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Clean phone, clean life
給手機來場“斷舍離”
You may have experienced such a moment: You turn on your mobile phone only to find a flood of notifications. It drives you crazy. So you delete all of them with one click, then turn off all notifications right away.
你或許曾經歷這樣一個時刻：打開手機，卻發現提示消息蜂擁而至，讓人無法忍受。所以你一鍵將它們全部刪除，并關掉了所有通知提醒。
This last act is what we call duansheli, or minimalism. In our era of information explosions, it is a simple lifestyle of clarity and purification.
最后這一步我們稱之為“斷舍離”，或者極簡主義。在我們這個信息爆炸的時代，這是種簡單純粹的生活方式。
According to Xinhua Dictionary, duan indicates refraining from consumption; she means giving up unnecessary stuff and getting rid of reputations or ambitions to achieve a kind of purification; and li implies self-recognition and self-appreciation after freeing oneself from the materialist world.
據《新華字典》顯示，“斷”指克制消費，“舍”意指舍棄不必要之物，放下名利與野心，從而達到一種純凈的境界；而“離”指從物質世界解脫后的自我認同與欣賞。
Minimalism, with its original purpose of decluttering and tidying up, was first proposed by a Japanese woman. The idea later expanded into our digital lives, seeking to eliminate useless information. For housewives, decluttering is to reshuffle their routines. For other people, it means rearranging our lives to relieve stress, says The Washington Post.
“極簡主義”由一位日本女性首次提出，原意在于整理歸納。這一概念后來引申到了我們的數字生活中，意在清理無用信息。《華盛頓郵報》認為，對于家庭主婦而言，整理意味著能夠重新調整她們的日常起居。而對于其他人而言，這意味著重新安排生活，釋放壓力。
In modern life, minimalism is a good way to stay free of advertisements, repeated entertainment and fake news. Just like disposing the junk in our closets, minimalism says we should take action against the unhelpful apps in our phones. They not only take up storage, but also disrupt our lives. As an old saying goes, "Out of sight, out of mind." One click to delete them all may bring a new feeling of freedom.
在現代生活中，極簡主義是種擺脫廣告、重復性娛樂以及假新聞的好方法。和處理壁櫥中的廢舊雜物一樣，極簡主義認為我們應當處理掉手機中那些無用的應用。它們不光占內存，也打擾著我們的生活。正如那句老話：“眼不見，心不煩。”點擊刪除這些應用或許能帶來一種全新的自由感。
The Scottish writer Richard Holloway once said, "Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art."
蘇格蘭作家理查德·霍洛維曾說：“簡約、清晰、專一：這些都是能夠給予我們生活力量、活力和樂趣的特征，同時也是偉大藝術的標志。”
Holloway would probably say that minimalism is a healthy lifestyle. It changes our focus, from objects to ourselves. Unlike people who hold on to consumerism, minimalists tend to have a more simple and optimistic attitude toward the world.
霍洛維或許會認為極簡主義是種健康的生活方式。它將我們的關注點從物品轉移到自己身上去。和奉行消費主義的人們不同，極簡主義者對于世界有著更簡單樂觀的態度。
