English Diary 2026
☆ 0515 I finished speed reading a bilingual science book containing more than seventy nine short explanations about scientific questions. The ruby annotations were sometimes useful, but many of them were attached to extremely simple words and occasionally interrupted my reading flow. At first, I read the book too literally and carefully, so it ended up taking several days to finish. I now realize that this kind of material should be processed more fluidly and continuously rather than analyzed word by word. 0514 Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves. I decided to reduce my time on X as much as possible and gain everything else instead. To be more precise, I have almost completely quit X. I have reduced my viewing time there by about 97%. 0513 There is a world of difference between buying first class things and becoming a first class person. 0512 No matter how rudely someone criticizes original writers who have built their own names and careers, in th...