# #6 Time management struggles and the guilt of practicing English with friends

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Podcast: [Queers with Accents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/queers-with-accents-7747041)
Published: 2026-04-22T09:27:02+00:00
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## Resource

Kinoko is one of my ESL students and the author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life , a ground-breaking book in Japanese about polyamory, as well as the organizer of Poly Lounge , a series of events for polyamorous and questioning people and allies. We publish archived videos of our lessons as a podcast. Today, our conversation covered the following topics: * Forgetting appointments and daily tasks * The difficulty of multitasking and context-switching * Working on laptops in trains: what are they working on? * How clothing and hair color affect people’s perceptions, and the Japanese cultural pressure to be “transparent” and blend in * The dichotomy of renshu (practice) vs. honban (real performance) in language learning, and the guilt of feeling like you’re using friends as practice tools Tip: Turn on the automatic transcript feature if you’d like to read along. Connect with Kinoko-san * Kinoko-san’s X: https://x.com/kinoko1027 * Kinoko-san’s blog: https://ameblo.jp/kinoko1027ameba/ * Her book: https://amzn.asia/d/0gusbsvA * Her interview: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ad17531bef6f9307a429f45f450a9fb2817f8196

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