It is always said that "only after the seventh or eighth year of the new year can we have time to take a breath", but once this year and festival have passed, we seem to have made real time to entertain those relatives and friends. I carefully selected a hotel and happily informed all my friends, but unexpectedly, one of my friends, Xiao Li, revealed that he was looking for a job.
Xiao Li, this name may not be well-known, but the title of "son-in-law of the Dragon King of the East China Sea" is impressive. Recalling their part-time jobs in Shenzhen, the four-person group in the dormitory is simply the F4 in the factory. Xiao Li is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and prosperous teenagers.
In that era, there were more women and fewer men in the factory, and Xiao Li became the target of many girls, but he was unmoved by anyone. Eventually, he chose to return to his hometown and tie the knot with a local girl. It is often said that this is an era where looks are important, but for Xiao Li, this does not seem to work.
Xiao Li is not a person with big dreams and goals, he prefers to be at peace with what happens. After starting a family, he found a job in a factory near his home, but soon after, he felt that his time was not free enough and quit the job.
He has an older sister who works in the engineering industry. originally thought that he could make a lot of money by doing engineering with his sister, but fate always seemed to be playing a joke with him. The projects he contracted often required him to pay the funds in advance, and after the work was completed, the contractor often disappeared without a trace, not only did not make any money, but owed a large amount of debt.
After that, he studied the trade with a master teacher, but the hard life on the construction site made it unbearable. So, he returned to his hometown again and started looking for work again.
As an ordinary worker without a diploma or technology, Xiao Li's income is not very good. When he heard that he could make money by contracting land in rural areas, he returned to his hometown and contracted more than 20 acres of land, all of which were planted with rice. However, in the summer of that year when he was full of hope, bad luck struck. His son, the sweet little being, accidentally drowned during a farm trip. This was a heavy blow to Xiao Li, which made him immersed in grief for a long time.
Fortunately, time is the cure for all wounds. After several years of precipitation, Xiao Li gradually came out of his sadness. Although his life did not improve much, he still persevered and walked forward step by step. Every year, before the aftermath of the Spring Festival has faded, he begins to be busy at major job fairs, anxiously looking for new job opportunities. I remember this time last year, we learned that he was running into a wall, so we introduced him to a job as a courier to pick up the parcel. It's actually quite free, and you can earn a lot of commissions just by completing tasks on your phone on time. However, he was resistant to the job, on the grounds that it was too cumbersome to deal with the courier, not only to communicate one by one, but also to ensure that each shipment was accurate, and if the packaging was not properly packed, he could also face the risk of compensation.
Home delivery is even more difficult for him, with hundreds of packages to be processed every day, and he feels dizzy just remembering names and addresses. Although the route seemed simple at first, it only took a day or two to get acquainted with it, but he felt that the job was humble and low, and it did not satisfy his self-esteem.
Eventually, he chose to enter a factory and made screws in obscurity. Months passed, and at the beginning of the new year, he was once again in the dilemma of finding a job. His friends advised him that it was time to adjust his mindset and try to broaden his horizons and be exposed to different lifestyles and types of work. Perhaps, some seemingly undignified jobs can bring him more opportunities and freedom.
At the suggestion of a friend, he tried a job delivering food, although the working hours were longer, but it was also a helpless move. I'm looking for a job every year, but life is not as good as every year. I think that back then, he started with F4, but now he has fallen into such a situation, which makes people sigh.
In fact, the root of the problem is that he has a bias against many jobs, such as home delivery. However, just as we ourselves started out in the courier industry, any job has its value and meaning. Although there will be various difficulties and challenges along the way, as long as you move forward, you can always find a solution.
He was eager to make a lot of money, but lacked the necessary courage and ability. He once tried to contract a project, but a failure made him feel resigned, afraid that he would not be rewarded for his investment again. Such a mentality makes him neither willing to do small things, but also incompetent for big things, so he can only wander at the bottom of society, take a meager salary, and live a life that is not as good as year after year.
In the life of the bottom, the hardships of making money are becoming more and more prominent. If you can't endure hardships and stand hard work and insist on cultivating one field deeply, then even if you dig ten shallow wells without water, it is better to dig a deep well with water with your heart. His friend sighed, "You deserve to be poor in such a situation!" "Indeed, life change requires courage and, above all, action. I hope he can find his own deep well as soon as possible and live a full and beautiful life. Your ears do not deceive you, yes, "you are poor for a reason". If your thinking and perceptions are stagnant, then your wealth will also stop within the scope of your knowledge. Wealth and poverty are not a destiny, but are profoundly influenced by your personal perceptions. When you change your perspective and adjust your attitude towards life, you have the potential to reshape the course of your destiny.
In fact, many times, we fall into poverty not because we lack capacity, but because we hold the wrong beliefs. We look down on the little things, but we can't handle the big tasks. We are both reluctant to invest time and afraid to face trouble. As a result, we are always stumbling on the road to job hunting, but we never see the hope ahead.
We often envy others for having a better life than we do, but we never think deeply about why we are inferior to others. In fact, as long as we can endure hardships, have clear goals, and start from the small things around us, those things that we once looked down on often hide opportunities and miracles to change our fate.