80歲時你會後悔的7件事：別等到老了再後悔

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.
在我短暫的一生裏有許多想做的事。有些令我畏懼，有些卻是挑戰，還有些就只是爲了玩樂罷。

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 wholeheartedly and what things to leave to someone else? It comes down to a simple question: "When I'm 80, will I regret___?"
遺憾地是，生命實在太短暫，隨着年齡的不斷增長時間飛逝得越快。我很快意識到在這短暫的時光裏不可能將所有想做的事做完。那我如何選擇呢？我如何判斷哪些事是我該專注去做的，哪些是該交給其他人完成的？這一切可以用一個問題來回答：“當我80歲時，我會因爲___後悔嗎？”

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. Live your life to your best capability. Here are a few areas that you could try to challenge yourself in.
下次你在爲某件事糾結的時候，問問自己這個問題：“當我80歲時我會後悔這個決定嗎？” 若回答是否定，那就按照你的決定繼續下去。若回答是肯定的，請思考如何堅持自己的決定，讓其最後實現。充分發揮自己的能力，過好每一天。看看下面這幾件事，想一想到了80歲你會後悔嗎？

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?
你換過工作嗎？或者你有過換工作的想法嗎？你的職業規劃是怎樣的？若提到如何賺錢謀生，可能性就太多了。或者你根本沒認真思考過做個企業家爲自己打工。你會不會後悔沒有給自己一個創業的機會？或因爲選擇了創業而懊惱？

2. Food
飲食

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.
在最近20年你是否一直在吃相同的食物？你或許想要嚐嚐鮮卻還是遲遲沒有嘗試？你會不會因爲“我不喜歡鷹嘴豆”這種想法而放棄嘗試呢？冒次險試試吧！找本外國食譜自己下廚做菜。記得到不同餐館吃飯時，多留個心觀察它們之間的風格差異。

3. Exploration
探索

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.
你是不是把大部分時間花在辦公室，然後離開辦公椅到家又坐下看看電視，進行所謂的“放鬆”？多去外面走走吧！關掉電視走出門去，散散步，徒步旅行或自駕旅行逗號。當地是否有些地方你從未涉足過？走出後院，我們將會看到更多未曾見過的景色。4. Risk
冒險

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.
更青睞安定的生活？害怕變化？其實據我經驗證明，怎麼選擇生活都可以過得很好。試試冒次險吧：跳槽，辭職，或是自己創業。收拾好心情重新開始，去到世界另一端，拜訪不同的國家甚至是另一個半球，體驗那裏不同的文化風韻。

g something crazy
做點瘋狂的事

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.
比如穿着工作服冒着風雨散步回家，參加北極熊俱樂部或是和街頭藝人一起唱歌，又會發生什麼呢？你還可以做卡拉OK的後備舞者！有太多瘋狂的事可做了，請單純且尊敬地對待這些瘋狂舉動，我相信你將會從中激發豐富的熱情和活力！

g 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.
爲別人做點好事：幫助那些苦惱的人從困難中走出來，不要期待任何回報。去賑濟所作志願者，爲動物收容所捐贈食物和玩具，在你花園裏多種植一排蔬菜，將收穫的作物送給慈善機構。我們都覺得自己很善良，但最好用實際行動證明吧！考慮下這個提議。

7. Quitting something
懂得取捨

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.
我們都明白，接受一些東西就意味着拒絕其他很多。若你所做的承諾已經不再像以前般給你成就感，就果斷捨棄它。離開不再有趣的足球隊，捨棄不是你真正所需的研究生學習。人們一直不願選擇捨棄，感覺那是一種消極負面的舉動。但如果一直爲本應該捨棄的東西思前想後，就會白白浪費大把可以被更好利用的時間。

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.
生活中有許多領域可以改變自我，除非我們真正花時間去思考，否則只能維持現狀。被設置了“自動駕駛裝置”的生活，將是多麼枯燥乏味，它缺少經歷去點綴和填充。我給自己的使命就是謹慎有目的地生活，當我回顧往昔時纔不會後悔。到目前爲止，一切都進展順利。