Entering China
On the topic of “if you don’t have money, do you want to go home for the New Year“, there are many different voices on the Internet.
Some netizens think that the Chinese New Year is a major event for Chinese, whether they earn money or not, they still have to go home to spend more time with their families. While the parents are still alive, there is still a home to go back to.
There are also voices of denial, and some people think that if they don’t make money, their attitude towards the New Year is not expectation, but more anxiety. Seven aunts and eight aunts ask about your income and constantly snoop on your privacy; The shyness in the pocket, the embarrassment of not being able to get all kinds of expenses, the round-trip travel expenses, the money for filial piety to parents, and the red envelopes for the juniors…… And so on, it’s better not to go home for the New Year.
But even though tickets home are hard to come by, most people still choose to go home for the Chinese New Year.
The “Spring Festival” is a busy scene that belongs to our own China, basically an annual large-scale migration, thousands of miles away, through the sea of people, just for a steaming Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner. Once you grab the ticket to go home for the Spring Festival, you will get a “reunion pass”.
Nowadays, the prosperity and pressure of the times coexist, and many people are facing unemployment as the New Year approaches.
Many people ridicule the current employment environment: don’t be unstable without marriage and childless, don’t want a time bomb if you are married without children, and don’t want to be married and have children over 35 years old.
Some people say: after graduation, you are unemployed; Some people also say: 35 years old is unemployed.
At the end of last year, many young people on social media posted photos of their return to their hometowns for the New Year because of unemployment, sharing their feelings of returning home for the New Year after being unemployed.
25-year-old Xiao Zhou originally worked as an operator for an Internet company in Shenzhen. But some time ago, due to the company’s business adjustment, Xiao Zhou unfortunately became a member of the layoff army.
Xiao Zhou, who lost his job, was also very discouraged, and kept submitting his resume on the Internet, but he was in vain; The few interview opportunities that didn’t turn into offers ended up.
Xiao Zhou, who has been in the rental house for nearly two weeks, finally decided to pack his bags and go home early for the New Year at the end of December 24, which can save thousands of yuan in rent and reduce the cost of living.
Xiao Zhou returned home guiltily, and unlike what he thought, his parents did not blame him, but felt sorry for him.
And his mother comforted him: He is only 25 years old, even if he is unemployed, he has the advantage of being young, and as long as he is willing to improve, he will definitely be able to find a new job.
My father also said: It is normal for young people to have ups and downs.
In fact, as long as there is something to eat, the cost of young people’s life is not high. Therefore, during the time of returning to his hometown for the New Year, Xiao Zhou’s gnawing life was quite comfortable.
But in this window period of the New Year ahead of schedule, Xiao Zhou was not idle, occasionally picking up a few video editing orders on the Internet and doing some extra money.
In addition, Xiao Zhou basically spends a few hours a day to deepen his knowledge and skills in his field.
Xiao Zhou believes that he will return to Shenzhen this year and will definitely find a more satisfactory job.
Some economists say that the unemployment of some young people is selective and has greater flexibility and possibility in terms of career choice.
At the beginning of career development, there is usually no fixed career direction and career path, so they can discover their interests and strengths through continuous experimentation and exploration, and then choose a career direction and career that suits them.
Youth unemployment is both a challenge and an opportunity.
In stark contrast to the unemployed young people are middle-aged people who are afraid to go home for the New Year.
If youth unemployment is an opportunity, middle-aged unemployment is a disaster.
Most of the middle-aged people who are unemployed are forced to lose their jobs, and various expenses such as housing loans, car loans, supporting the elderly, and raising children are all in the face.
Middle-aged people who are unemployed may face a situation where one person loses their jobs and the whole family goes hungry.
35-year-old Lao Zhang was originally a skilled worker in a small factory. Since 2024, the company has been advocating reducing costs and increasing efficiency, and the wind of layoffs still blew on Lao Zhang in the second half of the year.
Lao Zhang suddenly fell into an embarrassment, with his parents who needed to be supported, his children who were in elementary school, and the mortgage of his hometown county.
Lao Zhang ran into walls everywhere with a 35+ resume, but in order to make a living, Lao Zhang didn’t dare to stop a step. He runs Didi during the day and uses his remaining free time to deliver takeaways.
The Spring Festival was supposed to be a day for family reunion, but Lao Zhang did not dare to go home, afraid that his parents would be disappointed, afraid that his neighbors would inquire about gossip, and that his basic livelihood would not be guaranteed because of his temporary laxity.
The unemployment at the age of 25 may have been caused by me on my own initiative, but the unemployment at the age of 35 was passively accepted by me!
The youth unemployed may retreat to finding a job, while the middle-aged unemployed can only retreat and then find employment again.
The Spring Festival is supposed to be a time for everyone to share the joy of family, but whether it is for young people who are unemployed and go home to gnaw at the old or middle-aged people who are running around in a foreign land and dare not go home, this festival is more bitter than usual, and the pain of adults is more or less related to money.
But as long as you act, there will be opportunities. Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, you can use this GAP period to shift the focus of your previous work to your life and family.
Use your break time to learn a few more skills.
Shi Tiesheng said in “The Broken Pen in the Sick”: “Man cannot escape from suffering, nor can he give up hope. “Since there is such a disaster as unemployment, we can only hope and face it bravely.
Unemployment means that life is facing a major reshuffle, allowing sinking and decadence, but in the end, we still have to adjust our mentality, meet it with a positive attitude, replan the next life, and develop ourselves.
Expect everything to go well, but also have the courage to accept that things don’t go your way.
In 2025, the new year and new atmosphere, everyone has experienced various difficulties before, such as unemployment, which is just a comma in life, but in the future, it will definitely usher in an exclamation mark with surprises.
