The Real Luxuries In Life

生活中真正的奢侈品

I love Labor Day weekend. It’s the “back to school” moment of the year for me. When I was a kid growing up in Dallas, we didn’t go back to school until after Labor Day, so that was the weekend that summer ended and fall began. 我热爱劳动节周末。对我而言，这是每年“重返校园”的时刻。小时候在达拉斯长大，我们通常在劳动节之后才开学，所以那个周末标志着夏天的结束和秋天的开始。

I wrote ten years ago that Memorial Day and Labor Day are the bookends of summer. What’s different now is that I’m 60, closing in on 61, and lately I’ve been thinking a lot more about what I actually care about. 十年前我曾写道，阵亡将士纪念日和劳动节是夏天的两端。现在的不同之处在于，我已经60岁了，快要61岁了，最近我更多地在思考自己真正关心的是什么。

Amy texted me this list yesterday. The real luxuries in life: 昨天，艾米（Amy）给我发来了这份清单。生活中真正的奢侈品包括：

• Time

• Health

• A quiet mind

• Slow mornings

• Ability to travel

• Rest without guilt

• A good night’s sleep

• Calm and “boring” days

• Meaningful conversations

• Home-cooked meals

• People you love

• People who love you back

• 时间

• 健康

• 内心的宁静

• 悠闲的早晨

• 旅行的能力

• 无愧疚的休息

• 优质的睡眠

• 平静且“无聊”的日子

• 有意义的对话

• 家常便饭

• 你所爱的人

• 爱你的人

It’s a wonderful list. Enjoy the long weekend. 这是一份很棒的清单。祝大家享受这个长周末。