Life I'm Not Good At

[Editor's Recommendation] ★The award-winning works of the "Writing Around Us" record the true stories of ordinary people in the mobile era, without preaching, shouting, or being manipulated. Every day, nearly 100 million words of "life records" are written in the Xiaohongshu community, telling stories about one's own life or the people around him, ranging from joy, anger, sorrow, and joy to life and death. The 11 non-fiction works in this book originate from the "Writing Contest Around You" initiated by Xiaohongshu. These stories gather into a spectrum of ordinary people's lives in this era, making it possible for folded experiences that have not been noticed by the mainstream to be read. ★See the multiple possibilities in life and capture the "feeling of being alive" from the scene of life. A middle-aged man who started telemarketing out of desperation, a big factory man who returned to his hometown and returned to the real world, an Italian guy who wrote in Chinese to explore the world, a German student who wrote eulogies to strangers... Everyone shared their own process of finding and feeling the world and their life experiences, about anxiety, loss, the emptiness of life, and the connection between love, courage and reality. It's all about people and their vitality. ★Connect with the world through words, and face the challenges and confusions that the times bring to everyone together. "Maybe it's not a bad thing to be confused. Let me find my direction step by step." When you feel low, meaningless, and no one understands you, there are many people and the entire universe who are with you. ★Natural expression from life. Minimal freedom starts with language, and life is a good language. These narratives are both vigorous and fresh, undisciplined by mainstream voices, as well as truth and blood and tears that come close to life. "They create their own sense of language and grammar, and their verbs and nouns are full of power." ★Co-recommended by Li Jingze, Wang Di, Mao Jian, Zhang Yiwei, and Yuan Ling. [Introduction] This book contains 11 true stories, recording the real life of ordinary people in the mobile era, ranging from joys and sorrows to life and death. Some people told the story of "annoying others" while doing telemarketing at the age of thirty-four, using humor to poke fun at the tearing and helplessness in life; someone accidentally started an alternative job - writing eulogies for strangers, and after writing more than 40 eulogies, he discovered that "people who have not lived fully are most afraid of death." ; A writer who is nearly 70 years old used 14,389 words to recall the past with his wife. Writing is also to sort out the inner order; a young man from Italy has lived in China for six years, experiencing the challenges and confusion that the times have given to all young people. These stories share the process and life experiences of different people searching for and feeling the world, about anxiety, loss, the emptiness of life, as well as the connection between love, courage and truth. Looking for solidity in confusion and swing, and seeing the space of emotion in the rational system of society, they record the multiple possibilities of a person's life in the world, and the moments when the boundaries of understanding melt overhead. Minimal freedom starts with language, and life is a good language. [About the author] In 2024, Xiaohongshu launched the "Writing Contest Around You", inviting ordinary creators to record the stories around them, hoping to keep a place for words in the era of videos and images.