Hello again. I’m Kawamura, a relative newcomer to the Techo Team.

As the year winds down, it feels like one get together after another. My right hand's on the verge of tendonitis from clutching all these sake cups... but let me take a break for my Techo Reflection.

■My 100: Just a few more to go

My main planner this year was the HON (A6).
In the bonus My 100 pages, I started—back in January 2025—writing down the films I watched, the theaters where I saw them, and occasionally a very subjective rating.

Only four films left to reach 100.

I’ve been recording the movies I watch in a notebook for about 25 years now.
Back in the day, I used to keep the stubs from advance tickets—but movie tickets these days are rather soulless...

I usually watch around 150 new releases a year, so I grumbled, “Only 100? That’s not enough... oh well,” as I started writing. And yet—here I am at 96 films. Turns out, 100 was enough.

Still, I missed plenty of movies, there's so many I wanted to see! Maybe I worked a little too much this year...

■Making frequent use of the Favorites page

I also decided to use the Favorites page to record plays, rakugo performances, and various events.

Four pages come standard. I added ten more.

Since I write things down whenever they occur to me, the entries aren’t in chronological order. Before I knew it, the pages were full, so I printed out extra sheets from Download City and pasted them in to expand the section. I also started listing the books I’ve read—or am halfway through reading.

So far, I’ve attended 60 performances and read 77 books. That number will probably climb a bit more. I thought I’d been working nonstop this year... but it turns out I was having quite a lot of fun, too.

By the end of the book, my techo had practically turned into a Favorites notebook. I enjoyed it so much that next year, I’m thinking of starting right from January and steadily keeping it up.

■So satisfying to see it all!

I also discovered the simple pleasure of visualizing things.

On the Time Table pages, I started recording my radio listening schedule—specifically, how much time I spend listening via radiko.

Written in FriXion pen so I can update it when programs change.

...I had suspected it, but now it’s obvious: from the moment I wake up until I fall asleep, my ears are ruled by the radio. Does this mean I’m not actually working that much after all!? In any case, I plan to keep listening next year, too.

■Keeping my techo on the desk at all times

I leave my techo open on my desk so I can write in it anytime. Once I did that, I found there were endless things to jot down—tiny details I’d definitely forget, sudden realizations, notes for interviews and writing assignments, and more.

Of course, I also use my phone’s memo app, but one nice thing about a paper planner is that it doesn’t show fingerprints.

Alongside my most-used pens. Since this is a work techo, weekends tend to stay blank.

And with that, I’ll wrap up my Techo Reflection here—because tonight, I’m heading off to another real-life New Years party.

I’ll leave it at that.

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