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title: "Want a Monthly Salary of 30,000? Ask Yourself What You're Doing in the 2 Hours Before Bed!"
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# Want a Monthly Salary of 30,000? Ask Yourself What You're Doing in the 2 Hours Before Bed!

> For most people, the routine is: get off work around 6 PM, fall asleep around midnight, leaving about 6 hours of waking time after work. After accounting for commuting, chores, and personal care, about 2 hours remain. Your lifetime achievements may hinge on these 2 hours. What are you doing with them?

For most people, the routine is:
**Get off work around 6 PM, fall asleep around midnight**, meaning you have about 6 hours of waking time after work.
Commuting, waiting for buses, traffic jams, cooking, eating, chores, various pre-bed routines, insomnia, random thoughts, or intimate activities... that accounts for about 4 hours.
**That leaves 2 hours. Indeed, your lifetime achievements may hinge on these 2 hours.**
What are you doing with these 2 hours?
**Watching TV, endlessly?**
Oh my, your eyes are sore from all that watching!
**Scrolling through your social feed, endlessly?**
Hey, another red dot appears. If I don't clear it, I'm not an accountant!
**A hundred ways to kill time, grinding away?**
Cat: I'm busy, you should do something productive!
Okay, enough joking (though it's not really a joke).
In reality, many of us believe our career growth comes from hard work within the 8-hour workday, and that the company platform matters most.
But the truth is, for most people, you have to rely on yourself. If you're not making progress, you can't blame your company for not teaching you!
Unless you're born with a silver spoon (a rich second generation with houses, cars, and money), or you subscribe to the philosophy that "effort doesn't guarantee success, and not trying is easier," then cherish these 2 hours. They are truly important!
**Use your spare time well, and your career will skyrocket.**
A fan of Accounting Network, Xiao Mo, majored in business administration and became a management trainee at a mid-sized company in Guangzhou after graduation.
She was interested in numbers and believed accounting was a great way to understand the business world. So she spent a year self-studying accounting in her spare time—reading books, doing practice problems, using software, and reading all the beginner guides on Accounting Network. Eventually, she passed the accounting certification exam, and even the company's finance manager said she could transfer directly to the finance department as an intern.
Two years later, when the company planned to set up a branch in Zhuzhou, Hunan, Xiao Mo was sent there as a core member, with her base salary rising to 13,000 yuan. Xiao Mo said the company chose her because the branch initially lacked staff, and her accounting knowledge allowed her to handle financial work. Moreover, as someone on the management track, understanding finance was a significant advantage!
**Xiao Mo's success came from "teaching herself." In fact, most successful people follow this path.**
I have a friend who majored in journalism. As everyone knows, jobs in that field are hard to find, so he took a job in telemarketing with no entry barriers. But he was interested in internet technology and taught himself programming at night, staying up until midnight every day.
Of course, he couldn't become a programmer, but he did become a sales manager for commercial software at a large IT company, earning 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in commissions each month. He couldn't do the technical work, but he understood it. When clients had issues, he could solve them himself without needing the technical team. Someone like that, who earns the respect and support of colleagues and the trust and praise of clients, is bound to be well-paid!
For them, what they do in the 2 hours before bed truly determines their future.
Of course, we need a balance between life and work. If you have a partner, you should spend time with them each evening. Even if you're single, you need to allocate time for fitness, meeting friends, and so on.
But there are things you really don't need to do, like binge-watching bullet comments on Bilibili, posting on forums, editing photos in Meitu, waiting for palace dramas on TV, or playing match-3 games on your phone...
So, what should you do with these 2 hours?
1. Read
Many successful people have consistently emphasized the importance of maintaining a reading habit.
Reading gives you a good starting point, which you often can't get from casual chats with friends. Compared to others, you're more likely to know strategies and tactics from other industries, which could be helpful to your company.
You can share this knowledge within your organization and create new possibilities for your company. Plus, your conversations will become more interesting.
Anthony Robbins (American author and speaker) once said that if you spend one hour a day learning about a specific topic, after a year, you'll know more about it than 99.999% of the world's population.
Spending just half an hour each night, you can easily finish a book in a week. It might not make you an expert, but you'll know more than your peers.
If you don't know what to read, you can reply with "accounting book list" and Accounting Network will recommend a **must-read book list for accountants**.
2. Communicate with seniors and peers
Reading alone isn't enough.
Many details and unwritten rules of the workplace aren't in books. Even if they are, without someone highlighting them, you'll overlook them!
So, communicating with leaders, senior colleagues, and industry experts is very useful!
Here's a key point: it's best to have some knowledge yourself before engaging with them!
Otherwise, you'll ask shallow beginner questions. They're not Baidu Knows, and they don't care about your points! So, the first point is crucial.
3. Expand and build your network
This differs from point 2: point 2 focuses on **communication**, while this focuses on **expansion and building**!
A strong network can help you:
> Connect with smart people and learn from them. Also, gain information that's hard to find online or in books (see point 2).
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> Help your current company find potential partners or revenue opportunities. In short, it's about resources. With resources, you're not just a small accountant!
>
> Meet future colleagues or bosses (finding a job through connections makes it easier to choose the right company).
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> Maybe even solve major life issues... (if you find a wealthy patron, you won't need to read this article, haha~)
You can attend offline industry sharing sessions or interact with influential people on professional networking sites. Remember, you're there to improve yourself and seek career opportunities, not for fun and games! Of course, others will view you the same way, looking for value in you. So, points 1 and 2 are crucial—they're the basics!
4. Exercise
I've thought about the order of the first three points, but putting this last doesn't mean it's low priority!
If you're active, go running or play ball. If you prefer quiet, you can practice meditation or tai chi...
The key is consistency. Just 20 minutes a day benefits you for a lifetime!
> **This article is original from the public account Accounting Network** (ID: wwwkuaijicom)
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> **Author: Xiao K from Accounting Network**
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