The theme of the second chapter of Teacher Wu Jun's "Knowledge" is "Subtraction is needed in life", and he quoted Zhuangzi's famous saying: Life has its limits, and knowledge has no limits. The popular explanation is that time is limited. It is impossible to do everything, you must give up something and let nature take its course.

At my age, I very much agree with Teacher Wu Jun’s point of view: life needs to be subtracted, and everything must be done. No. But at different stages of life, there is still a difference between addition and subtraction.

When young people first enter the society, they need a spirit of exploration, to try unlimited possibilities, and to be exposed to interesting things. People and things expand the boundaries of your life. At this time, you can treat yourself as an empty bottle and put things into it. The more things you put in, the wider the world will open up, and you will have a better chance of finding the things you love.

When the empty bottle is full, the next step is to do subtraction. Pour the contents out of the bottle little by little and learn to let go.

Subtraction is a process of slowly focusing. The process allows us to free ourselves from numerous things and eliminate the irrelevant ones one by one. What remains is what we are most passionate about and good at, just like the little black dress that is always in a woman’s wardrobe and can be worn for a lifetime. < /p>

Subtraction is much more difficult than addition, because it means changing your thinking mode and giving up what you already own. It not only requires courage and self-discipline, but also requires understanding which things can be subtracted and which ones can be subtracted. Things cannot be reduced.

Things that need to be reduced: 1. Reduce unnecessary entertainment and chores, 2. Reduce unnecessary emotional impact, 3. Reduce time-wasting advantages.

Things that don’t need to be subtracted: 1. Health cannot be subtracted, 2. Attention cannot be subtracted, 3. Self-growth cannot be subtracted

Try to be as careful as possible in the process from addition to subtraction. Quickly, find what you are good at and passionate about as soon as possible, spend time and patience to study, and focus on meaningful things, which will eventually bear fruit and realize your self-worth.