I will be returning to the mainland on the 18th, having been solidly locked down in Hong Kong for two and a half years. This year I can finally go back home for the Chinese New Year.
I used to think that I would be very happy and excited when the day to go home arrived, but as it drew near, I found that I wasn't as excited as I imagined. It was more of a calm anticipation. It even became a kind of inner unrest that I couldn't distinguish whether it was excitement or the suppressed fear, a kind of exhilaration caused by the surge of adrenaline.
Looking back on the past two years, or three years, it was not only a period of being confined for me, but also my first three years in the capital market.
Because there was no extra entertainment and no way to travel, these three years have brought me some benefits instead. First, passive savings, all the savings and investment assets in my hands so far have been accumulated in these three years, which can be called the first year of my personal asset accumulation.
Next, because there was nothing to do, I actively or passively researched many investment-related topics in my spare time at work. There was enough time to understand various knowledge, from the basic operation logic of capital markets to technical analysis, and even macro data and expected developments, there was enough time and energy to learn.
Lastly, my figure has been forced to improve a little. At the beginning, when I was immobilized, I stayed at home every day, lying down except for work, wrapping my body in a thick layer of fat. Later on, after settling down, I started exercising and working out, finding more things to do in my life to enrich it. Slowly watching the fat decrease, feeling more energetic, ...