Online Class Notes (Li)[W]

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1.What kind of job do you think will be suitable for you?

From my point of view,as long as the job I really like，it is sutable for me. So I want to be a mental health professional.
Nowadays, the society is full of competition and pressure. Most people are often trapped in anxiety and fear. As I know, these two emotions affect life, work and relationships directly. After studying psychology and become an mental health professiona, I can fully understand the causes of this kind of anxiety, which can be avoided completely, so that I can achieve a healthy state of mental balance.
Meanwhile,Many people are reluctant to wake up and face the day or feelings of hopelessness, I can help them to solve psychological troubles, overcome psychological barriers, so as to solve people’s work, life, study and other problems. The Bible says it is more blessed to give than to receive.

Revised: 

From my point of view, as long as I really like the job/I love what I do, it will be suitable for me. So I want to be a mental health professional. Nowadays, society is full of competition and pressure. Most people are often trapped/drowning in anxiety and fear. As far as I know, these two emotions affect life, work and relationships directly. After studying psychology and becoming a mental health professional, I can fully understand the causes of this kind of anxiety, which can be avoided completely, so I can achieve a healthy state of mental balance.
Meanwhile, many people are reluctant to wake up and face feeling hopelessness, I can help them to solve/overcome/resolve psychological troubles, overcome psychological barriers, in addition to resolving people’s work, life, study and other problems. The Bible says it is more blessed to give than to receive.

2.What kind of lifestyle do you live now?

I hold fast to/swear by a minimalist lifestyle, which means minimizing my possessions and desires, cutting down on shallow social relationships and concentrating all my energy on things that are really valuable and meaningful.

According to Buddhist beliefs, everything is impermanent and that people’s obsession towards owning things is the cause of suffering. “So Buddhism advocates a similar principle to minimalism because everything is changing and you can’t hold on to possessions,”

I used to spend lots of money/splurge a lot buying fashionable clothing, hoping to win/seek people’s recognition and attention. But at that moment I felt that I had just bought a bunch of useless rubbish/junk. Since then, I have been striving to be more of a minimalist.

What do you think we need to read?

All of us should recognise the importance of reading. Great books make it possible for us to get inside the minds of the best thinkers. We can also gain a basic understanding of our lives, our values and significance to strengthen our abilities. Only then, are we able to explore the world and build our own lives according to our own talents, interests, hopes and dreams.

Secondly, reading can help us better adapt to the world. The benefits that we can reap from reading are how it influences our thoughts, encourages individual creativity, and spurs innovation.
Finally, reading is the most cost-effective and economical way to improve general intelligence. We are about to face an era full of uncertainty, and instability. Reading can help us to overcome obstacles and help us to understand. It is a tool for us to survive and improve our competitiveness well into the future.