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Silence says enough

Edited English version based on the Chinese original. Read the Chinese original

I have finished work. This is what my working days will look like for a while. To protect my sleep, I may need to loosen my daily writing target instead of insisting on 1,000 words every day. That feels both necessary and realistic. I believe readers will understand, and my future self will too. Right now I need this job to support my dreams—or perhaps to feed my ambition.

To make that work, I need to adjust my routines sensibly over the coming weekdays. Everything has a cost; the question is whether I can live with the result.

All right, that is enough for today. I have not written much, but somehow these pages still feel full…

A red-covered book open on an outdoor wooden table, with greenery behind it

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