有件事真的很恐怖：2019年已经过去了7个月。

One thing is really scary: seven months have passed since 2019.

7个月的时间，感觉就是眼睛一睁一闭而已。记得年初时，许多朋友在朋友圈晒出自己的计划，宏大壮烈，吓得我一身冷汗，以为自己要在2019年被同龄人抛弃了。

For seven months, it feels like the eyes are open and closed. I remember that at the beginning of the year, many friends in the circle of friends exposed their plans, magnificent, frightened me into a cold sweat, thinking that they will be abandoned by their peers in 2019.

可半年多过去了，他们并没有什么明显的变化。依旧上班在公司打卡，下班在朋友圈转发各种文章，偶尔立立flag，也不太介意被自己打脸。

But more than half a year later, they have not changed significantly. Still working in the company to punch in, after work in the circle of friends to forward various articles, occasionally set up flag, also do not mind being hit by their own face.

我们都习惯了，生活中，太多人间歇性踌躇满志。自从有了朋友圈，好像每个人都变得很努力。有人运动打卡，有人英语打卡，有人读书打卡，努力并且坚持。

We're all used to it. Too many people in our lives hesitate intermittently. Everyone seems to be working hard since they have a circle of friends. Some people punch in sports, some in English, some in reading, trying and sticking to it.

坚持了多久不重要，反正会有新的人接力。

It doesn't matter how long it lasts, there will be a new relay anyway.

只是，时间久了，我们都知道了，这不过是一场表演，节目的名字叫“努力到感动自己”。

But, for a long time, we all know that this is just a performance, the name of the program is "to work hard to move themselves".

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曾经有个朋友，在朋友圈打卡学英语100多天。

Once there was a friend who spent more than 100 days learning English by punching in a circle of friends.

起初几天，她发在朋友圈的每日一句“英语名言朗诵”并没有引起什么注意，反正朋友圈晒努力的人那么多，不缺她一个。

In the first few days, her daily "English famous quotation recitation" in the circle of friends did not attract much attention. Anyway, there are so many people who work hard in the circle of friends that she is not short of one.

过了十几天，她还在坚持，热情不减。渐渐的，我们共同的好友开始讨论她、佩服她，并且坚持每天给她点赞。

After more than ten days, she was still persistent and enthusiastic. Gradually, our mutual friends began to talk about her, admire her, and insist on giving her compliments every day.

大概在七十多天时，她的女儿也加入进来。她感慨，原来一个人的努力有那么大的感染力，看到女儿的加入，她更有力量了。

About seventy days later, her daughter joined in. She lamented that a person's efforts had so much appeal, and saw her daughter's participation, she was more powerful.

人的注意力总是愿意给新奇事物。习惯了她的朋友圈打卡，大家就都没再关注了。等我再想起来已经是半年后，特意去翻她的朋友圈，发现英语打卡已经断更很久。私聊才知道，她早就不学了。

People's attention is always willing to give novelty. Having been used to punching in her circle of friends, everybody no longer pays attention to it. When I recalled that it was half a year later, I went to her circle of friends and found that the English punching had been interrupted for a long time. It was only through private conversation that she had long since stopped learning.

开始是忙，后来懒得学了。她说学了也不知道有什么用，最开始只是觉得打卡好玩，后来是为了让大家点赞。大家不再赞她以后，她没多久就放弃了。而之前学会的，也忘得差不多了。

At first it was busy, but later it was too lazy to learn. She said that she did not know what use it was. At first, she just thought it was fun to punch cards. Later, she said it was for everyone to praise her. She gave up soon after everyone stopped praising her. What I learned before is almost forgotten.

有些“努力”，的确能感动自己，甚至还感动了朋友圈。可是，如果不明白为什么努力，最终，都会沦为一场“表演”。

Some "efforts" can really move themselves and even the circle of friends. However, if you don't understand why you work hard, you will eventually become a "show".

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生活中有太多这样的例子：有些天天在朋友圈晒习题、秀口语练习的大学生，到了大四甚至研究生阶段都没过六级。过了的，反而常常是那些闷声不响、默默努力的人；

There are many such examples in life: some college students who practice in the circle of friends and show oral English everyday have not passed CET-6 in their senior year or even in their postgraduate period. Passed, but often those silent, silent efforts;

有些在朋友圈“表演”减肥的朋友，往往是越减越胖。而真正能实现身材逆袭的，常常是那些朋友圈寂寂无声却默默运动的人。

Some friends who "perform" in the circle of friends to lose weight tend to lose weight more and more. And those who can really achieve a body retrogression are often the silent but silent movement of the circle of friends.

努力，从来不是表演出来的，是践行出来的。所以，不用假装很努力，因为结果不会陪着你演戏。

Efforts are never performed, but practiced. So don't pretend to work hard, because the result won't accompany you.

最近，一个多年没联系的同学来京，约我出去聚聚。知道他是来出差，可见了面才知道，他居然是以老板的身份来出差。三年前在广州开了公司，现在业务已经拓展到了北京。

Recently, a classmate who hadn't contacted for many years came to Beijing and asked me to go out for a party. Knowing that he was on a business trip, only when he saw him did he know that he was actually on a business trip as a boss. We opened our company in Guangzhou three years ago, and now our business has expanded to Beijing.

惊讶于他的低调，问他为什么事业做到这么大，却从来没见他晒过。他答：“这有什么好晒的，创业是实打实的苦战，又不是表演。”

Surprised by his low profile, he asked him why he had done so much, but never seen him sunburn. He answered, "What's good about this? Starting a business is a solid struggle, not a performance."

他跟我讲了许多创业过程中的辛苦：他曾骑着电动车在各个街区发宣传单，随身携带充电线，一天里要停下来充电两次。等着充电时，就在小饭馆顺便填饱肚子；他曾在冬天猫在大客户家楼下等几个小时，好几次被小区保安驱逐。后来冻到感冒，才最终等到了那位客户，却还是没能接到那个单子……

He told me a lot about the hard work of starting a business: he used to ride an electric bicycle to distribute leaflets in every block, carry a charging line with him, and stop to recharge twice a day. Waiting for recharging, he fills his stomach in a small restaurant; he was evicted by security guards several times in winter when cats were waiting for hours downstairs from big customers. Later, it was frozen to catch a cold and finally waited for the customer, but still failed to receive the list...

我打趣道，“这要是发在朋友圈，得感动哭多少人啊？”

I joked, "How many people will cry if it's in the circle of friends?"

他说：“如果公司没能开到今天，我对谁都不会说出这些……”

He said, "If the company doesn't open today, I won't say that to anyone..."

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所以你看，你根本不需要假装自己有多么努力。努力是一个过程，努力的结果里，自然藏着你的付出。

So you see, you don't need to pretend you're working so hard at all. Effort is a process, the result of which naturally hides your efforts.

所以，如果你真的想要达成某个目标，最好是将目标一步一步拆解，然后踏踏实实一个一个去攻破。

So, if you really want to achieve a goal, it's better to break it down step by step, and then go down one by one.

进一步，就会有进一步的欢喜。

Further, there will be further joy.

对努力最好的赞赏，不是朋友圈的点赞，而是结果的完满。

The best appreciation of effort is not the praise of the circle of friends, but the completion of the results.

你我共勉。

You and I share.

来源：读者（ID：duzheweixin）| 作者：冯尘