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Self-Analysis 03 _ My Stock of Excuses

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Things that get in the way of thinking

TV, music, binge eating, late-night eating -> lately these have spiked.


Things I used to do to act 

Just do it first -> lately this has dropped sharply.


Recent need

-> Reading in the original language


Recent things I haven't done

Graduate school -> excuse: English (an incomplete preparation is just like a resume-padding language course)

Quitting smoking -> excuse: It restarts a stalled train of thought. It wakes up a sleepy body.

English -> excuse: There are too many Korean books to read in that time.

Drawing -> excuse: I don't have a space where I can tolerate the paint smell of oils.

Mornings -> excuse: I don't have time.

Changing jobs -> excuse: The way others look at "migratory-bird" employees.

Organizing insights and reading -> excuse: I need at least a minimum amount of sleep to manage tomorrow's work condition.

 

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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