His former colleagues and we are in the same industry and are famous for working overtime. As people in the industry, we can't escape the bad luck of working overtime. It is common to see Shanghai in the early morning. We seem to forget that the frequency of shoulder and neck pain is getting higher and higher, memory is getting worse and worse, and fatigue is getting more and more. The ripple this news brought to each of us made us think, "Should we consider health?" After this sentence was thrown, there was silence, and the group fell into silence again. Then another student transferred an article interviewing several young people with cancer to the group. The article is not short, talking about some strugglers who became cancer at a young age. When it comes to their wishes, most people think that nothing is more important than health. If you have time, you must spend more time with your family and relatives.
When we were in college, we often heard teachers ridicule the hardships of this business. The graduating seniors joked that this line really explained "less money and more things are far from home". At that time, we were still on campus, full of expectations for the excitement and freedom of this industry. It never occurred to us that staying up late and working overtime and doing homework until dawn are actually two concepts. Really realized the feeling of staying up late and working overtime. In the third year of high school, with the heart of breaking through a world, several of our classmates came to the magic capital and started a real "struggle" journey. In the year of internship, I traded my long-term insomnia for a day job. Every time I get off work late at night, I sit in a taxi and look out the window at the street lamps and trees flying by. I kept pounding my sore and numb shoulders and neck and asked myself blankly, is this a struggle? Why can't I seem to see hope? Sleeping less than 6 hours a day, as low as the poor daily salary, is this the only way out?
Later, I officially entered this industry, and the situation has not changed. Sleep time is getting less and less, and the trend of outward expansion of dark circles is becoming more and more obvious. I seem to have lost these organs on my shoulders and neck ... Whenever my body gives a warning, I take a sip of chicken soup:
"What's the difference between being young and not struggling and salted fish?"
"Pay will be rewarded, and everything will get better and better."
"Do what scares you."
I not only drank it, but also drank it in my head. I am very grateful for these words, which have kept me going until now, although my colleagues around me have been sick one after another a few days ago and are working in the hospital while infusion.
I think there will be many people in China like people in our industry. They know the importance of good health, but they also know the importance of struggling forward. They may be computer engineers, students, researchers and freelancers ... They come from all walks of life, but they are all buying the future with their health.
We have been taught from childhood that "if you want to get ahead, you must not be afraid of hardship". What is "bitterness"? Mencius told us, "Heaven will take great responsibility for the people of Sri Lanka, so we must first work hard for their aspirations, work hard for their bones and muscles, starve their bodies and do whatever we want, so we must be patient and get what we can't do." In order to achieve a struggling life, we are not afraid of extreme cold, heat and rain. But the ancients didn't tell us whether staying up late for a long time was a struggle. If so, what should we take to continue our struggle after we are exhausted?
In the year of internship, my father told me, "Struggle is your self-disciplined work and easy life." I was confused at the time. "Then I often work overtime and stay up late, which is beyond my self-discipline." He smiled and answered me, "Many times, suffering and struggle are probably equivalent to staying up late, but they are not absolutely equivalent. Doing things that I didn't dare to do before, always challenging myself, is suffering, making these hardships meaningful and becoming a bargaining chip to promote life, that is, struggle. "
Long time no see. Looking back on this passage, maybe I can answer this question for people who have the same doubts as me: the choice is in my own hands, and the lifestyle is in my own hands. The industry can choose you, and you can also choose the industry. So, you don't have to fight for your health, but you have to fight for your future job with your health. As long as you really love it, it's worth fighting for. The premise is to prepare for the best and prepare for the worst.