@2022.12.31 20:37
2022 is really coming to an end, even though it still feels unbelievable at this moment.
No matter what, 2022 cannot be said to be missed. This year has seen too many bad things happen, the world has fallen into an abyss, and many people have experienced pain.
But this year has been so special for me. After experiencing confusion in the first half of 2020 and struggle in the second half, trying to give in and give up leaving in 2021, I finally became myself again in 2022 and gradually learned to coexist peacefully with myself and the world.
Community: From BBS to Discord#
This year, I started my second web surfing in life and often felt like I was back 20 years ago.
Back then, my friends and I hung out together all the time, chatting, sharing movies and music, and enjoying watermelons, popsicles, and dumpling soup. There was only this between people, each person was just themselves, and I enjoyed this simplicity. Now, I still open the community every day when I wake up, read every new message, say good morning to my friends, share my feelings at the end of the day, discuss web3 and DAO, talk about projects, philosophy, and art.
Now it's COVID-19, back then it was SARS. SARS left me with open-book exams and being forced to be with classmates every day, on the playground and the grass, on forums and online radio. COVID-19 has left me with home isolation, everything has moved online, everyone knows what remote work is, I have met many young, smart, and enthusiastic new friends, and there is a utopia-like Dali.
I like the freedom of hiding behind a name and avatar in online communities. There is no need to feel sorry for taking up someone's time, assuming that everyone has enough curiosity to start a conversation at any time. I enjoy chatting with you, and I hope we can continue next time. Today, I had a great conversation with an online friend about xxx topic, it was so wonderful, chatting makes me happy. I have an interesting idea and I want to hear your opinion. Only in the community do I feel like an interesting person, interested in everything and willing to participate.
There is no doubt that I love the community, I am a community person.
Input and Output: Conversations and Good Luck#
Input is conversation
In 2022, I read very little, and the main source of input is the community. Reading is a conversation with the author, so why not have a direct conversation with people?
This year, because of the community, I had conversations with many people, and joining K's public theater research group made my web3 journey very special. Of course, I don't mean that the community can replace reading, but I see the possibility of combining content and community. This will be realized as the community project Nomland*.
Good luck comes from persistence in writing!
The output in 2022 can be simply divided into: writing and heartfelt conversations.
Most of the good luck this year is attributed to writing. Although I didn't write many articles, each one brought me far more than expected returns. Even because I wanted to write more with the community, the community project dAgora* was born.
Other good luck comes from boo's Ada-style heartfelt conversations. Whether it's text, voice, or offline, I repeatedly talk about my ideas for the community and products without considering the cost, and I really met many sincere friends in this way.
Additional notes:
- Nomland is a planned content community, expected to achieve the goal of helping more communities build libraries in Q1 2023.
- dAgora is a product that turns community discussions into co-creation through Product Community Fit.
- "Why Everyone Should Write (Outline)"
Creation: Everything Happens Naturally#
- Joined the project planning in spring and finally completed the demo of join3 at the end of the year.
- Initiated the dDAO community, a sociological experiment exploring progressive decentralized governance, which is still ongoing.
- Teamed up with the community to sign up for seedclub SC05 with dToys, and finally created a decentralized distribution tool: Little Red Flower bot. The process was the biggest gain.
- Explored PCF's product attempt dAgora, the demo has been running steadily for three months, and the MVP is still ongoing. Won first place in a Hackathon.
- Inspired by the community's discussion on decentralized Douban, the independent project Nomland is about to be launched.
- Continuously paying attention to the web3 Social direction, the personal social token project "Jin Nang" has completed the first version of product design.
Love: Unexpected Beauty#
This year, I met many new friends online and offline, most of whom are very young. Being with them, I greedily enjoy the beauty of youth: vitality, enthusiasm, openness, and inclusiveness, as if always ready to embrace the unknown. Being among them often makes me feel ashamed of myself, seeing my own impurities, but also feeling my own recovery every day.
The external world is constantly changing, and I see more clearly the love that still shines when the tide recedes. Meeting with family and friends has decreased a lot, but their care and support have not diminished. I am often moved by their concern and support when I need help.
The end of this year is a big surprise, luckily meeting kindness and bravery.
Health: Relax a Bit#
In the past two years, I have been too concerned about health. I was scared by the ultrasound rating during the physical examination, got injured during sports events, always felt my knees were stuck, had a complete gastrointestinal endoscopy, and even had symptoms of anxiety. I have been to many hospitals and had many tests, but my body always feels wrong.
2022 was a year of lying flat, directly giving up health management. Apart from being addicted to walking and occasional meditation, I hardly exercise, and I have all kinds of willful routines and irregular diets. My physical fitness has declined, but I am full of energy and have no illnesses. The magical thing is that my knee stiffness has resolved on its own. I explain it to myself as the result of completely lying flat, allowing the skeletal muscles to transition from imbalanced tension to complete relaxation.
In addition, I think playing happily is also very beneficial to health. Except for a short period of time at the end of the year when I was locked down and had an unstable mentality, I was completely immersed in the paradise of web3 and often forgot how bad the world was this year. In 2023, I hope to continue to relax and treat my health, and engage in more activities.
About Money#
If there is any flaw in 2022, it might be money. I hardly earned any money this year and have been living off my savings (which is not much). But it seems that I am more confident now. Even though I don't have much money, I always feel that money is not far away from me.
My understanding of money has also changed. I don't think money itself has any value. Money is no different from the tokens I create, they are both mediums of exchange, and the key lies in the trust and consensus behind them. Crypto is built on tokens, witnessing the creation and destruction of money every day. Instead of making money, I want to participate in it and make everything exchangeable without the need for money.
Gratitude and Outlook#
This was originally an end-of-year summary, reviewing what I have done in the past year and looking forward to setting goals for the coming year. But unexpectedly, it turned into a major retrospective, seeing how I explored the life I wanted on a larger scale, and how lucky I am.
In the past year, I want to thank many people for their support and companionship, and continue to play together in the coming year! I also want to thank myself for persisting in making New Moon wishes, which has helped me focus on what truly matters.
The five-year wish I wrote in 2018 boldly states that I hope to remain an interesting person, have loved ones by my side, continue to create, and live the life I want freely. At this moment, I feel so happy, it is different from the original vision, but I am sure I am on the right path. Doing things that I am willing to believe in really makes me shine. And this brightness will attract the people I like to gather around me.
I hope to learn English well, write more, and create more in 2023. Maintain curiosity about the world, bravely explore, and find my own shining place, so that I have more confidence to embrace the life I want. I want to be worthy of the people and beliefs I love.