Journal 194
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Oh, today there is only a half of the page. That’s actually fine, because I have no desire to write. I tried to take a rest from learning today, but in vain. Having walked in the forest for a couple of hours, I came back to home and automatically dived into English. It was a kind of chaotic activity without any purpose. I just did lots of things, which I usually do, but the most time was spent in procrastination. I procrastinated on italki, on vk, on youtube, etc. However, it was actually good, because now my brain needs to work a little bit in the so-called diffuse mode. Really, I’m flying in my learning as a rocket! Soon I will be in an outer space.
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Journal 194
11685.Oh, today there is only a half of the page. That’s actually fine, because I have no desire to write. I tried to take a rest/break (1) from learning today, but it was (2) in vain. Having walked in the forest for a couple of hours, I came back to (3) home and automatically/immediately (4) dived into English. It was a kind of chaotic activity without any purpose. I just did lots of things, which I usually do, but the most time most of the time (5) was spent on (6) procrastination. I procrastinated on italki, on vk, on youtube, etc. However, it was actually good, because now my brain needs to work a little bit in the so-called diffuse mode (7, ?). Really, I’m flying in my learning as/like (8) a rocket! Soon I will be in an (9) outer space.
1. Break sounded more natural to me, but rest isn't too bad
2. Usually we say that some activity is/was in vain, as though the phrase 'in vain" is an adverb describing the activity
3. "Go/come back home" is a set phrase
4. If you started to work as soon as you came back, "immediately" sounded better to my ears because it carries the implied meaning of both "automatically" and "as soon as".
5. This phrasing sounds more natural, probably because it is almost a set phrase in English.
6. We typically say "Spend on" rather than *"spend in" regardless of what noun follows
7. I'm not sure what you mean by this
8. Like seems more appropriate because you are comparing directly to a noun. On another note, this simile isn't quite phrased right to me, even though I get the meaning.
9. "Outer space" is the noun that's typically used, without an article.
Keep it going! I wish I had your consistency!!
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