Weekly Life Report (2025.08.11-2025.08.18)

Input
1. Doing things is like gambling; the biggest cost is the cost of time. Choosing this task means giving up all other things, and only in this way can there be a certain probability of achieving some results in this task.

2. Long-term value, short-term benefits.

3. To become the kind of person you want to be, study those who have already achieved it; benchmarking is the fastest shortcut. You don't need to reinvent the wheel, just find the person who is already ahead of you.

4. If your mindset is good, don't compare yourself to others; one can only compare to oneself, improving a little bit compared to yesterday is enough.

5. Downtime can actually be the best stage for personal growth, reviewing oneself, reviewing projects, discovering opportunities, and new opportunities often emerge during this time. If you endure it, it may lead to a period of explosive growth.

6. "The 35 Times Rule for Going Abroad": The exchange rate of RMB to USD is 7:1, and the payment rate of overseas users is roughly 5 times that of domestic users. With the same investment in functionality, the return on investment for going abroad is approximately 35 times that of the domestic market.

Output
1. Today I found a long-stored documentary "The First Time in Life" and watched the first episode, which talks about some events before a child is born. Although the child is already quite big now, it still makes me feel like crying. When my own child was born back then, I should have felt the same way. There are also some things I've kept in my heart for a long time. More than ten years ago, there was a father-to-be waiting with me in the delivery room; his child passed away before being born for some reason. I still remember him punching the wall while silently crying. He had previously begged the nurse to check, but the nurse refused; perhaps she had seen this situation too many times.

2. "The First Time in Life" records the various key firsts in life, showcasing the struggles and lives of ordinary people, which indeed evokes a lot of emotions and is worth watching. For example, the birth of a child, studying, the first day at work, studying, moving to the city, drifting in Shanghai, buying a house, retirement, old age, farewell, I think there will surely be a keyword that will make you cry.

3. Recently, many people have started to post daily updates, and I realized that everyone has been secretly working on so many projects. In various groups, I often encounter some people who probably spend money to make friends, but generally don't talk. However, they are also silently working on projects.

4. I've been talking about creating a website for a long time, and today I've finally made up my mind to purchase the domain first, no matter how rudimentary it is, it has to go online. However, when it really comes to publishing, I realize there are still many problems. Although AI can help you solve a lot of issues, there were still plenty of detours along the way.