has to admit the fact that the older you get, the faster time flies.
The first half of 2022 is a full 6 months, 25 weeks, and 181 days, but only a moment. People have to sigh with emotion, in a blink of an eye, half a year has passed!
However, for me, these six months have been a period of growth and transformation. Although I was lazy occasionally, it was by far the most diligent and hard-working six months of my life of more than thirty years.
I feel deeply ashamed to say that I didn’t expect that the hardest and hardest working stage in my life was not in high school! But I am so proud that I am working harder and harder now than at any previous stage!
What a lucky thing this is! Please allow me to be proud for a little longer...
My life is very narrow. There are only three things: reading, writing and living. These three things are the three basic colors in my life. They merge and penetrate each other, interweaving a brilliant rainbow of seven colors in my life.
1. Reading
If I hadn’t carefully counted on my fingers just now, I wouldn’t have known that I could have read so many books in just 6 months:
"The Veil" and "From Your World" "Passing by" "Paradise Tour Group" "Starry Sky Post Office" "You Are My Glory" " Why is the Shengxiao silent " "A Smiling Smile is Alluring" "Before You Leave" " Chicken Feathers in the Land " "Camel Xiangzi" " "You're Bad", "Strange, Touch Your Head", "Remnant Warmth", "Confessions of the World", "Red Fox", "The True Story of Ah Q", "White Deer Plain", "Mote Dust", "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Plague", "Life in the Sea", "Heirloom" 》"Skin"
has a total of 23 volumes!
htmlAt the beginning of the year, I set an annual reading goal for myself to read at least 30 books. So far, I have completed 76%.
It seems that overachieving is inevitable! It’s just a matter of how much is the excess.
Because I just read books when I have nothing to do, I don’t care about watching TV series anymore, I don’t like to go shopping anymore, and I don’t even have time to argue with my husband...
Sometimes when I stare at myself in the mirror, I feel that I There is an indescribable aura about him, and he is even a little bit charming!
Before, I just liked to buy books and put them on the bookshelves as decorations.
A soul without words in its belly must be empty, and it often likes to focus on a person's appearance.
Every time he goes out, he will carefully match his clothes and put on exquisite makeup. When I walked to the street and saw that no one else was dressed well, my self-confidence suddenly inflated like a balloon.
Suddenly walked up to a beautiful woman who crushed him in all aspects of body, clothing and appearance. His balloon-like self-confidence was immediately punctured, and was replaced by a rapidly spreading inferiority complex.
How flamboyant your steps are when you are confident, and how decadent your steps are when you feel inferior.
Since I started reading every day, a seed of confidence seems to have been sown in my heart. Every time I finish reading a book, it will grow a little taller.
Now, I no longer need to fake my confidence with external outfits and makeup, because it is truly within me. Even if there is someone standing in front of me who is better than me in every aspect, I can appreciate it calmly and gratefully.
I think this is the greatest confidence that reading has given me!
2. Writing
When I first signed up for Teacher Wujie’s annual course, I set an annual goal for myself to complete at least one novel of no less than 100,000 words, and work towards three novels.
Now, I have completed this goal half a year ahead of schedule.
's first novel "Beijing, I Lost" is entirely his own story, totaling 110,000 words.
's second novel "You Live in My Body" is half realistic and half creative, with 100,000 words written.
's third novel "10 Million Girls" is completely fictional and has 160,000 words written.
In addition to these three novels, he also wrote some essays, stories, etc. In total, he wrote more than 400,000 words in the past six months.
The most important thing is that through these three novels, I learned the ability to write novels.
The novel "10 Million Girls" is the one I am most satisfied with among the three, which shows that I am making progress. I am personally quite satisfied with the result of
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In the second half of the year, I hope that I can write 600,000 words, and in the first year of formal writing, I hope to complete a beautiful 1 million words!
3. Life
The reason why we put life last is not because it is unimportant, but because it is the most important!
Because of the light of my dreams, my ordinary life is full of warmth and hope.
I live in a small circle. The core circle is my husband and son, and the outer circle is my parents and younger brother.
My father and brother have their own life circles and do not need any extra care from me, but my mother is different. She is a person who has not lived out of herself. Since her grandma passed away, the focus of her life has shifted to me.
makes video calls to me every day and urges me to go home every two or three days. However, I am very busy, busy reading, busy writing, busy doing housework, busy preparing lessons, busy spending time with my son... So, sometimes my attitude towards her is a little impatient.
Mom is very sensitive, and she can easily catch every bit of my displeasure. Whenever this happened, she would lower her eyes and find an excuse to hang up the phone in a hurry. Being equally sensitive, I could see the grievance on her face that she tried her best to hide every time.
I want to say to her sincerely:
Mom, I’m sorry!
In the past two days, I will think carefully about how to balance the relationship between the things at hand and my mother's emotions.
My husband found a new job. Although it was a bit hard, he never complained. Instead, he helped me with housework whenever he had time. This moved me deeply and made me love him even more.
He often praises me, saying that I am becoming more and more gentle, tolerant and open-minded.
I can feel that what he said is true.
In the past, my husband always cooked.
Now he is very busy at work, so cooking naturally falls on me.
Even I can’t believe it. In the past, I hated cooking and washing dishes, but I actually fell in love with the time spent busy in the kitchen. My cooking skills have also improved by leaps and bounds, and I have received repeated praises from my husband and son. commend.
I'm sorry for my son.
Because I often can't control my bad emotions, sometimes I will viciously attack him. Every time, I regretted it so much that I hugged him and said I'm sorry and I love you over and over again.
The only thing that comforts me is that I have been reading picture books to him every day since he was two years old, without stopping.
Starting from last month, I have added an English picture book to my daily parent-child reading, and I have been sticking to it very well.
Next, I want to read some useful books on emotion management and parent-child relationship. I hope I can control my emotions in front of my son and work hard to improve the relationship between myself and my mother.
Finally, let’s talk about the goals for the second half of 2022.
1 has read 27 books (23 books in the first half of the year, which is exactly 50);
2 has written 600,000 words, plus more than 400,000 words in the first half of the year, and has written 1 million words;
3 has spent more time with his mother and controlled his emotions. Love your son well.
In the second half of 2022, 6 months, 20 weeks, and 184 days, I am ready to race with you!
