2411-1 Third Round Restart!

Two months have passed, and the events that occurred during this time were more than in the previous two months. Starting from the National Day holiday, all the way to layoffs, traveling, job hunting, sending things, offline interviews, accepting offers, going home, waiting for onboarding notifications, finding a place to live, and finally starting work officially... just listing these events seems enough to write a detailed account.

In this way, I actually find writing a weekly journal easier. After all, each event can be fully expressed in just a few sentences, quickly filling up an entry, and I no longer have that past feeling of "not knowing where to start."

Yes, my job in Xi'an ended at lightning speed (I was laid off). Now, I have been working in Shenzhen for three weeks. Now, I have been working in Shenzhen for three weeks. While it may not be the content of a joke book, my experience in Xi'an has indeed become a humorous point on my resume during interviews. So:

Damn, last week doesn't count, Three Weeks Restart!

Records of Real Life#

[!info]
Perhaps none of my weekly journals contain lies, at least not parts where I actively lied. However, the content may have some bias, such as hiding certain unspoken dark elements or being selectively expressed.

The story begins a few days before the National Day holiday. In the days leading up to the holiday, the company had no arrangements for work. The previous iteration had just ended, and the demand review for the next iteration would not even start until after the holiday. So, I spent the days before the holiday slacking off, writing some things using the technologies that would be used in later projects to practice.

However, having fewer work demands also means that the department can still function with fewer people, which really gives off a "the storm is coming" vibe. (Just a hindsight remark)

National Day - Cyber Neighbor Gaming Session#

I scheduled two days to play " Don't Starve Together " with online friends, but it seems that "Don't Starve" was too stressful. Watching characters lose sanity made the players off-screen lose sanity as well, so after two days, no one mentioned continuing.

I really hope to find a lifelong gaming buddy (just kidding)

This year has been my year of online gaming. Throughout the year, I've played various games with online friends I've never met before, from all over the world, collecting many interesting and joyful moments.

During nearly half a year of being unemployed, I relied on gaming with online friends to regain some social attributes.

Star Engine Party - A four-player party game where you run in circles and use card skills, similar to Mario Party? I played it during the Spring Festival and it was also my first time playing with them (where there’s a first, there will be countless repeats?). The art style is cute, but I guess the cute art style is its biggest advantage; the balance between characters is slightly off, making some characters particularly strong. (But I remember I didn't lose in the few rounds I played 🤣)
ASTRONEER - A multiplayer survival and creation game? We almost completed various key checkpoints in three days. However, since there were two veterans and two newbies, the newbies' experience was lost, and the veterans got bored. In the end, we didn't even want to play before starting automation. (A new DLC was released recently)
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI - The famous Civilization VI. Since it's played in rounds, there’s no feeling of "lack of closure." It's a story of three allied nations conquering the world (NPCs).
Don't Starve Together - Long-term online gaming like this is hard to have a good ending. This game is one where veterans can't continue playing without dying too much at the start. However, compared to ASTRONEER, it’s another extreme; the early game has a super oppressive feeling.
I Don't Want to Be a Burden - A 1v5 strategy party game, the game format is very innovative, one person buys it and six can play together, requiring the host to stream for everyone to make their choices. It could be called a social deduction game, or more like a script murder, with a bit of a prisoner’s dilemma feeling.

(I also played "Lance 6" during the later part of the National Day holiday and got three bad endings)

Company Layoffs - Sudden Drop - Job Hunting Again#

In fact, the demand review after the holiday was somewhat unusual; the demands could no longer fill the work hours. The next day, I was called in for a meeting and was informed that I would receive compensation and terminate my labor contract that day (October 9). It was a general layoff, not just me, but probationary employees were inevitably discarded.

They said it was a sudden drop, but only my situation was like this; the company itself didn’t have a "sudden drop," it was already going down. I just didn’t understand the situation and boarded a sinking ship.

That day, I ordered melatonin and started taking it; I really couldn't sleep.

So, the next day (October 10), I started the process of "sending resumes -> reviewing -> interviewing" again, with the following plan:

Resume: No need to change for now, it has reached a level where interviews are possible.

Review and practice questions: Allocate in a 3:3:2 ratio for basic knowledge, practicing questions, and interview expression. 40 Pomodoros per week, 45 minutes each.

Resume submission time: Start by sending resumes to 10 companies a day; if there are no interviews in a week, double the amount. If there are more than three interviews in a week, maintain that number.

But reality was still beyond my expectations.

When I started looking for a job in early August, it might have been because the autumn recruitment had not officially started, and my resume was not yet polished, so there were not many interview opportunities. However, by mid-October, it was the peak of autumn recruitment, and my schedule was packed with interviews, leaving me almost no time to review.

(The last time was 745 115 0 137, which shows a glimpse)

Real Xi'an Travel#

With the mindset of "since I'm here," I took the time to explore Xi'an before checking out on the 20th. During these ten days, I only had four days of actual sightseeing; the rest of the time was spent on online interviews and moving.

I feel like I don't know how to take photos, so I just casually snapped a few. Moreover, the entire travel process was overshadowed by the debuff of "just being laid off," "waiting for employment," and "being alone," turning it into a somewhat perfunctory experience.

D1 Shaanxi History Museum Qin and Han Gallery

When I say a museum is boring, is it really boring? Wrong, when you bring a lively person to a comic convention. Watching you smile at the merchandise made by mygo for half a day, they were also very bored 🥱 (No, it’s not me; I really didn’t find it boring; I spent 2.5 hours there).

(The distant view of the Qin and Han Palace; actually, this place is in Xianyang, 20 kilometers away from Xi'an city center, quite far)

(The statue of the Qin Emperor in the Qin and Han Gallery; it seems to imitate the Hokage Rock or the American Presidents' Rock?)

That night, I went out to dinner with two of my roommates. Should I say "we are all lost souls"? One is a current unemployed person who returned to his hometown of Xi'an after working in Shenzhen for a few years, two years older than me. The other is his cousin, who graduated this year with a computer major and worked remotely as a front-end developer for a while before now working night shifts at Haidilao.

And I, as a Guangdong person, came to Xi'an to work without knowing anything, only to be laid off after a month, becoming a temporary unemployed wanderer. We are all in the same boat, haha.

D2 Great Tang All Day Mall

This place is right behind the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, just three stops from where I live. I came here during the National Day holiday as well. However, there were too many people at that time, circling around and around, thinking, "I'll come back on a weekend that isn't a holiday; after all, there will be plenty of opportunities." Who knew, not even a week later, I came back again.

Walking alone in the pedestrian street felt like being covered in debuffs. It feels like commercial streets are pretty much the same all over the country.

(I actually don't know this ancient person)

D3 Upper Shaanxi History Museum

I heard that even locals find it hard to book a ticket for this museum; I managed to snag a Saturday ticket after a few days of trying.

There were tons of tour guides, and many rows of students were here attending classes and memorizing. It was quite a spectacle. (Are they also part of the museum experience?)

(I ended up taking the most photos of others' assignments like the one below, which were quite well done)

D3 Lower Xiaozhai Yintai City

Perhaps it is the largest gathering place for the second dimension in the northwest, packed with people, and I turned around a few times to take photos with male butler cosplayers.

As a fan of Ichikawa Haruko, I really wanted to buy the book "25 Points of Vacation," but when I checked Taobao, it was only half the price. So I ordered it on Taobao.

There’s nothing that can’t be bought online; this era is quite disappointing. Going out shopping, I came empty-handed and left empty-handed.

(This is the physical book I received a few days after ordering on Taobao)

D4 Terracotta Army - Chang Hen Ge

This is probably the most established one-day tour route in Xi'an: Terracotta Army -> Huaqing Palace -> Chang Hen Ge. That night, I stayed near Huaqing Palace. From the moment I boarded the tourist bus to the entire process of viewing the Terracotta Army, there was a guide providing explanations.

I came on a non-holiday Thursday, yet there were still a ton of people at the Terracotta Army site. The number of people viewing the Terracotta Army was several times that of the army itself. I can only say, never come during holidays.

(I have also seen the Terracotta Army)

The rain dampened my mood; otherwise, the overall experience was quite good. In the afternoon, I watched the stage play "Revived Legion," which required the audience to move between scenes; I rated it 5.5/10. In the evening, I watched the performance of Chang Hen Ge, which was worth a bit more than the previous one.

(Performance of Chang Hen Ge, but I was in poor condition that day and couldn't enjoy much)

D 51 Already Said Goodbye to the 33 Square Meter Room (Hall)

And? There was nothing more, just various interviews, sending things home, farewell dinners with colleagues in Xi'an, and other trivial matters in between. I couldn't recover and flew out of Xi'an directly on the 20th.

(This is the last meal of solo hot pot during this 51-day journey)

Job Hunting -> Waiting for Offers -> Waiting for Onboarding#

From the 14th to the 27th, over the course of about two weeks, I attended around 20 interviews at about 10 companies. Among them, I arranged four offline interviews in Guangzhou, and as soon as I arrived in Guangzhou on the 20th, I rushed straight to a friend's house.

In Guangzhou, I had ten rounds of interviews over three days, and in between, I even got a stomach upset and vomited (thanks to my friend for buying medicine; although the traditional Chinese medicine didn’t help much, it was still comforting). In the end, I finished the battle with three verbal offers.

Sure enough, every time I pop champagne, there are twists and turns. The company I was most interested in rejected me because I wanted to start in a week. The second-choice company gave me an offer after I "slid on my knees" (promising to start the following Monday), but then informed me that due to my supervisor being on a business trip with no one to guide me, I needed to adjust my start date to two weeks later on November 11. (As for the third offer, it was a contract job, which I really didn't want to take.)

Thus, I entered a two-week waiting period for onboarding and returned home. Am I some kind of earthbound spirit? I’ve never been out for more than two months~~

(After bringing the air fryer home, my family became enthusiastic about using it to make bread, making it 6 or 7 times in two weeks)

(I originally thought about bringing them over after stabilizing my job in Xi'an, but who knew I would end up coming back to find them)
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Versatile -> Special Attack Mage -> Battle Mage#

This metaphor is not very good, and I really like battle mages.

What ultimately saved me was the fourth offer. A position in IoT development at a Shenzhen company that "provides meals~~ and accommodation~~." To say I transitioned to an embedded software development engineer would be an exaggeration. However, saying I’m a battle mage is not an overstatement.

Yes, I got a position in IoT development. Let me briefly introduce some situations regarding this first round (this job) (I’ll mention some things I can talk about).

Related to Hardware: Basically, I can't develop without leaving the company.
Technical Aspects: Compared to the strong technical atmosphere at the Xi'an company, the technical atmosphere here is not as strong. However, my supervisor this time is quite nice; communicating with him feels more like talking to a friend rather than a completely work-oriented NPC. On the first weekend after joining, I participated in a department dinner. He also reminded me during the interview about the difference between providing meals and providing meals~~ and accommodation~~. (I’m very grateful for this)
Using Company-Provided Computer: Before joining, they asked me what kind of computer I wanted, gave me several options, and ultimately procured a new Mac mini M4 for me. By the way, in my previous ~~three~~ two jobs, I apparently worked on my own battery-powered devices. (Actually, the computer is definitely provided, but the previous companies provided computers that were not as good as my own, so I ended up using my own.)
Brand New Work Environment: Besides the computer being new, the work monitors, routers, IoT gateways, and even the chairs and drawers for storing things are all newly purchased.
Brand New Work Content: This point goes without saying; my skills and the job requirements only intersect at nodejs. Although I had played with various smart home devices before, "reading comics and drawing comics" are quite different; aside from the term "comics," there’s almost no shared skill tree.
Providing Meals~~ and Accommodation~~: Since it’s a company with a factory format, I now eat in the company cafeteria during workdays. As for accommodation, I will almost never stay in the company dormitory. (Reminds me of high school)
Commute 45min (one way): This is the first time I’ve lived in a place where "walking takes more than 30 minutes." Commuting from Bao'an to Nanshan, 7KM. This is the first time I’ve lived a life of taking the bus to work; previously, I either walked or rode a bike. I’ve also developed various small tips for taking the bus~~
Ants Moving House: Yes, after all, Guangdong is like my home base; in this familiar environment, everything becomes a bit easier. I can move like an ant, sending things over bit by bit. My dad's company can help send things over every week. I can even ask various friends to bring a few boxes of things from home when they come to Shenzhen. (Definitely not suffering from PTSD from sending things across provinces)

(Thanks to @pseudoyu for the Magic Trackpad sent from afar)

What Else Happened#

Uh, there’s actually a lot more I want to say, but I’ll save it for later. After restarting work these past few weeks, my state has returned. Thus, a super tumultuous month has come to an end. What will life be like moving forward? Who knows~~

👀 What Else Did I Watch#

📚 🎬 📺 Works#

All ACG content, I have now...

Work & Product Name	Medium	Progress	Rating	Comments
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru	Movie	100%	10/10	“Those rescued soldiers may never have been saved; their later lives are all lived in the shadow of that day.” After watching, I thought about how to achieve victory in Civilization 6 without going to war. War is not just the sacrifice of soldiers, but the tragedy of every family behind each sacrificed soldier. Perhaps it’s the best domestic documentary I’ve ever seen. They really found every British prisoner on that ship and their families, piecing together the situation on the ship like a puzzle. In my previous impression of domestic works, most foreigners were portrayed as the same type of people reading scripts, ultimately leading to "Japanese people are all bad," focusing on how "the fishermen of Dongji Island bravely rescued British prisoners," and ending with the British being deeply grateful to us, which is commendable. But this film didn’t do that; instead, it focused on the British prisoners and their families, detailing each individual, real people. It brought me to tears. I really recommend it; Fang Li as the director left a deep impression on me. I’m also glad this story was salvaged before all the survivors passed away. (All passed away by 2020) If I had seen this film earlier, many dead perverts could have been avoided - This article is a review written by Liu Shenlei, and it has a high rating.
The Stable Era's Weituotian	Animation	100%	8/10	The manga has concluded, so I’m marking it.
The Pirate's War 26	Manga	90%(not finished)	8/10	The only one who can return to Iceland should be Thorfinn with fish-eye.
Lance 10: The Final Battle	Game	60%	9/10	Identified as Roguelite; after getting three bad endings, I restarted with someone else's high CP save file and am slowly savoring it. (I just can't stop)
Insects and Songs	Manga	100%	8/10	A manga suitable for repeated reading; I slowly gained some feelings after reading it several times. The cover is also great. Four stories about plants, lightning, meteorites, and insects. Rather than being anthropomorphic, it’s more about personification; I focused on their "non-human" aspects. Plants can be pruned into shapes you like; an intimate relationship with lightning will eventually lead to destruction; becoming family with stars; the lifespan theory of insects and humans; Each story has a slightly oppressive ending, concluding with the end of something. There’s a strong sense of blankness, quiet and melancholic, with almost no narration or psychological description, just large pages of storyboards. This might be the specific style of Ichikawa Haruko’s works. After finishing, my brain felt completely empty, as if nothing remained, returning to dust, that’s the meaning. (Thus, I couldn’t write any thoughts about it)
25 Points of Vacation	Manga	100%	8/10	Closer to "Land of the Lustrous," the protagonists of the three stories are all geniuses. None of the short stories featured the presence of the scale leaf stone, while teachers, princes, and princesses appeared many times. (A Douban friend said it’s inorganic porn genre, lol) 25 Points of Vacation: As always, filled with a sense of guilt in complex relationships, Ichikawa Haruko really likes the combination of tall, handsome men and slender women. The sister looks like she’s about to break, giving the impression that she could be taken away and disappear at any moment. And the sister's birthday gift is quite profound. Above Pandora: The prototype of the elegant brother is probably Nijo Nana. The Moon's Funeral: The fireworks are stunning. I really liked the part about marine life, "Loneliness is a bitter luxury from birth to returning to dust."
To the Children Who Will Not Die in the Galaxy	Manga	100%	8.5/10	"Only when I understood that one day I would die did I truly become human." My way of thinking has always been that of an immortal. I always thought I could escape various things, fantasizing that I could read comics every day. But looking back, I’m no longer young, and various deadlines have reached a point where I can no longer ignore them. This feeling of "no longer being able to escape" is it growth?
Girls' Last Tour	Manga & Animation	100%	9/10	The animation production team was really merciful; they didn’t end the story after they used up their last XX to brew coffee. (Actually, it’s not far off) If this journey only had Chito, it might be lonelier and more nihilistic than playing survival in Minecraft alone. I’m always the type of player who restarts at the slightest mishap in games because I feel that continuing is just torturing myself, as it’s foreseeable that I can’t clear the game or achieve victory. (If I were terminally ill, would I choose euthanasia?) But life is unique; there are always good things to encounter while alive. There’s no real clearing or victory. Whether it’s maps, planes, or diaries, their value is merely what people assign to them, all pieced together to dissolve the absurdity of life. Watching them eat chocolate happily in the apocalypse reminds me of the shock I felt when I first had Yangzhou fried rice in a Western restaurant over a decade ago. However, now I no longer have any strong feelings about eating. 90% of the time while eating, I’m thinking about other things.
Looking Back	Manga & Animation	100%	8/10	I saw that Fujino's email is dmail.jp. It actually took less than an hour; the last 20 minutes were behind-the-scenes interviews. I've read the manga more than five or six times, and with such a faithful adaptation, there are no longer any emotional fluctuations.

🌐 Articles#

The number of articles I’ve marked during this time is quite a lot; let’s categorize them a bit. I won’t pin readlater to pinboard anymore. Also, I’ve been surfing too much; I feel that spending time reading complete books would be better; otherwise, a lot of knowledge is fragmented. Another issue is that these links will gradually fall off over time; how should I handle this? Should there be an auto-archive process? (Once again, I found something to do)

I still don’t quite understand what kind of place I’ve entered; the version rhythm is completely incomprehensible.

Why Smart Homes Currently Prefer Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Over ZigBee? - Zhihu
Connectivity Standards Alliance, Matter Protocol - Their "Past Lives" and "Future" - Minority
IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction | Hacker News - In the IoT industry, security has always been a significant issue, as it involves real-world objects.
Welcome to the Apps SDK documentation 👋 | Homey Apps SDK - The first task at work.

Follow & RSS#

Follow has become incredibly popular; who still doesn’t have an invitation code at this stage?

Weekly Report #72 - Skateboard Experience, Rust Conf, and Follow Public Beta (Including Invitation Code) · Pseudoyu - This weekly report has turned into a post where everyone discusses their understanding of RSS.
App 1 | Follow: Another Form of Information Acquisition - Minority

x-cmd#

Recent updates on my previous company x-cmd. Actually, I previously saw the most accurate description on HN: "A BusyBox that doesn't know what it wants to be," but anyway, they’ve taken their first steps this year.

Command Line Talk 29: A Command Line Enhancement Tool x-cmd Worth Trying - YouTube - It seems that KOLs have started to promote it voluntarily.
x-cmd/x-cmd: X bootstrap 1000+ tools and scripts. - Since I left, they’ve gone from 100 stars to 1000 stars. It’s quite a mix of emotions; it seems I was their limiter back then~~

Node.js Backend#

Typesense | Open Source Alternative to Algolia Pinecone - Hybrid search, still quite interesting from
Reverse Domain Name Notation - Wikipedia - Reverse domain name notation, something I’ve always found hard to understand. Domain names can solve namespace conflicts, and the reverse can make string sorting look better, naturally linking products from the same company. However, it always feels a bit inelegant and too long.
javascript - Difference of using async / await vs promises? - Stack Overflow - A question that gets asked in interviews every day.
Node.js Tutorial - 42 - Event Loop - YouTube - After memorizing the content of this video, my interviews have gone much smoother during this period.
type-challenges/type-challenges: Collection of TypeScript type challenges with online judge -
Cloudflare's new marketplace lets websites charge AI bots for scraping | Hacker News - Discussions on anonymity and privacy in the digital age on Hacker News.
Why must methods using await in js be defined as async? - Zhihu - What kind of prior knowledge do I need to understand this article?
API documentation - Sinon.JS -
Optimizing Javascript for fun and for profit - Optimizing JavaScript performance tips for web development
Tao of Node - Design, Architecture & Best Practices | Alex Kondov - Software Engineer - Learn the Tao of Node.js development by exploring key principles and best practices.

Life Hacks#

Bank Card Opening Process and Guide for Bank of China Hong Kong - Lainbo - I need to provide a bank income certificate; this is indeed challenging for me, as I haven’t been working for most of the year.
Your Family Medicine Cabinet: Start with These 8 Over-the-Counter Medicines - Minority - After organizing it, I found that living alone doesn’t require much, and there’s a pharmacy downstairs~~ However, understanding what medicine to take for what illness is still quite good.
Home Workout Beginner's Guide | Pepper Salt Dou Chi - This is how it is; my workout habit in the late summer was to wake up from a nap at 3:30 PM, wash up and change clothes, and by the time I got to the gym, it was already 4:00 PM, and I’d work out for an hour until 5:20 PM, getting home by 6:00 PM to cook. This is known as the "disappearing afternoon" 🤣
To save time, even though there’s a gym within a 5-minute walking distance from my home, plus the time to change clothes and go out, at least the extra 15 minutes could have been used to complete three sets of exercises. Moreover, if the average American has to drive to the gym, it would take even more time.
One Skill a Day | My Homemade Numbers Accounting Spreadsheet Share: Quickly Record Expenses with Shortcuts - Minority - The spreadsheet is beautifully made. However, if I record every bus ride and every meal expense, it feels overly cumbersome. I prefer to budget a lump sum for my bus card and meal card once a month and only record one expense.

Calligraphy & Fonts#

Job Hunting#

2024 Job Hunting Summary During the Tide Recession | Pepper Salt Dou Chi - Also not universal job hunting experience; the levels differ too much.
My 2024 Job Hunt - Although it’s completely unsuitable for my current situation, I can only accept it and start again. This time, at least my interview experience is not starting from scratch.
I lost my job at Posit rather suddenly in June. This ended up being rather convenient since I had already been looking for a new job and it’s significantly easier to grind LeetCode while you’re unemployed. After about ~2 months of studying, applying, and interviewing I found a great spot at Pinterest.
Table of Contents | System Design Interview: Insider's Guide

ACG#

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | "YUSHA(Brave)" YOASOBI - YouTube - At first, I thought this OP was a bit out of place, as "how can a work full of expressionless characters have such a lively OP," imagining it was Freren singing. After listening to it without missing a single episode for half a year, that sense of incongruity became the most memorable point. Gradually, I felt that Freren's OP was indeed the one for the brave, while I forgot all the other soundtracks. (Of course, it also helped that I heard Yoasobi perform it live once, making it even more profound). It’s truly a case of "incongruity leading to a lasting impression."

Not Useful but Interesting#

Deceptive Tactics in DeepL API Design - zu1k
Why Doesn't Microsoft's OneDrive Support Instant Uploads Like Baidu Cloud? - Zhihu - It turns out that privacy, security, and legal regulations also need to be considered.

LLM#

Reader API - Perhaps I’ll be able to use it someday.
Chunking Strategies for LLM Applications | Pinecone - Learn about effective chunking strategies for improved memory retention.
If you want to learn Prompt Engineering but don’t know where to find suitable learning materials, here are some quality resources I’ve come across, continuously updated, and feel free to contribute. by @dotey (宝玉) - Thread about social media marketing strategies for beginners.

Windows#

How to change the Windows ALT+TAB hotkey to something else? - Super User - The habit of Command+C can’t be reverted back to Ctrl+C; the next step is to change the input method switch.
Create Bootable Windows 11 or 10 USB Disk on macOS | ComputingForGeeks - Guide on creating bootable Windows 11/10 USB on macOS. Covers tools, steps, and troubleshooting tips.

Others#

No One Can Become China's YouTube – Rainbow Line
Difference Between /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, etc
As a Front-End Developer, My Understanding of Business Has Always Been to Write About Technology; I Never Thought I Would Write an Article That Has Nothing to Do with Technology, Because in My Previous View - Juejin
The Creator of ffmpeg Fabrice Bellard(1) is truly a genius and has created so many amazing software that have been an amazing benefit to the world. | Hacker News - A 100x engineer, can be placed in the pantheon of gods.
Yeah definitely. If programming genius had a unit it should be called the bellard. One 10x programmer = a 1/10th Bellard?
Programmer English Vocabulary Handbook - Learn English with online resources for free.
The Art of Finishing | ByteDrum - I’ve realized that forcing myself to finish a blog post can also be considered an art of completion.
My endless battle with the "Project Hydra": why I can't seem to finish projects, and the strategies I'm exploring to finally complete what I start. A personal journey through productivity's thorniest challenge.

Postscript - About Who the Readers Are#

Once again, I’ve refreshed the length of the weekly journal. In fact, the less is more; the more I write, the fewer readers can actually read it.

Last weekend, I wrote for a whole day, but the more I wrote, the faster my sanity dropped, so I left it for a week and only resumed writing today after getting up. Fortunately, I didn’t force myself to write last week; looking back at that time, I could really feel that I was completely out of state.

I’ve slightly figured out who I should be writing my weekly journal for: one is for my future self ten years later, and the other is for various cyber neighbors.

What kind of cyber exposure is this? It’s actually a psychological compensation behavior for people who have no neighbors in real life, thinking about getting to know different cyber neighbors.

I’ve always written however I wanted, so I never thought about learning from others' techniques. But I feel like I’ve reached a bottleneck. I’ve also realized that I don’t like discussing with others; in fact, discussing with others is the real thinking.

I really don’t know how to feel about those friends.