Another day left behind. I have accustomed myself to evaluating my "performance" on a daily basis-was the day productive and efficient; or a day wasted? What have I accomplished today? What have I learned? Applying a strategy is a useful way of extracting the most out of myself. Well, in my case, achievement is symbolic: like discovering a new venue, learning a few computer skills to help me in my career, discovering new movie theatres, new culture houses, writing a reflective article, a poem. Nothing to brag about. But this keeps me going. I usually set daily goals-such as learning a word per day...My preoccupation is mainly literary and philosophical. I just love reading articles, circling terms, and finding out what they mean...