Year2024 Greeting

今天是2023年的最后一天，不管我们给2023年贴上什么样的标签。挑战接踵，困难重重，收获颇丰……这些都是简单、枯燥、甚至无聊的概念。这就像一个没有故事的演讲。

2022年的最后一天是晴朗的，而今天上海的天气阴霾而寒冷。我在2023年的最后一天做了和以往每年最后一天类似的事情:早上打篮球，中午小睡，休息放松。

我也做了一点不同的事情:阅读了一些2023年的记录，我发现2023年不仅可见，而且令人难忘，就像一个故事。

像我这样的中年人，记性不好，但我可以告诉大家，我能清楚看到2023年的每一天我都做了什么。只是因为，我每天都把最重要的事情做了简短的记录，这个亮点就像是故事的“啊哈”时刻，它让平淡、无聊、劳累的一天变得有趣而难忘。

普通一天的精彩，可以是一个具有挑战性的项目任务，或者是一次启发性的谈话，或者是一场篮球比赛，或者是与朋友的聚会，或者是孩子的成长的欣喜，或与父母的电话的温馨…

“没有挑战的生活是什么样子?”一位同事这样告诉我。

“没有挑战的故事是什么样子?” 同样的道理也适用于一个故事。

没有压倒性的病毒和全城封锁，我们在经济上仍然面临挑战。

没有隔离在家，远程上班，我们在项目交付上仍然面临挑战。

挑战随着时间的推移而演变，而在我们探索有限人生旅程的过程中，挑战潮涌而至，无尽无穷。

而这个过程的精彩时刻，就像珍珠一样，照亮我们每一天，踏浪而行。

就像读一个故事，我们阅读了2023年，2024年将会是下一个章节。

“明天又是新的一年”，我期待看到一个健康、快乐、不那么忙碌的你们和我自己，加油！先歇一会。哈哈。

 (下面是英文版)

Year2023comes to an end no matter what we label it.

Difficult, Challenging, Fruitful… Those are concepts, just simple, dry and boring. It is like a speech without stories. 

Last day of year2022 is sunny, while today is cloudy and much colder in shanghai.  While I did the similar thing on the last day of year2023:  Played basketball game early in the morning, napped at noon, relaxed.

I did something a little different though: Read some records of year2023, and I foundyear2023 is not only visible, but also memorable, just like a story.

Amid-aged man like me has bad memories, but I can tell people, what exactly I did for each day in year2023. Just because, I took very short notes of the highlight of each single day.

And this highlight is the Story “Ah-Ha” moment, which makes a plain, boring tiring day interesting and memorable. 

It can be a challenging project task, or an enlightening conversation, or a basket ball game, or a get-together with friends, or grow-up of kid or phone call with parents.

“What’s life without a challenge?”  one colleague told me so, and same rational for a story.

“What's story without a challenge”?

Without overwhelming virus and lock-down, we still have challenges in Economy.

Without quarantine, we still have challenges in projects delivery.

Challenges evolves as time goes by.

Challenges waves in endlessly as we explore our journey with limited lifespan.

While the moments in life like the pearl shines our day.

Wesaw year2023 and will see year2024 like a new chapter of Story.

“Tomorrow is another year”, I expect to see healthy, happy, Not-so Busy YOU & ME.

Cheers, and take a rest. 

(Above is the chinses version)