Here I would like to recommend an app to you, Douban, where you can keep a record of the books you have read, or the books you have wanted to read but haven’t had time to read yet.

has made it possible to ensure that I have regular writing output every day. I began to plan and select some of the previous books to read.

Here I would like to recommend an app to you, Douban, where you can read the books you have already read, or the books you have wanted to read. But I haven’t had time to make a record of the books I read.

Not only books, movies, and TV series, you can make a record of everything you have watched. Not only that, there will also be ratings on Doubanapp.

It is recommended that you choose some high-rated works to read. High-rated works will definitely He has his own merits.

01 The reading habit starts from half an hour a day

I once set a goal for myself, how many books to read every month, but after persisting for a while, due to various reasons, I gave up automatically.

It has been a long time since I have maintained the habit of reading every day. Here is a small suggestion for everyone. Quantify the reading plan to every day and set up half an hour of reading time for yourself.

Don’t underestimate this half hour of reading time. I I’ve tried it, but it’s still not easy to hold on for half an hour without any distractions.

You may be in the following situation: After reading a book for 10 minutes, suddenly a message pops up on WeChat, saying that a friend is here to see you, or you have something to deal with at work

and then go busy with other things. After you are busy, you may also Won't read it again.

Another situation is: after reading a book for a while, you feel that you have been reading for more than 10 minutes, but in fact it is less than 5 minutes. Contrary to reading a certain sound, you have obviously been reading for a long time, but you feel that it has not been long.

This is the difference between long-term happiness and short-term happiness . Short-term happiness can be easily felt, but long-term happiness requires us to invest a certain amount of time and energy before we can feel it.

Reading is long-term happiness. Reading can enrich our souls and enable us to face the sufferings in life more rationally.

particularly likes Dong Yuhui’s interpretation of the meaning of reading:

Knowledge can bring us joy, just like the joy brought by sunshine and rain, just like the joy brought by food and water. Books cannot solve problems, but they can Let you no longer worry about some problems.

Books may not make you a very successful person, but books can make you an interesting person. Books will not make you a glorious person, but books can make you a thoughtful and profound person.

When we start reading, we can check the time or set an alarm for half an hour. With this fixed sense of ritual, we will be less likely to give up.

Okay, let’s return to today’s topic, book sharing, which is also what I set and accomplished.

02 Zeng Guofan’s 7 times imperial examination pain.

The Biography of Zeng Guofan tells the life of Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan was influenced by his family since he was a child, and he followed his father to Beijing to take the exam.

However, his qualifications were mediocre since he was a child. He took the exam 7 times before passing the imperial examination. When he took the exam for the 6th time, he not only failed the exam, but was also criticized by the school.

was publicized as a negative teaching material. This incident was very irritating to Guofan. It was the first time in his life that he was criticized in public, but this incident became a turning point in his destiny.

He began to reflect on himself, summarized himself, made superhuman efforts, and finally passed the imperial examination in the 7th exam.

Looking back on the 9-year scholar examination career, they were the most painful memories in Zeng Guofan's life, but without these , Zeng Guofan would definitely not have such an achievement.

Mao Dun said in "Midnight":

There is a period of time before dawn, it is very dark, there are no stars, and there is no moon.

This is what people often say: The darkness before dawn, if after the 6th exam, Zeng Guofan was so depressed that he gave up studying and would never wait until he came to high school.

If you are in a very painful period now, not recognized by others, and the road ahead is confused and difficult, then please hold on a little longer, it will be dawn soon, The darkest time is before dawn.

03 Zeng Guofan learned to be a saint.

The success of the imperial examination allowed Zeng Guofan to regain his confidence, but after arriving in Beijing, he fell into a deep inferiority complex.

It turns out that in Hanlin Academy , Zeng Guofan met more knowledgeable and elegant scholars. Compared with them, he discovered many shortcomings in himself.

His vision was narrow, his realm was low, and he even read few books. At the age of 30, Zeng Guofan decided to reborn and learn to be a saint.

The saint meant that he wanted to be a perfect person, so he began to write a diary and reflect on himself. Through the habit of keeping a diary, Zeng Guofan's temperament and habits changed subtly.

No matter how painful it was, Zeng Guofan never gave up . He was also an ordinary person, with emotions and desires, and also had his own hobbies.

In the face of many temptations, Zeng Guofan also suffered countless repetitions, failures, setbacks and even regression, but he never gave up.

Persistence has made him what he is today.

We cannot give up. In the process of self-improvement, there will definitely be many factors that hinder our growth. If we persist, it will be a booster on our growth path.