我们都是和自己赛跑的人(Do What Matters)

作者另维，18岁只身前往美国读书，用18个月实现“学渣”到学霸的逆袭，秉着“既然凤毛麟角存在，为什么不能是我”的信念，以极小的概率从鱼龙混杂的社区学院转学至全美排名前列的华盛顿大学。然而，“无论什么梦想的实现，都不过是充满挑战的新开始”，精英云集的华盛顿大学完全自主的学习环境和高强度的生活节奏，一度令另维倍感焦虑和无助。想不清楚未来她干脆休学，给自己时间慢慢想。从小城襄樊，到上海，广州，大阪，首尔，西雅图，加勒比，亚特兰大……她辗转去了很多地方，认识了很多人，经历了很多事。梦想也好，爱情也罢，她渐渐明白一个道理：真正使自己痛苦的，不是迷茫，而是失去眼里的光。她听取一位老友的忠告：当走脑怎么走都觉得生活不对的时候，试试走心，做你最想做的事。因为走心，她如愿得到喜爱的工作；因为走心，她完成了这本一直想写出的“真正的好书”；因为走心，她与真爱在途中相遇；因为走心，她渐渐活出了自己曾经渴望的模样。在序中她写道：“我生命里最好的见闻、见识和领悟，全都被我拧成一篇又一篇小说，放在了这里。每一个故事，我都献上了灵魂。因为这本书，我终于无比深爱上我所遭遇的所有错误、不幸与苦痛。这是我能拿出的，给这个世界的最好的礼物。” (The author Ling Wei went to study in America herself at 18. She became a super student from a poor student within 18 months. With the belief that since there is a rarity, I will be the rarity. She transferred from the community college with quite different students to the University of Washington ranking the top in America. However, any dream realized is just a new start of challenges. The completely free learning environment and the high-intensive pace of life in the university full of elites once made her anxious and helpless. Since she did not know the future, she decided to suspend the schooling so as to think about it carefully. From the small city Xiangfan, to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Osaka, Seoul, Seattle, Caribbean and Atlanta and so on, she visited a lot of places, knew a lot of people and experienced a lot of things. No matter dreams or love, she generally understood that what made her pain was to lose the shine in the eyes instead of confusion. She took the suggestion of one old friend that when you felt that life was not right in your mind, tried to use your heart and do what you want to do most. For she used her heart, she got a favorite job; she finished this really good book she always wanted to write; she met her true love during the journey and she led her life she used to want. She wrote in the preface like this: “The best information, knowledge and comprehension in my life are turned into novels in this book. I offer my soul in each story. For this book, I finally love deeply all mistakes, misfortunes and pains I came across because this book. This is the best gift I can present to this world.”)