Why Do I Write on WeChat?

This article was written on August 15, 2013

Author: Lv Jianfeng

Friends often ask me, why do you write these words on WeChat? Indeed, how did I end up writing about twenty random pieces on WeChat?

At first, I thought WeChat was private, so I could vent a bit. Later, I started to focus on readability and logic, or maybe I needed a channel to adjust myself.

People who know me well know that I have a rough personality and easily get angry, but that's only part of my personality. Before the internet, I loved reading books. I often stayed up several nights in a row to finish a set of books. If you've drunk with me, you know that I get drunk easily, and when slightly tipsy, I like to compose various doggerel. Ha, don't try to force me to drink! Back in Beijing, at the book city, you could read all day without buying, and if you didn't finish, you could go back the next day to continue. I used to go there often to read for free. At that time, I had the impression that Mo Yan's books were quite erotic, and for a long time, I thought Mo Yan wrote modern erotic novels. Back then, my monthly salary was around a thousand yuan, and life was very tight, but books calmed me down, just like writing something on my phone now. I feel very peaceful, completely ignoring work and life's worries.

Everyone knows that I run a tea website and make a living by selling tea. It seems to be going well, but only I know the pain. We've been doing this for nearly 5 years, and building our own sales platform independent of Taobao has been really difficult. Sometimes I admire myself for still being alive. For a long time, including now, I've been a firefighter, dealing with one problem after another, exhausted.

Personal issues are even more troublesome. Those who know me know that I've started several companies and have never married. In my village, they now educate young people using me as an example, saying, "Don't be like him, still unmarried in his thirties." My parents are under great pressure, and they put even more pressure on me. But I don't think I must get married immediately. Things like this, a pile of worries.

For a long time, I liked going to bars, the noisier the better. I especially loved the feeling of sitting quietly in a disco bar, drinking, and chatting up beautiful women. This year, I don't know why, maybe because I'm older, or it's a mindset thing, I suddenly don't like it anymore. It's been over half a year since I last went. After that, I went crazy watching movies. When really bored, I'd flip through books or check WeChat Moments. Sometimes when I see friends' photos and posts, I get the urge to post something too. I don't like fiddling with photos, so I just write randomly, rambling. I find that typing on my phone really calms me down. As I write, I realize some problems are just farts, and I become much more composed.

Maybe that's the reason I write on WeChat.