年老時可能后悔的十件事

1. Not traveling when you had the chance.

有機會而未去旅行

Traveling becomes infinitely harder the older you get, especially if you have a family and need to pay the way for three-plus people instead of just yourself.

隨著年齡的增長，旅行變得越來越難，尤其是如果你成了家，需要為三個以上的人來籌備一場旅行。

2. Not learning another language.

沒能學習另一種語言

You'll kick yourself when you realize you took three years of language in high school and remember none of it.

當你意識到你在高中學了三年語言卻一點都不記得的時候，你肯定會自責的。

3. Staying in a bad relationship.

未能擺脫一段糟糕的關系

No one who ever gets out of a bad relationship looks back without wishing they made the move sooner.

任何一個從糟糕的關系中走出來的人，在回首往事的時候都希望自己能早點離開

4. Not quitting a terrible job.

沒有辭去一份不適合自己的工作。

Look, you gotta pay the bills. But if you don't make a plan to improve your situation, you might wake up one day having spent 40 years in hell.

聽著，你肯定會為之買單。但如果你沒有著手做出改善你現狀的計劃，你可能有一天會渾渾噩噩度過40年之后而后悔莫及。

5. Not trying harder in school.

在學校里不努力學習

It's not just that your grades play a role in determining where you end up in life. Eventually, you'll realize how neat it was to get to spend all day learning, and wish you'd paid more attention.

這不僅僅是因為你的成績決定了你的人生終點。最終你會意識到，花一整天的時間學習是多么的簡單，所以希望你能多加注意。

6. Not realizing how beautiful you were.

不知道你有多漂亮

Too many of us spend our youth unhappy with the way we look, but the reality is, that's when we're our most beautiful.

我們中有太多人在年輕時對自己的外表不滿意，但事實上，那是我們最美麗的時候。

7. Failing to finish what you start.

沒有完成你著手開始的事情

I had big dreams of becoming a nurse. I even signed up for the classes, but then…

我夢想成為一名護士。我甚至報了班，但后來…

8. Caring too much about what other people think.

太在意別人的想法

In 20 years you won't give a damn about any of those people you once worried so much about.

20年后，你再也不會對那些你曾經如此擔心的人生氣了

9. Worrying too much.

顧慮太多

As Tom Petty sang, Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

就像湯姆·佩蒂唱的那樣，我最擔心的事情從來沒有發生過。

10. Not being grateful sooner.

不夠感恩和知足

It can be hard to see in the beginning, but eventually, it becomes clear that every moment on this earth -- from the mundane to the amazing -- is a gift that we're all so incredibly lucky to share.

一開始可能很難發現，但最終我們會意識到活著的每一刻——從平淡到難忘時刻——都是一份幸福和幸運。

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