美文欣賞:當你80歲時會後悔這些事嗎?

Will You Regret This When You're 80? 當你80歲時會爲這些事情後悔嗎？

There are so many things I want to do in the short time I'm here. Some of these things scare me, some will challenge me and others are just plain fun.
我想在儘可能短的時間裏做更多的事，有些會令我恐懼，有些給我帶來挑戰，還有些完全只是個笑話。

Unfortunately, life is very short and the older I get the quicker time seems to pass. I'm quickly realizing that I probably won't fit everything in. So how do I choose? How do I pick which things to go for entrepreneurwholehearted and what things to leave to someone else?
可惜，生命是短暫的，年齡會隨着時間的流逝而迅速增長，我很快意識到或許我沒有時間去做所有想做的事。那麼該如何取捨呢？哪些事我該全身心的投入，哪些事該留給其他人去做呢？

It comes down to a simple question: "When I'm 80, will I regret ___?"
歸結起來有個簡單的問題就是：“當你80歲時，你會後悔___?

The blank could be not doing something or choosing to do one thing over another. It's a simple question and it comes in really handy.
空白的地方填入你做不到的事或者選擇一件最重要的事。這是一個簡單的問題，卻很難回答。

Next time you find yourself struggling over whether or not you're going to do something ask yourself that very question: "Will I regret this decision when I'm 80?" If the answer is no then go ahead with your decision. If it's yes think about how you can make it happen or stick it out until you're done.
下次，無論你是否很努力的去做某件事情之前，先問問你自己“當我80歲時會後悔今天這個決定嗎？”如果答案是“不會”，那麼你就按照自己的決定去做吧。如果答案是“會”，那麼你爲什麼還要堅持這樣做呢？

Life's too precious to have you get all the way to the end and say "damn I should have done that when I had the chance" or "I really should have let that go" or "I can't believe I didn't take the opportunity when it was presented to me".
生命是非常保貴的，當生命走到盡頭時纔對自己說“該死的，當我有機會時爲什麼沒有去做”或者“我真的應該讓它成爲過去”，又或者“我不能相信，當機會來到我身邊時我卻沒有抓住它。”

Live your life to your best capability. Here are a few areas that you could try to challenge yourself in. Some of these you may have thought of yourself, some of these will be new but what I hope is that it gives you a push to do more and be more with the life you have left.
盡你最大的能力去生活，有些方面你也可以挑戰自己。有些是你思考過的，有些是剛遇到的，當你偏離生活時，我希望它們能帶給你更多的幫助。

1. Work 工作

Have you ever changed jobs? Have you thought about changing jobs? How about your career? The possibilities are endless when it comes to how you make a living. Maybe you've toyed with the idea of becoming an entrepreneur and working for yourself. Will you regret not giving it a chance? Or will you regret going for it?
你有換過工作嗎？你有想過換工作嗎？你有職業生涯規劃嗎？當可能的事無休止的來到時你如何生活。也許你有過爲自己工作的想法。你會後悔沒有給自己這個機會嗎？或者後悔自己去做了這件事嗎？

2. Food 食物

Have you been eating the same food for the past 20 years? Have you always wanted to try something new but haven't got around to it yet? Are too afraid to try it because "Oh I don't like chickpeas". Go out on a limb and give it a shot. Get a cookbook full of exotic recipes and work your way through it. Make a point of going to different types of restaurants when you go out for dinner.
在過去的20年你都吃相同的食物嗎？你總是想換新口味卻還一直沒實現？你非常害怕去嘗試它，因爲“噢，我不喜歡鷹嘴豆。”出去坐在大樹枝上給它一槍。得到一本國外的烹飪食譜然後用自己的方式去做。當你出外用餐時強調去不同風格的飯店。

3. Exploration 探險旅行

Do you spend most of your time in the office only to leave your chair to travel back home again where you sit down, watch TV, and "relax"? Try getting out more. Turn off the TV and get outside. Go on a walk or a hike or a drive. Is there somewhere local that you've never been? Too often we see a lot more of foreign places than we do of our own back yard.
你是不是花了大部分的時間在你的辦公室，僅僅用了小部分時間離開座椅、回家、再次座下，看電視和“放鬆”？試着花更多時間出去，關閉電視去外面。散步、徒步旅行或乘車旅行。當地是否有很多地方是你從沒去過？我們常常熱衷於去國外而勿視了自己的庭院。

4. Risk 風險

Like to play it safe? Worried about things going wrong? It's been my experience that everything always works out. Try something risky like changing careers or quitting your job and working for yourself. Pick up and move half way around the world and see what it's like in another culture, another country or another hemisphere.
喜歡安全的遊玩？擔心很多事情會發生？根據我的經驗，任何事都有可能發生。嘗試一些有風險的事情，比如更換職業，或者辭去工作自己創業。帶上行李，周遊半個世界，去體驗另一種文化，另一個國家或者另一個半球。

5. Doing something crazy做瘋狂的事

Walk home in the rain in your business suit. Join a polar bear club or sing along with a busker in the streets and see what happens. Be a back up dancer at a karaoke bar. There are a lot of crazy things you can do. Keep it clean, be respectful and I'm sure you'll find you get a burst of energy and excitement from doing it.
穿着工作裝冒雨步行回家。加入北極熊俱樂部或者在大街上和賣藝者一起唱歌，看看會發生什麼。在卡拉OK廳與舞者背對背跳舞。有很多瘋狂的事你可以做的。保持整潔，有禮貌，我確定做這些你會得到充沛的精力和興奮的心情。

6. Being nice 善待他人

Do something nice for someone else out of the blue and just because. Don't expect anything in return. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate food and toys to an animal shelter. Plant an extra row of vegetables in your garden and donate the produce to a charity. We all think we're nice people but actions really do speak louder than words. Think about it.
對心情低落的人表示友好，不要期待任何回報。做救助站的義工，損贈食物和玩具給動物庇護所。在你的花園種一排蔬菜，待收穫後損贈給慈善機構。我們會認爲自己是個好人，但是要真正去行動，不要只說不做。好好想想吧。

7. Quitting something 放棄某些東西

We all know that when we say yes to one thing we are saying no to something else. If that committee you're on isn't providing you a sense of fulfillment or accomplishment as it once did, quit. Quit the soccer team if it's no longer fun, quit grad school if it's no longer what you want to do. Quitting is usually seen as a negative thing and to be avoided. However, being deliberate and thoughtful in what you are resigning from will open a large chunk of time that could be better spent.
我們都知道，當我們對某件事說“是”時，必然會對另外一件事說“不”。如果委員會沒有提供給你至少一次個滿足感或成功感，你會退出。如果足球隊不能帶給你長久的歡樂，你會退出。如果讀研究生不再是你想做的，你會退學。辭職通常被視爲負面的事，儘可能避免。然而，若經過深思熟慮後，辭職又會爲你帶來更多的時間去支配。

There are a lot of areas of our lives that unless we really take time to think about them we keep with the status quo. Living life on auto-pilot can be boring and may lead to a life with relatively few rich experiences. I have made it my mission to live deliberately and with purpose so I can look back with, hopefully, no regrets. So far so good ...
在我們的生命中有很多方面需要我花時間去思考，否則生活會變得無聊，若任由生活自行主導，那麼精彩的經歷便會減少。我對的使命是認真謹慎的對待生活，目的爲了當我回首往事時，沒有遺憾，未來充滿希望。到目前爲止一切都很好……