Year after year – 2020 decade!

Whenever I pack my luggage, my heart is always inexplicably complicated. No matter how many places we travel to and how many scenery we see, it can never replace the feeling of home, even if there are flowers blooming outside. Life is like a journey. Different people will accompany you through different scenery along the way, but you will always return in the end.

2019 is a long year. I flew around the earth five or six times. The more I flew, the more energetic and passionate I became. It seemed that a suppressed force burst out from the inside out. In April, I had a continuous trip to Denver, Spain, and Japan. I no longer knew what the jet lag was. I heard the cry in the hazy mind and took this step - to leave my comfort zone and pursue my true self. Then I resolutely left the city where I had stayed for seven years, left my comfortable big house, sold my car that I used to travel around, quit my job that brought me both fame and fortune, and even wanted to leave the industry I relied on for survival. I was determined to venture into this world and bloom my life again.

The football dream of my youth has been shattered, and now I have to pick myself up again and chase the second wave of dreams.

In 2019, I found that time passed too fast. After graduation, I felt like I was drowning in water. I kept flopping to prevent myself from drowning. Now I finally raised my head out of the water and suddenly discovered that I can actually swim. For the first time, I opened my eyes and saw the world above the sea level. I wanted to swim to my dream island before I ran out of energy. I feel free and relaxed now that I am no longer trapped.

Starting from 2010, "Year After Year" has been written for ten years. From the beginning of lamenting life, to the fixed annual "year-end summary", it records my immaturity, my growth and my dreams.

Awakening from silence - leaving your comfort zone

"Give me a little more time, and I will definitely turn back into the person who stood at the top, with only the majestic peaks in the distance in my eyes, and no strangers allowed to enter."

"Where am I? What am I doing? What time is it now?" - I asked myself many times in the first half of the year after waking up on the plane. In an instant, I seemed to have escaped the world and walked into my own heart. On an isolated plane, each individual seat is like an island, and what can be done is very limited. The more tired people are, the more they can let go of their defenses and talk to themselves. The more we talked, the more I realized that I was being led along instead of independently deciding my own actions and whereabouts.

It seems that I am afraid of something, and there seems to be nothing to be afraid of.

After experiencing standing on a hillside, I thought I had experienced everything in the world and no longer pursued higher mountains. However, the various obstacles brought by society made it difficult for people to raise their heads. On the muddy road, you will get used to only looking at your feet as you walk, and over time, you will forget that you can run and jump. Have you ever thought of raising your head and looking at the road ahead, stopping to find a high place and looking at the distant peaks?

In 2019, I heard the call from my heart and saw one mountain after another. The excitement of standing on the 100-meter starting line and looking at the finish line came back. "Get used to surpassing" was my motto in high school - no matter how difficult things were at that time, I would not be afraid. In the last leg of the relay race, I could surpass my opponents one by one no matter how big the gap was. The feeling of catching up and winning later was exciting.

In 2019, I gradually discovered what it is like to have limited energy, everything needs to be prioritized, and I can no longer get excited and do everything. I found that I am no longer young, and there is not much time left for me in youth, but my dreams have been stagnant for a long time. This urgency to start immediately drives me forward.

After struggling for so many years, reading so many books, and crossing so many hurdles, if I just want to be an ordinary person, it would be a shame for my own efforts.

Saying goodbye to Washington, where I stayed for seven years, I left the team that I had run for many years, sold most of my furniture, moved out of a comfortable villa, and came to a strange city alone. On the road of pursuit, I just want to prove that the king is the king no matter his age, no matter where he is, it just means whether he wants to think about it or not, whether he does it or not.

Travel around the world - hello world

At the beginning of 2019, I could never imagine how much I would have changed by the end of the year. Since 2018, I am still the same person who is content with the status quo, enjoys life, and works in a Buddhist way. And all because of my exposure to the world.

53 cities, 8 countries, and 180,000 kilometers of flight. These walks allowed me to see different people, different lives, and different worlds. It made me start to think about what I want, not what this society can give me, and how I can live happily. Once you find what you want, discard what you don’t need and travel light.

People are different. Being with people who have different ideas and different consciousness is a source of pain. The world is so big and there are many people who think the same as you. I should go to them instead of fearlessly complaining and waiting endlessly.

When the flowers bloom again, no one will be young again! Take action, go to a place you have never been to, experience a life you have never experienced before, learn about an unknown history, discover different lifestyles, and find the one that truly suits you!

New life in Seattle - great differences between the east and west of the United States