致二十歲的我

I recently turned 30. For some very odd reason I’ve not warmed to the idea of it just yet. However as I began to evaluate[評估] my 20s， I realised how many mistakes I’ve made and things I’ve learned in a decade of life.

I took some time to write myself some advice.

1. Travel

You have very little responsibility[責任] so go and travel. When you get to 30， you’re going to want to travel slightly[稍微] differently， spend a little more， do slightly more expensive things， eat at slightly better restaurants. So work for a year and save enough money to experience the world on the cheap.

How do you know what you want to do if you don’t know what’s out there to do？

Don’t just travel to the obvious places.

Travel to the tough places.

Travel to learn.

Travel to discover.

Travel to the places that will challenge who you think you want to be.

2. Build Things

Don’t spend too much time working on other people’s visions[視力] or in other people’s meetings. Spend time figuring out[解決，想出] what your own world view is and where you want to take your own life （see point 1）.

Meetings are where ideas go to die.

If you find yourself in a corporate[公司的] job that you wish you could leave then do it.

Leave. If you don’t have a corporate job yet， see point 5.

3. Read

Read every day. Read everything you can. Don’t just read about things you know about. Read about people. Read people.

4. Stop Watching Television

Right now. Stop it. It’s not helping you get better at anything. 5. Career[職業] Do not take that corporate job. Just don’t do it （see point 2）.

6. Trust

Even if it kills your relationships. Even if it destroys your ideas. Even if you lose your friends. Even if it means you end up getting hurt.

Trust people until they give you a reason not to.

But don’t be na？ve[天真的]. Some people are out to[設法] hurt you.

7. People

People are the best and worst thing that will happen to you. Some will help you go further， faster. Others will pull you down to their level and help you lose. Most are OK. Many are average[平均的，普通的]. Some are excellent.

A few people will change your life forever. Find them.

You don’t need a lot of friends or people around you. You need amazing people who do for you as you do for them.

It’s simple really， a lot of average friends will leave you feeling alone when you need to feel surrounded by people who care.

8. Value Time

Don’t waste time on people who you don’t trust. Don’t waste time with

lovers who cheat on[對……不忠] you. Don’t waste time with friends who don’t treat you the way you treat them （see point 7）.

Do not be late.

Value other people’s time. That means that if you’re late， you don’t care about them or their time， and that you think you’re worth more and therefore can keep them waiting.

Some people will tell you that it’s OK to be late. It’s not. Some people will tell you that it’s just the way they are. Then you need to reevaluate[重新評估] them（see point 7 above）.

9. Fail

Fail a lot. Fail often. Fail at love. Fail at socializing[社交]. Fail at making friends. Fail at work. Fail at business. Fail with family.

Fail. But do it quickly and learn a lesson.

If you don’t learn something every time you fail， then all you’ve done is failed. If you learn something， then you’ve grown. Every time you grow and learn and fail， you get better at figuring out how to succeed.

10. Success

There is no point at which you will have succeeded. Not in your twenties. Not ever.

Get over[使……被接受] that fact and start building things （see point 2）.

11. Patience

Be patient. Nothing worth doing is worth doing quickly. Nothing worth building is worth building in a rush[急急忙忙地]. Nothing of value is formed in a minute.

Plan in decades. Think in years. Work in months. Live in days.

我最近剛跨入30歲。出于一些奇怪的原因，我現在還沒有適應過來。但當我開始回顧自己的二十代時，我意識到自己原來犯過如此多的錯誤。這十年里，原來我已經學會了這么多東西。

我花了一點時間給自己寫了一些建議。

1. 多去旅行

你幾乎不需要承擔什么責任，所以去旅行吧！當你踏入30歲，你就想擁有一次略微與眾不同的旅游經歷：花多一點錢，做一些開銷稍微大點的事情，去稍微好點的飯店用餐。所以努力工作一年，攢下足夠的錢去節儉地體驗這個世界吧！

如果你連外面的世界是怎么樣的都不知道，那你又怎么知道自己想要做什么呢？

別只去那些標志性的景點旅游。

到條件艱苦的地方去旅行。

在旅行中學習。

在旅行中發現。

到那些有挑戰性的地方去旅行吧，它們會讓你思考自己想成為怎樣的人。

2. 構建自己的世界

別花太多時間考慮別人的視線，或活在他人的世界里。花一些時間弄清楚你自己的世界觀是什么，以及你自己想要怎樣的生活吧（參照第一點）。

會議是扼殺創意的地方。

如果你發現自己在一家你老想要離開的公司工作的話，那就離開吧。離開吧。如果你還沒找到工作，參照第五點。

3. 多讀書

每天都閱讀。讀一切你能讀到的東西。別只看那些你已經知道的東西，多看和人有關的東西。學會看人。

4. 別再看電視了