At lunch break, I read an interesting quote by Bruce Lee on my smartphone: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." This quote has made me remember my memories. Once, probably because of this reckless character (or of truly autistic, hyperactive essence in my mind), I couldn't concentrate on doing any "one kick" but tried to search for the possible "best kick" for me in vain. Now, I have found my own "one kick" which means personally "writing pieces of my ideas on the memo pad in English", and "joining daily meetings as much as possible on Zoom."
But, in my opinion, based on my experiences, this won't tell you that I am a stoic person like Bruce Lee. I have been simply lucky, and that's all. However, MAYBE my autistic character has also made me practice that "one kick" very stoically. Looking at other activities of mine, I tend to read one old book so repetitively such as Haruki Murakami, Wittgenstein, Sartre, etc. (What an uncool selection!). But, that repetitive reading without concern/caring for trends has made this person.
Although I couldn't have expected this situation completely, at least, I can tell I have been learning English for about 10 years. Recently, on the app LINE, I started giving my answers to any beginners' questions such as "What kind of practice should I start at first?" or "What textbooks would you recommend me?" etc. TBH, as I sometimes write, I have never thought that I am an expert in English. NO WAY! Even now, I am just a beginner who just keeps practicing my own "one kick" day by day.
After today's work, I went to a library in the next town to borrow some of Roland Barthes's books. In my room, I just opened Theodor Adorno's "Minima Moralia" for a while. On mixi2, I have posted some messages such as "Once, when I was young, I just tried to believe that love must have been a historical, too poisonous FAKE, therefore I hated the concept of love" but "Now, I can tell that love must be sublime" etc. Probably, the trials of analyzing love from various texts by Barthes can work to afford me some useful truths... Reading books with such a stubborn attitude can be another "one kick" of mine.
