Cycling on the Xinjiang-Tibet Line: (Conclusion) Often on the road

At this point in my Xinzang Notes, I have to say goodbye to you all.

From the starting words to the closing words, I wrote tens of thousands of words. I'm a little short of time, so I should study Xu Xiake's travel notes carefully first, so that I can write them easily and be both enjoyable and literary at the same time.

The original intention of writing down this experience was initially because I couldn’t go anywhere due to the impact of the epidemic. In this way, I could give myself a mental vacation.

Since it's a holiday, it's just like going out for a bike ride. Tiredness is inevitable. This month and a half actually took a lot of time. After lunch every day, I started to look at the photos and videos I took at that time, and while watching, I recalled the mountains, rivers, lakes, blue sky and white clouds along the way. Then filter out the better ones and write them down bit by bit based on your daily cycling diary.

But because I like it, I enjoy it.

The memories that were submerged in my mind became clear bit by bit. I can remember most of the scenes, but because it was so long ago, most of my thoughts at the time were gone with the wind.

It’s hard to recall how I felt at that time. No description in words can be complete. If I try to describe it in words, it’s like a cabinet with putty on it. It seems to be complete, and I think that’s how it turned out to be, but in fact it’s not like that at all.

When narrating, it once gave me a headache. The description was too wordy and it was like a running account. When writing, try to describe the thing itself and use less adjectives.

I'm in a dilemma.

When you are in a good mood, you are willing to spend a long time thinking about every word; when you are busy, you end it in a hurry, which seems a bit perfunctory.

Especially in the week before the Spring Festival, I felt overwhelmed by work matters. Sometimes I spent an entire afternoon writing my cycling diary before finishing the manuscript. Now that you have started, you must continue to finish writing, even if you give up on the fourth day.

I write every afternoon during working hours. If I go hiking on the weekend, I write and edit it in advance the night before, and send it regularly the next day. Try to update it every day, even if the reading volume is not much. "These are all written for myself. It doesn't matter whether others read them or not." I can only comfort myself like this and try my best to be worthy of those who read them.

I finally finished writing about Lhasa intermittently, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Next, I need to retreat for a while, read books and improve myself. Of course, if you have suitable topics, you still need to write more, so that you can understand your shortcomings and make better progress.

I am a playful person. When I go out to play, riding is too fast and walking is too slow. For me, cycling is the best experience. Since the beginning of long-distance riding, I have fallen into it and got out of hand. After work, due to the lack of vacation time and other reasons, I only ride long distances very rarely.

I miss being on the road. Temporarily put aside all pleasure and unhappiness, and integrate yourself into nature with your eyes in heaven and your body in "hell". When cycling, are there any roads that you can skip just because you don’t want to? Except for those who want a ride. What about life path?

I walk on the cycling road, and I also gain something on the cycling road.

Since last fall, I have fallen in love with hiking again. As long as time permits, I try to go out twice a month to "cleanse my lungs." I am a sleepy person. I don’t like to be in a cage for a long time, I prefer to talk to nature, running, cycling, hiking...

It may be that after living a stable and stable city life for too long, you will develop a sense of laziness and fatigue. There is no solution to this disease. The only way is to go out to the lonely places, explore the magnificence of valleys, rivers, grasslands and forests, and comfort one's own loneliness with the loneliness of nature, so that new motivation can be generated.

The longer I am "locked", the more I understand that experience is important. No matter how three-dimensional or 3D the movie on the mobile phone is, it is not as profound as experiencing it in person. The longer you spend time with nature, the more you appreciate its greatness and your growing sense of awe.

——It’s not that you conquer nature, but that you return to nature.

Go through it, because experience is the best nutrient in life. It is too absolute to be entangled in worldly things and always be on the road, so keep a heart that is often restless and a body that is always on the road. If you are lucky enough, I look forward to traveling together.