美文欣賞:你會後悔嗎

Most things aren't nearly as bad as you think they'll be
一件壞事發生的時候，我們常常會把它想象的極其糟糕，事後卻發現並非如此
-- except regret.
除了“後悔”這件事。
Regret is worse.
“後悔”這件事，比你想象的還要糟糕
Often we procrastinate
我們時常會拖延

or straight up
或者簡單的說

don't do things that we know we need to do
我們會拒絕那些明知道必須做的事情

because we're afraid of discomfort.
因爲我們害怕隨之而來的不適感
We're scared to take a risk
我們太過恐懼，不敢冒險

or do something that we've never done before.
不敢去做沒有做過的事情
So we don't do it.
於是我們就垂手站在一旁
I can tell you from experience
根據我的經驗之談

that very few things are as unpleasant as you think they will be.
事實上，會和你想象中一樣糟糕的事情其實少之又少
Your mind comes up with scenarios that are typically much worse than reality.
你腦海中想象的場景很可能比現實要糟糕許多
The only thing that's ever been worse than I expected it to be is regret,
只有一件事比我想象中還要糟糕，那就是後悔
and I've regretted inaction much more often than I've regretted action.
對那些我的不作爲的後悔更多，而對自己做過的事情，我的後悔更少一些
If you're putting something off because you're afraid of what might happen,
如果你曾因爲害怕即將發生的事情，而拖延着不去做某事
know that,
我想讓你知道
in the end,
最終
the regret of inaction will be much more painful.
你對自己的不作爲會更加悔恨，那悔恨會更傷人
You aren't making life easier for yourself by avoiding discomfort.
避免行動帶來的不適感，並不會讓你的生活變得更加輕鬆
You're just pushing that discomfort onto your future self,
你只是把不適感推給了未來的李
and one day you have to be that future self.
某一天，你終將會成爲那個未來的你
Don't live a life you'll regret.別過讓自己悔恨的生活