Just a few straight-talking reminders. These words are only for the brothers and sisters who are truly close to me.
1. Unless it is absolutely necessary, do not publicly weigh in on the heated social topics being argued about around you. Whatever thoughts and opinions you hold — keep them in your own heart. Don’t put them out there, and don’t expect anyone else to agree with you. You never know when something you once said might become the excuse someone uses to cut ties with you — or worse, to stab you in the back later. When others are arguing and the topic makes you deeply uncomfortable, just smile, nod along, and don’t take it personally.
You must never allow yourself to wallow too deeply in a “low period” — especially not to the point where the times and circumstances strip you of your fighting spirit.
Understand this: everyone, without exception, will go through stretches of embarrassing, face-in-the-mud days due to factors beyond their control.
But the harder the days, the less you can afford to dwell on them.
Think of a child who has fallen down. The one who sits there wailing, waiting for their parents to rush over and lift them up — that child is destined to lose in life to the one who stands back up on their own, eyes red, jaw clenched.
I’m sorry — today’s schedule has been packed with one thing after another, so I haven’t been able to settle down and write a proper article.
But something completely unexpected happened, a small surprise that caught me off guard: due to a miscalculation, I somehow blew past my fitness ceiling and managed to bench press 110kg for a working set.
I still remember how, for the past couple of years, being constantly busy kept me stuck under a 100kg ceiling for multiple reps — no matter what I tried. Today, it just happened, almost without thinking.
When it comes to Mid-Autumn Festival greetings, I must be among the very last.
But that’s alright — after all, this won’t be the only Mid-Autumn Festival we share. We have three years, five years, ten years, perhaps even a lifetime of these festivals still ahead of us. [sneaky grin] Sometimes, gazing up at the sky on a night like this, you can glean a deeper truth — what people call the “Way of Heaven.”
Let me share a little story — take it as a joke if you like.
I’m in very few WeChat groups. Count them on my fingers and there are maybe seven or eight at most.
I, Master Chi, have a deep aversion to “useless information” — especially the repetitive small-talk of daily life, which is the content I find most insufferable. So the moment any group starts drifting in that direction, I leave without hesitation.
Let me start with something genuinely interesting that happened last week. While I was in Macau taking care of business, I got “ambushed” by a young woman whose destiny chart I had read four years ago.
The whole thing played out in a pretty entertaining way. Before I left for Macau, she had expressed — repeatedly — her enthusiasm about giving me a proper reception. I made my position equally clear: “Your kind intentions are received. Please, spare the expense.”
I’ll be honest — I’ve tried more than once to take a quiet break, but I simply can’t resist the warm expectations you all have for me.
After yesterday’s article, many of you left messages asking me to talk about “how to get through this particular stretch of time.”
So here we are — let’s talk.
But let’s make a deal first: after this piece, give me some peace until after the 11th. These past two years I’ve had precious little time that’s truly my own — fair enough?
Honestly, I — Master Chi — had originally planned to take a break from writing for a couple of weeks. Use the time to read, and sort through some business and investment matters.
But as it turned out, on the very first day I set down my pen, I woke up to three consecutive reports of horrific social tragedies — each one unfolding in places we pass through in our ordinary daily lives.
Let’s start by talking about what kind of woman is most easily trapped at the bottom — then we’ll get into how to fight back against fate.
One thing to note upfront: today’s article is particularly brutal. It is not suitable for readers with weak personalities or timid, fearful dispositions. I’m telling you this now.
First — this type of woman is generally emotionally unstable. So in daily life, the moment anything trivial comes up — something that could easily be handled in passing — she’ll overreact, panic, or completely fall apart.
As is my custom, let me have a heart-to-heart with you first — then I’ll walk through the purpose and use of each image in detail.
A person must read the times and understand the bigger picture. Take 2024 — whether you look at it objectively or through the lens of Chinese metaphysics (xuanxue), it simply isn’t a year of great ascent in the traditional sense.
What do I mean by that?