Thank You, 2017!

 

The year 2017 means so much to me.

in that year I got a lot of lessons.  I started to understand how to bring care to myself. I learned I should be responsible for mine because none would do that better than myself. I understood that something I had isn't as beautiful as what I thought before. Also,  real life isn’t as pretty as the series I have watched.

 

Year 2017 has encouraged me.

At the time, I learned to move on from the past. I should forget about someone who went without any clue where he’d gone. I thought I will have a nice circumstance without meeting him anymore. I have some new friends, I got better prosperity for my next carrier level. And, finally, I would come to him with the new version of me. I keep upgrading myself for it.

Year 2017. I met lots of inspiring people. I worked with an amazing team, and I had a cooperative manager and bosses. Recently, I keep comparing her work with the current’s, or the previous ones. They are having lots of differences. I don’t talk about gender, however, they have different performances. I will share more about it later.

Year 2017.  At the time I was happy and feel relieved. I didn’t think about him anymore. I am just like I forget that I was looking for him in the city. All the things I did: work, work, work, study, and study. So, I didn’t have to miss him anymore.  I got precious work experiences and I got a new skill: upgrading my Chinese. That was my super quality moment. On other hand, I didn’t meet him, and I got million valuable experiences in the city in 2017.

Year 2017. For the first time, I encouraged myself to go somewhere just by myself. I took the public bus, went to the shopping malls by myself, had a meal, and took a picture by myself, as well. I could do everything just by myself. I was only dreaming to meet you once while I am alone at the moment. But, I never see you there.

A year later, I have just known that you are overseas to study. You struggle hard to get your degree. Finally, you got it! Congratulation! Then, you come back to your home country. You are in the city, but I am not there anymore. I came back to the city where used to we meet for the first time. Don’t you remember where I stay?

Furthermore, life in 2017 in the big city has been changed me a lot. I think I’ve been growing up since that time. Even though I failed to remove him from my mind, I won’t regret it. Because now I know how to act it positively. He is one of my biggest motivators so far.

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