Text/Tao Xiaoyao

Suddenly I remembered that many years ago, it was also a warm sunny winter afternoon. Sitting in the classroom of the third grade of high school, everyone was writing hard, "rustling "The voice was irritating, and the teacher paced back and forth, smiling with satisfaction every time he came to the top student. And I looked at those papers full of molecular formulas and accelerations in great pain, and my mood was as low as freezing point. The only thought in my heart was: the college entrance examination should be over soon. No matter good or bad, as long as you study hard, you can do anything.

When it comes to studying, I have always used my lack of talent as an excuse for laziness, because there are too many top students around me, and I am afraid that even if I try my best, I will still not be as good as them, and then be laughed at. In the unruly youth, dignity is above all else.

After the college entrance examination, almost all of my friends went to their favorite schools and studied their favorite majors. However, the proud me missed out on all the good things without any suspense. I entered a second-rate university and chose Inexplicably professional.

Don’t dare to work hard, fearing that you still won’t get what you want even after working hard. Behind the seemingly indifferent attitude is actually a vain heart.

I dare not chase my dreams, but my heart is ready to move. I am not satisfied with the status quo. I have outlined the life I want countless times, but I still dare not take a step forward. I follow the steps and go with the flow. I can see death at a glance. I am so scared of my life and I want to change it.

Copy out the dream of being a writer deep in my heart and start over. I want to put aside my talent and do something I like.

All success comes from the accumulation of hard work. These years of life experience have made me understand the true meaning of this sentence. No one relies on talent to reach the end, but they must succeed through hard work.

The same goes for writing. It does not rely solely on inspiration. Behind an article is a long-term accumulation of knowledge. Someone did a survey and found that after a person writes more than 200,000 words, his or her own knowledge reserves will be basically exhausted. If new knowledge is not supplemented in time, he will die of exhaustion.

After participating in various writing trainings, I became more determined that writing is a leap from quantity to quality of my own knowledge reserves. The so-called creative inspiration of artistic youth is just an elegant gimmick.

Wang Feng said: He trusts labor itself more than inspiration. He loves creation and never needs inspiration. I agree with him on this point of view. Even though I don't like this man who wears leather jackets and pants all year round at all, he is the most prolific and hard-working musician in China.

Wang Feng said that songwriting is by far the most important thing in his life, and he uses a regular process to ensure the absolute status of this matter. The time from ten o'clock in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon is reserved for songwriting, and only 15 minutes for lunch are allowed in more than five hours.

He wrote while catching a plane or sitting on the toilet. He felt that the meaning of songwriting lies in the ongoing process and exists in the songwriting itself, rather than waiting for inspiration to come before writing.

Wang Feng believes that songwriting is not a wild and imaginative form of artistic creation, but is as boring and rigorous as a scientific experiment.

He never considered himself a genius, but he was persistent in writing songs. He put so much effort into the same thing that it became a boring and boring thing. The meaning of things finally sublimated to the point where he wrote 100 lyrics, and 60 of them became classics, because there was too much rubbish written before.

He feels that relying on inspiration to create is a very stupid idea. Only by writing and creating can you be worthy of the so-called love.

In fact, no matter how Wang Feng describes it, this kind of Wang Feng-style efforts all convey a message, that is, no one succeeds casually. They all pursue their favorite dreams through a masochistic way of hard work.

The most fearful thing in life should be: people who are more talented than you work harder than you. It’s not jealousy of other people’s talents, but fear of a dull future.

I met Teacher Tang Xiaoxiao in the writing training class. To be precise, I only knew her, and she didn’t know me at all. In any training class, I just listened silently and rarely spoke. , and don’t interact. She is the most down-to-earth teacher among all the great writers I know. You can see the fireworks of life in every article she writes, which is sincere and warm.

I want to be like her, touching the truest emotions deep in my heart and expressing them freely. But when I saw her initial efforts, I couldn't help but ask myself, can she do it?

In order to achieve her goal of earning 1,000 a month, she used her break time to write with a pen every day at noon. After finishing writing, she sneaked into the Internet cafe, typed word by word into the computer, and then submitted the article. For half a year, she kept secretly surfing the Internet without taking a break. Finally, she published her first article, received her first invitation from an editor, her first publication in a major journal, and her first monthly income of 1,000 yuan.

Later she became a full-time writer, sitting in front of the computer for eight hours a day. She was either writing articles, reading books, or studying other people's articles. Even if she went out to buy a ticket, she would bring back a magazine.

She publishes more than 1,400 articles every year. Based on this number, she should write 3-5 articles a day. Without a steady stream of knowledge reserves, unremitting efforts, and sincere love, it would be difficult to do so. Arrive?

In this era of self-media, she is undoubtedly successful, but her WeChat official account is updated every day. There is no team or hype, she simply does what she likes.

Simply do what you like and do this thing for many years. After this thing is sublimated, it will become honor and benefit. Of course, behind all success is hard work that dare not slack off for a moment. Even now, she said that she is anxious about what articles to write every day. No matter how cold the weather is, she will get up early to write. She often reads until late at night and is still reviewing homework at three in the morning. Basically I don’t go out much, I don’t go to parties, I don’t do anything that wastes time.

Such efforts are worthy of being liked.

The most fearful thing in life is: people who are better than you work harder than you. It's not that you're afraid of other people's efforts, but you're afraid of your own incompetence.

You said you hated the endless exams in your student days, and your dreams were far away. You said you were tired of the 9-to-5 job and you were looking forward to freedom. You said that you don't like the worldly things in life and want to live your life in your own way.

You have tossed and turned in the long night countless times, planning every dream you want to realize deep in your heart. It's a pity that when the sun shines on your face, you reluctantly turn over and continue to sleep, and your dream dies every morning.

Most of the so-called efforts are just pretending to deceive themselves. And then left in the wanton squandering of time, lamenting the unfairness of fate and God's prejudice. The only thing I didn’t ask myself was whether I had really tried my best.

Like is just talk.

When I was in college, I had a very inspiring buddy. He was the monitor of the next class, because in his eyes I was a good, diligent and motivated girl (actually, it was intentional, to be different), and he and I I talked about Jack Ma and the economic and financial crisis. I was recommended to read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and "China Economic Frontier Report".

The worry about China’s future development was probably due to reading a lot of so-called “expert” research at that time. With his encouragement, to be honest, my college period was the hardest period of my life. I got up early, went to bed late, went to the library, and ran. I was touched by myself.

I still remember my five-year plan, ten-year plan, graduate school and study abroad. At that moment, I really felt that it was not a dream, but a matter of hard work and time. Unfortunately, my dream is not there. He died the moment he graduated from college.

I clearly remember what he told me at that time: Every successful person is an ordinary person, they just continued to persevere when we couldn't persevere.

I didn’t believe it at the time and thought this guy was crazy for wanting to succeed, but now every time I think of this sentence, it makes sense.

Eat whatever you like, eat all the delicacies in the world, and become a food critic. Instead of becoming a 200-pound fat man.

If you like running, go for exercise. There are so many marathons around the world waiting for you to challenge. And not just the occasional whim.

If you like writing, keep writing every day, and the Nobel Prize for Literature will be there. Instead of fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days.

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Only by doing everything to the extreme will it bring you unexpected surprises. Your so-called happiness is nothing more than browsing a few more pages of Moments and browsing Taobao for a few hours. You have not become a self-media celebrity or a fashion blogger, but you have just wasted your limited life.

People who are more talented than you are working hard, and people who are better than you are working hard. What right do you have to think that the rules of the game are unfair?

May all your efforts be worthy of your true love.