Nietzsche has a famous saying: What does not kill me makes me stronger. ?

I think so. A lot has happened in 2020, and so has my life. Sharing my growth experience in the past few months is a review of myself, and I hope it can inspire everyone. It is no exaggeration to say that this period of time changed the direction of my life. What have I done these four months?

Always full of hope, I passed the interview for the National Teacher Qualification Examination. I have kept a daily success diary for 119 days. I exercise three times a week and have persisted to this day.

At the same time, it operates public accounts, Baijia accounts and Toutiao. After the official account insisted on daily updates for 40 days, it is currently updated weekly. Toutiao got the yellow V and original content within a month. Baijiahao successfully passed the novice stage and activated the dynamic delivery function.

Attend a reading camp. Be a class committee member in the training camp. work. Take care of the baby after get off work. Life, work and study are fulfilling and satisfying, and the most important thing is that my life is no longer confused and my direction is clearer.

Everything is possible

1. By chance, life changes a lot

The book "Antifragility" mentioned: Antifragility is when you When you know that a black swan event is bound to happen, one thing you must have is the ability to become better, rather than staying the same or getting worse.

1. Me before:

Before, I felt that my life was quiet and peaceful, and I could read and study, but basically I was content with the status quo, busy every day, but not knowing what I was doing. something.

The same is true for work. There is no exact goal. I just feel that I can live well every day, but I don’t know how to live well. Every day is monotonous, and I am confused about the future.

2. Me now:

I understand that ordinary people’s peaceful years are an illusion. Ordinary people have the same risks as other people. Natural and man-made disasters are enough to destroy a family. .

My most important gain is that I have clarified my purpose of living and my life has a direction.

Now, my goal is to be able to protect the people I love and love me by achieving financial freedom, because 99% of things can be solved with money. The specific way is to monetize reading, because writing is the best way to start a zero-cost business, and of course there is financial management.

I want to make myself stronger. Only with strong strength can we successfully face challenges and solve difficulties.

Change is a good thing

2. Do whatever your heart desires, just do it.

Time management expert Laura Vanderkam mentioned in her TED speech "How to Manage Your Free Time Efficiently": The realization of life's ideals is not achieved by saving time. We work hard to realize our ideals, and time will naturally be saved. Came down.

Have you ever had such a moment? I want to change my current life, but I still haven’t taken any action. I wanted to read a book but never got around to it. I want to work out and lose weight, but I’m too busy and don’t have time to do it. I signed up for an online course, but didn’t finish it due to various reasons. And so on.

I'm too busy

Psychology divides people's understanding of the external world into three areas: comfort zone, learning zone and panic zone. Do you really have no time, or is it because you don’t actually want to do it that much, and subconsciously you still want to stay in your comfort zone. Indeed, the most difficult thing is the first step. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.

But if you don’t start, if you don’t bravely take the first step, how can there be any change? I don’t have time to exercise or read, but I have time to check Moments, Weibo, and TikTok. I have time to browse Taobao and watch TV shows. Is this the same for you?

These are all time, time that we have ignored. Every step we take is our own choice. We want to change and make progress, but we choose to spend time on these meaningless things. things, and ignore the things that you really want to do.

Aware of this, I deliberately paid attention to my time and gave up watching TV series and checking Moments that took up most of my time.

I have really found my time again. I have half an hour in the morning, half an hour on my way to and from get off work, nearly an hour at noon, and at least an hour at night when the children fall asleep. I can use it. There is so much time, of course, you can use it to do what you really want to do.

When we want to change and strive to become a better version of ourselves, nothing is a problem and everything can be solved.

Love yourself and become your new self

3. Excellent peers will make faster progress together.

"Xunzi. Encouraging Learning" says: "If you are surrounded by hemp, you will not be able to help yourself." The white sand is black in nirvana. ?

It is true. The environment is very important. Traveling with excellent people is like the world opening many windows in front of you. I am very fortunate to have met many excellent friends. During the communication with them , my thinking became clearer little by little. If a person gropes forward alone, he will gain a lot, but it will be really tiring and he will take many detours. Learning from successful people is the fastest way.

As Picasso said: The good imitate, the great plagiarize. ?Finding the role model you most want to be like and imitating accurately is the best way to achieve your goals.

Monetizing reading opened up a new world in front of me. I learned that there are so many ways to monetize reading, and the channels for monetizing reading are not just writing articles, but also listening to book manuscripts, recommending book manuscripts, unpacking book manuscripts, etc. Many ways.

Of course, what helped me the most was the Nabokov Card Method. With the accumulated cards, I wrote four micro-headlines of more than 300 words in 90 minutes, accompanied by pictures and posted them on On the headlines, I caught up with the first batch of arraignments and successfully obtained the Yellow V certification.

The micro headlines I posted at that time were very rewarding, and I have been on the road. It has only been a month since Toutiao and Baijiahao have settled in, and both have already made money. Although it is not much, I am very happy. I even wrote an article when I got the yellow V.

I also often remind myself not to forget my original intention and remember why I persist. For my friends, I want to say that whether you have been looking forward to it for a long time, are too bored, want to find something to do, or want to break through yourself, just take it as it comes and stick to it since you started.

Now that you have learned, then study hard. Ask yourself not whether you have learned today, but what you have learned today. Don’t waste your precious time. Time is life.

The most important thing is to persist in learning and output. In fact, writing is the most effective output. Keep learning and outputting, and one day we will see the results. Our efforts will not be in vain, this is my personal experience.

Let us work hard together to become a better version of ourselves. The last words are for everyone, and I would like to encourage you. It’s not the difficulty that makes us give up, it’s the fact that we give up that makes it so difficult.