38年里38条人生经验

38 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 38 Years

从38年生活中所得的38条人生经验

Post written by Leo Babauta.

作者里奥.巴伯塔

Today (April 30) I turn 38 years old.

四月30日，我就38岁了。

I’ve been on this earth for nearly four decades. Being in a city like Paris, where there are buildings that measure their age by the millennia, helps put that brief blink of the eye into perspective. But still, it amazes me that I’ve been around that long — I feel like I’ve barely begun.

我已经在地球上生活了大约40个年头了。在像巴黎这样的大都市里，所有的建筑年龄都是以千年来计量的，这让世人以正确的角度来对待自己眨眼的时光。但已经生活这么久的事实仍然让我感觉到惊讶，因为我觉得我才刚刚出生似地。

I’m not usually one to make a big deal about my birthday, but as always, it has given me an opportunity to reflect. I thought I’d share a handful of lessons I’ve learned — as a helpful guide for those just starting out.

我是一个对自己生活不是那么在意的人，但是这天给了我一个内省自己的机会。我觉得应该分享一些我的人生经验，供刚起航的人们一些指导。

This post is for my children, whom I miss greatly across the distance of a continent and an ocean. I hope this will shine a dim light on the streets they have to navigate ahead of them, though I know they’ll still stumble as much as I have.

这封邮件是写给我孩子们的，我也非常想念远在大洋彼岸的他们。虽然他们还是会经历和我一样困惑，希望这能够给他们航行的道路上一丝光亮。

This is for you, Chloe, Justin, Rain, Maia, Seth and Noelle. I apologize for the length.

克洛伊，贾斯丁，瑞恩，玛雅，赛斯和诺埃尔，这是给你们的。抱歉有点长！

38 Lessons I’ve Learned in My 38 Year

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1. Always swallow your pride to say you’re sorry. Being too proud to apologize is never worth it — your relationship suffers for no good benefit.

1.放下自尊诚然道歉。自负而不肯赔不是的习惯是没有任何意义的，你们的关系不会因自负得到好处的。

2. Possessions are worse than worthless — they’re harmful. They add no value to your life, and cost you everything. Not just the money required to buy them, but the time and money spent shopping for them, maintaining them, worrying about them, insuring them, fixing them, etc.

2.财物毫无价值，并且有害。他们不会给你的人生增色，反而耗费你的一切。不仅仅是需要花钱来买这些，而是耗费你的时间以及金钱来购买他们，保养他们，为他们担心，投保，维修等等

3. Slow down. Rushing is rarely worth it. Life is better enjoyed at a leisurely pace.

3.慢慢来。急急忙忙其实没有必要。生活以一种悠闲的步调来享受感觉更好。

4. Goals aren’t as important as we think. Try working without them for a week. Turns out, you can do amazing things without goals. And you don’t have to manage them, cutting out on some of the bureaucracy of your life. You’re less stressed without goals, and you’re freer to choose paths you couldn’t have foreseen without them.

4.目标比不是我们想的那么重要。尝试忘掉目标来过一周。原来，没有目标你可以做一些让你感到惊讶的事情。而且你没有必要管理他们，让自己生活远离条款。没有目标，你会变得更轻松，可以自由选择自己的路，那些你没有目标就不能预料的道路。

5. The moment is all there is. All our worries and plans about the future, all our replaying of things that happened in the past — it’s all in our heads, and it just distracts us from fully living right now. Let go of all that, and just focus on what you’re doing, right at this moment. In this way, any activity can be meditation.

5.只有这一刻。所有我们对未来的担心和计划，我们对过去所发生的回忆，这些只是我们个人的脑袋里，这些想法只是让我们无法活在当下。忘掉脑袋里的这些，仅仅专注于此刻你正在做的事情。这样以来，所有的行为都好好思考过

6. When your child asks for your attention, always grant it. Give your child your full attention, and instead of being annoyed at the interruption, be grateful for the reminder to spend time with someone you love.

6.当你的孩子要你注意的时候，总是欣然接受。重视你孩子而不是为他们的打扰而感到厌烦，并对那些提醒你应该花时间和你爱的人待在一起的表示感谢。

7. Don’t go into debt. That includes credit card debt, student debt, home debt, personal loans, auto loans. We think they’re necessary but they’re not, at all. They cause more headaches than they’re worth, they can ruin lives, and they cost us way more than we get. Spend less than you earn, go without until you have the money.

7.不要欠债。这包括信用卡债务，学生债务，家庭债务和个人贷款，汽车贷款等。我们认为这些债务是正常的，但其实一点也不是。这些债务比本身的价值引起更多头疼的事情，他们能毁掉生活并且让我们过着入不敷出的生活。一定要比自己挣的花的少，如果没有那么多钱，就不要行动。

8. I’m not cool, and I’m cool with that. I wasted a lot of energy when I was younger worrying about being cool. It’s way more fun to forget about that, and just be yourself.

8.我不是一个酷哥，而且我对此很清楚。在我年轻的时候花了很多精力来成为一个酷哥。最好的办法，就是忘掉这个事情，只是做你自己。

9. The only kind of marketing you need is an amazing product. If it’s good, people will spread the word for you. All other kind of marketing is disingenuous.

9.你需要的一个市场推广是一个惊人的产品。如果产品很好，人们会为你做宣传的。所有其他类型的市场营销都是无诚意的。

10. Never send an email or message that’s unfit for the eyes of the world. In this digital age, you never know what might slip into public view.