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The Struggle: Why I Needed This

Have you ever stumbled upon a manga so niche and obscure that it never gets an official English release? That was me—desperately trying to read intimate and underrated series that weren’t even on MangaDex, likely due to copyright issues.

At first, I took the long road: hunting for raw Japanese scans, screenshotting pages, and running them through image translation tools. It worked… barely. The process was painfully slow and completely broke my immersion. Instead of enjoying the story, I spent more time waiting on awkward machine translations. It was, in a word, disruptive.

We all love the idea of being super organized, right? We make these grand plans, give it our all for a few weeks or months, and then, bam! We’re back to the good old “throw it in the downloads folder with everything else” routine. It happens to the best of us, and I’m guilty too. But hey, even though I’ve still got loads of room for improvement, I can proudly say I’ve gotten way faster at finding my files.

This is the first blog in a series on how I organize my work process, both physically and online. This includes my workspace, file management, and planning.

Today, I would like to introduce you to the journey of optimizing my workspace environment, or in simpler terms, my desk setup. In fact, I am not someone who strictly adheres to principles in life. However, I really enjoy working in a disciplined environment and always strive to optimize it for effective studying and working. To achieve the setup I have today, I had to tear down and rebuild this workstation more than 10 times. Finally, I am truly satisfied with it. It not only satisfies me aesthetically but also makes me eager to work as soon as I step into this room (well, not quite true because nowadays most of the time I feel most productive when working from a coffee shop…).