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You know that group of friends that you hang out with that really might not bring out the best in you?
你們知道嗎，那群你們常廝混在一起的朋友并不能讓你展現出最好的一面。
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?
他們太愛傳閑話，或者名聲不好，在你需要的時候他們并未在你身邊。
Or how about that bar that we keep going to, that we always seem to have the worst hangover from?
又比如那個酒吧，我們常去那里，總是喝得爛醉，它怎么樣呢？
Or that computer screen, right, that computer screen that keeps giving us an excuse
又比如那個電腦屏幕。對，那個電腦屏幕一直給我們借口，
not to get out of the house and engage with the world and get some real human interaction.
讓我們足不出戶，不去和世界打交道，獲取真正的人際交流。它又怎么樣呢？
Or how about that food that we keep eating, that stuff that tastes so good going down,
再比如我們一直在吃的食物，那種吃下去口感很棒，
makes us feel like crap the next week when we feel lethargic and we keep putting on weight?
但第二周卻讓我們感覺糟透了，讓我們無精打采、體重飆升的食物，它又怎么樣呢？
Well, those people, those places, those things -- stop giving them your time and energy.
對于那些人，那些地方，那些東西--不要再花費時間和精力在上面。
Just don't go there; I mean, put them down.
別再去那里；我的意思是，放下它們。
And when you do this, when you do put 'em down, when you quit going there, when you quit giving them your time,
當你們這么做--真的放下的時候，當你不再去那里，不再在那上面浪費時間，
you inadvertently find yourself spending more time and in more places that are healthy for you, that bring you more joy. Why?
之后，不經意間你就會發現，你將有更多的時間，去更多對你有益并帶給你快樂的地方。為什么呢？
Because you just eliminated the whos, the wheres, the whats, the whens that were keeping you from your identity.
因為你們清除了那些阻礙你們找到自我的人物、地點、事情和時間。
Trust me, too many options, I promise you, too many options makes tyrants of us all.
相信我，選擇太多--我向你們保證--選擇太多會讓我們變成暴君。
So get rid of the excess, the wasted time, decrease your options.
所以，丟掉那些多余的東西，無意義的時間，減少選擇。
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.
如果你這么做了，你就會通過這種清減過程，在不經意間，幾乎是在毫無意識中得到對你重要的東西。
Knowing who we are is hard. It's hard.
知道我們是誰這件事很難。真的很難。
Give yourself a break. Eliminate who you are not first, and you're gonna find yourself where you need to be.
放輕松。首先清除掉不屬于你的東西，你就會發現你需要成為什么樣的人。
