Life is about finding stories.

nice to meet you.

Yuga Okamoto, a planner, is the only one who keeps losing to the temptation of food in all the battles in life.

Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look at the late-night cup yakisoba that I ate yesterday.
Look, it looks so delicious... it's only natural to lose. Complete failure.

…excuse me. smile
Let me get to the point when I'm unnecessarily hungry.

Suddenly, there is a line like this in my favorite song.

No, it sounds.

This word resonates with me personally.

No matter what happens in your life, make it a joke.
If you can enjoy it all, that's fine. Make lots of stories.

I feel like I'm being told that.

What is that story?

By the way, what is the story?

Dear Wikipedia, it says "neta = tane no antigo".
In other words, the "neta" in the lyrics above can be understood as "things that become a story."

So, how can we create such a “storyteller”?

Somehow, I think this is the process.

1. Notice something and question it
2. Think about the question
3. Find your own answers and opinions

Only by doing this, I feel like I can create the “seeds” that I can convey to others.
In the end, I think that it is something that can be conveyed to people as a “tane of the story”. First of all, you need someone to have a conversation with.

In other words, your own thoughts, opinions of the world, facts seen from data,
You can't tell people if you don't have some kind of answer or opinion.

To be precise, you can tell, but the other person will say "So what?"
Isn't that unintentional?

Is losing the temptation of yakisoba a story?

The answer is YES.

In response to my question, "Why is late-night cup yakisoba so delicious?"
If only I could come up with my own answer...

Well, I'll give you my own answer.

 

 

“Because I eat with chopsticks.”

Well, that's fine. I have my own answer! ! ! (sudden blush)

Because, for example...

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[No opinion ver.]

Me: Late night cup yakisoba is delicious, isn't it?
Boss: Yes.
Me: That's right. It's really delicious.
Boss: What? are you OK? ? I'm scared. . .

[Own opinion Ali ver.]

Me: Late night cup yakisoba is delicious, isn't it?
Boss: Yes.
Me: It's late at night, so I often eat it with disposable chopsticks that I got.
Isn't that why it's so delicious? ?
Boss: Sure. Just by imagining it, the feeling of sizzle is overwhelmingly different.
Me: I wonder why it tastes better when eaten with disposable chopsticks.
Boss: Huh, I wonder if trees have that kind of effect?

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It was because I presented my own answer that the conversation started to bloom like this.
Answers give rise to new opinions and questions, making the conversation more interesting and enriching.

Of course, even in the case of the above conversation...

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[Unexpected deployment ver.]

Me: Late night cup yakisoba is delicious, isn't it?
Boss: I hate cup yakisoba! ! !
Me: Eh, why? ? why? ? It's so delicious! !

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If you get an unexpected answer like this, even if you don't have your own answer or opinion, flowers will bloom in the conversation.
However, in this case, the boss has an opinion that "I hate cup yakisoba".

After all, it means that some kind of answer or opinion is necessary for "conversation seeds" to enrich the conversation.

One day I found a story at a convenience store.

Actually, searching for material is very fun and convenient. I feel that the world is overflowing with conversation seeds.

For example, the other day, something like this happened at a convenience store cash register.

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Clerk: You will be purchasing ○○ yen.
Me: Electronic money, please.
(Hey, isn't the donation box here really low?? It's already the last night of the month??)
Me: Excuse me, did you just collect this donation box? I think it's kind of small.
Clerk: No, I'm going to collect it now. That's about the amount I get every month.
The convenience store I used to go to was like this every month.
Me: Heh. Is that so. Sorry to hear that, thank you very much.

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…I really wondered. So I thought about it.

Then, "Isn't the chances of fundraising, which was generally done in cash, decreasing due to the shift to cashless?"
The idea was born.

In this way, the process of creating material can unexpectedly present social phenomena.

When you suddenly have doubts about something in your daily life,
It's surprisingly interesting to think about it until you get your own answer.

Why are there so many Sato-sans in Japan?
Why is the tactile block yellow?
I wonder why that girl always has a ponytail.

For any question, I'm sure you'll find some very interesting surprises or your own opinion.

Planning is also looking for material.

Perhaps the planning work that we are doing at work is also looking for stories.

We search for opinions and facts from various angles in response to questions and issues that our customers and ourselves have.
Then, while discussing together and making the conversation bloom, we will create something good.

…Somehow, it's wonderful to search for stories. I could feel it again while writing.

From silly stories that liven up conversations with friends and colleagues,
Even the material that may possibly be the trigger to solve the problems of the world,
They can be found through the same process.

Nothing could be more fun than this.

By the way, I've been making notebooks full of stuff like this since I was in junior high school.
It's really fun and I highly recommend it.

"Life is like that, looking for stories. Enjoyment wins, that's what it is."

wow, this word is really good. . .