PS: No matter how perfect the plan is, it will ultimately fail due to lack of self-discipline.
Recently, the term "996" has been trending, but fortunately, I haven't experienced it. To be honest, I don't want to experience it either. I think if it's not mandatory, sometimes it can be acceptable. People just don't like things that are imposed on them. The more something is forced, the more it will be rejected by people. The best state is to voluntarily engage in 996, so that employees can truly work for their jobs.
After work, looking at the books I once vowed to read, I don't know where to start. I have actually read very few of them. Every time at this moment, I pick up my phone and scroll through it until late at night, often resulting in staying up late and feeling tired the next day. I have come to a conclusion that whenever I am in this state, it is the beginning of confusion. Most of the time, it is because my current work and life are in the comfort zone.
When this state occurs, you can refer to Professor Howard McLasky's "Survival Margin Model" in adult education, which states that a person always seeks balance between the energy they need and the energy they can provide. A person's survival margin is equal to their survival power divided by their survival load. When a person's survival load exceeds their survival power, there is almost no survival margin left to do other things. This results in no time, no energy, and no motivation to do what you want to do. Excessive use of social media, reading headlines, and binge-watching TV shows all contribute to a certain survival load, while survival power includes self-control and the experience and skills you have accumulated in your life and work. Therefore, you should not stay in your comfort zone too often. You should try to increase your survival power and reduce your survival load, so that you will have more survival margin to do what you want to do.
There is a junior fellow student in the same major who couldn't find a job after graduation. He started attending Java training since July last year, and we had dinner together last Monday. He still hasn't found a suitable job. I took a look at his resume and there was nothing on it. I even offered to help him review his resume, and I really don't know how he is looking for a job. It seems like he attended the training simply because he couldn't find a suitable job after graduation. Everyone will encounter difficulties at some point in time. When you are confused, try to find something meaningful that you can be certain about.
I have also experienced this kind of confusion. I remember when I was looking for a job for the first time, the basic state was that without any interviews, I needed to solidify my foundation. After interviews, I needed to actively summarize the interview experience. Opportunities are always given to prepared individuals. The more you put in, the sooner or later it will be rewarded in a different way. You should never rely on luck or others. I hope he can find a job soon.
Speaking of work, I have been reading the Android Jetpack documentation recently and found that the official examples are all written in Kotlin, which is quite confusing. I didn't expect Kotlin to become popular so quickly, but actually, it's not fast. This feeling mainly stems from the fact that I haven't used Kotlin yet. In fact, at the 2017 Google I/O conference, Google announced official support for Kotlin in Android development. No one knows when Google will completely abandon Java, but I believe it will be a process. However, as developers, we should start learning Kotlin as soon as possible in order to better adapt to the development of technology. Of course, I will continue to share some knowledge related to Kotlin in the future.
At some point, you may also feel lost, but you must reflect on your own life situation after feeling lost and find things that interest you. It doesn't have to be related to your job, it can be reading, painting, watching documentaries, or any other meaningful activities. In short, you should not choose to escape when you are confused.