~ 8 Years Ago ~
8 年前
我想任何一段长时间的独处都能触发深思、更新认知，毕竟时间作为一种资源相对来讲还是比以往要充足的，而且身边也没有什么可以让人分神的。所以呢，我就利用这段时间好好睡懒觉、修习瑜伽、花样做菜，然后每天重复以往。但我常常发现自己喜欢坐在阳台上思考。回顾回顾是怎么走到封城前的这一步的，考虑考虑生活里究竟什么更为重要。
On July 2nd, 2014 (shit... almost 8 years) I arrived in Shanghai, a city felt so strange to me at the time. One important reason was that I was experiencing reverse culture shock. After all, I was away from home for about a decade and a hardlanding was nothing less than a hardlanding. Another deciding factor was that my time in Hawai'i had came to an end as a guest. Long story short, however unwillingly to leave, I in fact wasn't prepared for the change.
2014 年 7 月 2 日 (去... 就快 8 年了诶) 我只身来到上海，当时感觉这座城市无比的陌生。其中一个主要原因是我感受到了逆向的文化冲击。毕竟离家十载，硬着陆就是硬着陆，不多也不少。另一个起决定性的原因是我在夏威夷作为一名客人的期限已到。长话短说，无论如何不情愿地离开，面对眼前的变化我其实并没有准备好。
In the next couple of years, I've attended many networking events (not satisfied with most so I decided to organize my own), sold coffee beans as a salesman, led tons of food tours for foreign visitors and local expats, managed seemingly endless marketing campaigns for a French wine F&B brand, led loads of student programs in different places in China, and lastly took maybe never enough of photos of Shanghai and it's people. All I want to say to myself is that all the things I've done lead me to where I'm now and I just didn't know exactly where before. Many decisions are rational, but equally many are also emotional. Wise or not, I went with my gut feeling, and I can tell you that I have no ragrets (I know, I know, intentional typo).
在接下来的几年里，我参加过无数次的社交活动 (对大多数的活动并不怎么满意，所以随后又组织了自己的社交活动)；也曾作为销售卖过咖啡豆；接待过太多的对外美食团；为一家法国葡萄酒餐饮品牌主理过看起来无休无止的各种促销活动；更带领着一波波的学生到过祖国的许多地方；最后，也拍过许多但可能永远都觉得不够多的有关上海这座城还有人物的照片。我想对自己说，我所经历的一切都在引领自己走到现在，只是之前无法预料到到底会到哪儿。有过许多理性的决定，也有过同样多感性的决定。聪明与否，我是凭着直觉做决定的。可以自豪地说，我并不为任何决定而感到后悔。
~ Realization ~
认知
那我又觉得生活中什么更为重要呢？质与静。要享受健康的生活方式，多多并非总是益善。并非所有的社交活动都在同一水平。在同一时间开太多的餐厅并不都能使利益最大化。同一场景不论你拍多少张照片都不能改变最终成果。反之，把时间花在幕后的计划和准备上，每个月只参加一次有质量的社交活动可能更为有效；开一家要预约排号的特色餐厅可能会更加令人如意；最后，只拍一张有决定性瞬间的照片也恐怕足矣！
I have come to the age, or life stage to be more precise, that my energy is at its fullest when I have a daily ritual. That means at certain time I do certain thing. Sounds boring, right? Maybe, but I really don't care what you think of my lifestyle. And you shouldn't care about what others think of yours either. It's the very "boring" ritual that brings me inner peace, and through which I bring peace to things I do and people I meet. Very recently I've joined the "5AM Club", where no extensive requirement is needed and everyone can join. The only requirement is that you need to wake up at 5AM, sharp, everyday, and start exercising and planning early for the day.
不知不觉我已经到了一个认识到自己精力只有在保持日常习惯下才能充沛的年龄了，与其说是年龄不如讲人生阶段更为贴切。也就是说在某个时间段我会做某个事情，一般不变。听起来是不是很无聊？可能吧，随你怎么想喽，我有我的生活方式。你也不必在意别人怎么看待你的生活方式。就是这个“无聊”的生活习惯给我带来了内心的平静，从而给我所面对的事情和相处的人带来平静。最近，我加入了“五点钟俱乐部”。没有太多的要求，任何人都能参加。唯一要求就是每天清晨 5 点准时起床，每天，准时，起床，然后早早开始运动，计划这一天的日程。
Getting a head start is really making a difference in a day. I no longer feel drowsy or foggy-headed. Yes, it seems that the day gets longer. But tasks get completed within the time needed and no longer feel like being done in a rush just to cross them off from the list. The day flows better and smoother. In other words, it's more rhythmic. If you're also up for the challenge, join me on this journey and let's move forward together, with or without covid! Actually you know what, I think it's better without...
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。我不再感到昏昏欲睡，或是头脑不清。是的，会感到一天变长了。但活都能在预定时间里完成，不慌也不忙，井井有条。一天也会因此过得更为流畅。换句话说，就是过得比较有节奏感。如果你也想来挑战自己，就加入我一同早起，疫情与否，我们大胆地往前走啊，不回呀头！诶，等等，想了想，还是没有疫情更好...
You? What course do you follow?
你呢，何去何从啊
