欧美人文风情第74篇:新年新希望 - 提升自我

 So you know how you'll get really excited about starting a new project, 所以你们知道开始一项新计划时你们会有多么兴奋，

whether it's writing a book, or making a song on guitar, or completely reinventing yourself in the space you're in. 不管是写一本书、或是用吉他写一首歌、或是在你所处的空间完全改造自己。

But then as the days go by, your enthusiasm fades and fades and fades until it just shrivels up and dies 但之后随着日子过去，你的热情消逝、消逝、消逝，直到它干枯并死去，

and you completely forget about it. 然后你完全忘记它。

The first, most important, and hardest part of leveling up is deciding to. 要提升自己，首先、最重要、最难的部份是下定决心。

You have so much willpower. We as human beings, whenever we decide we really want something, 你有这么多意志力。我们身为人类，不论何时我们决定我们真的很想要某个东西，

we go after it and we make it happen. 我们追求它并让它成真。

There's no such thing as "I'm too busy for that." 没有像是“我太忙不能做那件事”这种事。

It's just "I don't think I want to invest the time necessary to complete that goal," 就只是“我不认为我想投入完成那个目标所需要的时间”，

which brings me to the two biggest hurdles¹ standing² between you and what you want to accomplish: 这让我想到站在你和你想完成的事情之间的两个最大障碍：

total time mismanagement and not setting realistic goals. 完全的时间管理不当，以及没有设定实际目标。

We throw so much time away just doing absolutely nothing. 我们丢掉这么多时间就是完全不做事。

And then we have these grand goals and ideas and dreams that seem so overwhelming³, 然后我们有这些看似势不可挡的伟大目标和想法和梦想，

that we never finish them because we don't start off small. 我们永远没完成它们，因为我们不从小地方开始。

If you really wanna get something done, be honest with yourself. 如果你真的想要做到某事，对自己诚实。

So if you tell me, "I wanna write for two hours today." 所以如果你告诉我：“我今天想要写作两小时。”

"Are you really gonna write for two hours? Is that something that you are actually able to do?" “你真的要写作两小时吗？那是你确实可以做到的事吗？”

"No." “不。”

"How about an hour? How about 30 minutes? How about 15 minutes?" “那一小时呢？三十分钟呢？十五分钟呢？”

"Fifteen minutes of writing? I can do that. Totally, totally doable." “写作十五分？我可以做到。完全、完全做得到的。”

So if you wanna reach this fabled⁴ level five, start managing your time and setting goals that you know that you can complete. 所以如果你想要达到这个传说中的第五级，开始管理你的时间，并设定你知道可以完成的目标。

I use an AT-A-GLANCE planner. It breaks down the week per hour. 我使用AT-A-GLANCE出的计划表。它将一周以每个小时拆开来。

It's amazing, highly recommended. And whenever I cross something off of my list, 这很棒，极力推荐。无论何时我将某件事从我的清单中划掉，

I reward myself with a cookie or chocolate—something sweet, something delicious 我犒赏自己一片饼干或是巧克力－－一些甜食、一些好吃的

—that's all that's needed to get something out of me. －－那是说服我所需要的所有东西。

So you know, start leveling up because you totally can. 所以你知道，开始提升自己，因为你完全可以。

It's just a matter of deciding to and then going from there. Okay? Good luck. 就是下定决心和从这里开始的问题。好吗？祝你好运。

I'll see you next week. Stay Awesome⁵, Gotham. 我下周会再见到你们。保重了，高谭市。

 

1 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。

4 fabled   

adj.寓言中的，虚构的

参考例句：

• For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. 第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。
• Aphrodite, the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea. 希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.