Gyeokmongyogyeol
What is the first old habit you must abandon to break free from the past and start learning anew?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first opened this book, said to have been written for young students, Yulgok's stinging first lesson made my face burn. Before you begin to learn, he thunders, you must first break with your bad habits, things like idleness, excuses, and empty wordplay. We are forever trying to learn something new, yet we will not crack even slightly the old molds within us. Yulgok says to cut away the sloth of bygone days as decisively as a knife slicing through an object. When you wish to steel your resolve, few classics strike you awake so coolly and so clearly.
"One who sets their mind on learning must resolutely abandon old habits."Yi I, Gyeokmongyogyeol
"배움에 뜻을 둔 자는 모름지기 옛 습관을 과감하게 버려야 한다."
🌱Apply It Today
Find your most chronic excuse today. Notice the habitual "I have no time" or "I'm too tired," and in that very moment, turn it into one small action.
