Diagonal youth

What is slash youth?

Mainly refers to people who have multiple professional identities and are engaged in more types of industries. They usually use "/"to introduce themselves, such as writers/illustrators/photographers, hence the nickname "Slash Youth". They have a common feature: they have their own main business, and then use existing resources to develop sideline business; Or through their own hobbies, give full play to their specialties and open up new personal fields. I often do my main business during the day and my sideline business at night.

"Slash youth" also has its roots in the West. Marek Alber, a columnist in The New York Times, defined this group in his book "Dual Occupations": They are not satisfied with the shackles of a single occupation and identity, but choose a diversified life with multiple occupations and identities.

"Three-body" author Liu, big coffee slash youth! My main business is computer engineer and my sideline is writing science fiction. As far as its achievements and fame are concerned, it seems that its main sideline has been reversed. In the famous TV program "China Poetry Contest", there are many slash youths besides students. There are many security guards, grassroots cadres, civil servants ... a set of ancient poems is catchy! Such hobbies can be exchanged for rest time outside the profession.

I read a book recently and found a slash youth: Wei Qichang, 1962 was born in Guangzhou, and now he is practicing medicine in Australia, translating Schopenhauer's works as an amateur, and has published at least eight books! Including the prose of Schopenhauer's thought I am reading now, Nietzsche's Schopenhauer Educator.

Look at his readme, really cheated:

"There are two things that can be said to be the love of my life. I am really lucky to get to know them better and benefit from them. These two things are Schopenhauer's works and China's ancient medicine. For Schopenhauer, it was love at first sight, and then I had a private life with him. Now and in the future, it will be a long life together. Schopenhauer's thought aroused my admiration, admiration and spiritual pleasure, which can only be compared with the theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine. Both of them are so profound, simple and direct, and the fundamental views are surprisingly consistent in the main aspects.

I met Schopenhauer in the 1980s, and I was amazed by it. Although it is a Taiwan Province translation of Schopenhauer's Wisdom of Life bought from the street, it is not well translated. Since then, I like reading Schopenhauer and Zweig's original works. Thomas Mann relishes the wonderful feeling of "reading Schopenhauer on the sofa all day", which must be his ignorance.

Schopenhauer's works have given me a lot, and translation is a trivial thank you. Just as Chinese medicine has given me so much, I want to use Chinese medicine to repay the pain of patients. Seeing readers appreciate Schopenhauer through my translation is like seeing a patient relieve his pain through my hand. For me, the most tangible return is this. "

For ordinary people, it is not difficult to be a slash youth, especially those sideline businesses that can increase income. Have you noticed that many friends around me have started WeChat business, purchasing, even using their own cars to take a ride, Didi, and learn to design artists, web pages and so on. It is a great pleasure to earn some extra money to help make up for the family. Focusing on the fields that you like, are good at and have a sense of value is the secret weapon for many people to make money by sideline. In fact, sideline business is not to distract time and energy, but to integrate resources and highlight advantages. In the long run, you can establish your own brand and social image. Today's situation is complex and changeable, and industry rotation is also a high probability event. Just as eggs should not be put in the same basket, personal career choices should not be fixed in the same tree in order to cope with various career difficulties and challenges.