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2023

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The time I’m posting this essay is:
Sunday, August 3rd, 2025, at 2:30 AM.

It’s been about a year and a half since I started investing in stocks through the new NISA system.
Being the meticulous type (haha), I’ve been keeping a diary of my investments, jotting down my progress little by little.
Now, with a highball in hand, I’m rereading it and chuckling to myself.

I wanted to share a bit of it with you all — and also leave a message for my future self, once even more time has passed.
It’s nothing particularly exciting, but it’s rare to get such an honest, unfiltered look at how an amateur approaches investing.
In fact, even I’m surprised, as I write this essay, by the feelings I had back when I first started.

“Stock investing is scary.”
“Saving money is the safest option.”
Many people probably think that way.

I’m not here to deny that, nor am I trying to push anyone into investing.
I simply want to share what it’s been like for a man past sixty who began trading thanks to the new NISA.

By the time I’m posting this essay, I’ve already gone through two market crashes.
My assets dropped by about 20% in an instant — at one point, I was down roughly 3 million yen.
It really is scary, isn’t it? (laughs)

And yet, somehow, I’ve still managed to make a small profit.
Strange, isn’t it?

Let’s take a look together at how that happened.
Honestly, I don’t quite remember all the details myself, so I’m excited to find out too.

To capture the atmosphere of the time as vividly as possible, I’ll post my diary entries without editing them.
The writing might be a bit clumsy, but please bear with me.

By the way, I’m mainly posting this so that I can look back on it later.
It might be boring for others, so feel free to skip around.
The entries during market crashes might be the most entertaining—