A Normal Chinese Person’s First Half of Life: Learning to Accept Yourself

At 10, I dreamed of Tsinghua. By 18, I settled for a second-tier college. At 18, I fantasized about marrying a beautiful, wealthy woman. By 28, I faced the reality of what marriage actually costs. At 22, I pictured one promotion a year, becoming CEO in a decade, reaching the peak of success. Ten years later, I accepted the truth: savings are hard to build, jobs are hard to find, houses are hard to buy, top schools are hard to get into. And so I began the relentless cycle of pushing my child—demanding they fulfill every fantasy I never achieved, watching them silently repeat my life over twenty years... #ReadingNotes