幾款幫助提升正能量的手機應用

AT dinner with friends recently the conversation turned to things that were stressing us out. Yes, it was one of those moody evenings. But it ended up being upbeat because someone asked the inevitable “I wonder if there’s an app for that” question. And it turns out there are lots of apps to help you think positively or aim at happiness, and we all had fun examining them on our phones.

最近與朋友吃晚飯時，討論的話題變成了讓我們疲憊不堪的事情。是的，這又是一個那種悶悶不樂的夜晚。但我們最終變得很開心，因爲有人問了一個不可避免的問題，“不知道有沒有應用能讓我們開心起來”。結果發現有很多應用能夠幫助人們積極思考，或以幸福感爲目標去努力，我們在手機上試用了這些應用，玩得不亦樂乎。

Happify is perhaps the most sophisticated positive vibes app available now. The idea of this free iOS app is to train you into thinking positively and feeling happy by engaging you in various “tracks” with different goals like improving your confidence or seeing new possibilities. By playing through games and activities for a few minutes each day, the aim is to ultimately get into the habit of thinking positively.

Happify或許是目前市面上最成熟的改善情緒的應用。這款免費的iOS應用的理念是，通過讓你採用不同的“路線”，達到增強自信或者發現新的可能性等目的，從而訓練你積極思考，感受幸福的能力。通過每天花幾分鐘時間玩遊戲，參加活動，讓你養成積極思考的習慣。

Happify, which claims its technique is based on science, starts by asking you some thought-provoking questions about your life and your goals in using the app. Then it recommends some tracks for you, and within a few taps you’ve begun.

Happify聲稱，它的技巧基於科學，它開始會問你一些發人深省的問題，涉及你的生活及使用該應用的目的。然後，它會爲你推薦一些路線，輕敲幾下屏幕，你就可以開始使用了。

Each track contains bite-size quizzes, games and activities that guide you to seeing more positive aspects of your daily life. For example, one may ask you to list things you’re grateful for at home, another will get you to notice positive words in a game where you lose points by clicking on negative words.

每一條路線都包括一些小測驗、遊戲和活動，引導你發現你日常生活中更多積極的方面。例如，你會被要求列出家中令你感激的東西，在遊戲中找出正面詞彙，如果你點擊了負面詞彙，就會被扣分。

The app also regularly helps you assess your happiness level, that way pointing out how you can feel more positive merely by changing your habits. There’s also a community page in the app where you can see inspirational comments by other users and even upload your own — though you don’t have to use this page.

該應用還會定期幫你評估自己的幸福水平，指出如何只通過改變習慣使自己變得更加樂觀。你還以在該應用的社區網頁上看到很多鼓舞人心的評論，甚至還可以自己發表評論，但你也可以不去管它。

The app is fun and definitely draws my attention to the happier side of life. Perhaps Happify’s only drawback is that while it’s free to download and use, access to its full range of activities costs $13 a month or $70 a year. It’s also only for iOS devices.

這款好玩的應用確實讓我注意到生活中比較快樂的一面。用戶可以免費下載和使用該應用，但要想參與所有活動需要每月支付13美元（約合80人民幣）或每年支付70美元，這可能是Happify唯一的缺點。而且這款應用僅限iOS設備使用。

Other apps use a different route to developing positive thinking habits: repeated affirmation. These apps simply expose you repeatedly to motivational ideas, quotes and suggestions.

其他應用利用另外一種途徑培養正面思想的習慣：正向強化。這些應用不斷給你灌輸激勵性的想法、名言和建議。

On iOS, Positive Thinking by is a relatively simple attempt at this kind of app. It uses colorful imagery and very simple controls, and has a list of motivational quotes and suggestions — everything from “do sports” to “stop thinking ... sit there relaxed.” The app can even pop a motivational notification on your screen automatically at certain times if you choose. It’s extremely basic, and there’s not a huge amount of content but you may find it has some good ideas and it is free.

在iOS軟件中，Positive Thinking是在該領域一次相對簡單的嘗試。這款應用的圖像豐富多彩，操作簡單，列出了很多激勵性的名言和建議——從“做點運動”到“別想了，坐下歇會兒”。你可以通過設置，使它在特定時間自動彈出鼓勵信息。功能非常基礎，也沒有太多內容，但你或許會發現其中有些好主意，而且它是免費的。

On Android the app Positive Thinking by Juniper Islet has a very similar goal, but offers extras like being able to add your own motivational quotes to its archive and to push quotes onto an Android widget so you can read them without opening the app. It’s also free.

在Android系統中，Juniper Islet公司推出的Positive Thinking有着類似的目的，但它還提供其他服務，比如用戶自己可以在檔案庫中添加一些激勵性名言，還可以將這些名言放在桌面工具裏，這樣不用打開應用就可以看到它們。這款應用也是免費的。

Another approach to thinking positively is to track your moods so you can either notice what makes you feel glum or simply be more aware of when you think positively.

另一種積極思考的方式就是記錄你的情緒變化，如此一來，就可以發現什麼讓你感到憂鬱，或者更多地注意到自己什麼時候會積極思考。

The app iMoodJournal on iOS, which costs $2, is sophisticated and has a great-looking, easy-to-use interface. Through a suite of menus and text-entry controls you can make a diary-style note in the app of when you’re feeling positive (or not!), and also add a photo or a selfie.

適用於iOS系統的iMoodJournal售價2美元，這款成熟的應用有一個非常漂亮的界面，而且操作簡單。你可以通過一套菜單和文本輸入控件，以日記的形式記錄你什麼時候覺得樂觀（或者悲觀），還可以添加照片或者自拍。

When you’ve accumulated enough entries, the app presents some analytics in the form of graphs that show your positivity over time. This could help you plan strategies to be more positive.

當你的記錄達到一定量後，該應用會以圖表的形式分析、展示你這段時間以來好的一面。這可以幫助你制定策略，變得更加積極。

The T2 Mood Tracker app is a rough equivalent on Android, and has a few neat extras like letting you enter your own parameters to measure on a sliding scale so you could add very specific sensations or events that are meaningful to your emotional state. It’s free, and is also available for iOS devices.

T2情緒跟蹤器(T2 Mood Tracker)是一款適用於Android系統的類似應用。該應用有一些非常好的附加服務，比如讓你設置自己的參數，衡量情緒變化，你可以輸入對你的情緒狀態有意義的詳細感受和事件。這是免費的，iOS設備也能使用。

If you prefer a more meditative approach to positive thinking, check out Smiling Mind, a free iOS and Android app. You enter data on how you’re feeling, using a number of slide controls that ask if you’re feeling “stormy” or “calm,” for example. Then you listen to a meditation-like voice track that talks you through different programs.

如果你更喜歡用冥想的方法來保持樂觀，那就試試Smiling Mind，這款免費的應用適用於iOS和Android設備。例如，該應用會問你是否感到“暴躁”或“平靜”，你可以通過滑動控制輸入有關自己感覺的數據。然後就可以聽一個冥想式的語音，引導你完成不同的練習。

Depending on the goal of the program, like breathing control or body awareness, each track asks you to think about your habits or past in different ways. Clearly meditation is a very personal experience, and your mileage may vary, but I found the app fascinating and relaxing.

每個練習項目的目的不同，比如氣息控制和身體意識；提示語音也會相應引導你以不同方式回想自己的習慣或過去經歷。很明顯，冥想是一種非常個人化的體驗，效果因人而異，但我覺得這款應用非常棒，讓我很放鬆。

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Reflect+ is a new special effects app for iOS devices that quickly and easily transforms ordinary snaps into magical images by adding a fake reflection effect. It’s as if the subject of the original photo were at the edge of a lake or ocean, or even a sheet of ice or metal. Fun, and just $2.

Reflect+是一款適用於iOS設備的新特效應用，可以通過使用假反射效果，快速、輕鬆地將一張普通的照片變成神奇的圖像，使原始照片中的物體看起來像是在湖邊或者海邊，甚至是一片冰面或者金屬的旁邊。這很有趣，只要2美元。