Ten Steps Towards Happiness (2015)
Ten Steps Towards Happiness (2015)
通往幸福的十个步骤 (2015)
Today, I’m going to explain ten simple steps you can take towards being happier, and making those around you happier. It takes no money and no magic. Just a shift in how you see the world, yourself, and others. As the 14th Dalai Lama said, “Happiness… comes from your own actions.”
今天，我将分享十个简单的步骤，让你变得更快乐，并让你周围的人也更快乐。这不需要金钱，也不需要魔法，只需要改变你看待世界、自己和他人的方式。正如第十四世达赖喇嘛所说：“幸福……源于你自己的行动。”
1. Invest in your senses
1. 投资你的感官
Your body and mind need a good diet. Make your own food, and make it tasty. Take photographs you find beautiful. Play music that excites you. Wear clothes that feel nice. Walk through the city at night, in the rain. Feel the texture of your life, with all your senses.
你的身心需要良好的滋养。自己做饭，并让它变得美味。拍摄你认为美丽的风景。播放让你兴奋的音乐。穿上感觉舒适的衣服。在雨夜漫步城市。用你所有的感官去感受生活的质感。
2. Do things you are bad at
2. 做你不擅长的事
Learning makes us feel alive. Challenge yourself, and keep proving you can learn. Learn to juggle, to hold your breath underwater for longer, to solve a Rubik’s cube. Learn to play music and play for yourself. Learn to paint and draw.
学习让我们感到活着。挑战自己，不断证明你可以学习新事物。学习杂耍，学习在水下憋气更久，学习解魔方。学习演奏音乐并为自己而弹。学习绘画和素描。
3. Enjoy other people
3. 享受与人相处
Nothing makes us happier than other people. Take the time to talk to people you cross paths with. Be nice, chat, smile. If you live far from other people, move to be closer. If you drive a lot, change your life so you can walk and cycle. Go out and mingle.
没有什么比与人相处更能让我们快乐。花点时间与你擦肩而过的人交谈。友善、聊天、微笑。如果你住得离人群很远，搬到离人近的地方。如果你经常开车，改变你的生活方式，以便能够步行或骑行。走出去，与人交往。
4. Be part of bigger things
4. 参与更宏大的事物
Being part of bigger things makes us feel valued. Find communities and projects to be part of. Start your own. It could be online or in the real world. Even the smallest contributions can make a difference to someone. Be precious to strangers.
成为宏大事业的一部分会让我们感到被重视。寻找你可以参与的社区和项目。开启你自己的项目。无论是在线上还是现实世界中。即使是最小的贡献也能对他人的生活产生影响。成为陌生人眼中珍贵的人。
5. Finish your projects
5. 完成你的项目
A sense of achievement gives us hope and confidence. Write down your life’s accomplishments. Even small ones. Now keep this list up to date. Every year, think of what you’ve achieved. Finish your projects and move on to new ones.
成就感赋予我们希望和自信。写下你人生中的成就，哪怕是微小的成就。保持这份清单的更新。每年回顾一下你所取得的成果。完成你的项目，然后开启新的征程。
6. Get rid of bad actors
6. 远离恶人
Nothing can make us more miserable than other people. Read “The Psychopath Code,” and learn to recognize bad actors. When someone is a source of misery, remove them from your life. Whether it takes a day or a year, make this a project, and finish it.
没有什么比某些人更能让我们痛苦。阅读《精神病态代码》(The Psychopath Code)，学会识别那些恶人。当某人成为你痛苦的源头时，将他们从你的生活中剔除。无论这需要一天还是一年，把它当作一个项目来执行，并完成它。
7. Ground your emotions
7. 稳固你的情绪
To be happy you must deal with negative emotions. Learn to recognize these in yourself, and deal with them. Anger, self-pity, jealousy, fear, hate, loneliness… set them aside, and let happiness take their place. If you drink to relax, cut it out.
要获得幸福，你必须处理负面情绪。学会识别并应对它们。愤怒、自怜、嫉妒、恐惧、仇恨、孤独……将它们放下，让快乐取而代之。如果你通过饮酒来放松，那就戒掉它。
8. Revalue your time
8. 重新评估你的时间
Stop wasting your time on commuting, boring jobs, meetings, TV. Do only things that you feel are worthwhile, with people you like. If this means a cut in income, so be it. Be the person you really want to be. Don’t take it all too seriously, we all die.
停止在通勤、无聊的工作、会议和电视上浪费时间。只做你认为有价值的事，与你喜欢的人在一起。如果这意味着收入减少，那就随它去吧。做你真正想成为的人。别太当真，我们终有一死。
9. Travel light
9. 轻装上阵
Material possessions are more often a burden than a pleasure. Give away or sell anything you own that does not make you happy. Do not let your possessions define you. We live in a world of plenty. That means you can own less, not more.
物质财富往往是负担而非快乐。送走或卖掉任何不能让你快乐的东西。不要让你的财产定义你。我们生活在一个物质丰富的世界，这意味着你可以拥有更少，而不是更多。
10. Want nothing, accept everything
10. 无欲则刚，接纳一切
Above all, explore the world without desire or demand, and be tolerant of whatever happens. Most people are nice, and even the others teach us. When you want nothing, you cannot be disappointed. When you accept everything, you will see beauty in every moment.
最重要的是，在探索世界时不要有欲望或苛求，对发生的一切保持宽容。大多数人是友善的，即使是那些不友善的人也能教会我们东西。当你无欲无求时，你就不会感到失望。当你接纳一切时，你会在每一个瞬间发现美。