September 19th
Satori Reader: Secret, episode 44.
Random words
- 知性 = ちせい intelligence.
- 人目 = ひとめ public attention, notice, public gaze.
- 頭の回転 = あたまのかいてん thinking, thoughts (expression, in the context of the mind’s condition or inner workings (“mind gears?”), 頭の回転が速い・頭の回転が遅い).
- 缶詰め = かんづめ confinement (literally “being canned”).
- 明かす = あかす many meanings but in today’s episode was “to spend”, as in spending the night (without sleeping).
I couldn’t read yesterday, finally. I would actually like to use this opportunity to my advantage, to interiorize that even if it won’t be that sweet 100% completion, the challenge keeps going and there’s still a very wide range of benefits to reap from it. I need to embrace “failure” more often in my life, so I hope this is a good opportunity to work on getting rid of the toxic perfectionist mentality, while still keeping the healthy one of pushing oneself in a realistic and wholesome way.