双语阅读：人生杂谈 （二）

13. Do what YOU really, really, really want to do. Do not get stuck in trying to live someone else’s dream.

   做你真正，真正，真正想做的事情。不要为了实现别人的梦而痛苦的活着。

14. Go grocery shopping once a week. You’ll save money and time if you make the effort to plan for a week and to shop for it all at once.

一周去一次杂货店。在去购物前如果你能列出计划，在购物时一次买清将为你节省时间和钱。 

15. Go grocery shopping when you not hungry. You’ll buy more healthy food instead of impulse buying yourself through the store.

趁还不饿的时候去杂货店。这时候你会买更健康的食物而不是冲动性购买。 

16. Enjoy the simple pleasures. An apple, the latest episode of your favorite show, fresh and clean bed sheets, a hug and kiss, holding hands, the sun and blossoming nature after a long and cold winter..

享受简单的乐趣。一个苹果，你心爱的电视剧集更新，刚换的干净床单，一个拥抱一个吻，牵手，漫长的严冬过后温暖的阳光和充满生机的大自然。 

17. Have a glass of water. Instead of eating when you are bored or when are having a craving have 1-2 glasses of water. This will help you to keep to those cravings away until the next meal and to maintain your health and weight.

喝一杯水。当你烦闷或者想吃东西的时候不要立刻吃东西，试着喝一两杯水。这将帮助你赶走食欲，直到正餐时间。这样有利于你保持苗条和健康。 

18. Eat slower. Make your lunch time a time of relaxation rather than a time to just add to the stress of your morning. Try putting down the fork between bites to slow down the eating.

慢食。把你的午饭时间变成一种放松和享受，而不是整个忙碌早晨的延续。试着在夹菜和咀嚼的过程中放下叉子，这能让你减少吃饭速度。 

19. Be kind. Be kind to other people and especially to yourself.

.善意待人。善意对待别人，特别是自己。 

20. Write shorter emails. 1-5 sentences is often enough.

写封更短的信。1到5句话就足够了。 

21. Write emails only once a day. Batch and process them all at once all the way to an empty inbox.

一天只回一次邮件。批量处理邮件，一次回复所有的邮件。 

22. Learn about ways to keep stress down and try them out. Examples would be mindfulness, setting human standards for yourself and saying no. A few such habits can help you to drastically cut down on the stress in your life.

学习减压的办法，尝试把压力赶走。榜样能让你注意到这些。可以为自己找出一些人物模范，并对压力说不。这样的一些小习惯能帮你彻底摆脱掉生活的压力。 

23. Give everything its home. Then you know where to put the item when you have used it. You’ll know where to find it when you need it again. And you’ll reduce the clutter in your home or work space.

让每样东西各归其位。这样在你用过之后就知道下次能在哪儿找到它了。同时也使房间更整洁。 

24. Slow down and enjoy and pay attention what is actually happening today. Instead of just rushing through the day and always on to the next thing.

放慢速度，享受生活，留心每天都发生了什么。不要一味地向前冲，急于奔向下一个目标。

25. Spend more time with people who make life simpler. And less time with people who make life unnecessarily complicated.

 和生活简单的人多在一起。尽量少和那些把生活搞的非常复杂的人在一起。 

26. Exercise every week. This will reduce stress, up your energy levels and in my experience reduces negative thoughts.

.每周做运动。运动会为你减压，提高你的能量水平，而且会减少你的消极思想。 

27. Declutter. Declutter your life of the things that aren’t really that useful or meaningful for you anymore. Give that stuff away to someone who needs it. Or throw it out. A question that can help you to know if it is time to declutter something out of your life is: have I used this item in the last year?

收拾杂物。丢掉那些没用或者对你不再有意义的东西。把那些东西送给真正需要的人们。或者直接丢掉。这有一个帮你辨别某样东西是否有用的办法，那就是想想：我最近一次用它是去年吗？ 

28. Look for advice from people who have been where you are. Learn from people who have been in the situation you are in and had the challenge you are having.

向和你处境相似的人寻求意见。想那些和你处境相同，或者和你一样面临着相同挑战的人学习。 

29. Stop trying to please everyone. There will always be people who you don’t get along with or that do not like you for some reason.

不要试图取悦所有人。总会有那么一些不能和你融洽相处，甚至不喜欢你的人。 

30. Break a task down into smaller and actionable pieces. Single-task that first piece until it is done. Then do the same with the next piece. And so on.

把一项工作分成小的，可执行的部分。一次只做一部分，完成后进行下一部分。事皆如此。 

31. Stop trying to do things perfectly. Go for good enough instead and when you are there you are done. Get things all the way to done this way and then move on to the next thing.

不要苛求事事完美。全力以赴去完成一件事情，当你做完的时候你就成功了。抱着这样的心态去做所有的事情，然后着手下一步。 

32. Take a minute and just breathe a couple of times a day. This will help you to reduce the stress and overwhelm of your day. It will help you to reconnect with the present moment, to create a habit of living more mindfully and to focus all your attention on what is happening right now.

每天花一分钟深呼吸几次。这样能帮助你减压，忘掉白天的纷纷扰扰。让你的思绪回到当下这一刻，形成谨慎生活的习惯，把你的注意力集中到此刻发生的事情上来。 

33. Spend just 20% of your time on dwelling on a problem and 80% of your time focusing on a solution. Instead of the other way around.

完成工作的时候要用20%的时间细想问题，80%的时间找出解决办法。而不是反过来。