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Forget the steps you took

Yes, his journey continues..... A young man who traveled Latin America as a backpacker for several years returned to his hometown and started working at a textile warehouse. I felt that he was well suited for traveling. Because he had a cheerful and observant personality. For example, when he is drinking with his comrades, he listens to their nonsense and doesn’t criticize easily. That is the condition for the conversation to continue for a long time. What’s more annoying than having an issue or not? I think that what is more troublesome than whether or not there is a problem is the size of the problem. If the task is too big, it will be more difficult to handle and, at worst, the task will be frustrated. Therefore, weighing the size of the task in advance in terms of time or money is an important task. However, to put it the other way around, he didn’t easily trust others. In a good way, he has a strict point of view when judging peop...

Be immersed in the game

Of course the cat won’t understand my words..... “This game is jerky when the CPU sucks, but it’s fun enough. I almost beat it.” Thank you for your hard work. I don’t know if what he likes most is his smartphone, games, or being immersed in his own world. Anyway, he sits down and works on smartphone games anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s in his friend’s room or in front of the narrow doorway of this hangout. When not playing games, he argues with his game buddies. They know which games are fun and which are difficult. What benefits does the ego bring? I wonder what is the greatest benefit of our self-awareness. I think it’s just that we can be counted individually. All the information that game addicts have is backed up by experience. They work on a game for at least 100 hours to conclude that it sucks. In that sense, I think their words contain deep content and their information is valuable. However, their argument has no purpose. Th...

Have fewer products on display

I bought two hot coffees and recommended one to the mother..... When I first met a middle-aged woman I knew, my first impression was that she had a pale complexion. “It’s cold tonight, too. But I’ll do my best here until the next morning.” I was a little appalled when I visited my favorite bar the other day to see that the familiar canned beer vending machine had been removed. This is because the gradual removal of a store’s products or fixtures without notice could mean that the store will be closed in the near future. What are the peculiar peculiarities of humans? How should human beings be treated? Needless to say, a person is a mass of organic matter, an object that occupies a certain volume. The organism has some will, in a way that goes against its instincts, and acts relatively but autonomously. Therefore, the reason human beings are so intractable is that they act on their will. It makes me so sad when the shops I go to when ...

Hold a mug full of hot coffee

I just want to avoid asking him that..... “War, coronavirus, fuel costs. These three hit us at the same time. We couldn’t do anything about it.” The tip of his nose was red, though it wasn’t just because of the intense cold. He’s holding a mug full of hot coffee in his hands, looking cold. It looked like he was smiling at me, but he even looked like he was crying. Is it because of the cold? Or even wonder if this is his natural face. Will glorious achievements help us? Brilliant achievements are the object of admiration for everyone. Not many would deny this. The price that many people get as a result of working is wonderful, but surprisingly, the results do nothing for us. The reason that achievements are worth nothing in this way is that they are always things that happened in the past. “Last summer’s bonus was reduced to one-tenth of what it used to be. It’s a mess. Don’t you think that meant a de facto termination?” I hesitated t...

Visit two similar store

I think the product should be purchased online..... In such a case, I wonder what kind of action should be taken by a sensible member of society. I also felt that this may be one of the reasons why online shopping was invented and is now so popular. What creates empathy? It goes without saying that emotions move us. Conversely, our actions need emotion. And emotions can create empathy. In this way, emotions are our friends. However, I wonder why emotions can drive us and be shared. I needed a little item, so I entered the general store. I’ve already visited two similar stores, but they didn’t have the item I wanted. I didn’t have time to slow down, so I headed straight for the DIY supplies display. And when I came to the place where the item I wanted would be displayed, a male customer was standing in front of the item. A common trait of customers who visit DIY stores is that they stand in the aisles of the store and ponder. They lo...

Update from time to time

After I finished talking to him, I wondered how many years it had been since I last talked to him, but I couldn’t remember..... “These days, I’m helping out at a local liquor store. Of course, I can only make a little money.” A man works only a few hours a day and lives on a meager salary. The first time I had a conversation with that man was on a cold night on a street corner in this town. He and I shivered in the cold as we grumbled and complained to each other. Although we were not very close, the only reason our conversation lasted more than ten minutes was that he and I had to be on a street corner on a cold night for different reasons. Why do we want to know so many things? Concepts and the insights that are established by concepts are applicable beyond time and space. Other than the above facts, there is no other reason for everyone’s desire to know about things. However, one thing is often overlooked in the treatment of concepts ...

Hang a metal S-shaped hook on the handle

But I never imagined it would..... After riding a bicycle for about an hour on the outskirts of town, I was very tired. No part of my body or muscles ached, but I had trouble breathing. I know that riding a bicycle is an excellent aerobic exercise, but it was my first experience of actually falling into an oxygen-deficient state. It was snowing early this morning, but I didn’t mind it and rode my bike. As you know, the advantage of riding a bicycle is that it warms our bodies. It is a matter of course. Because cyclists are constantly moving their bodies. What is friendliness? I wonder what is friendliness? It is nothing less than the fact that there are abundant opportunities for analogy. An analogy is a shared commonality, but at this point I have my doubts. This is because there is generally no verification of whether shared commonalities do indeed contain common elements. I had my handbag hooked to the steering wheel. A metal S-sh...

Start living again surrounded by books

Because he lives the way he wants to live..... When I visited the small room where the young man lived, he was sweating while packing. He was one of my acquaintances, and I had chatted with him from time to time, and I knew that he was an unrivaled reader. “I couldn’t find a good job, so I decided to move to a faraway town.” What is the connection between things? I wonder what is the connection between things. One answer is that connection does not necessarily mean only physical proximity. Of course, synchronized physical proximity is likely to be perceived as a kind of connection. Because it is a phenomenon that can be seen with the naked eye. Many of the possessions he had piled up in front of his room were books. There are more books than clothes. You’re not a goat, are you? Are you going to travel again with such a huge stack of papers? “Hahaha, I’m going to have this luggage carried by a carrier. I’m going to leave this town alm...

Use the extension of the concept for serious problems

Anyway, if I keep a few plastic bottles filled with water, it might not be a serious problem..... Temperatures will drop below freezing even in urban areas due to the cold air of -10 degrees Celsius at an altitude of 1500 meters. seriously? An altitude of 1500 meters is just the height of a low mountain. “It would be hard if the water supply stopped.” One woman expressed a very feminine concern. However, I still don’t know that she has her husband and children. “If that happens, I won’t be able to take a bath, and above all, I won’t be able to cook.” What is the structure of complex concepts? By applying or extending a concept to another concept, we can make up for our lack of knowledge. In other words, make full use of existing concepts to get a certain perspective on something you don’t know. Someone says that to prevent the tap from freezing due to cold, just leave the water running all night. I thought maybe I should collect the ...

Return it once and then borrow it again

You’ll have to take care of it until tomorrow morning.” .... Excuse me for a minute. I’d like to borrow a bicycle, please. “Then write your name and phone number on this piece of paper. How long are you going to ride?” I’ll use it for about an hour from now, okay, I’ll bring this bike here tomorrow. Is the person who supplements something definitely advantageous? When something is complemented by something else, I wonder if the complementer has a clear advantage. If the basis of the relationship of things is assumed to be asymmetric, then the solution is correct. However, although the complementary relationship appears to be asymmetrical at first glance, I wonder if its content is completely asymmetrical. “If you use it for more than one night, please return it by 10:00 a.m. the next day. After 10:00 a.m., you will be charged an additional fee.” understood. Let’s borrow this bike. After about an hour, I will return the bicycle here, r...

Define no monetary price for a concept

I receive a piece of bread that smells like butter..... “Listen, listen! It was strangely warm when I got in here this morning. And when I looked around here, the stove was still on.” A woman picks up a specific individual’s name and ridicules a man’s carelessness. Many of the people who gather here are strange, but few have ever been mentioned by name. She told someone about the brooding youth’s carelessness, but she was never accused of her proclivities. Are economic power and information power correlated? Whether or not it’s brilliant, some concepts are widely spread. Such concepts are often surprisingly old and simple. I wonder what makes such a concept so widespread. One answer is that such concepts are cheap to procure. Of course, no monetary price can be defined for a concept. Nonetheless, the acquisition or use of concepts incurs a certain informational cost. No food or drink should be left on the table here. Because if anythi...

Be white flowers sparkling white

White flowers are sparkling white, and red flowers are fiery red..... I vaguely understand why bars stay open until midnight, but I wonder why flower shops, ice shops, and fruit shops stay open late. When it comes to flower shops, flowers are light, but soil is heavy. Therefore, the flower shop is a business suitable for strong young men. Why do we hate harm and evil? No one doubts that it is our survival instinct to shy away from harmful things. Harm or evil is instinctively abhorred. The reason is that they are hated. However, we would like you to know that the method of such division is also a matter of degree. Harm is harm only to a certain extent, and evil can be evil only to a certain extent. The one young man seems unfriendly and unwilling to sell flowers. If you tell him you want roses, he’ll just point to one spot in the store. Once, when a customer asked him for daffodils, he only replied, “We don’t have them here!” He wea...

Bulge red nylon bag awkwardly

I can’t remember when it started, but I think it started around early autumn..... Hey! I see you from time to time, but you’re on the bus sometimes, aren’t you? When I was looking for an empty hanger near the entrance of the hangout, I saw a young man doing the same thing. If all the hangers were occupied by someone’s coats and stuffed animals, I was going to put the coats on the hanger stand, but the guy had no intention of doing that. Why are precedents being repeated? Experiences are events that can never be replicated, but certain similarities can be observed. It means that ordinary experiences produce almost the same results no matter who experiences them. Rather, we live our daily lives surrounded by such events. For that reason, out of a little laziness, we seem to have a tendency to repeat precedents. We like to think of experiences as recurring, not just once. He took off his heavy jacket, noticed that there weren’t enough ha...

Have never had brandy here

They weren’t asking if I could ride a bicycle, they were asking if the brandy would fit in the basket..... “Listen! If you bring your empty bottles to the liquor store over there, they’ll give you a small discount.” We didn’t know how much the retail price would be discounted, but any discount would be nice. Immediately we collected the empty bottles in the hangout. About six empty bottles of brandy or whiskey were found, but hey! I have never had brandy here. What are the different meanings of the concept in general? Concepts in general, including expressions, have various meanings. Social meaning, primitive meaning, classical meaning, conventional meaning, psychological meaning, technical meaning, etc. The context must be clear in order to judge which of those meanings is currently being used. Anyway, we threw these empty bottles into the bicycle basket and I rode my bike to the liquor store. Along the way, I received a text message...

Try to live a little differently than the rest of the townsfolk

The house whose honor is beginning to disappear is just a run-down house..... In a really small town in the countryside, one family is said to be a little noble. More precisely, the people were once noble. The head of the family held an honorary post in the town, but he died several years ago. What is the one idea that is rarely updated? Our way of being is updated almost every year by various ways of thinking, but there is one way of thinking that does not change. It is that we identify with each other. The single word diversity has made us open and tolerant of different ideas or values, but it does not criticize the idea that we are all nearly the same. It’s strange that even if someone with honor is gone, only honor remains in people’s memory. Of course, it will soon be forgotten. For a long time, the townsfolk had kept the family somewhat distant, and the family, too, was trying to live a little differently than the rest of the to...

Think it’s a reasonable way to start the action early

I no longer hear the noise..... I got on the bus with some disappointment when I realized that the sunset and sunrise looked alike. It was a distance I could have walked if I wanted to, but the bus just came and I wanted to sit somewhere. It wasn’t because the sunset sky that I could see from the bus seat was clipped, but I felt sleepy right after sitting in the bus seat. I don’t remember how many minutes I slept. That day was the last day of 2022, so I didn’t feel like doing anything or even going anywhere. What happens when a person acts only by reflexive action? I wonder if we can judge anything if we act only by reflexive actions. Perhaps then we would be governed only by our senses, without recording our actions or making our judgments known. Around 6:00 pm, I arrived at my room and sewed up my torn sneakers for no particular reason. Only one part of the sneaker was badly damaged, so I put a stiff cloth on it and sewed it on. It...

Be surprisingly diligent in collecting fallen leaves or garbage

“Yeah. End!” .... Want some help? I have nothing special to do today. All you have to do is pretend to do this kind of work. “Wow! Why do I have to do this?” A few trees have been planted near our hangout, with fallen leaves or unintelligible trash piled up underneath. What are the basics of communication? The basis of communication or transmission or transfer is that compatible symbols have already been circulated. The symbols are not limited to language only. Rather, most of the communication is non-verbal. The space is jointly managed by the residents of this corner of town, and it seems that even regular cleaning activities are carried out. Even though I’ve never seen such a thing So, one day, our hangout was suddenly asked to cooperate in cleaning activities, and a young man was selected for the task. We don’t need to be seriously involved in this kind of social service. It’s enough to pretend like you’re doing it. What are th...

Limit the number of children who can play

“I’m going to check out the women’s clothing department on the other floor, so take care of the kids for a while!” .... <The number of people in this space is currently limited to 10> During the year-end and New Year holidays, the number of movies that can be watched at home is probably five at most. You can watch the 6th one by inertia, but everyone will get bored soon. The father knows that when a young child starts fussing and the mother is strangely silent, it is a sign that they want to go out somewhere. What is static recognition? Static cognition and dynamic cognition cannot be discussed competitively, and both have complementary significance. Static perception functions as prior information, which is generally perceived as knowledge. “Let’s go somewhere for a while. Wear lots of clothes and don’t forget your muffler.” Accepting Dad’s suggestion, the mother and children open the car door and jump inside. The destinat...

Give definitions even such rambling concepts

And, once again, I noticed that the sunset and the sunrise look alike..... “Well, I’m not lucky at all. Goddess of Luck abandoned me until the very end!” A young woman got up from the sofa, put on her sneakers and walked out of the hangout exit. On the last day of 2022, she wanted to stay asleep on her favorite big sofa. However, a text message arrived on her cell phone, and she shook her messy hair and complained about her urgent business. Well, I’d say she’s a good girl. She doesn’t make a mess here. Why do continuous events tend to be separated? One of the reasons why some delimitation is carried out on consecutive things is because we want to admit something. Since it is not easy to find the beginning and end of any sequence, it is seldom clearly defined unless they are forcibly separated. “A lot has happened this year, both good and bad. Me? I’ll be hanging out here next year as well.” A familiar young man said so and smiled lig...

Rule out phenomena that are not even quantifiable

I have never seen his wife and children..... “Good morning. I just wanted to clean this up this morning. How are you doing?” A man in his 40s, wearing a heavy tartan shirt, washes his favorite car. It looks like the dirt on his car has already been washed away. He held a spray bottle of yellow liquid and sprayed it onto the vehicle. I didn’t want to walk on the wet road, so I didn’t approach him and just returned a simple greeting. I saw him washing his car for the first time. Why is free thinking admired by everyone? Free thinking is admired by everyone. The basis for this is weak, but at least it is praised for its freedom of thought. Did you know that the origin of that trend is that free thinking is not quantifiable? Needless to say, the way of thinking since the modern era represents things quantitatively. Well, in layman’s terms, it’s called science. “I’m going out for a while. You’re going somewhere, aren’t you? Be careful.” ...