Unconsciously, 2021 is only a little over a month left, and this time last year, we launched the "Republic of the Decade Handbook". When we are so accustomed to touching the screen with our fingers that when we pick up the pen again, we always think of words like "eternal".
The notebook spans a long time, and one reader who owns it said, "Ten years of time, it seems to be held in the hand."
A year later, the thick handbook, the gap belonging to 2021 is about to be filled.
Before the arrival of 2022, we launched a new version of the "Republic of The Decade Handbook" in order to better meet our past selves in the next decade.
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Notes · YuBai
Each page of the ten-year handbook spans a decade of time and doesn't require hard writing, so we've made a brief blank for the day.
The form of "short diaries" is often used by writers, and the most well-known one should be Mr. Hu Shi's diary, from which we can see the trivial and cute daily life of a young man.
July 21: Chemistry Test 2... Play cards.
July 29: Read the Gospel of Matthew. Read several chapters of Samuel Daniel's love poems. Play cards.
August 10th: For several days, either by reading or by playing cards, Hengzi began to sleep at night, and today he felt unwell, so he corrected it.
August 18: Reading Marco Pear's "History" and "Johnson." Play cards.
—— "Hu Shi's Study Abroad Diary"
Playing cards, reading, the beauty of everyday life is just in those bland moments, and you only need two or three lines of white space to keep them.
Many creators have such a notebook, before starting the official creation, anytime, anywhere to write down some bits and pieces of thought. Writer Acheng, whenever he has a new idea, he opens a new file to write down and numbers.
In 1992, Acheng lived in Venice for three months, recording every day and writing the Venice Diary. The painter Liu Xiaodong recorded a painting diary for more than ten years in "One Centimeter".
October 21, 2010. It's time for the Golden City Kid to end. Coming home in a row went through three seasons of summer, autumn and winter, which was the only time in thirty years away from home, and this time I left evidence of my real connection with Jincheng: I depicted my brothers and sisters, who grew up here, never left, went to school, commuted to work, got married and had children, laid off and retired. Their presence reassured me and made me not a city dweller without a homeland at all.
- "One Centimeter: Liu Xiaodong's Diary"
The "Republic Of Ten Years Handbook" advocates such a short record.
There is no need to have the pressure of "having to write a full page", from the daily social schedule, to a few reading experiences, several flashes of inspiration, or even just a "running account", can be properly placed by a page of paper and a few lines of white.
The Republic Decade Is more intimate than showing it to others on social media, and it's a "private yearbook" that belongs only to you.
Those records repeatedly remind you of "last year today" and "previous year today", so that you can see the footprints you have left in the years.
We have learned from everyone's valuable feedback and improved the handbook, and the upgraded version of the "Republic of The Decade Handbook" is more flexible than before, can be spread out flat and easy to read.
The improvement of the waterproof leather cover and the overall weight reduction are all for easier carrying.
Under the evening lights, writing on custom sliding color printing paper, smooth and comfortable without smudging, every stroke is treated solemnly.
Loneliness is the poverty of the self, and loneliness is the richness of the self.
- "The Pain of the Past: Mey Satten's Diary of Living Alone"
Learning to be alone is a virtue, and when you really start writing for yourself, the establishment of another "me" begins. It's not just writers who have the right to write, writing is everyone's weapon.
Each page of this ledger will form a visible "my decade", and in "writing myself" you will be completely loyal to yourself, as Dostoevsky said, "The most important thing is that we should be kind first, then honest, and finally never forget each other".
Numbers are another form of time existence, and the "Republic Of Ten Years Handbook" has specially added page numbers, and each record is a resistance to time and an introspection of existence.
For more than 40 years, from 1942 to 1985, Carnetti recorded his observations, memories, inspirations and philosophies instantly, even with aging and death, with his calm brushstrokes.
Our days are varied, but our nights have the same name. （1942）
Sunlight is an inspiration, and people can't have it all the time. （1957）
What I want is not to abolish death, which is not possible. What I want is exile to death. （1980）
- The Territory of Man: Canetti's Notes 1942-1985
It is time that adds luster to these words, and the longer the time span of the record, the easier it is for people to have a complete view of history, to be able to endure and walk slowly, not just to be confined to the various fragments of the moment, eager to get immediately visible feedback.
The span of ten years is like a long road, and your record is the footprint on the road.
The summary page of the "Republic of The Decade Handbook" changes from monthly to quarterly or even annual, marked by thin bookmark ribbons, accompanying you page by page. Slow, quiet, repetitive, casual and tough.
The "Ten Years of the Republic" also made a selection of sentences for each month, which were inserted on the first page of each month, all from books published by the Republic.
Those timeless words, or describe the romance of spring, or recall the warmth of autumn, full of memories and picture sense, enough to evoke your perception, resonance and attention to the new January, in the flow of the four seasons, the ten-year handbook will make you feel how vivid you exist.
In July, drowsy from the glare, we opened the book of holidays, all its pages shining with dazzling white light, and underneath them hid the golden flesh of pears, dizzyingly sweet.
--Bruno Schultz, "Crocodile Street"
In the second half of a Saturday in November, it was getting closer and closer to dusk; the vast wilderness of the barren mountains and wildernesses, which had no fences and no boundaries, called the Edun Wasteland, was more and more miserable. Looking up, the gray and white floating clouds that filled the long sky obscured the blue sky, like a tent, using the entire wasteland as a mat.
- Hardy's "Homecoming"
In addition to giving it to yourself, you can also give this handbook to your lover and comrade on the same path, so that it becomes a wish: as a witness, do not forget our agreement with ourselves and each other.
The "Republic Decade Handbook" is available in three colors: Pollock Brown, Rubens Red, and Magritte Grey.
The colors are inspired by Jackson Pollock, a representative of Abstract Expressionism, Peter Paul Rubens, a representative of the Baroque school, and René Magritte, a representative of Surrealism, and the three colors represent three qualities: dynamic, warm and quiet.
The end of the year is coming, and it is most appropriate to give it as a holiday gift to those who do not want to be separated.
As last year, we also have a "promo card" for everyone, which can become another form of letter, to see each other on days when we can't face each other, to exchange signals in a delayed way.
Our softness needs an equally soft place to take in. "You see, that's how I've spent these days, and I hope you're okay."
Let us resist together, resist numbness, resist separation, and resist forgetting.
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