夏令时。
周六晚上少睡一个小时，总感觉特别亏。
今天出门散步，晚上八点多太阳也没完全落山，又感觉赚了。
一不小心，三月就过去了。
上次说到一月和二月沉浸式的卷工作，我看了下日历，四月五月各种出差各种deadline，又要忙到飞起。于是最近我稍微歇了口气，去了一次海边，骑了车，玩了几个新游戏，也研究了一些新菜式，食欲也在变好。
上周看了米兰圣雷诺的比赛，跌宕起伏，酣畅淋漓，好莱坞大片的剧本都不敢这么安排。真的很燃，看完之后立刻出门骑了一圈。
虽然但是，开春之后的骑车活动要面临各种艰难险阻。
比如无处安放的冬歇期之后的屁股。
比如又到了春暖花开且过敏的季节。
比如上周热到穿短裤这周又需要把冬季羊毛骑行服翻出来。
比如社区又给自行车道安装了很多小铁门，大概是为了给滑板车限速吧，我本来就刷不出来速度这又更加磕磕绊绊了。
Anyway，万事开头难，凡事有开头，连绵不断，接二连三。
然后就看到了张雪峰心源性猝死的新闻。还挺感慨的。心源性猝死，我理解就是心脏的负担太大了突然就嘎了。
去年我还因为某些早期症状去查了一堆，心脏彩超动态心电图什么的，所幸结果还不错，没有大毛病，无需治疗。医生给的建议就是，别熬夜，多睡觉，不要太累。听起来好像很简单，实现起来就有点难。
我从小到大都是一个睡眠质量很好的人，小时候就不用说了，到现在哪怕邻居装修开电钻楼下打孩子嗷嗷哭我都不会醒的，甚至可以随地大小睡，1小时20分钟的航班我都会在飞机上睡一会儿。听起来好像在凡尔赛，但还真不是。睡得死就说明起床很困难，手机上通常有四五个连续闹钟，遇到要赶早上航班的时候总是很痛苦。另一方面我又需要比正常人更多的睡眠时间，于是我总是睡不够觉。据不完全统计，周围的同事朋友们大部分每天就睡六七个小时，甚至还有五个小时的。我大概还是需要睡够九个小时，所以当我只睡七八个小时就会很困。总结，多睡觉这件事其实很难实现，因为没时间。
另外，今年的新年愿望之一就是别熬夜，结果一月都没过完就放弃了。因为这些开不完的online会议时间太坑了，似乎在退休之前都没戏了。
（啥时候能退休呢）
最后拆解一下简简单单的四个字，不要太累。
累这件事儿主要可以分为身体累和心累。据不完全统计啊，身边的同龄人大多数是心累，比如担心公司会不会裁员，比如疲于应付sb领导，比如操心孩子的升学问题，比如父母生病，比如纠结要不要离婚，等等等等。这些问题都不是那种今天努力卷一卷明天就能解决的，长期卡在这种解决不了又使不上劲儿，使上了劲儿又出了其他的幺蛾子的困境当中，就会觉得很累。心累得厉害了又会引起各种心理问题，严重的话还挺糟糕。
有些人会选择用身体上的累对抗心累，比如跑马拉松，比如撸铁。也不能说没用吧，多少还是有积极意义的，但是解决不了累的源头。而且累的时候不建议户外运动，尤其是登山徒步这种，不小心就会上神秘园频道。
缓解心累的终极办法就是给生活做减法，或者是选择一条相对简单的人生道路。可说可不说的话，那就不说。可去可不去的饭局，那就不去。模棱两可的关系，那就先不琢磨了。解决不了的问题，那就不解决。想的事情少了，心就不那么累了。
很多人总是会说，我没得选啊，这些都减不掉啊。虽然但是，其实很多事情都还是可以选的，只要你看清生活的本质，只要你敢于选择。
身体累倒没那么复杂，就是一个优先级排序的问题。年轻的时候未来要比健康更重要，所以可以牺牲健康换取更好的未来，熬一熬拼一拼。现在又是另一种排序了，此时此刻手头的文稿比健康更重要吗？显然是健康更重要，于是我电脑一关麻溜躺下，睡一觉先。
明日复明日，明日何其多。
其实单看这两句诗是有指导意义的，可以从躺的角度来理解，不是非要从卷的角度来理解。万事成蹉跎又怕什么呢，大家最终都蹉跎。三月的最后一天，我要躺着等春天来。
CEST.
Sleeping an hour less on Saturday night always feels like a big loss.
Going for a walk today, and the sun wasn’t completely setting by 8 pm, ok, now felt like a revenge.
March is already done before I knew it.
Last time I mentioned about my super tight work schedule of January and February, and now looking at the calendar, April and May are packed with business trips and deadlines — it’ll be incredibly busy again. So recently I took a short break, went to the beach, went cycling, played a few new video games, and even tried some new recipes; my appetite is improving too (GOOD!).
Last week I watched the Milan-San Reno match—it was thrilling, exciting, and even Hollywood blockbusters wouldn’t dare to script it like that. It was truly exhilarating, and I immediately went out for a ride afterward.
However, cycling after spring will face various challenges.
For example, I feel like no place to put my butt after the winter break.
For example, it’s springtime again, bringing with it the allergy season.
For example, last week it was so hot I had to wear shorts, and this week I have to dig out my winter wool cycling jacket, again.
For example, the local gov installed a lot of small metal gates on the bike lanes, probably to limit the speed of scooters. I already can’t get a high speed, and now it’s even more bumpy.
Anyway, everything is difficult at the beginning, but once you start, it keeps coming, one after another.
Then I saw the news about Zhang Xuefeng’s sudden cardiac death. It was quite shocking. Sudden cardiac death, as I understand it, means the heart is under too much strain and suddenly stops.
Last year, I had a lot of medical tests done because of some early symptoms—echoic echocardiography, Holter monitoring, etc. Fortunately, the results were good; no major problems, no treatment needed. The doctor’s advice was: don’t stay up late, get good sleep, and don’t overload yourself. It sounds simple, but it’s a bit difficult to achieve.
I’ve always been a very good sleeper. As a child, it was a given, and even now, I wouldn’t wake up even if my neighbor was drilling his wall and my neighbors’s child was crying loudly downstairs. I can even take a nap anywhere, e.g., I’ll even sleep on a 1 hour 20 minute flight. It sounds like I’m doing some showoff, but it’s really not. Being a good sleeper means waking up is difficult; I usually have four or five alarms on my phone, and it’s always painful when I need to catch an early flight. On the other hand, I need more sleep than the average person, so I’m always sleep-deprived. According to my rough estimate, most of my colleagues and friends only sleep six or seven hours a day, some even five. I probably still need nine hours, so I get very tired after only seven or eight hours. In short, getting ENOUGH sleep is actually very difficult because I don’t have the time.
Also, one of my New Year’s goal of this year was to stop staying up late, but I gave up before January was even over. These endless online meetings are just too much; it seems like I won’t be able to do it until I retire 🙁
(When can I retire?)
Finally, let’s break it down into four simple words: Don’t overwork yourself.
Tiredness can be mainly divided into physical and mental fatigue. According to incomplete statistics, most of my peers/friends are mentally fatigued. For example, worrying about company layoffs, dealing with incompetent bosses, fretting about their children’s schooling, parents’ illness, or agonizing over divorce, etc. These problems aren’t the kind that can be solved overnight. Being stuck in this predicament—unable to solve them, yet unable to exert any effort, and then encountering other unexpected problems—leads to exhaustion. Severe mental fatigue can cause various psychological issues, which can be quite serious.
Some people choose to combat mental fatigue with physical exertion, such as running marathons or weightlifting. It’s not entirely useless; it has some positive effects, but it doesn’t address the root cause of the fatigue. Furthermore, outdoor exercise, especially hiking and trekking, is not recommended when you’re tired; you might accidentally end up on the newpaper.
The ultimate way to relieve mental fatigue is to simplify your life, or choose a relatively simpler path. If something is optional, then don’t do it. If a dinner party is optional, then don’t go. If a relationship is ambiguous, then don’t dwell on it. If a problem can’t be solved, then don’t solve it. The less you think, the lighter you will feel
Many people always say, “I have no choice, I can’t cut these things.” However, many things are actually choices, as long as you see the essence of life and dare to choose.
Physical fatigue isn’t that complicated; it’s a matter of priorities. When you’re young, the future is more important than health, so you can sacrifice health for a better future, persevere, and strive. Now, the priorities are different. Is the documents in my hand more important than my health right now? Obviously, health is more important, so I turn off my computer, lie down, and get some sleep.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are!
Actually, these lines of poetry are quite instructive; they can be understood from the perspective of lying down, not necessarily from the perspective of sitting up. Don’t be afaid that you will be late. Everyone and everything eventually delays.
On the last day of March, I’m going to lie down and wait for spring to come.
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