關於年輕人應該如何生活的10個建議

You’re young once only. How do you make the most out of it instead of wasting time only on the unnecessary parties and drinks all the time? Feross Aboukhadijeh, a web developer, designer, and Stanford computer science graduate, who has a company StudyNotes that helps students learn faster and better, shared on Quora what a young person should do to life.
你只會年輕一次。你該如何追求理想的生活而不總是把時間都浪費在無聊的聚會和酒宴上呢？費羅斯·阿巴克哈迪賈是一名網站開發師、設計師，畢業於斯坦福大學計算機科學專業。他創立了StudyNotes公司，致力於幫助學生更快更好地學習。他在Quora上分享了年輕人應該如何生活。

1. Prioritize learning.
把學習放在首位。

Learn the 10,000 hour rule.
不要忘記一萬小時定律。

小編注：作家葛拉威爾在《異數》一書中指出：“人們眼中的天才之所以卓越非凡，並非天資超人一等，而是付出了持續不斷的努力。只要經過1萬小時的錘鍊，任何人都能從平凡變成超凡。”

Start early.
儘快開始。

Read a lot. 2-3 hours a day, at least.
大量閱讀。每天至少2到3小時。

2. Don’t talk about doing stuff. Do stuff.
不要說要做什麼事。做事。

The world is full of so many talkers, and so few doers.
世界上不乏空口說白話者，而行動者只是少數。

Too much planning is as bad as no planning.
考慮太多和沒有計劃一樣糟糕。

"Posting about your plans is shadow of Done"
“吹噓計劃是對實際行動的臆想。”

Make stuff while your brain is young and fresh. The brain gets slower as you age.
趁你的思想年輕有活力時做事。你的大腦隨着你的年齡的增長而變遲鈍。

3. Figure out what you like. Try to become the best in the world at it.
找到你喜歡做的事。努力成爲這個領域裏的頂尖人物。

If you start early, you will have time to change your mind.
如果你趁早開始，你還有機會改變主意。

Don’t worry if it’s not “prestigious” or won’t make you a lot of money. If you’re good at it, you’ll make it prestigious.
不要擔心你所喜歡的事情不“體面” 或者不能賺到很多錢。如果你很擅長這件事，你會讓它受人尊敬的。

4. Experience stuff.
多多經歷。

Watch epic movies/books/music.
去看史詩級的電影、書籍、音樂。

Go on adventures (road trips, travel to other countries).
去冒險（公路旅行、異國遊）。

Talk to interesting people and really LISTEN.
和有趣的人交談，認真傾聽。

5. Spoil yourself on the stuff that matters.
在重要的事情上寵愛自己。

Eat well, sleep well, drink (water) well.
吃好、睡好、喝好（喝水）。

Buy a good bed (you spend ⅓ of your life in your bed).
買一張好的牀（你一生有三分之一的時間在牀上度過）。

Buy a good computer (since you will spend so much time on it).
買一臺好的電腦（因爲你會花很多時間在它身上）。

Similarly, good chair, keyboard, mouse, etc.
同樣地，好的椅子、鍵盤、鼠標等等。6. You may ignore the opposite sex until you are 20.
在20歲之前，你完全可以忽視異性。

At the very least don’t feel bad if you don’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend before age 20. You’re not “missing out” — in the grand scheme of things, it’s not very important.
至少，在你20歲之前不要因爲沒有女朋友或男朋友而心情不好。你並沒有”錯過機會“——在龐大的人生計劃中，這並不是非常重要。

7. Try to work hard to get into college.
努力學習進入大學。

In high school, try to get all A’s — even when the class is unpleasant.
上高中時，努力每個科目都拿到A——即使這堂課不是那麼讓人愉快。

University is such a formative experience, you’ll make lifelong friends and business partners, and learn a ton about yourself.
大學是一段有重大影響的形成經歷，你會結交一輩子的朋友和商業夥伴，而且深入瞭解自己。

You’ll want to do this at the best possible school you can get into.
你當然會希望在你所能進入的最好的大學裏完成這些事。

8. Don’t worry about your grades once you got into college.
進入大學後就不要太在乎成績了。

Once in college, don’t worry about grades (caveat: unless you plan to go to grad school, especially law or PhD programs, or apply for a competitive job).
一旦進入大學後，不要爲成績操心了（警告：除非你想讀研，特別是法律專業或者想讀博，再或者你想應聘一份競爭激烈的工作）。

Optimize for learning and personal happiness.
充分追求知識和個人幸福。

Find time for side projects.
爲業餘活動騰出時間。

9. Be genuine. Be nice.
真誠。友好。

Being a generally nice person will make you so many awesome lifelong friends.
做一個大方友好的人可以讓你結交到許多很棒的終生摯友。

Being genuine is freeing since you can just be yourself with everyone you know — you won’t have to worry about keeping lies straight in your head.
真誠就是自由，因爲這樣你能在所有認識的人面前做真實的自己——不需要因爲腦中藏着謊言而擔心。

10. Learn to delay gratification.
學會推遲享受。

Ability to delay gratification predicts future success.
推遲享受的能力預示着未來的成功。

Those who succumb to pressures and do what’s immediately satisfying miss out on later satisfaction.
那些向壓力投降而享受片刻的歡愉的人，錯過了享受以後的滿足的機會。

Kids in high school who partied every night are bagging groceries at Safeway now, while those who delayed that “fun” for just a few more years get to work at their dream job for the rest of their lives.
那些在高中夜夜聚會的孩子們現在在西夫韋超市整理雜貨，而那些推遲了不過幾年“享受”的孩子可以在餘下的人生裏從事着他們夢想的工作。