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　　How to Find Happiness Without Buying It

　　如何不花钱就能找到乐子

　　Our materialistic society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be obtained without having money.

　　在这个物质社会，我们深信没有钱就没有幸福感。

　　Rather than learning to be satisfied with what we have, we are taught to want more. We learn from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological comfort we are looking for.

　　我们不断的奢望得到更多而不是学着满足我们现有的。通过广告和媒体，我们了解到为了让自己开心，为了满足心理需求，我们需要买一些小玩意儿和玩具，仿佛买了这些东西我们就能找到一直想要的心理安慰。

　　Unfortunately, as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. We end up using money as a crutch to provide us with something we ultimately must find within ourselves. As we become caught up in this charade, we trade precious hours of our lives trying to earn the money we have been taught to covet so much.

　　不幸的是我们还是会被这些信息误导并且开始相信花钱买一些东西会带给我们带来声誉，运气，快乐，美丽或者名气。我们不断拿金钱作为靠山，得到最终想要的东西。一次一次我们深陷其中，于是，为了买到我们垂涎已久的东西，我们用宝贵的时间辛苦赚钱。 We trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the pursuit of the almighty dollar. 我们把生命中的每时每刻拿来工作，牺牲我们本该和家人在一起的时间，只为了追求万能的美元。

　　In order to find true happiness, we first must learn to change our attitudes about money. We must learn that money, and the spending of it, provides only a temporary relief but does not present us with any real long lasting benefits. We end up owning something we either do not really want or do not really need, and the underlying emotional issues remain.

　　为了找到真正的快乐，我们必须首先改变对待金钱的态度。我们必须要知道花掉挣到的钱只是让我们暂时舒坦，却并不能带来任何持久的利益。最后我们拥有一些实际上我们根本不想要或根本不需要的东西，而内在的情感问题依然没有解决。

　　Rather than focus on the temporary satisfaction you may feel from spending money, try the following to bring you happiness without it.

　　与其通过花钱让自己得到一时的满足感，不如试试下面几招让你不用花钱买就感到快乐：

　　Imagine Having no Money 假想自己分文没有

　　Imagine what you would do for happiness if you had no money at all. Think about how you would spend your time, and what you would do for enjoyment. Change your focus from material possessions to other things that bring you enjoyment, such as spending quality time with your family and friends. Rather than focusing on the accumulation of possessions, concentrate instead on playing with or reading to your children, or spending time out enjoying nature.

　　想象一下如果你一分钱没有做什么会感到快乐。想一下没钱的你将如何打发时间，如何找乐子。把焦点从物质层面的东西转移到能让你快乐的其他事上，比如，陪家人朋友一起度过休闲时光。多和你的孩子玩耍或者给孩子朗读或者出去亲近大自然，而不是专注于积累财富。

　　Want What you Already Have 满足你所拥有的

　　Society teaches us to want what others have. Instead, shift your thinking so that you are satisfied with, or want, what is already yours. What tends to happen is once we reach our goals in terms of owning personal possessions, we trade those old goals in for a set of new ones that involves bigger, better, and grander objects.

　　社会教会我们追逐潮流，别人有什么，我们就追求什么。然而，我们不应该真这么做，而是对于我们已经拥有的东西感到知足。往往我们一旦达到目标就会制定一堆新的更大更好的目标。

　　Goals are good to have because they motivate us to work, and to continue to strive for self improvement. The key is to find a balance between having worthy goals and recognizing when we are allowing the desire for possessions to overwhelm the importance of other aspects of our lives. Rather than constantly striving for things we do not have, we need to shift our focus to being thankful for the things we already possess.

　　有目标是好的，因为目标让我们的工作更有积极性，让我们不断改进。而关键是我们要找到一个平横点，不仅能让我们的目标有价值，还要让我们不能因为对物质的欲望而忽视了生活其它方面的重要性。我们应该感谢那些我们已经拥有的，而不是不断追求我们没有的。 Volunteer Your Time 把你的时间贡献出来

　　One way to appreciate what you have is to work with others who have nothing, or who have disabilities that no amount of money can overcome. Volunteering time to work in a food bank, or to work with underprivileged children, can really alter your perspective on where you are in life, and can create a deeper appreciation for the gifts you do have in your life.

　　有一个办法让你珍惜拥有，那就是和那些一无所有的人或者那些身患残疾的人共事。做一名志愿者在食物银行(美国慈善机构)工作或者帮助贫困儿童，这样真的会让你有不同的生活感悟，让你深深的感谢上天赐予你的一切。

　　Helping others can boost your spirits as well. There is a great deal of personal satisfaction to be gained from giving aid to those who are in need of it, leaving you with a sense of satisfaction that will carry over into your own life. Use the experiences of helping others to teach your children compassion and civic responsibility.

　　同时，帮助他人是很高尚的品质。帮助那些需要帮助的人会让你有很大的满足感，也让你终生受益匪浅。这样，你可以用帮助过别人的经验去教育自己的孩子要有同情心和责任感。

　　There are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our basic needs and the needs of our families, but it is important to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes overly consuming. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to ensure the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.

　　第二篇

　　How to quickly build a new social circle in any new city

　　如何在陌生的城市快速建立新的社交圈

　　Even if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city.

　　即使你天性腼腆，这三个小技巧也能帮助你在任何陌生的城市迅速建立新的社交圈. 1. Take Pictures 1.拍照片

　　One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and it’s very easy after taking a picture to say “Are you on Facebook?” or “If you’d like I can email it to you.”

　　在活动或聚会时拍照片，最容易让你日后有理由与他人接触。人们都喜欢看到自己的照片，拍过照片后，你还可以很自然地问“你上Facebook吗?”，或问“我用电子邮件把照片发给你好吗?”

　　This can be the seed that leads to new connections. The next time you hear about a fun event email your new contacts to let them know about it. 这样能帮你建立新的联系机会。下次再听说有什么有趣的活动，你就可以发邮件给新认识的人通知他们。

　　2. Eat Alone In Public 2.独自在公共场所吃饭

　　If you don’t know anyone in a new city, it can be tempting to order take-out and retreat back to your lonely apartment or hotel room. Instead, try eating by yourself in public as often as possible.

　　如果在一座新城市你没有任何熟人，就可能情愿叫外卖，呆在自己的公寓或宾馆房间里。不要这样，要努力尽可能地独自到公共场所吃饭。

　　You might feel self-conscious eating by yourself but it has an important benefit: you are much easier to approach when you are alone. People may be afraid of interrupting you or being rude if you are in a conversation with someone else.

　　独自吃饭可能会使你感到不自在，但是那样做很有好处：单独的一个人比较容易接触。如果你正和别人谈话，人们可能会担心打断你们，或显得太鲁莽。

　　Bring a book or newspaper to read (this will make you feel less self conscious). Plus, having an interesting book with you will give others an excuse to start a conversation if they’ve read it.

　　带本书或报纸去看(这可以减轻你不自在的感觉)。另外，带一本有趣的书，也会给看过的人提供谈话的理由。

　　3. Join A Class, Sports Team, Or Club 3.加入学习班，运动队或俱乐部

　　Yoga, salsa dancing, volleyball, jogging, Toastmasters (a public speaking club), a class for work, martial arts, etc. Take up a new hobby or continue an old one!

　　瑜伽，萨尔萨舞，排球，慢跑，Toastmasters(公开演讲俱乐部)，工作学习班，武术，等等。接受一项新的业余爱好，或继续原有的业余爱好。

　　These are all great places to meet new people, primarily because you will be forced to see the same people over and over again in the class. You will automatically make friends with them if you have a common interest and are forced to see each other again.

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