Why do I (we) tend to work harder on something useless, than on something useful or purposeful?
Recently I am learning Korean language by myself just for time-killing. It’s actually not a learning but just a game. Here I sort out the way how I play the “game”.

At train stations in Japan, station names are shown also in Hangul (Korean alphabet). I had an idea of learning Hangul through those signs.
As referring the basic rules on smart phone, I started decoding the letters by comparison of station names.
Each character consists of the combination of consonant letters and vowel letters. There are only 24 letters in total, so it’s easy to read once you learn the basic rules and each letter’s sound.
Hangul is phonogram like alphabet, and the composition of each letter resembles Chinese character.

何かに役立つことをやろうとしたり、目標を立てたりするとやる気が湧かず、特に役立たないことの方が、やる気になるのはなぜなのか。最近暇つぶしに、あるいは現実逃避的に韓国語を勉強している。勉強というより、単にゲームとしてやっている。
備忘録的に、自分のやり方を整理してみた。
“Playing, not learning.” の続きを読む