When a person reaches forty, the crossroads of life quietly appear in front of him. Societal stereotypes often assume that people at this age are financially free and should choose to retire or not continue working. However, this is not the case.
When I turned 40, my father was about to retire, and his pension was a considerable asset to me. I thought that if I relied on this money, I could live a life without having to work and focus on taking care of my parents. But the reality is not so. At this age, people should be in the workplace, but many people are unemployed, and finding a job becomes extremely difficult. Who's struggling? It's competition. Competition among peers seems to be a factor that is hard to ignore.
People of our age have to experience no temperament if they have no experience, and the knowledge reserve seems to be stuck in 20 years ago. When we encounter a problem, the first thing we think of is to ask an acquaintance to help, rather than solving it ourselves. I used to think that I would continue to work in the workplace, but the reality gave me a resounding slap in the face.
By the age of thirty-five, I was already having a hard time finding a job, and I began to wonder if I could really continue my job at the age of forty. Maybe then I will have to choose to be a nanny and take care of those who need my care.
Looking back, I worked overtime day and night until I was 30 years old, moving from assistant to department manager. When I was thirty-two, I had a baby and chose freelancing. At the age of 36, I started to want to go back into the workforce, but I also started to worry that I wouldn't be able to adapt to the rhythm of the workplace and balance work and family. Now I am 35 years old, I have been lying flat for two years, I can't find a job, obviously some jobs only require a secondary school degree, but I was rejected because of my age, which makes me deeply troubled and helpless.
As a veteran who has been in the workplace for 10 years, I thought I would get more attention and opportunities, but the reality is that I didn't even get an interview. The information that I couldn't read back pierced deep into my heart like an invisible knife, and it made me feel extremely cold.
Sometimes I think alone in the middle of the night, anxiously thinking about my future. Forty-year-old professionals seem to be in trouble, society seems to have forgotten us, and our peers are climbing fast.
However, it is not that we are without dreams and pursuits, but the pressure of life makes us have to choose to lie flat and choose to give up our dreams. We used to have great ambitions, but the cruelty of reality forced us to bow to life. But are we really willing to do this? No, we can't just give up, we should re-examine our lives and look for new opportunities and directions. We still have time and opportunities, as long as we are willing to fight and work hard, we will definitely be able to find our own piece of sky.