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As the saying goes: "There is little light after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and everything will stop when a person reaches middle age."
The moon will gradually become loss-making as long as it passes the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As for a person, as long as he reaches middle age, I believe he will become more and more embarrassed. Life is not poetry and distance, but a place of chicken feathers.
When we were young, we all had dreams, hoping to achieve a great career and reach the pinnacle of life. This is the expectation and pursuit of young people for a better life.
Of course, all expectations and pursuits will eventually be crushed by the iron fist of life. You know, no one can achieve their dreams casually, and no one can live a happy life of their own easily.
Especially when a person reaches middle age, I believe he will feel what is "the danger of the world" and what is "the cruelty of the world." Because of unemployment and stress, everything will come closer to us.
people will only become more and more anxious as the years go by, and will only become more and more helpless as they grow older. In this world, it is "the weak and the strong", so who can still be high-spirited and energetic even when they are old?
There is a saying that is very realistic, In this upgraded version of the jungle world, everyone will face the risk of being eaten.
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"I was 43 years old. I was abandoned by the company and became a delivery boy."
Reader Mr. Chen is 43 years old. He was fired by the company after the Chinese New Year. Now he can't find a job no matter how he submits his resume. He had no choice but to drive an online taxi and deliver food.
In fact, Mr. Chen has a master's degree in from a double first-class university. He has worked hard in the workplace for many years. Although he has no outstanding achievements, he has always been diligent and relatively steady.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and misfortunes. Mr. Chen’s company has had many projects cut off, so he has no choice but to lay off employees. And Mr. Chen naturally became one of the "laid off" people.
Faced with layoffs, Mr. Chen didn't care much at first. He felt that he had certain abilities and a relatively high degree of education, so he could definitely find a better job easily.
Later, he discovered that Today's companies generally do not recruit "quasi-middle-aged people" over the age of 35, which made Mr. Chen feel particularly bad.
In his opinion, he is already 43 years old. He is older and younger, and he and his wife have to live in the middle. If there is no income, what should he do?
With no choice but to drive an online taxi and deliver food. In his opinion, being able to find a job temporarily and earn a little money to fill his stomach is better than becoming an unemployed vagrant.
However, Mr. Chen, who is used to sitting in an office, is now asked to deliver food, and he can't even keep up with the physical strength.
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In recent years, everyone will actually face a problem - why do you still lose your job in middle age despite being particularly diligent? Three reasons.
Reason 1: The involution of and is intensifying, and large and medium-sized enterprises are more inclined to young people.
This world is very cruel. Others need young people who are more capable and have lower wages, so they will naturally abandon those older middle-aged people.
Elimination and abandonment are, after all, synonymous with the development of the times. Everyone needs to face the helpless reality of being “eliminated” and “abandoned”.
Reason two: The environment has become less good, and corporate layoffs often happen.
How good is today’s corporate environment? To be honest, it's really not good. Even large Internet companies are laying off employees, but what about small and medium-sized companies?
In the face of the general environment, the company is in danger, and the employees can only become fish on the chopping board.
Reason three: When people reach middle age, they become "synonymous with being disliked".
Why can’t Mr. Chen, who has a double first-class master’s degree, find a job? It's not because he is incompetent or lacks academic qualifications, but because he is old and cannot keep up with his energy and physical strength, so he is naturally disliked by others.
To put it harshly, this is a world that is not very friendly to middle-aged people.
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It is a fate that ordinary people cannot escape.
We might as well ask ourselves a question, why do people become more miserable as they reach middle age?
First of all, family pressure is increasing. My parents need to take care of themselves, their children need to study, and the couple is living a rather awkward life. These contradictions can make people feel unbearable pain.
Secondly, the income of ordinary people is decreasing and they even face the risk of unemployment. If you are an employee of Latte Rice Bowl, you will naturally not encounter these problems. However, how many people can have an iron rice bowl?
Finally, my health became worse and worse, and my health also faced a huge crisis. If a person is in good health and full of energy, it is still okay for him to deliver food or do other things. On the contrary, the crisis will be even greater.
When people reach middle age, they are afraid of getting sick and running out of money, but they are certainly not afraid of death. Sickness lasts for a long time, and without money, that person doesn't even have food to eat. As for death, middle-aged people are not so afraid because it happens in an instant. However, because they have a family, they have to grit their teeth and persevere.
There are too many people whose souls have long been annihilated when they are 40 years old, but their bodies cannot be buried until they are seventy or eighty years old. The tragedy is that even if they try their best, they may not be able to live a good life.
When you reach middle age, if you persevere, maybe the future will be prosperous.
text/Shushan Youlu
