马修·麦康纳2015休斯顿大学毕业演讲(11)
You know that group of friends that you hang out with that really might not bring out the best in you?
你们知道吗，那群你们常厮混在一起的朋友并不能让你展现出最好的一面。
You know, they gossip too much, or they’re kind of shady, and they really aren’t gonna be there for you in a pinch?
他们太爱传闲话，或者名声不好，在你需要的时候他们并未在你身边。
Or how about that bar that we keep going to, that we always seem to have the worst hangover from?
又比如那个酒吧，我们常去那里，总是喝得烂醉，它怎么样呢？
Or that computer screen, right, that computer screen that keeps giving us an excuse
又比如那个电脑屏幕。对，那个电脑屏幕一直给我们借口，
not to get out of the house and engage with the world and get some real human interaction.
让我们足不出户，不去和世界打交道，获取真正的人际交流。它又怎么样呢？
Or how about that food that we keep eating, that stuff that tastes so good going down,
再比如我们一直在吃的食物，那种吃下去口感很棒，
makes us feel like crap the next week when we feel lethargic and we keep putting on weight?
但第二周却让我们感觉糟透了，让我们无精打采、体重飙升的食物，它又怎么样呢？
Well, those people, those places, those things — stop giving them your time and energy.
对于那些人，那些地方，那些东西–不要再花费时间和精力在上面。
Just don’t go there; I mean, put them down.
别再去那里；我的意思是，放下它们。
And when you do this, when you do put ’em down, when you quit going there, when you quit giving them your time,
当你们这么做–真的放下的时候，当你不再去那里，不再在那上面浪费时间，
you inadvertently find yourself spending more time and in more places that are healthy for you, that bring you more joy. Why?
之后，不经意间你就会发现，你将有更多的时间，去更多对你有益并带给你快乐的地方。为什么呢？
Because you just eliminated the whos, the wheres, the whats, the whens that were keeping you from your identity.
因为你们清除了那些阻碍你们找到自我的人物、地点、事情和时间。
Trust me, too many options, I promise you, too many options makes tyrants of us all.
相信我，选择太多–我向你们保证–选择太多会让我们变成暴君。
So get rid of the excess, the wasted time, decrease your options.
所以，丢掉那些多余的东西，无意义的时间，减少选择。
And if you do this, you will have accidentally, almost innocently, put in front of you what is important to you by process of elimination.
如果你这么做了，你就会通过这种清减过程，在不经意间，几乎是在毫无意识中得到对你重要的东西。
Knowing who we are is hard. It’s hard.
知道我们是谁这件事很难。真的很难。
Give yourself a break. Eliminate who you are not first, and you’re gonna find yourself where you need to be.
放轻松。首先清除掉不属于你的东西，你就会发现你需要成为什么样的人。
马修·麦康纳2015休斯顿大学毕业演讲