It's the end of 2023 again. 2023 is a monumental year for me, as I officially completed my retirement at the end of October, indicating that I will enter a different lifestyle from now on.
Looking back on the work and study in the past year, I will review it from three aspects as follows.
About work
Since I took a back seat in the unit five years ago, I have not been too busy with my work, and seeing that the retirement date is getting closer and closer, in August this year, I finished sorting out all the belongings I put in the unit two months in advance.
These items included advanced certificates obtained over the years, minutes of meetings, memoranda of important events, and it took me three days to shred every piece of paper and throw it in the trash.
Also thrown into the trash is my 35-year work experience.
I know that even after cleaning all the traces related to my work, there are still some people and things that cannot be erased, and they are forever engraved in my memory.
Although in these 35 years, there are disappointments, angers, but also happiness and satisfaction.
But here, I still want to thank everyone who has walked by me over the years, whether it is to make me happy or angry, they have come to save me and make me a better version of myself.
About reading and learning
Compared to the 50 books I read in 2022, I read a lot fewer books in 2023.
An important reason is that at the end of 2022, I signed up for the psychology course of the KY platform, which lasted for a total of 10 months, and I spent most of my time learning the course content.
In the beginning, in order to save time, I listened to the lesson while cooking or washing dishes, and after listening to it, I seemed to understand it, but I didn't have any impression in my head.
Later, I turned on the computer to take notes while listening to the lesson, although it took up a lot of time, but I remembered the content of the lesson deeply, and I read every book assigned by the teacher.
In the process of studying psychology, I have been reflecting on myself, figuring out many problems that bothered me before, and becoming more tolerant and understanding of others, and I began to look at many people and things with a tolerant attitude.
As the saying goes, ** Introduce the door, practice in the individual.
The psychology knowledge I learned in just ten months is just scratching the surface, and I need to consciously expand my reading in the later stage. Learning is always a lifelong thing.
About self-operation
In 2023, my self-**** has been doing it intermittently, and it was not until October that I re-operated ***, which had been interrupted for a few years, and insisted on updating it every day.
And the other two platforms that operate are doing tepidly.
Self-** is a process of continuous exploration, through several years of operation, I have determined 3 principles for myself to do a new **account:
One is to not let writing take up most of your retirement time
I know several bloggers who are doing well on their own **, they usually devote all their energy to account operation, and their daily life is to write and shoot**.
For me, I want to live a better life after retirement, learn some knowledge that interests me, challenge some unknown things, make some new friends, and write what I want to write.
At all times, let life be in a balance.
The second is to always adhere to the word "sincerity" in writing
The current self-leading market is full of false things, and the basis of all this is the drive of interests.
I think the greatest soul of words lies in sincerity, which is the same as being a person.
I require that every text follow my inner thoughts, and I can't write for the sake of attracting the attention of others, let alone for the sake of traffic, which goes against the original purpose of writing.
The third is to enjoy the writing itself
If you can't enjoy writing itself, you don't need to do it, because there are so many more things in this world than writing to make money.
When we choose to do something, don't see it as a task or a burden, but enjoy the process.
Those who can be at the top in a certain field are willing to attack the difficulties in front of them because of their interest in a certain thing, and they have continued to improve.
Writing with a relaxed heart makes it easier to feel happy.
2023 is over, and my retirement has started for two months, and I love having a start in retirement – everything I do is the result of free choice.
It's also what I like.
I am willing to continue on the road I have chosen in 2024 and never live up to the time.
I also hope that in 2024, I can leave something in the loss of years, even a little bit.
Year-end wrap-up, see you next year!
Thank you 2023