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think normal... 034 (I just want to live like this)_2009.08.16 01:43

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For instance,

it's not that any one subject like English or math matters, 

but rather, it's about facing the college entrance exam with overall problem-solving ability...

 

My dream, or what I want to do, is 

not to be a barista-owner running a cafe,

nor a fashion designer making custom clothes,

nor

someone who sits gracefully painting,

nor an artist who carries expensive gear around to take photos.

 

When I feel the need, when I think I should do it, I just step toward it right then.

I just stir what's been done so far and what's coming so they don't go off track,

and rather than thinking about timing and circumstances ahead of the thoughts and passion I want to act on, 

I just go out to find the role I can play from where I stand right now. 

 

 

 

 

It's just that, more than succeeding at work or my role, or achieving some grand ambition called a specific dream,

I'd just rather be the older brother everyone in the neighborhood knows well, and sometimes the younger brother who actually gets it.

Just live like that for a while,

and become a beloved husband, a warm father, and a grandfather who never loses his composure.

 

And after a long, long stretch of time -

on some quiet, secluded hill

together with the wife I love, I just want to drift away gently - as a single handful of breeze...

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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