Life at sea -- not an ordinary route
- By Zhang Jiaqi
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Reflections on life
Born in Tianjin, China, in 1963, Lin was a straight-A student. She got a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua, one of China's top universities. After going on to get a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Peking Union Medical College and Toronto University, Lin started work in the medical equipment industry after graduation.
However, sailing opened up a whole new world and changed the course of her life. Lin and her husband both stepped away at the peak of their careers, as she described, to pursue their love for sailing -- a sport with high risks, in her parents' minds.
Lin said she believes every generation has its limitations, and she preferred not to live according to the lifestyle of the previous generation, or of most of her peers.
"This is not a prevalent sport among the general public in China; it represents a quite different lifestyle," she said.
Learning to get along with the sea over the years, she gained deeper reflections from what she used to think of merely as water. "With eyes extending from the land to the ocean," she wrote, "the mind will also transform from stability-inclined to adventure-prone, and become more open."
Lin also noted that many people are busy working 9-to-5 office jobs with few holidays, and that traveling to far-off places isn't the only path that deserves to be called a good life. Going to work and living an ordinary life can also be a wonderful thing, she said.
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