by Olivia Wang

What factors made me who I am now? What factors changed me? In today's essay, we will mainly discuss “value”, which includes the build of value to me and the impact on my life and the “Value” that we talk about in this semester, What changed my thoughts? While reading this essay, you can also think about who you are? What do you think about “Value”?

The idea about “Value” is something that people have been accumulating since they were young. Everyone has a different understanding and view of value. I'm a very nostalgic person. As long as this thing has been with me and I have memories with it, then this is “meaningful” and “valuable” to me, so even I don't use it often or I don't use it anymore, I still won’t throw it away, but gradually I have more and more stuff. My parents began to want to give my stuff to other people or throw away those things that I don’t use it often, So in that time I often argue with my parents, but during this semester, many professionals people from outside the school came to our school and shared their ideas about value with us, and we also visited related institutions, which made my thoughts slowly start to have Changed.

The “value” we mainly discussed this semester is about stuff. Most people like the new stuff and dislike the old stuff, so most people like to buy new stuff. Buying stuff can make people feel happy. This is an undeniable fact. Then New stuff keep increasing, so what should we do with the old stuff? Most people choose to throw it away, so this situation made more and more garbage in the world, creating more and more burdens on the planet, but are all these discarded things really all “garbage”?

This semester we went to Hard-Off, which is a second-hand store from Japan. It's also the biggest reason for me to let go of old stuff. Earlier when the teacher of Hard-Off came to the school to share and exchange with us. he shared with us Hard-Off’s business philosophy, which is to create new value from old stuff. This made me instantly awakened. I’ve been stuck on the stuff that I'm not really need. It’s like you took the last piece of barbecue on the table, but you didn’t eat it or let others eat it. So why don’t you let the stuff that you don’t needs bring new value to others and maximize its lifetime? So I brought the things that I don’t use it anymore, but maybe someone could get value on them to Hard-Off. Someone over there would organize your stuff and put them in the showcase. Wait for their new owners and start a new section of journey. After this semester. I have a new view of “value”. I still think that every stuff that has accompanied me is valuable, but the so-called “value” is still have important and not that important. “value” an stuff that has faded away, we don’t have to cling to it or directly classify it as “trash”. It may also bring some kind of value and meaning to another person in the world, and bring strength to a person.

In this essay we have talk about “value”, the build of value to me and the impact on my life and what changed my thoughts? At the end, What we can do is to create new value for the old stuff and let it continue to bring new “value” for someone. You can bring your stuff to Hard-Off and sell it, or give the stuff you don't need to the person who need this stuff. After reading this essay, don't forget to observe whether there are similar stuff around you, or think about the value of these stuff around you.

by Olivia Wang

什麼樣的因素造就了現在的我？又是什麼樣的因素改變了這樣的我？

在今天這篇文章當中我們主要會討論的是“價值”，其中了包括價值的建立以及對生活的影響。在這篇文章裡我想分享在這一學期的時間中，關於「我」的改變，而你也可以在閱讀這篇文章的同時去思考你是什麼樣的人？你認為的「價值」是什麼?

「價值」是人們從小就一直慢慢累積起來的，每個人對於價值都有著不同的理解和看法。我是一個很念舊的人，只要這個東西陪伴過我，我與它之間有過回憶，那這於我來說就是「有意義」、「有價值」的，所以儘管我不常或是用不到這個東西了，我也不會將它丟掉，但漸漸下來我的物品便越來越多，我的父母開始想要將那些我不常用的東西送人或是丟掉，而我往往會因為這樣所以和他們發生沖突，但是在這學期，許多校外的專業人士來到我們的學校，和我們分享了關於價值的想法，而我們也去參訪了相關機構，這讓我的想法慢慢開始有了轉變。

這學期我們主要討論的「價值」是關於物品的，人們大多數都是喜新厭舊的，所以大多數人都喜歡買新東西，透過買東西可以讓人感到心情愉悅，這是不可否認的事實，那麼新的東西不斷增加，那舊的東西又該怎麼辦呢？大多數的人會選擇丟棄，所以這導致了世界上的垃圾不斷變多，為地球製造了越來越多的負擔，但這些被丟棄的東西真的全部都是「垃圾」嗎？

這學期我們去到了Hard-Off，它是一家來自日本的二手商店，也是讓我對舊事物釋懷的最大原因。先前當Hard-Off的老師來到學校和我們分享交流時，他和我們分享了Hard-Off的經營理念，就是將舊的東西創造出新的價值，這讓我瞬間被點醒了，我其實用不到的東西，我卻一直死死守著不放，其實就像你夾走了桌上最後一片烤肉，但你卻不吃還不讓給別人吃一樣，我用不到的東西，何不讓它為他人帶來新的價值、將它的這一輩子發揮到極致呢？所以我將那些我用不到，但或許有人用得到的東西帶到了Hard-Off，那邊有人會將它們整理好，並將它們擺上展示櫃，等待它們的新主人，並展開一段新的旅程。

最後，經過這一學期，對於「價值」我的有了新的看法，我依舊認為每個陪伴過我的物件都是有價值的，但是所謂的「價值」依舊有重有淡，而「價值」已經漸漸淡去的物件，我們不必死守著也不必直接將它分類為「垃圾」，它可能還能為世界上的某一個人帶來巨大的價值和意義、為一個人帶來力量，所以我們能做的，就是為舊的東西創造出新的價值，讓它繼續發揮新的「價值」。看完這篇文章別忘記去觀察你的身邊有沒有類似的物件，又或是想想身邊這些物件對你的價值究竟是什麼呢？

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