Obstacles

今早看到一篇小文,感触颇深,记录下来给往后的自己。

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”

Every meaningful path in life is lined with obstacles.

If you’ve ever pursued something grand or ambitious…

  • Building a business
  • Raising a family
  • Changing careers
  • Reaching an athletic milestone
  • or anything in between

…you know the path is never smooth. Roadblocks, bumps, thorns. They are the norm. But here’s a question worth asking yourself:

Are you blocked by the obstacle—or your focus on it?

You see, obstacles are inevitable, but obsession over them is optional.

If you fixate on the blocker, you lose sight of what you’re building. You become disillusioned—prone to burnout and discouragement. The obstacle has consumed your entire reality.

When you know where you’re headed—and you train your focus on it—every obstacle in your way becomes a tiny pebble of little consequence in your grand pursuit.

The things you focus on will grow. So, choose wisely.

“障碍就是,当你目光偏离目标时看到的那些可怕的东西。”

人生中每一条有意义的路都布满了障碍。

阻碍你的是那些障碍,还是你对它的关注。

障碍不可避免,但被其困扰却是可选的。

若你一直盯着堵塞物,就会忽略你正在构建的东西,变得幻想破灭——容易精疲力竭、灰心丧气。障碍已然消耗你的整个现实。

当你知道你要去的地方——并且训练你的注意力——你路上的每一个障碍在你伟大的追求中都变成了微不足道的小石子。

当下的感想:

  1. 障碍不可避免。有些障碍是学习的机会,有些障碍不过是在提醒你失去对目标的专注了。
  2. 感觉到障碍时,正视它,及时处理或let it go,回到对目标的专注。不要花时间沉溺其中,迷失目标。
  3. 当专注于目标时,即使遇到困难,也不会轻易被吓倒;相反,一旦分心、怀疑或停止脚步,那些原本可以克服的障碍可能就会显得巨大而可怕。
  4. 要有积极的信念,“长风破浪会有时,直挂云帆济沧海”。

A New Goal

Last night, I uploaded a new video to YouTube.

While watching it, I noticed something interesting: some of the words in the auto-generated subtitles didn’t match what I was trying to say. It made me laugh a lot, but it also made me realize that I had some issues with my pronunciation.

This morning, I decided to update my English learning approach.

From now on, I’ll dub my videos in English and then check the auto-generated subtitles afterward, instead of just writing video descriptions.

My new goal is to make sure the automatically recognized subtitles match exactly what I intended to say.

If you watch the video, feel free to laugh at my pronunciation like I did. I’d really appreciate any tips on how I can improve.

An Ancient Town

I found some videos and pictures of an ancient town while organizing my iPhone. I took those images during my visit, which was approximately six months ago.

The place was called Longmen Ancient Town, the hometown of Sun Quan-if you are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms 1800 years ago, you’ll recognize him as one of the emperors.

There are still some old buildings in the town, and some high mountains in the distance. It’s a nice place to stroll. I enjoyed many different local snacks and rice wine with my friends.

We set off from Pudong, Shanghai, and it took us three and a half hours to reach there by car. Regrettably, we only stayed for half a day and then went to another place.

Next time, if I go again, I will stay at a B&B for one more day, to fully experience the morning and evening there.

Renjiaxi Hiking Trail

I went hiking along the Renjiaxi trail last Saturday. It’s the second time I’ve hiked on this trail.

If you’ve been there in this season, you’ll know why I like it so much. Maybe this video I posted will give you a clue.

Not just because of the views, but also the delicious waxberries and the friendly locals.

On my way down the mountain, I ran into a local. He placed his full baskets of waxberries on the roadside and said to me, “Don’t be shy, help yourself as much as you like.” He was not trying to sell his waxberries. He told me that all the waxberries on his farm were for winemaking, not for selling as fruits.

He wasn’t the only local who offered me waxberries that day. The main crop in the village below the mountain is waxberries. If you strike up a conversation with the locals as you walk along, before you know it, you’ll be stuffed full.

The locals are professional. Every waxberry they gave me was perfectly ripe, sweeter than the ones I picked myself.

About monitoring physical activity and SMART

Why is it important that we monitor our physical activity levels? 为什么我们监测锻炼水平真的很重要呢?
–There’s increasing scientific evidence that monitoring our physical activity, helps us stay more active, and perhaps more importantly, become more active.
越来越多的科学证据表明,通过监测我们的身体活动, 它可以帮助我们保持做更加运动,也许更重要的是,可以变得更加活跃。 继续阅读“About monitoring physical activity and SMART”