生活不只是生存：教你學會生活的30種方式（一）

16. Face your fears.
直面自己的恐懼。

What are you most afraid of? What is holding you back? Whatever it is, recognize it, and face it. Do what you are most afraid of. Afraid of heights? Go to the tallest building, and look down over the edge. Only by facing our fears can we be free of them.
你最害怕什么？什么阻止你前行？無論這是什么，找出并面對它。做你最害怕的事情?？指?？去最高的樓頂，在樓邊上俯視。只有面對恐懼才能戰(zhàn)勝它。

17. Slow down.
放慢節(jié)奏。

Life moves along at such a rapid pace these days. It's not healthy, and it's not conducive to living. Practice doing everything slowly -- everything, from eating to walking to driving to working to reading. Enjoy what you do. Learn to move at a snail's pace.
現(xiàn)在我們的生活節(jié)奏實在太快了。既不健康，對生活也無益處。試著放慢速度去做事兒——每件事，無論是吃飯，還是走路，還是開車上班，抑或閱讀。享受你做的事情。學習把節(jié)奏放慢到像蝸牛爬那樣。

18. Volunteer.
做志愿者。

Help at homeless soup kitchens. Learn compassion, and learn to help ease the suffering of others. Help the sick, those with disabilities, those who are dying.
去為無家可歸的人士準備食物的流動廚房幫忙。學會同情，學著去幫助減輕他人的痛苦。幫助病人、殘疾人和生命垂死的人。

19. Play with children.
和孩子玩。

Children, more than anyone else, know how to live. They experience everything in the moment, fully. When they get hurt, they really cry. When they play, they really have fun. Learn from them, instead of thinking you know so much more than them. Play with them, and learn to be joyful like them.
孩子比任何的人都懂得如何去生活。他們全身心地經歷當前的事情。當他們受到傷害時，他們會真正地痛哭。當他們玩耍時，他們享受到樂趣。向他們學習，而不是覺得自己比他們知道的多。和他們玩耍，學著像他們那樣開開心心。

20. Talk to old people.
和老年人交談。

There is no one wiser, more experienced, more learned, than those who have lived through life. They can tell you amazing stories. Give you advice on making a marriage last or staying out of debt. Tell you about their regrets, so you can learn from them and avoid the same mistakes. They are the wisdom of our society -- take advantage of their existence while they're still around.
沒有人比經歷過生活大風大浪的老年人更聰明、更有經驗、更有學識。他們可以給你講神奇的故事，他們可以給你提供建議，讓你的婚姻更加長久，或讓你遠離債務。他們告訴你他們的遺憾，你可以學習從而避免犯同樣的錯誤。他們是社會的智者——趁他們還在我們身邊的時候，多去向他們學習吧。

21. Learn new skills.
學習新的技巧。

Constantly improve yourself instead of standing still -- not because you're so imperfect now, but because it is gratifying and satisfying. You should accept yourself as you are, and learn to love who you are, but still try to improve -- if only because the process of improvement is life itself.
不要停滯不前，要不斷地去提高自己，不是因為你現(xiàn)在不完美，而是因為這樣做會讓你開心和滿意。你應該接受你自己，學著去愛自己，但是也要嘗試去提高自己的水平，這只是因為生活本身就是一個不斷改善的過程。

22. Take mini-retirements.
享受“小”退休時光。

Don't leave the joy of retirement until you are too old to enjoy it. Do it now, while you're young. It makes working that much more worth it. Find ways to take a year off every few years. Save up, sell your home, your possessions, and travel. Live simply, but live without having to work. Enjoy life, then go back to work and save up enough money to do it again in a couple of years.
不要把退休的樂趣留到你老的時候，那時你已經無法享受了。現(xiàn)在，趁著年輕，小小退休下吧。這會讓你的工作更有價值。想辦法每隔幾年就休息一年。存點兒錢，把房子、財產賣掉，然后去旅游?？梢陨畹煤唵我恍?，但不要工作。這樣享受生活，然后回到工作中攢上足夠的錢，幾年后就再退休一次。

23. Stop playing video games.
不要再玩電子游戲。

They might be fun, but they can take up way too much time. If you spend a lot of time playing online games, or computer solitaire, or Wii or Gameboy or whatever, consider going a week without it. Then find something else to do, outside.
電子游戲可能挺好玩，但是會占用你很多時間。如果你每天花大量的時間玩電子游戲、電腦紙牌游戲，或Wii、Gameboy或其他電子游戲，那么可以考慮停玩一周。找點兒別的事情去做，最好是室外活動哦。

24. Watch sunsets, daily.
每天觀看日落。

One of the most beautiful times of day. Make it a daily ritual to find a good spot to watch the sunset, perhaps having a light dinner while you do so.
日落是一天最美的時刻之一。找一個好地方，每天都去觀看日落，還可以在欣賞落日是安排一個燭光晚餐。

25. Break out from ruts.
打破常規(guī)。

Do you do things the same way every day? Change it up. Try something new. Take a different route to work. Start your day out differently. Approach work from a new angle. Look at things from new perspectives.
你是不是每天都做同樣的事情？改變一下。嘗試新的事情。上班時走不同的路線。用不同的方式開始新的一天，用新的方法去做工作，從新的角度去看事情。

26. Stop watching the news.
停止看新聞。

It's depressing and useless. If you're a news junky, this may be difficult. I haven't watch TV news or read a newspaper regularly in about two years. It hasn't hurt me a bit. Anything important, my mom tells me about.
看新聞會讓人沮喪，而且沒什么用。如果你喜歡看新聞，這條可能很難做到。我有兩年的時間沒有定期看電視新聞或看報紙了。不過這樣也沒什么損失。有重要的事情，我母親會告訴我的。

27. Laugh till you cry.
開心笑到流眼淚。

Laughing is one of the best ways to live. Tell jokes and laugh your head off. Watch an awesome comedy. Learn to laugh at anything. Roll on the ground laughing. You'll love it.
笑是生活的最佳方式之一。講笑話直到笑到肚子疼。看一部好看的喜劇。學著笑對一切，笑到打滾。你會愛上這種感覺的。

28. Cry.
哭。

Men, especially, tend to hold in our tears, but crying is an amazing release. Cry at sad movies. Cry at a funeral. Cry when you are hurt, or when somebody you love is hurt. It releases these emotions and allows us to cleanse ourselves.
男性尤其會忍住不哭，但是哭是一種非常好的釋放方式。看悲傷的電影時哭，在葬禮上哭，當你受到傷害時哭，或當你愛的人受到傷害時哭。哭會釋放到情感，讓我們凈化自己。

29. Try something new, every week.
每周都嘗試一些新的事物。

Ask yourself: "What new thing shall I try this week?" Then be sure to do it. You don't have to learn a new language in one week, but seek new experiences. Give it a try. You might decide you want to keep it in your life.
問問自己：“這周能嘗試一下什么新的事情？”然后務必要做成這件事。你不必每周學習一種新的語言，但是可以尋求新的體驗。試一下吧。你也許會決定保持這種生活方式。

30. Be in the moment.
活在當下。

Instead of thinking about things you need to do, or things that have happened to you, or worrying or planning or regretting, think about what you are doing, right now. What is around you? What smells and sounds and sights and feelings are you experiencing? Learn to do this as much as possible through?meditation, but also through bringing your focus back to the present as much as you can in everything you do.
不要去想你要做的事情，或去想已發(fā)生在你身上的事情，或擔心、或計劃或遺憾，而是要想想你正在做的事情。你周圍是什么？你聞到了什么氣味？聽到了什么聲音？看到了什么？感覺到了什么？學著盡可能多想想這些事，可以通過冥想學習，也可以集中注意力關注當前在做的事情。?