你好新年，遇見更好的自己(雙語)

在新的一年里，遇見更好的自己。開始新計劃，改掉舊習(xí)慣，過我們想過的生活，這些大部分取決于我們有多想真正成為我們所知的最快樂的人。誰不想變成那樣的人呢？

New year. Happier me.

新的一年，讓自己更快樂。

Before we raise our champagne flutes and toast the beginning of the New Year, here are 15 ways we can be happier in 2015.

在我們舉起香檳酒，共慶新年伊始之前，以下有15個能讓我們在2015年變得更快樂的方法。

1. Slow down and enjoy the little moments.

放慢腳步，享受短暫時光。

Stop being too busy to taste the flavors in your food, to hear yourself think, to watch the sunset or to listen to the words of your favorite song.

不要因為太忙了連品味食物，聆聽自己內(nèi)心，看日落，聽自己最愛歌曲的時間都沒有了。

2. Say no to time-wasters and space-fillers.

不要浪費時間，也不要為了填補寂寞而做些毫無意義的事。

Your days are valuable and should only involve valuable things and people. You can't be everywhere at once and you can't be everything to everybody. Choose what and who is deserving of your time and let the rest fall by the wayside.

你的每一天都很寶貴，應(yīng)該留給有價值的人和事。你不能一下子去所有地方，也不能成為每個人所依賴的全部。選擇值得做的事，值得愛的人，其他的就順其自然吧。

3. Be more honest and open with yourself.

更真誠開放地對待自己。

What do you really want to do with your life? Is the current path you're on something you're passionate about or are you doing it because society's roadmap told you so?

你究竟想要怎樣對待你的人生呢？你現(xiàn)在所走的路是你為之熱情奮斗的嗎？或者只是在循規(guī)蹈矩？

4. Take more risks.

多冒點險。

Seriously. Get out there and get messy. Make mistakes and fail a few times. Fail again after that. Let the challenges help build your character because the success that follows will be worth it.

我是說真的。出去闖蕩一番。犯點錯誤，讓自己失敗幾次。然后再失敗。讓挑戰(zhàn)磨練自己的品格，因為隨之而來的成功是值得的。

5. Assess your circle of friends.

評估你的朋友圈。

Are you constantly giving and listening to other's drama and not receiving anything in return? Do the people you lean on really support you? Do you genuinely feel like they have your best interest at heart? Remember, the five people you spend time with the most are a telling sign of who you are.

你是不是一直都在分享和聆聽別人八卦的事，卻沒有什么回報？你所依靠的人真的支持你嗎？你真的覺得他們把你放在第一位嗎？記住，你花最多時間在一起的五個人代表了你是怎樣的人。

6. Realize the past can't be changed.

要知道過去無法改變。

Like ever. Stop reliving what could have been or obsessing over how the situation may have played out differently if you would have gotten one more word in or reacted better. It didn't work out for a reason. Take the lesson from it and find comfort in knowing that what's meant for you will come in due time.

永遠都不能。不要糾結(jié)于自己如果做得更好，會怎么樣，已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事無法改變。做不好是有原因的。吸取教訓(xùn)，要明白對你來說重要的事會在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r候來臨。

7. Find the time to help someone in need. 

留點時間幫助有困難的人。

Lend a listening ear or a firm shoulder to lean on. You never know when the person doing the needing will end up being you.

學(xué)會傾聽或是給別人一個堅實的肩膀來依靠。你不會想到什么時候自己也會成為那個需要幫助的人。

8. Stop making excuses for not living out your dream.

不要為沒有實踐自己的夢想而找借口。

If others can do it, so can you. A few years from now, you'll be upset with yourself for all the time you wasted and find yourself stuck dwelling on what could have been.

別人可以做到的，你也可以。幾年之后，你會為自己所浪費的時間所懊惱，而且發(fā)現(xiàn)自己深陷后悔的泥潭。

9. Be happy for others.

替別人感到高興。

Being jealous or fake happy is draining. Genuinely be happy for other's success because you'll want them to be happy for you when you share your good news.

嫉妒或是假裝很開心是很累的。真心替別人的成功感到高興，因為你希望在分享自己好消息的時候，他們也能替你感到高興。

10. Give what you'd like to receive.

給予就是獲得。

If you're seeking compassion, show it to others. What goes around, always comes back around.

如果你想被同情，你就去同情別人。有予就有得。

11. Leave expectations at the door.

不要對別人抱有期待。

People grow, change and make mistakes. Some people will help you while others will attempt to bring you down. Don't expect too much from anyone either way. The only person's actions and mind you can control is your own.

人成長，改變，犯錯。有些人會幫助你，而其他人試圖擊垮你。不要對他們抱有太大期待。你能控制的只有自己的行為和思想。

12. Validate yourself.

證明你自己。

Don't worry about what others think or don't think of you. What weight does their opinion carry anyway? Think highly of yourself and give yourself permission to be great.

不要擔(dān)心別人怎么看你。他們的意見又有多少分量呢？高度贊揚自己，讓自己有機會變得優(yōu)秀。

13. Stop settling.

不要安定下來。

Being single is better than being unhappy and working 80 hours a week and doing something you love is better than working eight hours a week doing something you hate.

單身總比不快樂地每周工作80小時要強。做一些你喜歡做的事總比每周八小時做一些自己討厭的事情強。

14. Respect your own privacy.

給自己留點私人空間。

Keep some things to yourself. Not everyone needs to know every detail about your relationship or what's going on at your job, even if they are family and friends. Savor certain moments despite the burning desire to share everything.

留一點東西給自己。并非所有人需要知道你戀愛關(guān)系的所有細節(jié)，或是你工作上發(fā)生了什么，即使他們是你的家人和朋友。即使自己非常想要與人分享一切，也要給自己留一些片刻，讓自己獨自品味。

15. Live in your own purpose.

活出自我。

Don't follow the crowds. Trying to emulate others deters you from that special path you were meant to take. Be inspired from their journey and put that energy into who you are meant to become.

不要隨波逐流。試圖努力趕上別人的過程會讓你偏離自己特定的人生軌道。讓自己被別人的人生旅途所鼓舞，并為自己的人生道路不斷奮斗。

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