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为了迎接新年，小编特意挑了一个阳光灿烂的周末，给凌乱的房间来个“美丽大变身”—向所有物品施下“乾坤大罗移”之法，全部出壳然后归位（虽然某些物品因归位“不慎”，掉进垃圾桶里了），那情景甚为壮观~折腾了一天，终于把房间整理好，心情极其舒畅！你是否也厌倦了过去一年繁琐而杂乱的生活呢？该整理一下啦，送自己一个崭新的开始，为新一年做好准备吧！
翻译：宁波
Part 1: All the Commitments in Your Life
Cut out everything that’s not necessary, and you’ve got a more meaningful story. I highly 1)recommend editing your life.
Take an 2)inventory of the commitments in your life. Here are some common ones: work, study, family, hobbies, 3)civic, online, etc. List everything.
Now take a close look at each thing on the list, and consider: How does this give my life value? How important is it to me? Is it in line with my life 4)priorities and values? How would it affect my life if I dropped out? Does this further my life goals?
These are tough questions, but I suggest seeing if you can 5)eliminate just one thing — the thing that gives you the least return for your invested time and effort. The thing that’s least in line with your life values and priorities and goals. Cut it out, at least for a couple weeks, and see if you can get along without it. 6)Revisit this list at that time and see if you can cut something else out. Edit 7)mercilessly, keeping only those that really mean something to you.
Each time you cut a commitment, it may give you a feeling of guilt, because others want you to keep that commitment. But it’s also a huge relief, not having to do that commitment each day or week or month. It frees up a lot of your time, and while others may be disappointed, you have to keep what’s important to you in mind, not everyone else. If we committed to what everyone else wanted all the time, we would never have any time left for ourselves.
Take the time to edit your commitments, and your life will be greatly simplified. You will thank yourself for it.
Part 2: Your Rooms
Are you surrounded by 8)clutter in every room in your home? Clutter is visually 9)distracting and stressful — every item that you see demands your mind’s attention, and no matter how short that attention is, and despite that it is 10)subconscious, these little distractions add up. It’s difficult to have peace and to focus 11)amid this clutter. Add to this the wasted time and energy needed to look for things, to maintain things, to clean things, and the more clutter you have, the more energy it will take to have it.
So, I recommend that you edit each of the rooms in your house, one per week, until you have de-cluttered your home and made it a peaceful and calming place to be.
Here’s how:
★ First, choose a room to do this week. Don’t try to do your whole house at once, as this can be very time-consuming. Focus on one room, and try to do 15 minutes a day (unless you 12)get carried away and feel like doing more). Work on one room each week.
★ Start with the big things. Is there too much furniture in the room? If so, edit them. What is necessary, which furniture do you love, which stuff is just too distracting. Also consider removing other big items, like boxes full of stuff.
★ Clear all flat surfaces. Desktops, tabletops, 13)countertops, etc. Remove all papers, piles of stuff, little junk, 14)knickknacks, anything. Put it on the floor. Now get a 15)trash bag and two boxes. Sort through everything in your pile(s), one item at a time. Each item should be either thrown away in the trash bag, put in one box to give away (to friends, family or 16)charity), or in the other box to put in another room in the house. Put back only a couple select items on the flat surfaces, such as a family photo or something that functionally belongs there. But as much as possible, leave the flat surfaces as bare as humanly possible. “Stuff” doesn’t belong here — you need to find a 17)drawer, shelf, or container for whatever stuff you’ve removed. When you’re done sorting through the pile, put the 18)recycle box in the 19)trunk of your car and drop it off the next time you go out to do 20)errands. Throw away the trash bag. Take the other box and put the stuff where it belongs elsewhere in the house.
★ Repeat this process for any other “stuff” in the room, including stuff on the floor.
★ Now go around the room, 21)clockwise, and edit what’s left. This might be stuff on the walls, posted to surfaces like the 22)refrigerator, stuff under tables or desks, etc. Only leave the stuff that’s absolutely necessary.
★ Be merciless. Edit 23)brutally. The more you can get rid of, the better!
OK, your room should look pretty good now. If so, you should feel pretty great! Sit down, relax, look around, and enjoy the peaceful goodness. 24)Savor your triumph.
Now, this editing process is not a destination, but an ongoing process. It won’t last long if you don’t have a system and develop habits to keep it de-cluttered.
Editing System
★ A place for everything, and everything in its place. An 25)oldie, but valuable 26)nonetheless. Are you about to put something down on a flat surface? Stop yourself. Think about where that item belongs. If it doesn’t have a home, find one and stick with it. Always put it in that spot.
★ Have an inbox for your home for ALL incoming papers. And a filing system for documents you need to keep, from bills to important documents. Put all incoming mails, school papers, receipts, etc. into the inbox, and process it once a day (or every other day, but not much longer than that — otherwise you’re just creating a pile). When you process, don’t leave stuff in a pile to be filed later — file it immediately. Trash other stuff. Don’t leave papers laying around elsewhere.
★ Clean up at night and before you leave the house. If you’ve developed good habits, you may not need this, but no one’s perfect. Just take 5-10 minutes to pick up stuff and make sure your flat surfaces are clear.
★ Every six months (or a year), de-clutter. Despite your best efforts, new stuff just
27)accumulates. You need to have a regular 28)binging process every now and then.
任务一：生活中的义务与责任
戒除那些不必要的繁琐小事，这样你会拥有更有意义的生活。因此，我强烈建议你整理一下自己的生活。
把生活中一定要做的事情列一份详细的清单，常见的如：工作、学习、家庭、个人爱好、公民义务、上网等。列出所有必须做的事情。
现在，仔细研究一下清单里的每一件事，想一想：这件事以什么方式给我的生活赋予价值？它对于我有多重要？它是否违背了我的生活中的首要任务及价值观呢？如果我放弃它，会对我的生活有怎样的影响？它能否帮助我实现人生目标？
这都是些很棘手的问题，不过我建议你看看是否可以抛除其中一件——那件给予你投入的时间和精力最少回报的事情，也就是那件和你人生价值、当务之急和生活目标最不相关的事情。不做这件事，至少坚持两三周的时间，看看没有它你是否可以继续生活。到时候再浏览一下清单，看看你能否再“砍下”一些事情。要毫不留情地编辑，只保留那些对你来说真正有意义的事情。
每当你少做一件必做之事，就可能会产生一丝愧疚感，因为别人希望你继续下去。但它同时也是一种极大的精神放松，因为你再也不必每天、每周或每月做这些事。尽管别人可能会感到失望，但这会让你节约很多时间；你需要坚持做那些对你来说重要的事情，而不是其他人觉得重要的事情。如果我们总是想着别人需要什么，我们就永远不会有留给自己的时间。
慢慢地对你的必做之事进行整理，这样你的生活就会大大简化。你会为此而感谢自己的。
任务二：你的房间
你是否被家中每个房间里凌乱不堪的杂物包围得严严实实？从视觉上看，杂乱的物品会使你分心，变得神经兮兮的——目光所及之处，所有物品都会让你分散注意力，不管你分心的时间有多短，尽管这分心只是下意识的行为，但这些短暂的“走神”会积少成多。在这种凌乱的环境中，人很难保持心平气和，也难以专心。更糟的是，时间和精力都白白浪费在寻找物品，保持物品有序和清理物品上了——你的东西摆得越乱，你需要花费的精力就越多。
所以，我的建议是清理对屋子的每个房间。每周一间，直到你把家里的杂物清除一空，还原一个安静整洁的居所。
看看下面的“房间编辑大法”吧！
★ 首先，选择本周你要打扫的房间。不要企图一次就把整个房子都清理一遍，这相当费事。集中精力打扫一个房间，试一试每天进行15分钟的清扫（除非你情不自禁想要多做一点）。每周整理一个房间。
★ 先从大件物品开始。房间里的家具是不是太多了？如果是的话，清理它们吧。哪些是必需的，哪些家具是你钟爱的，哪些物件让你分心……还有，考虑一下把大件的物品移走比如装满杂物的箱子、盒子等。
★ 把所有的平整表面清洁干净。比如书桌面、餐桌面、厨房工作台等。移走所有纸张、杂物堆、小件的废旧物和小摆设，一件不留。把它们放在地板上。现在，找一个垃圾袋和两个盒子。分类整理杂物堆里的物品，一次一件。每件物品要么被放在垃圾袋里扔掉，要么放进其中一个盒子中送人（送给朋友、亲属或慈善机构），或者放进另一个盒子中，存放到另一个房间里。只把几件精选出来的物件放回原位，比如全家福，或一些功能型的东西。不过，要尽可能地让水平台面上不留多余的东西。对于需要另行处理的“物品”——你需要找一个抽屉、储物架或容器来放置它们。整理完杂物堆之后，把垃圾回收的盒子放进你的车后箱，下次出去办事时顺便扔掉。把垃圾袋扔掉；（现在）拿着另外那个盒子，把物品放在它应该放的屋里的其他地方。
★ 对房间中的其余“杂物”重复这一过程，包括地板上的杂物。
★ 现在绕着房间顺时针走一圈，对剩下的东西进行整理。这些东西可能是墙上的挂件、冰箱上的粘贴物，餐桌或写字台下面的杂物等。只保留那些非常必要的东西。
★ 要毫不留情。整理生活，下手要狠。你丢掉的废旧杂物越多对你越有好处！
好了，现在你的房间应该看起来很整洁了。如果真是这样，你应该感到非常高兴。坐下来，放松一下，环顾四周，尽享这静谧的美好环境，品尝自己的胜利果实吧。
整理过程并没有就此宣告结束，它是一个不断持续的过程。如果你没有一套完好的整理体系，不养成整洁有序的好习惯的话，这种状态就不能持久。
整理体系
★ 各色杂物皆有其所，各种物品各居其位。这是一条陈年古训，但很有价值。你准备把一些杂物放在一个水平台面上吗？停！想想这件物品应该放在什么地方。如果它没有固定的摆放位置，给它安个家，并且以后都要坚持放在那个地方。一直把它放在那个位置。
★ 为你家准备一个收件箱，存放所有新来的纸质信件。要有一套归档系统，存放需要的各色文档，如票据或重要档案。把所有的来信、学校论文、收据等放入收件箱，每天进行一次整理（或隔天整理一次，但不要再往后拖——否则你又会制造出一个废纸堆）。整理的时候，不要把文件留到以后再归档——要立即解决。把其余的杂物扔掉。不要在收件箱外的地方留下纸片。
★ 晚上和离家前进行清洁整理。如果你养成了好习惯，可能就不需要这条规则了，不过人非圣贤，孰能无过？只要花上5到10分钟时间清理杂物，确保水平台面干净整洁就可以了。
★ 每半年（或一年）清理一次杂物。尽管你一直很卖力，但新的杂物还是会越堆越多。所以，每隔一段时间你就要再次整理。
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翻译：宁波
Part 1: All the Commitments in Your Life
Cut out everything that’s not necessary, and you’ve got a more meaningful story. I highly 1)recommend editing your life.
Take an 2)inventory of the commitments in your life. Here are some common ones: work, study, family, hobbies, 3)civic, online, etc. List everything.
Now take a close look at each thing on the list, and consider: How does this give my life value? How important is it to me? Is it in line with my life 4)priorities and values? How would it affect my life if I dropped out? Does this further my life goals?
These are tough questions, but I suggest seeing if you can 5)eliminate just one thing — the thing that gives you the least return for your invested time and effort. The thing that’s least in line with your life values and priorities and goals. Cut it out, at least for a couple weeks, and see if you can get along without it. 6)Revisit this list at that time and see if you can cut something else out. Edit 7)mercilessly, keeping only those that really mean something to you.
Each time you cut a commitment, it may give you a feeling of guilt, because others want you to keep that commitment. But it’s also a huge relief, not having to do that commitment each day or week or month. It frees up a lot of your time, and while others may be disappointed, you have to keep what’s important to you in mind, not everyone else. If we committed to what everyone else wanted all the time, we would never have any time left for ourselves.
Take the time to edit your commitments, and your life will be greatly simplified. You will thank yourself for it.
Part 2: Your Rooms
Are you surrounded by 8)clutter in every room in your home? Clutter is visually 9)distracting and stressful — every item that you see demands your mind’s attention, and no matter how short that attention is, and despite that it is 10)subconscious, these little distractions add up. It’s difficult to have peace and to focus 11)amid this clutter. Add to this the wasted time and energy needed to look for things, to maintain things, to clean things, and the more clutter you have, the more energy it will take to have it.
So, I recommend that you edit each of the rooms in your house, one per week, until you have de-cluttered your home and made it a peaceful and calming place to be.
Here’s how:
★ First, choose a room to do this week. Don’t try to do your whole house at once, as this can be very time-consuming. Focus on one room, and try to do 15 minutes a day (unless you 12)get carried away and feel like doing more). Work on one room each week.
★ Start with the big things. Is there too much furniture in the room? If so, edit them. What is necessary, which furniture do you love, which stuff is just too distracting. Also consider removing other big items, like boxes full of stuff.
★ Clear all flat surfaces. Desktops, tabletops, 13)countertops, etc. Remove all papers, piles of stuff, little junk, 14)knickknacks, anything. Put it on the floor. Now get a 15)trash bag and two boxes. Sort through everything in your pile(s), one item at a time. Each item should be either thrown away in the trash bag, put in one box to give away (to friends, family or 16)charity), or in the other box to put in another room in the house. Put back only a couple select items on the flat surfaces, such as a family photo or something that functionally belongs there. But as much as possible, leave the flat surfaces as bare as humanly possible. “Stuff” doesn’t belong here — you need to find a 17)drawer, shelf, or container for whatever stuff you’ve removed. When you’re done sorting through the pile, put the 18)recycle box in the 19)trunk of your car and drop it off the next time you go out to do 20)errands. Throw away the trash bag. Take the other box and put the stuff where it belongs elsewhere in the house.
★ Repeat this process for any other “stuff” in the room, including stuff on the floor.
★ Now go around the room, 21)clockwise, and edit what’s left. This might be stuff on the walls, posted to surfaces like the 22)refrigerator, stuff under tables or desks, etc. Only leave the stuff that’s absolutely necessary.
★ Be merciless. Edit 23)brutally. The more you can get rid of, the better!
OK, your room should look pretty good now. If so, you should feel pretty great! Sit down, relax, look around, and enjoy the peaceful goodness. 24)Savor your triumph.
Now, this editing process is not a destination, but an ongoing process. It won’t last long if you don’t have a system and develop habits to keep it de-cluttered.
Editing System
★ A place for everything, and everything in its place. An 25)oldie, but valuable 26)nonetheless. Are you about to put something down on a flat surface? Stop yourself. Think about where that item belongs. If it doesn’t have a home, find one and stick with it. Always put it in that spot.
★ Have an inbox for your home for ALL incoming papers. And a filing system for documents you need to keep, from bills to important documents. Put all incoming mails, school papers, receipts, etc. into the inbox, and process it once a day (or every other day, but not much longer than that — otherwise you’re just creating a pile). When you process, don’t leave stuff in a pile to be filed later — file it immediately. Trash other stuff. Don’t leave papers laying around elsewhere.
★ Clean up at night and before you leave the house. If you’ve developed good habits, you may not need this, but no one’s perfect. Just take 5-10 minutes to pick up stuff and make sure your flat surfaces are clear.
★ Every six months (or a year), de-clutter. Despite your best efforts, new stuff just
27)accumulates. You need to have a regular 28)binging process every now and then.
任务一：生活中的义务与责任
戒除那些不必要的繁琐小事，这样你会拥有更有意义的生活。因此，我强烈建议你整理一下自己的生活。
把生活中一定要做的事情列一份详细的清单，常见的如：工作、学习、家庭、个人爱好、公民义务、上网等。列出所有必须做的事情。
现在，仔细研究一下清单里的每一件事，想一想：这件事以什么方式给我的生活赋予价值？它对于我有多重要？它是否违背了我的生活中的首要任务及价值观呢？如果我放弃它，会对我的生活有怎样的影响？它能否帮助我实现人生目标？
这都是些很棘手的问题，不过我建议你看看是否可以抛除其中一件——那件给予你投入的时间和精力最少回报的事情，也就是那件和你人生价值、当务之急和生活目标最不相关的事情。不做这件事，至少坚持两三周的时间，看看没有它你是否可以继续生活。到时候再浏览一下清单，看看你能否再“砍下”一些事情。要毫不留情地编辑，只保留那些对你来说真正有意义的事情。
每当你少做一件必做之事，就可能会产生一丝愧疚感，因为别人希望你继续下去。但它同时也是一种极大的精神放松，因为你再也不必每天、每周或每月做这些事。尽管别人可能会感到失望，但这会让你节约很多时间；你需要坚持做那些对你来说重要的事情，而不是其他人觉得重要的事情。如果我们总是想着别人需要什么，我们就永远不会有留给自己的时间。
慢慢地对你的必做之事进行整理，这样你的生活就会大大简化。你会为此而感谢自己的。
任务二：你的房间
你是否被家中每个房间里凌乱不堪的杂物包围得严严实实？从视觉上看，杂乱的物品会使你分心，变得神经兮兮的——目光所及之处，所有物品都会让你分散注意力，不管你分心的时间有多短，尽管这分心只是下意识的行为，但这些短暂的“走神”会积少成多。在这种凌乱的环境中，人很难保持心平气和，也难以专心。更糟的是，时间和精力都白白浪费在寻找物品，保持物品有序和清理物品上了——你的东西摆得越乱，你需要花费的精力就越多。
所以，我的建议是清理对屋子的每个房间。每周一间，直到你把家里的杂物清除一空，还原一个安静整洁的居所。
看看下面的“房间编辑大法”吧！
★ 首先，选择本周你要打扫的房间。不要企图一次就把整个房子都清理一遍，这相当费事。集中精力打扫一个房间，试一试每天进行15分钟的清扫（除非你情不自禁想要多做一点）。每周整理一个房间。
★ 先从大件物品开始。房间里的家具是不是太多了？如果是的话，清理它们吧。哪些是必需的，哪些家具是你钟爱的，哪些物件让你分心……还有，考虑一下把大件的物品移走比如装满杂物的箱子、盒子等。
★ 把所有的平整表面清洁干净。比如书桌面、餐桌面、厨房工作台等。移走所有纸张、杂物堆、小件的废旧物和小摆设，一件不留。把它们放在地板上。现在，找一个垃圾袋和两个盒子。分类整理杂物堆里的物品，一次一件。每件物品要么被放在垃圾袋里扔掉，要么放进其中一个盒子中送人（送给朋友、亲属或慈善机构），或者放进另一个盒子中，存放到另一个房间里。只把几件精选出来的物件放回原位，比如全家福，或一些功能型的东西。不过，要尽可能地让水平台面上不留多余的东西。对于需要另行处理的“物品”——你需要找一个抽屉、储物架或容器来放置它们。整理完杂物堆之后，把垃圾回收的盒子放进你的车后箱，下次出去办事时顺便扔掉。把垃圾袋扔掉；（现在）拿着另外那个盒子，把物品放在它应该放的屋里的其他地方。
★ 对房间中的其余“杂物”重复这一过程，包括地板上的杂物。
★ 现在绕着房间顺时针走一圈，对剩下的东西进行整理。这些东西可能是墙上的挂件、冰箱上的粘贴物，餐桌或写字台下面的杂物等。只保留那些非常必要的东西。
★ 要毫不留情。整理生活，下手要狠。你丢掉的废旧杂物越多对你越有好处！
好了，现在你的房间应该看起来很整洁了。如果真是这样，你应该感到非常高兴。坐下来，放松一下，环顾四周，尽享这静谧的美好环境，品尝自己的胜利果实吧。
整理过程并没有就此宣告结束，它是一个不断持续的过程。如果你没有一套完好的整理体系，不养成整洁有序的好习惯的话，这种状态就不能持久。
整理体系
★ 各色杂物皆有其所，各种物品各居其位。这是一条陈年古训，但很有价值。你准备把一些杂物放在一个水平台面上吗？停！想想这件物品应该放在什么地方。如果它没有固定的摆放位置，给它安个家，并且以后都要坚持放在那个地方。一直把它放在那个位置。
★ 为你家准备一个收件箱，存放所有新来的纸质信件。要有一套归档系统，存放需要的各色文档，如票据或重要档案。把所有的来信、学校论文、收据等放入收件箱，每天进行一次整理（或隔天整理一次，但不要再往后拖——否则你又会制造出一个废纸堆）。整理的时候，不要把文件留到以后再归档——要立即解决。把其余的杂物扔掉。不要在收件箱外的地方留下纸片。
★ 晚上和离家前进行清洁整理。如果你养成了好习惯，可能就不需要这条规则了，不过人非圣贤，孰能无过？只要花上5到10分钟时间清理杂物，确保水平台面干净整洁就可以了。
★ 每半年（或一年）清理一次杂物。尽管你一直很卖力，但新的杂物还是会越堆越多。所以，每隔一段时间你就要再次整理。
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