The School of Life｜60秒掌握快乐的秘诀

The Secrets of Happiness — in 60 Seconds

1. Stop being so hopeful. Expect that most things are going to go wrong: marriage, job, holidays, kids. Look at the glass half empty, and then feel grateful whenever things aren't an outright catastrophe.
不要再满怀希望。预期大多数事情都会出错：婚姻、工作、假期、孩子。把杯子看成是半空的，然后只要事情不是彻底的灾难，就心存感激。

2. Stop ranting about how awful other people are. Most annoying people aren't evil; they're just anxious or sad. Forgive them; they didn't set out to hurt you; they're just under a lot of pressure.
别再抱怨别人有多糟糕了。大多数烦人的人并不邪恶，他们只是焦虑或悲伤。原谅他们，他们并不想伤害你，他们只是压力太大了。

3. Think of death a lot. Keep a skull of your table. You've probably only got about four hundred thousand hours left.
经常思考死亡。在你的桌子上放一个头骨。你可能只剩下大约四十万小时的生命了。

4. Laugh at yourself. Stop thinking of yourself as a stupid idiot. You're something far nicer; a lovable fool.
学会自嘲。不要再把自己当成一个愚蠢的白痴。你比你想的要好得多；你是一个可爱的傻瓜。

5. Make regular appointments to talk with someone you don't spend enough time with — you. Ask yourself what you really want and are anxious about.
定期和你相处时间不够的人约谈——你自己。问问自己真正想要什么，以及你焦虑什么。

6. Stop trying to make yourself happy; it's impossible. Concentrate on cheering up other people.
别再试图让自己快乐了；这是不可能的。还是集中精力让别人高兴起来吧。

7. Look at yourself as if from the ISS, 240 miles above the Earth. From this height, lots of things that are bothering you look the size they should always have been.
从距离地球240英里的国际空间站的角度看自己。从这个高度看，很多困扰你的事情看起来就像它们本该有的大小一样。

8. Throw your phone off a cliff, for a bit, so you can finally notice stuff — especially your partner and your mom.
把你的手机扔下悬崖，这样你就能注意到一些东西，尤其是你的伴侣和妈妈。

9. Give up on the idea that you should be normal. The only normal people are people you don't know yet. Everyone is weird. And, that's totally okay.
放弃你应该成为正常人的想法。唯一正常的人是你还不认识的人。每个人都很奇怪。而且，这完全没关系。

词汇表
look at the glass half empty 指以一种悲观或消极的态度看待事物，与look at the glass half full相对，后者表示一种乐观、积极的态度
outright  [ˈaʊtˌraɪt] 完全的，彻底的
catastrophe [kə'tæstrəfi] 灾难，灾祸
rant (about)  [rænt] 抱怨，咆哮，痛骂
awful [ˈɔːf(ə)l] 糟糕的，极坏的
set out to do 打算，着手，开始
skull [skʌl] 颅骨，头骨
lovable 可爱的，讨人喜欢的
ISS 国际空间站(International Space Station)
cliff [klɪf] 悬崖，峭壁

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