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Enjoy Life Now, AND Save for Later


来源:高中英语教学交流
发布时间:2012-06-06 11:17:00
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内容提要:迟后快乐还是及时行乐,本文给你一个明确的答案。

Make people a priority. This is related to the above point, but I thought I'd give it a little more emphasis. If you give "stuff" a priority — stuff like gadgets, nice furnishings, nice clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. — then you will spend a lot of money. But if you make people a priority — the people you love most, you close friends and family — you don't need to spend a dime to enjoy life. Make some time to visit with friends, or your parents … and have a conversation with them that doesn't involve eating out or going to the movies. Just sit, have some iced tea or hot cocoa (depending on the weather), and talk. Tell jokes and laugh your heads off. Talk about books you've read, movies you’ve watched, new things going on in your life, your hopes and dreams. And make time for your kids or your significant other — really spend time with them, doing things that don't cost money. (See Spend Time with Family and Loved Ones , 100 Ways to Have Fun With Your Kids and 50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap .)

把人放第一位:这点和上面一条有关系,但是我认为我还是得更强调一下。如果你把“物件”放第一位,包括小配件、好的家具、好衣服、鞋、首饰等等,那么你会花费很多钱的。但是,如果你把人放第一位,你最爱的人、你的亲朋好友,你就不需要花一毛钱去享受生活。找出一些时间去拜访朋友或者你的父母,和他们聊聊天,未必要外出吃饭或去看电影。只是坐一坐,喝一点冰茶或热可可(根据天气而定),聊一聊天。说说笑话,开怀大笑一番。谈谈你看过的书、你看过的电影、你生活中发生的新鲜的事、你的希望和梦想。抽时间陪伴你的孩子们或你重要的另一半,真正和他们一起度过,做一些不用花钱的事情。(看看《花时间和家人和所爱的人在一起,100种和你的孩子娱乐的方法以及50种廉价的罗曼蒂克的方法》)

Find time for yourself. Make time every day, and every week, to spend time alone. It really gives more meaning and enjoyment to your life, rather than rushing through life with no time to think, to breathe. For ideas on how to make this time, see these ways to create time for solitude .

为你自己找时间:每天、每周抽空独处一会儿。比起整天匆匆忙忙、无暇思考、无暇呼吸,这的确会给你的生活增添更多的意义和快乐。关于如何抽出这样的时间,看看这些为了独处抽出时间的方法。

Sometimes, splurge. You shouldn't restrict yourself from expensive pleasures all the time — it's not good to develop the feeling of deprivation. To prevent that, once in awhile, buy yourself something … or better yet, give yourself a decadent treat. I love things with dark chocolate or berries. Crepes with ice cream and berries are one of my favorites. Just don't go overboard … and learn to enjoy the splurge to the fullest. If you truly take the time to enjoy a treat, you don't need a lot of it.

有时候需要挥霍:你不应总是压抑自己享受昂贵的乐趣——这不利于培养对贫困的感觉。为了防止这种情况的出现,偶尔给自己买点东西,或更好的办法,让自己颓废一次。我喜欢一些有黑色巧克力或草莓的东西。夹有冰激凌和草莓的法式薄饼是我最喜爱的食品之一。只是别过火,学着最大限度地享受一下挥霍。如果你真的花时间享受一次,你不会需要很多次的享受。

Track your successes. It doesn't really matter how you track your success … you can use gold stars for creating a new simplifying or frugalfying habit, or a spreadsheet chart to track your decreasing debt and increasing savings or investments. Tracking is a great way to not only provide motivation, but make the process of changing fun.

跟踪成功的足迹:如何跟踪你的成功的足迹并不真的很重要。你可以开创一个崭新的简单化或节俭化的习惯,并以资鼓励,或者用一个电子图表来跟踪你缩减的债务和增加的存款或投资。跟踪是一个很好的办法,不仅提供了动力,而且使得过程充满了变化的乐趣。

Reward yourself. And in order to make it more fun, celebrate every little success! Set rewards for yourself (hopefully not too expensive!) along your path to success — celebrate one day, two days, three days, a week, two weeks, three, a month … you get the idea.

奖励自己:为了增添更多的乐趣,庆祝每一个小小的成功!在获得成功的过程中,为自己设定各种奖项(但愿不会很贵),比如庆祝一天、两天、三天、一周、两周、三周、一个月。。。你会明白的。

Volunteer. One of the most rewarding things for my family has been when we have managed to volunteer. It's actually something we only started doing last year, but since then, we've done it a bunch of times in a number of different ways. And while it doesn't cost a dime, it is tremendously satisfying in ways that money could never buy. Read more .

志愿者:对于我的家人来说,最值得奖励的事之一是我们已经试着去做志愿者。其实,我们从去年才开始做这件事情,但从那会儿开始,我们以许多种不同的方式当过很多次的志愿者。这不需要花一分钱,效果以那些金钱永远也买不到的方式非常令人满意。

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