享受美好夏日時光：10個細節這樣過夏天
“Then followed that beautiful season…
Summer…
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape lay
as if new created
in all the freshness of childhood.”
——Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“然後是那個美麗的季節
夏天
空氣中充滿了夢幻有魔力的光
美景鋪陳開來
好像所有童年的新鮮裏
又有新鮮被創造出來 ”
——美國詩人亨利·沃茲沃思·朗費羅
Today I’d like to share 10 small and simple tips that you can use to create a happier summer – and rest of the year – for yourself.
今天我想分享10個簡單的小貼士，讓你的夏天、還有今年剩下的時間，都更快樂。
1. Go slow.
放慢節奏
You’ll be less stressed and you’ll enjoy all the smells, the sights and people in your summer even more. So slow down a bit and use all your senses to tap into what is happening in this moment around you and inside of you.
在夏天，你會覺得壓力變小，你會更喜歡夏天所有的味道、風景和人。所以把節奏放慢一點，用你所有的感官去碰觸此時你周圍和你自身發生的事。
2. Say yes to the new.
對新事物說YES
Go for something new. Expand your comfort zone in a small way. Or a bigger one.
去體驗新事物。把自己的舒適區域適當擴大一點。
Go somewhere you haven’t been before. Take up a new hobby. Read a book or try eating something or doing something that isn’t what the regular you would do.
去一個你從沒去過的地方。培養一個新的愛好。讀一本書，或者試着吃一些沒吃過的東西，做一些你通常不會做的事情。
Few things add happiness so simply as finding a new thing you enjoy or may even love does.
一點小事就可以很簡單地增加幸福感，比如發現一件你喜歡的新事物，或者戀愛就可以了。
3. Say no to the shoulds of the summer.
對那些夏天必做的事情說NO
The sneaky shoulds can make a vacation filled with things you “just have to do before the summer is over” seem like draining work and leave you more tired than you were before your time off even started.
那些討厭的“夏日必做”會讓假期充滿了“在夏天結束前必須做”的事情，好像會耽誤工作，而且會讓你比夏天開始前更疲倦。
So ask yourself: Will this matter in 5 years? Or even 5 months?
所以問問你自己：這些事在5年內重要嗎？5個月呢？
Zooming out like this makes it easier to see the real value of doing something. And it makes it easier to simply relax and to say no to doing something because you realize that it isn’t that important anyway.
像這樣縮小“必做”範圍會更容易看清楚做某件事的真正價值，也更容易放鬆自己，對做某件事說NO，因爲你知道它並沒有那麼重要。
4. Just do nothing at all.
什麼也不做
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that all time have to be booked up for some activity.
我們很容易陷入一個誤區：認爲所有的時間都應該安排一些活動。
Humans are however not robots and so that often leads to more stress and to little of the recharging that could have helped you to keep doing quality work during the fall and winter being done.
然而，人類並不是機器人，所以這通常會導致更大的壓力，而且不願意讓自己休息，而這種休息本可以幫你在秋季和冬季保持更有質量的工作。
So try doing nothing at all. Just go for a walk in the woods. Sit by a lake or the ocean and take in your world. Lie down on the green grass and look up at the clouds going by. Focus on just that with all your senses and let your mind and body relax and rejuvenate.
所以試着什麼都不做。只是去樹林裏散散步。在湖邊或者海邊坐坐，然後回到你的世界。躺在青草地上，看着頭頂上的雲飄過。動用你全部的感官，專注於這些事上。讓你的身心都得到放鬆和恢復。
5. Be the summer you want to see.
打造你想要的夏天
Arrange a party or a picnic. Set up a movie night when the summer rain is pouring outside. Take a walk or a run every warm morning to get your energy levels up.
準備一次聚會或者野餐。外面如果大雨傾盆就安排一場電影之夜。每天早晨散步或者跑步，讓你更加充滿能量。6. Be kind in small ways.
做些小的善行
One of the simplest ways to live a happier life is to focus on being kind. It does rarely take much energy. Just a simple compliment or lending a listening ear while someone vents can brighten someone’s day.
想要活得開心，最簡單的辦法之一就是專注於行善。這並不需要花費多大力氣。一句簡單的讚美，或者當他人需要傾訴時洗耳恭聽，就可以讓他人一天都很開心。
And it brings happiness to your life too as your see other person’s face light up. And how you think about and behave towards others tends to spread to how you treat yourself too. More kindness towards others leads to more self-kindness.
當你看到他人開心的臉時，快樂也會進入你的生活。你如何看待和對待他人也會影響到你如何對待自己。對他人更加友好也會讓你更加善待自己。
7. Savor the summer moments right here instead of being lost in the future or past.
盡情享受此刻的夏日時光，而不要擔心未來或沉湎過去
There will be moments this summer you won’t want to miss by being somewhere else in your head. So decide that you will take the time and focus to savor the small moments like a melting ice-cream in the sun but also the bigger ones with the people closest to you.
今年夏天有一些時刻你絕對不想因爲腦子裏想着別的事而錯過。所以下定決心，把時間專注於享受一些小時刻，比如陽光下正在融化的冰淇淋，當然也要和你親近的人一起度過一些重要時刻。
8. Ask yourself what you can be grateful for so far this year.
問問自己，今年到目前爲止有哪些值得感謝的事情
The past 6 months may zipped by fast, they sure did for me at least. So the summer vacation can – just like the vacation around New Year’s Eve – be a good time to take a few extra, small pauses and to look back and ask yourself:
過去的6個月走得很快，至少對我來說是這樣。所以暑假——就好像新年前夜的假期一樣——是個停下來回頭看看的好時間，你可以問問自己：
What can I be grateful for in my life so far this year? And don’t forget to express your gratitude to the people in your life.
今年到目前爲止我的生活中哪些值得感謝？別忘了向那些出現在你生活中的人表達你的感謝。
9. Just accept how you feel instead of pushing it away.
認可自己的感受，不要強行改變
Don’t fall into the trap of pushing how you deep down feel or think away with distractions or forced positive thinking.
不要陷入誤區，去強行改變你心底的感受，或者轉移注意力，或者強迫自己積極地思考。
Instead, if you have negative feelings or thoughts about something that have popped up again and again so far this year take some time for yourself or with someone close to you to think/talk about it. Then later on, after you have accepted and processed how you truly feel and think sit down with a pen and paper.
相反，如果你有一些負面的感覺或者想法，而且這件事從今年開始一再出現在你頭腦中，你應該給自己留些時間，或者和某個親近的人談談。之後，當你已經接受並且消化了自己的真實感受和想法，坐下來，拿起紙和筆。
Come up with one small step or a small plan that you can take action on to start moving yourself out the situation that is troubling you and into something better. And take action on that plan with just a first small step forward as soon as you can.
想一個簡單的小步驟或者小計劃，讓你採取行動，開始把自己從這個困擾你的局面中拉出來，讓事情得到好轉。一旦你可以，執行這個計劃，只需要前進一小步就可以。
10. Spend more time doing what you love.
花更多時間做你喜歡的事
Maybe it is reading books. Or fishing. Or painting. Or playing with your kids or hanging out with an old friend. Also think about how you can fit more of whatever that is into the rest of your year too.
也許是讀書，或者是釣魚，或者是繪畫，或者是和你的孩子一起玩耍，或者是和一個老朋友一起外出。也想想你如何利用今年剩下的時間做這些事情。
Sit down with a pen and paper and think about what you spend your time on during a normal week. Find one or two things during your regular weeks that you can do less of or simply say no to so that you have a bit more time and energy over each week during the fall and winter for this thing you love.
坐下來，拿起紙筆，想想你一週通常是怎樣度過的。在你每週的日常安排中找一兩件你可以少做或者不做的事情，這樣你在秋季和冬季時就有更多的時間和精力做你喜歡的事情。
