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What It Means to Struggle.

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Not being able to find a space for immersion and a person to communicate with.

Discovering my own stubbornness when I could just live simply but can't.

That moment when, while struggling to do something, you suddenly realize you're alone.

The moment you feel the people around you are struggling because of you...

I came this far because I hated compromise. But now I find myself at a point where whether I compromise or not, it's a mess either way.

The hardest thing isn't the struggle itself — it's realizing that the struggle affects everyone around you, and still not being able to stop.

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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