【翻譯練習】一百項極簡建議，給十八歲的自己
作者：JOSHUA BECKER
來源：https://www.becomingminimalist.com/minimalism-for-18-year-old/
1、別急著裝潢家裡。
2、我敢說，星巴克根本沒那個價值。你需要的是錢，相信我。
3、跟一個志同道合的人結婚。
4、別跟任何人保證你會保留或珍惜他們的東西。最後你只會陷入莫大罪惡感。
5、不需要跟別人比較。
6、小孩可以多，但雜物不要多。
7、別買水晶，根本用不到。
8、你不會記得自己十八歲時買了什麼，卻會記得與一位後來癌逝的友人同遊的情景。
9、享受閱讀之樂，未必真的需要買書。
10、某個東西售價便宜，不代表你需要那個東西。
11、不必每次出遊就買一套外出服。
12、別讓任何人 (甚至你爸媽) 說服你「買房子是天經地義的」、「大家都有買房子」。
13、會讓你一輩子珍惜的，不是你囤積的東西，而是與所愛之人相處的經歷。
14、存錢是為了買房、出遊或聽演唱會，不是為了買鞋。
15、絕對不該租倉庫來囤雜物。
16、開家人送的中古車，一點也不丟臉。這是個很棒的禮物。
17、別為了讓自己開心而買衣服，根本沒用。
18、別拿信用卡去買更多自己不需要的垃圾。
19、出遊帶的東西愈少，行動愈便捷。
20、去量販店添購新家家具，無法替你增添價值，也無法為你的人生帶來意義。
21、「購物療法」根本沒用。
22、趁早開始極簡主義，把錢改成拿去投資。
23、每買一項東西，就如同釘了一個樁。某天想拔掉那個樁的時候，才驚覺自己被綁在樁上，動彈不得。
24、廣告會引誘人買自己不需要的東西。
25、通往美好人生的途徑是耐心，而非及時行樂。
26、不必因襲家族傳統。
27、外表打扮掩飾不了內心空虛，勢必要有一番徹底改變才行。
28、別開始蒐集成套的公仔飾品。
29、賣掉用過的大學課本，反正你絕對不會再翻開看。
30、別忙著趕流行。買自己喜歡的東西，但要注重簡潔與質感。
31、少買點東西，把時間和金錢付出在更不幸的人身上。
32、所有錄影帶和 CD 很快就會過時。
33、物質充裕不代表幸福也能同樣滿盈，而且雜物還可能成為壓力來源。
34、你真的很想練出好身材，這點我明白。但你的朋友愛的、欣賞的，是你的本質。
35、趁還單身自由時，試試超級極簡主義 (你會很痛快)。
36、要把住宅變成溫馨居家，需要增添的是愛，不是雜物。
37、大部分人會用自己並未實際擁有的錢，買自己不需要的東西，卻只為了炫給自己不喜歡的人看。
38、某種東西也許現在流行，但過幾個月就乏人問津。連二手店也不收。
39、等你減重有成、穿得下美衣時，那些衣服已經褪流行了。
40、別人送的禮物，沒必要保留一輩子。
41、就算你得到一切想要的東西，還是會覺得不滿足。
42、結婚時開出的禮物清單，別寫上特殊場合才用得到的杯盤容器和其他精緻小物。
43、旅遊的錢別花在買紀念品上。
44、珍惜小確幸，它們意義重大，而且比任何實質物品還來得珍貴。
45、東西現在用不到，就找個會用到它的新主人。
46、別住大屋，沒那必要，而且大屋的維護成本超乎想像。
47、三百元的錢包跟九千元的錢包，一樣都能裝錢，而且三百元錢包還多裝了八千七百元！
48、沒錢未嘗不好。買不起東西，是蛻變為極簡主義者的最佳時機。
49、學著精打細算！別當月光族。
50、斷捨離以後，清潔工作也輕鬆許多！
51、放下物欲，把重心放在和身邊的人打好關係。
52、個人的價值，與擁有的物品或住處的整潔度無關。
53、雜物提升不了生活品質。
54、不可寅吃卯糧。
55、除非你百分百確定會定居某處，否則別早早買房。
56、你根本不需要這些破銅爛鐵，遠遠更重要的是你的為人！
57、聖誕節禮物清單別列出實際物品，改成要求特殊體驗，例如表演或演唱會票券，以及國家公園、博物館、動物園、主題公園等的門票。
58、你根本用不到竹編野餐籃。
59、你真正需要的其實並沒有想像中的那麼多。如果生活不會太浪費，五十幾歲就能退休。
60、醒醒吧，你不會去製作剪貼簿的。別蒐集垃圾了。
61、購物不能當興趣。
62、每週五下班後別再去逛 outlet。
63、話是別人在說，錢卻是你在花，所以要學著不要在意別人看法，這樣就能省錢。
64、現在就盡全力存買房頭期款。
65、雜誌寫的不可信。
66、你媽媽喜歡的東西，不代表你也要喜歡。
67、永遠別開始養成惡習，這會比戒掉惡習容易得多。
68、匱乏心態是隱而不見的世代創傷。好好認清自己。
69、沒買每期《柯夢波丹》雜誌，也能安然過活。
70、物品填補不了人生和心靈的空洞。
71、十八歲了，關掉電視，過現實人生吧！
72、重質不重量。
73、世間一切皆是不斷變化的假相。
74、斷然捨棄，慷慨布施。
75、別去二手店撿便宜了，再怎麼便宜，累積的花費也相當可觀。
76、雜物愈少，生活愈平靜。
77、不用怕跟人不一樣。
78、別衝動購物。把想買的東西寫下來，放著，幾天後再考慮要不要買。
79、待實現的夢想裡，應該列入比住大房子更值得的事情。
80、明白現實自我與理想自我的差距。
81、把更多時間花在出門走走。
82、極簡主義不是否定自身樂趣，而是移除沉重負擔。
83、別買那台百萬貨卡。拜託別買。
84、婚禮不是愈盛大愈好。
85、別花心思在珠寶飾品上。沒人會好心跟你說，等你老了，你是撐不起那些珠寶飾品的。
86、服裝不是職場致勝的解方。
87、買東西花的不是錢，而是花我們活著的時間。
88、豆豆公仔變流行的時候，請別碰。
89、就算銀行說你買得起最大間的房子，你也沒必要買它。
90、培養量入為出的習慣。
91、重點不在於你得到多少東西，而在於你怎麼利用現有的東西。
92、別浪費錢在高檔品牌上。
93、你擁有哪些東西，其實沒人在乎。
94、大部分人把一半的人生用來買東西，然後把另一半人生用來丟掉那些東西。請刪掉買東西的那一半人生。
95、不需要每年換手機。
96、盡快學習理財原則。
97、不要只因為無聊就去買東西。
98、不需要包色。
99、購物無法解憂。
100、某個東西免費，不代表你需要那個東西。
1. Don’t be in such a hurry to furnish your home.
2. I promise Starbucks isn’t worth it. You’re going to need the money, trust me.
3. Marry someone that’s on the same page you are.
4. Don’t promise anyone you will keep or treasure their possessions. It results in too much guilt.
5. There are no “Joneses.”
6. It’s okay to have a lot of kids and not a lot of stuff.
7. Don’t buy the crystal. You’ll never use it.
8. You won’t remember the things you bought at 18, but you will remember the trip you took with your friend who later died of cancer.
9. You can enjoy a book without buying it.
10. Just because it’s on sale doesn’t mean you need it.
11. You don’t need to buy an outfit every time you go out.
12. Don’t let anyone (even mom and grandma) convince you that buying a house and filling it full of family heirlooms is normal and what everyone does.
13. Experiences with loved ones will be what you cherish throughout life, not the stuff you accumulate.
14. Save for a house or a trip or a concert, not a pair of shoes.
15. Under no circumstances should you ever rent a storage space.
16. Don’t feel embarrassed by the hand-me-down 1977 Oldsmobile Omega. It’s a wonderful gift.
17. Don’t buy clothes to make yourself feel happy, it just doesn’t work.
18. Don’t use credit cards to buy more junk you don’t need.
19. She who travels lightest travels fastest.
20. Filling your new apartment with all the pretty things from Target doesn’t give you worth or your life meaning.
21. “Retail therapy” doesn’t work.
22. Start minimalism young and invest your money instead.
23. Everything you buy is an anchor. Someday when you want to pull up that anchor, you’ll find you’re stuck and can’t go anywhere.
24. Advertising cons us into buying stuff we don’t need.
25. Patience, not instant gratification, is the gateway to a more joyful life.
26. You don’t have to do what your family does.
27. That outfit won’t hide the fact that you’re unhappy and need to make big changes.
28. Don’t start collecting Precious Moments figurines.
29. Sell your used college textbooks. You’re never going to look at them again.
30. Don’t get busy “keeping up with trends.” Buy what you like, but keep it simple and classy.
31. Buy less, donate your time and money to those less fortunate.
32. All those VHS tapes and CDs are going to be obsolete in a short period of time.
33. Having more doesn’t equal happiness and stuff can actual be a cause of stress.
34. I know right now you really want to fit in. But your friends will love you and appreciate you for who you are.
35. Try extreme minimalism (for the thrill of it) while you’re still single and free.
36. A house becomes a home when you add love, not stuff.
37. Most people are buying things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t like.
38. It might be in style today, but give it a few months and no one will want it. Not even Goodwill.
39. Regarding clothes: By the time you lose enough weight to fit into it, it will be out of style.
40. It may have been a gift to you, but you don’t have to keep it for the rest of your life.
41. You’re going to get everything you ever wanted, and it still won’t be enough.
42. Don’t register for those special occasion dishes, glassware, and other fancy items when you get married.
43. Stop spending travel money on souvenirs.
44. Appreciate the little things. They are the big things, and more valuable than any material thing you’ll ever own.
45. If you can’t use it now, give it a new home to someone who will.
46. Don’t build a huge house, you don’t need it and it costs more than you think to maintain.
47. The $10.00 wallet holds money as well as the $300.00 one, with an extra $290.00 inside!
48. Be happy you’re poor. Nothing helps you be a minimalist better than just not being able to afford things.
49. Learn some budgeting skills! Your paycheck doesn’t have to be all spent before the next one arrives.
50. There would be a lot less cleaning to do if you got rid of stuff!
51. Forget the materialistic stuff and focus on nurturing the relationships around you instead.
52. Your self-worth has nothing to do with what you have or how clean your house is.
53. Stuff does not increase your quality of life.
54. Never take into account the salary you might make tomorrow to justify an expenditure today.
55. Do not buy a house early until you’re 100% about living in an area.
56. You do not need all this crap—your credit is way more important!
57. Instead of making Christmas lists of stuff you want, ask for adventures like tickets and passes to shows, concerts, state parks, museums, zoos, and theme parks.
58. You will never need any Longaberger baskets.
59. You don’t need as much as you think you need. You can retire in your 50’s if you don’t waste so much.
60. You are never going to make a scrapbook. Stop hoarding junk.
61. Shopping is not a hobby.
62. Stop going to TJ Maxx every Friday after work.
63. The opinions of others cost you money. So learn to not care and save a fortune.
64. Do everything you can to save now for a down payment on your house.
65. Don’t believe the magazines.
66. Just because your mother hung onto things doesn’t mean you have to.
67. It’s much easier to never start with bad habits than to end them.
68. Scarcity mindset is generational trauma in disguise. Do the work.
69. It is possible to get through life without buying every issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
70. Things won’t fill the holes in your life and heart.
71. You’re 18. Turn off the TV and go live life!
72. Pay more for quality, not quantity.
73. The world is deceitful and very, very temporary.
74. Get rid of it all. And live generously.
75. Stop shopping at Goodwill. Even 99¢ adds up.
76. Life is more peaceful with less stuff.
77. Don’t be afraid to be different.
78. Don’t buy anything on impulse. Write down what you want, walk away, and give it a couple of days.
79. Your dreams should include something better than a really big house.
80. Understand the difference between your real self and your fantasy self.
81. Spend more time outside.
82. Minimalism is not about denying yourself pleasure, it’s about removing dead weight.
83. Don’t buy that $40k truck. Please, don’t.
84. The bigger the wedding does not mean it’s better.
85. Don’t bother with jewelry. No one bothers to tell you that when you get older, you can’t stand having it on.
86. Clothes are not the answer to career success.
87. We don’t buy things with money, but with hours of our lives.
88. When Beanie Babies become a thing, just don’t.
89. You don’t need to buy the biggest house the bank says you can afford.
90. Develop the habit of living on less money than you make.
91. It’s not how much you acquire, it’s what you do with what you have.
92. Don’t waste your money on high-end brands.
93. Nobody really cares what you have.
94. Most people spend half their life acquiring things, and the other half getting rid of those things. Just skip the acquiring part.
95. You don’t need to upgrade your phone every year.
96. Find Dave Ramsey sooner.
97. Don’t go shopping just because you’re bored.
98. You don’t need one in every color.
99. Buying things won’t fix your depression.
100. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you need it.
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