목표, 미래, 습관

목표

  - 활동을 통하여 이루거나 도달하려는 실제적 대상으로 삼음

 

-미래

  - 올 날이나 때

 

습관

  - 오랫동안 되풀이하여 몸에 익은 채로 굳어진 개인 행동

 

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눈앞의 벽에 붙여진 목표는 분명 나의 미래일텐데, 

과거부터 만들어진 지금의 습관 앞에서 한낱 종이가 되어버린다.

 

The goal on the wall in front of me must be my future,
in front of habits from the past, the goal becomes only paper.

The goal posted on the wall before my eyes in surely my future, 
faced with habits formed in the past, the goal turns into mere paper.


The goal affixed to the wall directly before me seems to embody my future,
confronted by long-established habits, the goal is reduced to nothing more than paper.

 

- goal: something you want to achieve (목표)
- surely: without doubt (틀림없이)
- affix: to stick or attach something (붙이다)
- embody: to represent an idea or quality (구체화하다)
- habit: something you do often without thinking (습관)
- mere: used to stress how small/unimportant (단순한)
- confront: to face a problem (직면하다)
- reduce: to make smaller or less important (줄이다, 전락시키다)

임에 틀림없다 must be
눈앞에 before my eye
처럼 보인다 seems to
으로 되다 become, turn into
에 직면했을 때 faced with
로 전락하다 be reduced to
단지 일 뿐 nothing more than

 

 

목표로 가는 길이 아직은 낯설어서 헤맨다.

습관 앞에서 넘어지고 그 앞에 주저앉아 있게 된다. 

The way to the goal is strang, so I get lost.
I fall down before habits and sit there.

The path toward my goal still feels unfamiliar, and I often lose my way.
I stumble before habits and end up sitting down in defeat.

The journey toward the goal remains unfamiliar, causing me to stray repeatedly.
Before ingrained habits, I falter and collapse into resignation.

 

- path: a way or track (길)
- journey: an act of traveling (여정)
- unfamiliar: not known or recognized (낯선)
- stray: to move away from the correct place (길을 잃다)
- stumble: to trip and almost fall (비틀거리다)
- ingrained: deeply fixed (뿌리 깊은)
- falter: to lose strength/confidence (흔들리다)
- resignation: accepting something unpleasant (체념)

그래서 so
여전히 하게 느껴지다 still feels
하게 해서 causing

 

희망적인 것은 객관적으로 바라보는 시도와 방법을 찾는 태도다.

 

The hopeful thing is to try and see things clearly.

What gives hope is the attempt to look objectively and to find ways.

The hopeful element lies in cultivating the will to view matters objectively and to seek constructive methods.

 

- objective: not influenced by feelings (객관적인)
- cultivate: to develop a skill (기르다)
- constructive: helpful or useful (건설적인)
하는 것이다 is to 
하려는 시도 attempt to
에 있다 lies in

 

반드시 현재보다 나아질 거야.

I will surely be better than now.

I will certainly improvee from where I am today.

Without doubt, I shall progress beyond my present state.

 

- surely: without doubt (확실히)
- improve: to become better (향상하다)
- progress: to move forward (진보하다)
할 거야 will 
나아지다 be better, improve, progress