On the last day of 2021, stay at home without going out. Use the free time on the last day of this year to think about what you have done this year and what changes you have made.

第一件事：5个月的自驾之旅

I drove out in April and returned home in September. I started from Wuxi and passed through Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Anhui, and back to Wuxi. I traveled 20,000 kilometers in 5 months.

It’s been a year since my last long-distance self-driving trip this time. The mileage and time traveled exceeded last time. It can be said that I visited several large areas of China that I wanted to visit. During this period, I was excited and depressed, and most of the time it was calm. I didn’t pursue beautiful scenery when traveling. I just traveled, stopped and walked, looked and thought, and turned travel into a way of life. In addition to rushing to see the scenery, I still tried to maintain a regular life arrangement every day, but changed the location and environment every day. During the day, in different cities, different restaurants, cafes or libraries, I would watch the people coming and going through the glass, daze, look at the streets, watch the fireworks, and experience every day in a different way. At night, I would lie alone in the car, giving my mind a chance to think calmly and rationally or have wild thoughts. This is a feeling I prefer, and for this reason, I like to travel this way.

The most pleasant and open area I have ever walked through is on the highway in the Ngari area of ​​Tibet. I got off the car and looked around. It was often broad daylight, with no cars or people around, and only a road with no end in sight. Occasionally, an eagle flew across the sky, and there were Tibetan wild donkeys in twos and threes on the grasslands on both sides of the road. In the distance, there was a thin line between heaven and earth, and everything was small.

The section of the Xin-Tibet Line from Shiquan River to Sanshili Barracks that was so tiring and desperate was the 800-kilometer section that was lifeless, with no plants, no animals, no scenery, no rest stations, only the Gobi Desert, the endless Gobi Desert. I didn’t dare to stop and rest on the beach, so I drove until midnight. At this moment, I was the only one running on the dark Xinjiang Line on a bicycle. I was moderately nervous but also relatively calm in the dark night. I arrived safely at the Sanli Barracks at two o’clock in the middle of the night, and I was finally able to camp and rest.

Xinjiang's special humanities, colorful houses, rich food, and sweet fruits comfort the hard work of the previous journey. The journey is like the journey of life, with an alternating rhythm of tension and relaxation, which enhances the gradually numb sense of life by letting people feel the contrast.

第二件事：未来规划的思考

I have established my plan for the next year, do more "useless" things, have a good experience of life without the influence of socialization, and try to return to the original intention of life. Many times, we are often led away by socialized things, get stuck in them, lose reflection, forget our original intentions, and move forward numbly. The influence of socialization has its good and bad sides. Material life continues to improve, but happiness does not. The reason is that we have forgotten some things in our excessive pursuit. It is necessary to get them back in order to no longer live up to this life.