A popular sociological writing about the current living conditions of young people.
This is not a book that teaches people how to reconcile themselves, nor is it a book that complains for young people. What it tries to explain is: when the old life formula is no longer stable, why ordinary people re-find their position in work, family, marriage, body, money and relationships.
In the past, studying, working, buying a house, getting married, and having children used to constitute a relatively clear life path. It is not necessarily easy, but it gives ordinary people a comprehensible order: as long as you work hard, be patient, and follow the steps, life will eventually get better. But today, education, jobs, real estate, marriage, family and intimate relationships have become more uncertain. The old order still evaluates young people, but the new risks have concretely affected individuals.
This book re-describes the life structure of this generation from the perspectives of life formula failure, nowhere to settle, the gap between the city and hometown, thinning of trust, marriage risks, physical anxiety, economic self-preservation, value revaluation and loneliness experience.
What it cares about is not why young people become fragile, but how many seemingly personal fatigue, hesitation, indifference and withdrawal become echoes of the changes of the times that fall on ordinary people.
At a deeper level, this book also asks: when a set of civilized orders that once placed people began to loosen, how can ordinary people regain the weight of their lives, and how can they continue to believe that their lives are worthy of being taken seriously in the midst of uncertainty.
Purpose: Rediscover your own meaning