[Two months later] Looking back at the online shopping site Shinatomy

This is an article I wrote a few days after we opened, and the one I'm about to write.
And there will be more articles to come.

I decided to leave this record in this form because I would like not only myself but everyone to keep an eye on the changes in my way of thinking that can be seen as a result.

It may not be very useful, but I am a person.
I hope you get to know the reality of Shinatomy.

1. What I think now

"Raising awareness is so hard!!!!!!"

This is it. I feel like I've been saying this for a long time, but that's beside the point.

I think awareness is something that applies not only to sites like mine, but to any industry or service.

Without awareness, it will be difficult to maintain sales, let alone profit...

By the way, the number of Instagram followers has increased by about 10 people over the past month .

I'm really grateful for that...Although I'm sure they'll say, "Grow more!"
However, I don't just want to spread the word; I have a strong desire that "only those who are truly interested and sympathetic to me should know about it."
That's why I feel uncomfortable with the idea of ​​simply increasing the number of followers.
I know in my head that if I say too much people will say the chicks are noisy, but this is my blog so I'll write it anyway.

This is no longer just about the online shopping site, but it's my own deepest thoughts, but my own stance is
It's "narrow and deep." I'm not good at communicating and I'm not good at making the most of my connections, but on the other hand, I can understand most of the people with whom I have a small friendship.

It's a matter of preference, beliefs, and things like that.
Of course, since they are different people, I don't know everything about them, but because I understand each of them, I don't have any trouble thinking, "This would be a good fit for this person," or "I'd like to leave this to that person."

One of my goals is to build this kind of relationship with my customers as well.

While we respect each other, we want to be more than just a mail-order site, but also a place where we can have a conversation with our customers.

So we also did Instagram Live at times other than when we were announcing new products.
On June 15th, we had a chat live for about an hour, and all we did was chat.
A total of about 15 people watched the Instagram Live.

I felt that this was it, with the sense of distance that allows me to talk to customers about the items they are looking for, simple inquiries, and recent events.

I've gone off topic a bit, but that doesn't mean I won't try to raise awareness.
Of course, we will continue to make efforts through trial and error, but we want to ensure that the numbers do not become just numbers.

And this is something I feel very strongly about.

"It's important to take care of your health~~~~~~~~!!!!!!"

Actually, I had pharyngitis just the other day and was down for about two days.
In addition to the sore throat, I also had a fever, so I was quite worried given the current situation, but I was relieved when the test result was negative.

I've never been a particularly strong person, and I'm particularly prone to throat problems, so my honest reaction was, "Oh no!"

And then I got sick and finally realized how hard it is to run a personal business.
I realized the disadvantages of doing everything by myself.

I felt pathetic that all I could do was sleep because of my fever and sore throat, while other things piled up: replying to messages, purchasing new products, writing for my blog, and keeping records.
I've made a full recovery thanks to medication and sleep, but health is still the most important thing.

In particular, I am the type of person who, when I concentrate on my work, will sacrifice sleep in order to work (but when I don't feel motivated, I can't get anything done), so I usually end up collapsing from lack of sleep.

However, after damaging my body so much, I decided that I needed to improve it, so I'm going to try to get about 6-7 hours of sleep and get through each day.

2. Future plans

My long-term goal remains the same: long and thin .
I don't want it to be content that shines in the spotlight, but rather I want it to remain in the shadows and make people think, "Oh, they're still doing this?"

In the short term, it's about creating new products and getting used to new things, but first of all,
"Seeing something new" I guess.

I live my life however I like, to the point that some of my working acquaintances ask me if I really have a job, but I do have a job. At this point, even writing this is kind of like a job.

When I say "seeing new things," I mean I want to see as many contents and creators as possible with my own eyes while I still have the freedom I need, and in fact I feel a sense of obligation to do so.

I think it takes about two or three years of doing the same job until the routine finally solidifies and you're able to carry out the work as if it were a daily routine.

On the contrary, I want to increase my knowledge by being exposed to many different things while I still have the ability to change this style as many times as I want.

I know that as someone with no working experience whatsoever, I will hit a wall that no one else will. And that is what I am hitting right now.

In order to overcome this, I have recently started to live with the awareness of trying to do as much as possible.
I happened to look at a horoscope the other day and it said, "You will be exposed to a lot of things this month," so that's probably it.

So, this month I went to see the work of creators, mainly from outside the prefecture.
There were some people whose ways of thinking I liked, so much so that I thought, "I'd like to ask this person to do a job someday," so I felt it was worth visiting.

What's more, there are so many people creating motifs of the human body that I still don't know much about, it's troubling.
I still don't have enough knowledge to call myself a human body motif geek, so I'd like to increase my experience.

3. About myself

In relation to the aforementioned goal of experiencing new things, I started doing something in mid-June.
This has nothing to do with the mail order site, so if you're not interested, please skip this.

It's "Studying French" , you'll be surprised, I'm the most surprised of all.

There are two reasons why I started

1: "I want to go to the Louvre and see the original artworks in the local language."
2: "Because my favorite influencer speaks French"

Yes, how simple.

The first time was when I visited the Otsuka Museum of Art, which I had always wanted to visit.
I was really excited to be able to experience the artworks without having to go to the venue.
At the same time, I felt a bubbling sensation inside me, thinking, "Maybe it does look like the real thing after all."
I thought, "I can just save up some money and go!" But instead, I wanted to enjoy a foreign land more by learning the local language, so I started studying.

Another reason is that the person I've recently become obsessed with is trilingual in Japanese, English and French, and not only is he extremely conscious of learning, he's so cool that I thought, "I want to be just like him!"

I've been relearning English since last month (by watching English dramas and listening to the radio, and also doing a little reading), and French has now been added to the list.

Learning a language from scratch can be mentally draining; everything starts from a place of "I don't understand," so I couldn't make progress in the text, the pronunciation was a mystery, and when I came across words with gender I was so shocked I thought about throwing my device.

But it's fun because just memorizing one word makes me feel like my path is illuminated.
To be honest, I'm more motivated to study than I was when I was a university student, which is troubling me.
I think it must be because I had met someone I respected as a person.
The English I studied in junior high school was not interesting at all, so I distanced myself from it.
It's strange how opportunities come suddenly.
I sometimes wonder what it's like to be a university student, but it doesn't change my life, so I'm okay with it.

For those of you who have read this far, if there is something you are interested in, I recommend you try it a little. That one bite may change you. Even if you don't change, it's great because it will give you one more life experience.

4. Conclusion

Thank you for reading this far.
We are still exploring on a day-to-day basis, but we would appreciate your kind support.

We appreciate your continued support.
See you later!

Shinatomy Shichibee