A Letter to Adolescent Children: Doing Things You Love

A few days ago, Mom asked you, what do you want to do when you grow up. You replied to her, ‘Just like dad, do what you love.

‘. In this first letter, I want to talk to you about how to do what you love. You may think that doing what you love is just like liking it and doing it is done, isn’t it.

It’s quite simple. In fact, this matter is not that simple. If you don’t believe it, you can interview or observe people around you.

First, ask your classmates if they want to do what they love for the rest of their lives. I guess the vast majority of students do.

Then you go ask the adults you know, do you do what you love every day. Is your job something you enjoy.

See how they respond. It is easy to notice that there is a huge gap between wanting to do what we love and actually doing what we love.

The vast majority of people cannot overcome it, and there are very few who can do what they love for a lifetime.

Even many people, starting from your age, have given up. Can you try asking your classmate if he likes today’s homework.

Is it something he wants to write himself. If not, why did he write it. Of course, there will be many reasons, such as having to submit today, doing homework after studying, or not doing it, otherwise the teacher or parents will criticize him, and so on.

These reasons are valid, but it’s not like that. Adults are the same, some jobs are on an assembly line, and the people behind are waiting for you, so you don’t have to worry about whether you like them or not.

Some jobs are for earning money, supporting their families, and they don’t care whether they like it or not.

There are many, many reasons that are more urgent, important, and have a higher priority than liking oneself, and then liking is gradually pushed back, perhaps never getting on board.

Looking back, I realize that each of these things is something I truly enjoy doing. Do you have any classmates like this.

He doesn’t like attending classes, doing homework, or taking exams, but he has to deal with these things every day.

Do you have it or not. Now you can understand where the difficulty lies in doing what you love, right.

Then what shall I do. How can I always choose what I like. You just need to do what you love well enough to sustain you.

You see, no one would ask pianist Lang Lang if his math grades are good or if Yao Ming’s reading comprehension is correct.

Of course, these are all celebrities, and they don’t even need to do it so well. As long as your passion can benefit others, it’s enough.

Pay attention to this standard, it is beneficial for others, which is the watershed for choosing to do what you like.

If a person likes playing games, can he play games every day. He cannot do it because he cannot support himself.

Unless he can make others willing to pay to watch him play, many game streamers are like this. Dad started paying attention to education when you were in elementary school.

Did I come home after working for more than ten hours every day, exhausted and accompanying you to learn and understand this industry, or did I spend all my time investing in it.

It all depends on how much I love education, whether I can be beneficial to others, and whether someone is willing to pay for it.

So, to do something you love, you need to go crazy and fully devote yourself to it, so that it can support your choices and become your confidence.

It can allow you to face the secular perspective, make you brave, and dare to say no to things and people you don’t like.

It is not normal for people to do and not do things. You must first have a choice. If you don’t have a choice, you are not independent, incapable, and have no control over yourself.

Whether you can do it or not, you must do it. So I hope to see that you truly love and devote yourself to doing something you enjoy, doing it for your own benefit.

No matter what it is, I will support you. In fact, if you enjoy doing something and then invest in it, you will grow and gain from it, and then love it even more.

This is a natural positive cycle. Why, then, are the vast majority of people unable to enter this positive cycle.

Because from the beginning, his first foot did not step in, which was the adolescence of forming independent thinking, which is now, present.

He has never seen true love in reality. His parents and teachers taught him what you should do and what you must do.

He rarely considers what he loves to do. The pressure from his parents and studies makes him think about what he doesn’t like to do every day.

This homework is so tedious, I don’t want to do it and have to do it. The teacher criticized me today, it must be because I didn’t do well.

I need to correct it tomorrow. I have an exam next week and I don’t want to review. What should I do.

My classmates spread gossip about me, and I feel so distressed. I think about these things every day.

You should know that whether it’s accepting, avoiding, or resisting, they may seem very different, but in fact they are all the same.

They are all about paying attention to external pressure, and they are not genuine or passionate. I want to tell you, it’s not important what you don’t love, don’t worry about them, just deal with them, what you love and what you want to do are important.

Didn’t you say you like mathematics. What do you like. Is it an unfamiliar concept, the pleasure of understanding it.

Is it a difficult problem. After much contemplation, one cannot come up with a solution. The feeling of wanting to uncover the mystery and see the answer, but enduring not looking, is the satisfaction of finally solving it.

Is it the kind of satisfaction that comes from finding oneself stronger when looking at a question that I used to find difficult and hard, and then seeing it again after a while.

Yes, just chase this feeling. Don’t wait until the future to do what you love. I hope you can do what you love every day from now on.