.com. I feel great writing something in Japanese, though. I might need to re-think of the personal website.

3. Start preparation for our brewing business

I was going to read Doughnut Economics but that didn’t happen.

We finally contacted the Hidaka-mura yakuba and have set up a video chat with Kondo-san.

Since I finished teaching, I have lot more time during working time. I am planning to learn about sustainability and business on Future Learn during this Spring/Summer.

4. Own less

We are still waiting for the next charity collection. It’s frustrating to see those big plastic bags sitting in the kitchen all the time!

My bike is cleaned and ready to go to a new owner!

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Discovering ’note'

I have been enjoying reading posts by Kai (the guy in Hidaka-mura on the kyoryokuta scheme) on note.com, through which I came to know about the platform.

I’ve only read some posts but my impression so far is that writers on note seem to be more keen on sharing their experiences, thoughts and ideas with people with similar interests, compared to those on blogs (though they are certainly people who are using the note as a new blog platform). It seems to me that note users are eager to learn by outputting their knowledge in their own words.

On top of that, I found that there are many writers in the topic of craft beer. Those include who want to record their tasting notes, to write about the industry in general, and/or to be a brewer like Kai. Looking at those posts, I feel it might be a good platform for us to do networking with those craft-beer people.

For now, though, I’ll just explore the platform more and find people that I like to follow.

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