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It's easy now to romanticize my time here.
如今浪漫的回想求學時光是很容易的。
But I had some very difficult times here too.
但我也有過非常艱苦的日子。
Some combination of being 19, dealing with my first heartbreak,
年方19歲，初次因分手而心碎，
taking birth control pills that have since been taken off the market for their depressive side effects,
吃了有問題的避孕藥，后來因為導致抑郁的副作用而停產，
and spending too much time missing daylight during winter months led me to some pretty dark moments, particularly during sophomore year.
而且冬天幾個月不下樓，看不到陽光，合在一起造成了很黑暗的時光，尤其是在我大二那年。
There were several occasions where I started crying in meetings with professors
曾經幾次在跟教授會面時失聲痛哭，
overwhelmed with what I was supposed to pull off when I could barely get myself out of bed in the morning.
不知自己該怎樣努力而崩潰，連早上從床上爬起來都成問題。
Moments when I took on the motto for my school work, "Done, not good."
那段時間我對功課的座右銘是：“做完，不怎樣。”
If only I could finish my work,
只要能完成作業，
even if it took eating a jumbo pack of sour Patch Kids to get me through a single 10-page paper.
就算讓我吃超級大包酸味軟糖都行，能寫完一份10頁的論文就好。
I felt that I've accomplished a great feat. I repeated to my self "Done, not good."
我覺得自己完成了偉大的功績，我不斷對自己說：“做完，不怎樣。”
A couple years ago, I went to Tokyo with my husband and I ate the most remarkable sushi restaurant.
幾年前，我跟我丈夫去東京玩，吃到了最美味的壽司飯店。
I don't even eat fish. I'm vegan. So that tells you how good it was.
我不吃魚的，我是素食主義者。所以你們知道該有多好吃了。
Even with just vegetables, this sushi was the stuff you dreamed about.
即便只是蔬菜，那壽司都是夢幻般的味道。
The restaurant has six seats.
飯店只有六個座位。
My husband and I marveled at how anyone could make rice so superior to all other rice.
我丈夫和我很驚訝，怎會有人把米飯做得如此超絕。
We wondered why they didn't make a bigger restaurant and be the most popular place in town.
我們納悶他們為何不把店做大一點，做成全城最火爆的飯店。
Our local friend explains to us that
當地的朋友跟我們解釋，
all the best restaurants in Tokyo are that small and only do one type of dish: sushi or tempura or teriyaki.
東京所有最棒的飯店都是這么小，而且只做一樣料理：壽司或天婦羅或照燒。
Because they want to do this thing well and beautifully.
因為他們想要把事情做好做漂亮。
And it's not about quantity. It's about taking pleasure in the perfection and beauty of the particular.
關鍵不在于數量。而是對某事追求至善至美的過程中的愉悅。
I'm still learning now that it's about good and maybe never done that.
我現在仍在學習，關鍵是做好，而可能不是做完。
The joy and work ethic and virtuosity we bring to the particular
做某事時的快樂、敬業和爐火純青，
can impart a singular of enjoyment to those we give to and of course, to ourselves.
可以給我們服務的對象帶來一種特定的享受，當然也讓我們自己得到享受。
