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I tried writing e-mails while hovering over the toilet, but the situation didn't lend itself to effective multitasking.
我曾經(jīng)試圖坐在馬桶上寫電子郵件，但這也沒有提高我的多重任務(wù)處理效率。
Because I had already been through this with my first pregnancy, I knew what I was in for.
第一次懷孕的經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴我，痛苦是逃不掉的，
I turned down Reid's offer and got pregnant—and extremely nauseated—a few months later.
所以我拒絕了霍夫曼的邀請(qǐng)。幾個(gè)月后我便懷孕了，并出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重的妊娠反應(yīng)。
Any regrets I had about not taking that job evaporated when, about seven months after my daughter was born, Mark offered me the opportunity to join Facebook.
7個(gè)月后當(dāng)女兒出生時(shí)，馬克·扎克伯格邀請(qǐng)我加入臉譜網(wǎng)，我之前的所有遺憾立刻煙消云散。
The timing was still not ideal.
其實(shí)這個(gè)時(shí)間點(diǎn)也并不理想，
As many people had warned, and I quickly discovered to be true, having two children was more than double the work of having one.
因?yàn)閹蓚€(gè)孩子可不等于把養(yǎng)育一個(gè)孩子的工作量翻倍那么簡(jiǎn)單。
I was not looking for new challenges but simply trying to get through each day.
我沒有尋找新的挑戰(zhàn)，只求安然地挺過每一天。
Still, Dave and I recognized that if I waited until the timing was exactly right, the opportunity would be gone.
好在戴夫和我達(dá)成了一致，我們都認(rèn)為如果要等到所謂的“恰當(dāng)時(shí)機(jī)”，那么機(jī)會(huì)也就消失了。
My decision to take the job was personal, as these decisions always are.
我接受一份工作的前提總是基于個(gè)人情況，以前也是這樣。
And there were days in my first six months at Facebook when I wondered whether I'd made the right choice.
我在臉譜網(wǎng)工作的頭半年時(shí)常會(huì)思考這樣的選擇是否正確。
By the end of my first year, I knew I had ... for me.
一年后，我知道我的選擇是對(duì)的……起碼對(duì)我自己而言。
The birth of a child instantly changes how we define ourselves.
孩子的出生瞬間改變了我們對(duì)自己的定位。
Women become mothers. Men become fathers. Couples become parents.
女人變成母親，男人變成父親，夫妻變成家長(zhǎng)，
Our priorities shift in fundamental ways.
我們生活的重心從根本上發(fā)生了變化。
Parenting may be the most rewarding experience, but it is also the hardest and most humbling.
養(yǎng)育下一代也許是最值得嘗試的人生體驗(yàn)了，但這也是最困難、最讓人深感慚愧的經(jīng)歷。
