亲爱的自己：
Dear self:
你好！
Hello!
我们很熟吗？答案不容置疑，我在过去，你，在未来，我们的距离好似很近，但却不可相见，我是你的影子，在2018观望你，而你，正在前行……
Are we familiar with each other? The answer is beyond doubt. In the past, you, and in the future, our distance seems very close, but we cannot meet. I am your shadow, watching you in 2018, while you are moving forward; …
在2019年中，愿你成就更好的自己，以下是我对你的忠告：
In 2019, may you achieve a better version of yourself. Here is my advice to you:
学会努力，越努力越幸运。初中的你，有了梦想，有了目标，敢于拼搏，勇于挑战，但我希望你的梦想不是用无力的话语去诠释，而是用慢慢的行动去靠近。我知道你总会说着一番豪言壮志，然后每天不务正业的疯玩着。努力，在你的心里变成了随心的事。三两年努力会为你最终实现目标奠基，而三两天的努力不过是一时兴起，浪费时间罢了。比你优秀的人比你更努力，你有什么资格放弃呢？
Learn to work hard, the harder you work, the luckier you will be. In junior high school, you had dreams and goals, dared to strive and take on challenges, but I hope your dreams are not interpreted with powerless words, but approached with slow actions. I know you always talk big and ambitious, and then play wildly every day without doing your job. Effort has become something you can do as you please in your heart. Three or two years of effort will lay the foundation for you to ultimately achieve your goals, while three or two days of effort is just a momentary impulse and a waste of time. People who are better than you work harder than you, what qualifications do you have to give up?
学会简单，上了初中，正值青春期的你总会有很多新颖的想法，会因为各种小事去胡思乱想，导致上课脑袋空白，下课游走无神。所以，试着控制自己，放下那些无关紧要的事情，简简单单的。低头多看看书，将成绩往上提一提。要明白，那些所谓的胡思乱想给不了你什么。
Learning to be simple, as you enter junior high school and are in your adolescence, you will always have many innovative ideas. You may have random thoughts over various trivial matters, leading to blank minds in class and wandering aimlessly after class. So, try to control yourself, let go of irrelevant things, and be simple. Lower your head and read more books to improve your grades. You have to understand that those so-called wild thoughts can't give you anything.
学会自控，你的周末就好像你的“解放日”，没有上课时的提醒吊胆，没有老师不怒而威的严厉面孔，所以……你便肆无忌惮了。玩手机，看电视，约朋友，什么都行，做作业？不行！因此，作业总是被你“冷落”。但，在你玩的时候，可有想过那些仍在不停努力的人？他们都在奋勇前行，而你，在原地踏步。所以，增强自己的自控能力。手机、电视别碰了。朋友的约，也适当的拒绝。你会发现原本紧缺的时间却是那么宽裕。
Learn self-control, your weekends are like yours; Liberation Day; There are no reminders during class, no stern faces from teachers who are not angry but powerful, so… … You are acting recklessly. Playing with mobile phones, watching TV, making friends, anything is fine, doing homework? No way! Therefore, homework is always your responsibility; Neglect;. But when you're playing, have you ever thought about those people who are still working hard? They are all moving forward bravely, while you are standing still. So, enhance your self-control ability. Don't touch your phone or TV. Refuse a friend's appointment appropriately. You will find that the originally scarce time is so abundant.
你总是抱怨别人出场自带光环，而你却只能卑微的做陪衬。但是你应该不知道，在这背后，他付出的远超出你所想的。所以，你与其去抱怨，不如先改变自己，让自己更优秀。你若不优秀，身边有谁都没用，反之，你优秀了，你所想要的一切都会有的。
You always complain that others bring their own halo when they appear, while you can only be a humble accompaniment. But you probably don't know that behind this, he has put in far more than you think. So, instead of complaining, it's better to first change yourself and make yourself better. If you are not excellent, no one around you is useful. On the contrary, if you are excellent, everything you want will be available.
望2019年的你，可以放下2018所发生的一切，因为在一月一日00：00都会成为过去不可更改的事实。在2019年创造属于你的奇迹，不要辜负我的期望，更不要辜负那些默默支持你的人。
I hope that in 2019, you can let go of everything that happened in 2018, because on January 1st at 00:00, it will become an unchangeable fact of the past. Create your own miracle in 2019, don't disappoint my expectations, and don't disappoint those who silently support you.
祝：成就更好的自己
Wishing you a better version of yourself
2018的你：杨思楠
You of 2018: Yang Sinan
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