Keeping Promises to Yourself: Hina on Where Lasting Confidence Comes From
ひなちゃんねる / Hinata Kato
In this casual, filmed-while-cleaning video, Hina of the HINA channel answers a question viewers keep asking: why have they become so much more confident than before? Their answer is not about appearance or weight loss. They argue that durable confidence comes mainly from keeping small promises to oneself, and they describe how that habit changed how they respond when people call them "weird."
Filming in "Downtime" and the Empty-Stomach Housework Habit
Hina opens by apologizing for how they look. The day before, they had a dermatologist administer a treatment by hand, injecting medication deep into the dermis layer of the skin, and they are now in a recovery period during which they cannot wear makeup for 24 hours.
They film while doing what they call "PEKOPEKO housework," which means cleaning the room on an empty stomach. Hina describes housework and cleaning as good aerobic exercise and offers it as an alternative for days when they do not feel like walking. In their view it "kills two birds with one stone," because the room gets cleaned and their motivation to work goes up. They add, lightly, that people who keep their rooms clean tend to be popular with the opposite sex.
Why Looking Good Didn't Build Confidence
Hina says they have been uploading to the channel for eight years and have spent a long time researching self-improvement, body shaping, and beauty, testing these on their own body. They accept that becoming more attractive or losing weight can give a little more confidence, the feeling of "I'm good today." For them, though, that effect never lasts. They might cut their hair, put on cute makeup, and feel very cute, then wake up depressed the next day. Hina also says other people may experience this differently, and that some people may really gain confidence this way.
Their conclusion is that confidence is closer to a philosophical matter, much like happiness, and not something appearance can secure.
The Rule That Worked: Keeping Promises to Yourself
What helped most, Hina says, was consistently keeping the promises they made to themselves for about a year. Nothing else did as much for their confidence, and it also gave them what they call the ability to take care of themselves.
The promises are small. Every morning they write a daily task list and make sure to complete at least one task on it. They decided to walk on an empty stomach every day. As an influencer, they update their Twitter account daily. Hina stresses that the size of the promise does not matter. What matters is sticking to it.
Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem
Hina explains the habit through self-efficacy, which they describe as the feeling "I can do it, because I've done it myself." They offer a personal formula: confidence is about 70% self-efficacy and 30% self-esteem. Keeping promises builds self-efficacy, and in their experience that makes a person more willing to take on challenges, including bigger and bigger ones. It also helps a person look after themselves. Hina says that through this process they came to feel they would no longer forgive people who hurt them.
They define self-esteem as self-forgiveness, meaning you forgive yourself even when you aren't perfect. They describe the year of keeping promises as the year their self-esteem improved.
Being Called "Weird"
Hina gives a personal example. Since childhood people have told them, "Hina is very strange," and they were bullied for being weird. They still hear it as adults. It used to shock them every time. They wondered whether being unusual meant they were sick, even whether they had brain damage, and each comment wore down their confidence further.
Recently, at drinks with some people who do similar work, they were again told, "You're weird." This time their reaction was different. Instead of thinking "I guess I'm just weird," they thought, "From my perspective, you're the strange ones." They did not say this out loud. Hina calls the shift a huge growth for them.
What "Being the Main Character" Came to Mean
Hina connects that moment to the familiar phrase "you must be the main character in your own life." They say they finally understood what it meant, and the realization gave them a rush of adrenaline. Other people's words no longer crack their life, and their path feels much stronger. Hina thinks this is what confidence is.
They then turn the question around. They wonder why people can so easily dismiss someone else's life with one word. Hina says they don't do this. When they meet a way of thinking unlike their own, they find it impressive, want to learn from it, and treat it as a reference, not as something strange. To them, people who sum up a life with the single word "strange" are the strange ones, and Hina wonders what such people hope to achieve by hurting others. They add that they cannot change the life they have lived for decades, nobody can change their past, and if someone changed drastically they would no longer be the same person.
"Neutralizing" Other People's Views
Hina says that viewing things this way has become natural to them, and calls it "neutralizing" both demerit-based and merit-based ways of thinking. Their example is someone who forced opinions on them even though Hina tries not to do that to others. Hina had thought people's thinking stays open to change over a long life, but this person was very forceful. Viewed in terms of "merits," though, that forcefulness shows a lot of self-confidence, which Hina calls a good thing. Being that confident, they guess, probably means that person keeps their own promises every day.
Hina acknowledges again that becoming cuter, wearing makeup, or having cosmetic surgery can raise confidence. But for fixing the fundamental issue, they believe keeping promises to yourself is the way to go. It costs nothing, and anyone can do it.
For Viewers Who Are Struggling
Many questions in their Q&A came from people who were really worried, and Hina says they understand. They were not confident to begin with. Where the saying has the grass looking greener on the other side, they say it looked "iridescent" to them. When depressed, they would freeze and couldn't do anything, sometimes out of jealousy. They believe people like that can change, and quickly.
For those who feel bad about being unable to make an effort, Hina's advice is that anyone can. The trick is to keep at it every day, to make yourself happy along the way, and not to set goals too high.
They end with a caveat: everyone thinks differently, and they are not claiming this will make anyone more confident. They hope it gives worried viewers at least a little push to try, since it might be a life-changing opportunity for someone. They close by pointing out that the mirror and sink are now spotless and that talking it through left them feeling refreshed.
Good morning. My appearance is awful. I went to get a manual injection yesterday. The dermatologist administers the injection by hand. What I did was inject medication deep into the dermis layer of the skin to help it grow. I'm in downtime right now. Isn't this amazing? I can't wear makeup for 24 hours, so I'm sorry if it looks awful.
I was replying to a question on Instagram yesterday. I'm currently filming this video, hoping to do so.
What I do is PEKOPEKO housework. PEKOPEKO housework is cleaning your room on an empty stomach. Housework and cleaning the room are both great aerobic exercises. To all housewives, and even to those who are not housewives but live alone, I have something to say. If I don't feel like walking today, I'll clean my room. This kills two birds with one stone: it cleans your room and increases your motivation to work. Girls who always keep their rooms clean are popular with the opposite sex, right?
I want to talk about this. I received a lot of questions asking why Hina has become so much more confident than before. I have been uploading videos to Hinachannel for eight years. I've been researching self-improvement, body shaping, and beauty for a long time, and I've noticed something after trying it out on my own body.
Of course, becoming more attractive or losing weight will give you a little more confidence. It's "I'm good today." Its effectiveness is short-lived. It's magically effective. It didn't really instill confidence in me. But everyone has their own way of thinking. Still, I think there are some people who can gain confidence. For me, the effect is always short-lived. I cut my hair, put on cute makeup, and I think I look very cute. But the next day I'm depressed again. It has a very short effect.
I don't know, but I thought confidence was a philosophical thing, like happiness. I have always made sure to keep the promises I made to myself. That's about a year or so. It gave me more confidence than anything else. In addition, I have also gained something important: the ability to take care of myself.
It's about keeping promises to yourself. I create a daily task list every morning. I try to stick to it. I make sure to complete at least one of the tasks every day. I make small rules like that. I have decided to walk on an empty stomach every day. It doesn't matter how small the promise. I'm an influencer, so I update my Twitter account every day. It doesn't matter how small it is. By sticking to it, I gained a sense of self-efficacy.
I think self-confidence is very much a function of self-efficacy. I believe that self-confidence comes from 70% self-efficacy and 30% self-esteem. Keeping your promises will give you a strong sense of self-efficacy. It's about self-efficacy. It's the feeling that I can do it myself, and that's because I've done it myself. This will really help you develop a sense of self-efficacy. This will increase your willingness to take on challenges. It makes me want to take on bigger and bigger challenges. It will help you take care of yourself. Because of all this, I will never forgive anyone who hurts me. That's how I felt. It's that simple.
Speaking of something close to me, people have always told me that "Hina is very strange." I was bullied for being really weird. Even as an adult, I still get told that. "You are really weird," I'm told. This statement always shocked me. Maybe I'm sick because I'm weird and unusual. I thought maybe I had brain damage. That comment made me lose confidence more and more.
But I kept my promise to myself for a year. This was a year in which my self-esteem improved. Self-esteem is self-forgiveness. I think it means forgiving yourself even when you're not perfect.
Recently I had a drink with some guys who do similar work. Again, I was told, "You're weird." I was always feeling very depressed, thinking, "I guess I'm just weird." But I thought, "You guys are the strange ones to me." Of course, I don't say it like that. I began to think to myself, "From my perspective, you guys are the weird ones." This is a huge growth for me. Does this mean you have confidence in yourself? I am me.
I think you have all heard the phrase "You must be the main character in your own life" at least once in your life. I realized that this is what it means to be the main character in life, and it gave me a rush of adrenaline. I realized that I am the main character in my life. That's what happened earlier too. To me, you're all strange. I wonder why everyone thinks this way. I wonder why everyone doesn't do this. I wonder why you all think this is important. I no longer let other people's words cause cracks in my life. My path in life has become much stronger. I thought this was confidence.
And I wonder why you all can so easily say things that deny other people's lives. I don't do that kind of thing. I think the lives you all have led are amazing. When I see that there is such a way of thinking, I want to imitate it. I'll try to use that as a reference. I think that's a great idea. I don't think that's strange. I think it's amazing that you noticed that. I wonder why these people can sum up a person's life with just one word: strange. So that's strange to me. I think such people are strange. I wonder what they want to achieve by hurting others.
Even if people call me strange, I can't change the life I've lived for decades. People cannot change the past. If that person makes a big change now, they will no longer be that person. So to me you guys are weird. I gained a lot of confidence in myself.
Of course, becoming more cute and improving yourself can give you a lot of confidence. The same can be said for making someone look prettier through makeup or plastic surgery. I thought that if we were to fix the fundamental issues, this was definitely the way to go. I realized that there are so many people suffering.
It has become a natural thing for me. I neutralize everything. I can neutralize both the demerit-based and merit-based ways of thinking. For example, I try not to force my opinions on others. But he forces his opinion on me. There may be many more ways of thinking that we can acquire in this long life. I thought that people's ways of thinking would change if they were alive, but that person was very forceful. However, if you look at it from a scoring system perspective, it means that you have a lot of confidence in yourself. That's a very good thing. Being very confident probably means that you spend every day keeping your promises. That's the kind of neutralization I see.
What was I talking about? This is something that anyone can do for free to make a fundamental change. I thought I'd try this first, so I'm sharing it. There were a lot of people in the Q&A section who were really worried. But I understand how you feel. I wasn't confident to begin with.
There's a saying that the grass is always greener on the other side, right? I saw it as iridescent, not blue. And when I was depressed, I was the kind of person who stopped time. I was so depressed that I couldn't do anything. I was so jealous that I couldn't do anything. So I felt sad. I have suffered from a lack of self-confidence. People like that can change too. I understand how you all feel. You will all change very quickly.
Some people feel depressed because they can't make an effort. Anyone can make an effort. The trick is to keep trying every day. It's about making yourself happy. And don't set your goals too high. If you can grasp that, anyone can make an effort. I am very telling.
But everyone has their own way of thinking. I am not saying that doing this will necessarily make you more confident. But I would be happy if it makes people who are worried at least a little more willing to try it. It may be a life-changing opportunity for that person. So while I'm cleaning like this, I'm sharing.
Thanks to this, the mirror is very clean. The sink was also very clean. Now that I've spoken, I feel better, so I'll wrap it up. I talked too much. Bye-bye, everyone. I feel refreshed.
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