So I’ve been doing some thinking lately.
I was just scrolling through domestic recruitment websites. This is the first time I have opened them since I decided to resign
Among them, I found that I was still instinctively interested in jobs like foreign trade. Then I began to think about why I left my previous foreign trade job and what my thoughts are as a newcomer to this industry who has now left.
First of all, in the third episode, I mentioned why I quit my job. It's because I really hate the nine-to-five work routine. It makes me feel trapped somewhere, in other words, trapped in a certain lifestyle. Moreover, I have found that no matter what kind of lifestyle it is, once it exceeds three months, I am bound to feel bored and even develop negative emotions such as depression or anxiety. Therefore, when I was working from nine to five, I was extremely eager for a free life. However, half a year after I quit my job, I would subconsciously and unconsciously open the recruitment app again
This sounds rather strange. Of course, this is just a pattern I've discovered that belongs to me. It sounds like someone who can't persist and can't succeed in the conventional sense. And I'm also thinking that perhaps my life state should flow, whether it's a change in content or a change in geographical location. This is also why I found that after graduation, I couldn't stay in one city for more than a year. I would always start to feel bored after about three months. Now that I have quit my job and stayed in my hometown for about four months, I have become a little numb in my heart. I have started to miss Hangzhou again - the city where I spent my four years of university. But this time I clearly know that if I choose to go back again, I will definitely want to leave in three months. Even all my previous jobs couldn't escape the three-month rule. I was always full of enthusiasm and motivation at the beginning. Even if I worked 10 hours a day, I wouldn't feel tired. But after three months…you know..
I'm still in the process of exploration. I want to transfer both my work content and form to be completed online, so that I can achieve flexible geographical relocation. But I'm still exploring exactly what kind of work content it will be, which is why I opened the recruitment apps today.
I’ve always believed foreign trade is one of China’s key industries. It has been since ancient times—just look at the Silk Road, which opened over 2,000 years ago. That’s solid proof of how long China’s been engaged in global trade.
Nowadays, china has become the world's factory. "made in china" is our reputation. However, I have always believed that China's subsequent foreign trade will pay more attention to the dissemination of spirit and culture. For example, since the release of Black Myth: Wukong last year, which has achieved huge commercial success and wide cultural influence worldwide and it also declare that the overseas potential market for Chinese cultural and creative products is so huge.
Therefore, I believe that in the future, foreign trade business personnel will not only need to have professional knowledge of products, but more importantly, they will play the role of a bridge for information exchange and dissemination between China and western countries. In the future, how to tell China's story well to foreign countries will be one of the essential abilities for a successful foreign trade professional.
In the end, any experience in life has only one function - to better understand ourselves. You know, we can't have it forever. The meaning of a lifetime is to experience. All the joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, are to bring you closest to your true self. So there's no need to follow. Everyone's life is irreplaceable.
