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I just graduated from college, had a 3 month medical vacation(Back surgery) in China, during which I stayed with my father's family, and I just came back to the states last week.
During my 3 month stay in China, all I can do was reading books and think about my future ventures, I read the TFM, really opened my eyes and thoughts, then processed to read a lot more. During my college time, I had an internship at a company which the CEO shared his reading list, and from that list I was able to get a lot good books to read, including books such as "Zero to one", "The hard things about hard things", then a lot more books from people on this forum. I was motivated even though I had to stay on bed to rest my back from the surgery for most of the time, I found out I really enjoyed to read, and from reading books written for a certain purpose, I can surely gain a lot of insights and eventually get ahead in life.
There was also the issue of scarcity, as many of you might know, China is still in the developmental stage of a third world economy, during my 3 month stay, I saw how my family in China was living (Or surviving), life is a lot different, not just because it is a different culture, but because my family had to really plan everything out, and mostly, trying hard to maintain a good personal relationship with everyone around my family, as many Chinese here will tell you, without "Guan Xi"(Personal relationship management), your life will go nowhere in China. The roads and infrastructure was also years behind compare to the US, there are way too many people sharing way too few resources (Relative to the US). The internet in China is not that useful as well, as it is a semi-state controlled media carrier, it can not be used as a resource for free information as well as here in the US.
Last week I finally ended my vacation and here I am in the US, I am still amazed at the level of abundance my life has here. Everything was within my reach, for a relatively small cost to me, the roads, buildings and everything around me is nicely build and run, with no need for complex plannings to get things done. I have fast internet at home which grants me access to every free information/learning tools I need, however, I already starts to feel like I have too much choices at my hands, and the level of abundance is making me feel like I am living in a womb, compare to my life in China for the past 3 month. I used to think Los Angeles is too crowded and with too many cars on the road, but compare to China, LA probably has less than half of the density of cars and people which makes me feel like the streets are empty here. It's been less than a week since I got back and I already feel like I am starts to becoming lazy. It's not like my own life situation is set, I am still recovering from the surgery and living with my family here, and is likely need to find a way to make a living soon enough, however the level of abundance around me is already making me feel like my life is set, which is clearly not.
TL,DR: Lived in China with scarcity for 3 month, was motivated to read books and think, now that I came back to the states, lived in abundance for less than a week, and is already losing motivation. What should I do to keep my drive going?
During my 3 month stay in China, all I can do was reading books and think about my future ventures, I read the TFM, really opened my eyes and thoughts, then processed to read a lot more. During my college time, I had an internship at a company which the CEO shared his reading list, and from that list I was able to get a lot good books to read, including books such as "Zero to one", "The hard things about hard things", then a lot more books from people on this forum. I was motivated even though I had to stay on bed to rest my back from the surgery for most of the time, I found out I really enjoyed to read, and from reading books written for a certain purpose, I can surely gain a lot of insights and eventually get ahead in life.
There was also the issue of scarcity, as many of you might know, China is still in the developmental stage of a third world economy, during my 3 month stay, I saw how my family in China was living (Or surviving), life is a lot different, not just because it is a different culture, but because my family had to really plan everything out, and mostly, trying hard to maintain a good personal relationship with everyone around my family, as many Chinese here will tell you, without "Guan Xi"(Personal relationship management), your life will go nowhere in China. The roads and infrastructure was also years behind compare to the US, there are way too many people sharing way too few resources (Relative to the US). The internet in China is not that useful as well, as it is a semi-state controlled media carrier, it can not be used as a resource for free information as well as here in the US.
Last week I finally ended my vacation and here I am in the US, I am still amazed at the level of abundance my life has here. Everything was within my reach, for a relatively small cost to me, the roads, buildings and everything around me is nicely build and run, with no need for complex plannings to get things done. I have fast internet at home which grants me access to every free information/learning tools I need, however, I already starts to feel like I have too much choices at my hands, and the level of abundance is making me feel like I am living in a womb, compare to my life in China for the past 3 month. I used to think Los Angeles is too crowded and with too many cars on the road, but compare to China, LA probably has less than half of the density of cars and people which makes me feel like the streets are empty here. It's been less than a week since I got back and I already feel like I am starts to becoming lazy. It's not like my own life situation is set, I am still recovering from the surgery and living with my family here, and is likely need to find a way to make a living soon enough, however the level of abundance around me is already making me feel like my life is set, which is clearly not.
TL,DR: Lived in China with scarcity for 3 month, was motivated to read books and think, now that I came back to the states, lived in abundance for less than a week, and is already losing motivation. What should I do to keep my drive going?
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