“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius

“世上本无事，庸人自扰之。”孔子 

“The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” Ludwig Wittgenstein

“事物中于我们最重要的方面都由于它们的简单和熟悉而隐蔽不见”路德维希·维特根斯坦

I love simplifying my life.

我喜欢简化自己的生活。

It makes me more effective and life less stressful. It makes me calmer, more energetic and happier.

简约的生活能给我减压，让我更适于工作。我会因此变得更冷静，更有活力，更快乐。

So today I’d like to share 42 ways to make your life simpler. I hope you’ll find something inspiring and helpful among these tips.

因此，今天我要分享简化生活的42个办法。希望大家能在这些办法中找到一些能激发你的有用建议。 

1. Mix things up. Try the opposite. Have the vegetarian dish if you always go for the meat. Walk away from a stupid conflict instead of making it worse. Let one thing go if you often cling to things. Make a habit of mixing things up to grow your life in small or bigger ways. And to make it easier and simpler to step out of your comfort zone in general when you really need to.

换个套路试试。去尝试下与你习惯相反的事物，如果你老是吃肉那就试试素食；不要持续无谓的冲突，趁事情变得更坏之前立即停止；如果经常抓着事情不放那就让它过去吧。在成长的过程中要养成这种习惯，能用各种不同方法去解决问题。同时要不断简化解决办法，提醒自己要步出习惯舒适区。 

2. Get up 20 minutes earlier. This will help you to reduce stress in the morning and during the rest of the day.

提前20分钟起床。这将有助你在整个清晨和白天都减少压力。 

3. Be 10 minutes early for meetings and appointments. This will help you to make your time of travel a time of rest and relaxation instead of stressful. And you will not be late.

提前10分钟到场参加会议或赴约。这会使你的行程有一段休息放松时间，否则你可能会感觉紧张。而且你也不会迟到。 

4. Single-task. You be more focused, less stressed and get to done more quickly. So do one thing at a time and do it with your full attention.

.一次只做一件事。这样你会集中精力去完成，而且不会背负压力，完成速度更快。因此一次只做一件工作，并且要全力以赴。 

5. Ask yourself: am I keeping things extremely simple? If not, figure out how you can do that in the situation you are in.

 问问自己：我是在简化这个问题吗？如果不是，找出在这种情况下你怎样才能简化问题。 

6. Ask yourself: will this matter 5 years from now? Or even 5 weeks from now? Do this to avoid making mountains out of molehills.

 问问自己：这件事真的有那么严重吗？或者根本没你想的那么可怕。这样做可以避免小题大做。

 7. Buy things with the money you have earned and saved. Avoid getting into debt.

 用你的存款或薪水去购物。这样不会负债。 

8. Learn a few recipes and cook. You’ll save money and probably eat healthier.

学样新的食谱。这会给你省钱而且让你吃的更健康。 

9. When you cook, cook more than you’ll eat. This will help you to spend less time on cooking and washing dishes. And you’ll have an extra dinner or two to just reheat when you don’t have time or energy to cook.

如果做饭的话，那就多做一点。这将有助于你不必花那么多时间做饭和洗碗。当你没时间或者没精力做饭的时候，热热饭菜来顿加餐就行了。 

10. Write things down. Pretty much everyone’s memory is leaky. So help yourself. Write down what you need to do or shop for today. Write down what your top 4 priorities in life are and post that note where you can see it every day.

把事情记下来。几乎每个人都有忘事的时候，那么帮帮你自己，当你今天需要购物或者做什么事的时候记下来写在本子上。把你生活中最先要做的4件事写在便利贴上，贴在你每天都容易看到的地方。 

11. Remember that life is larger than you may think it is. You do not know everything and you are not always right. Remembering this makes it easier for me to learn things, to accept other viewpoints, to create changes and to stay more open.

谨记生活比你想象的广阔。你不一定懂所有的事情，你也不会总是对的。谨记这个，可以让我愿意去学一些新的东西，接受别人的观点，做出改变，保持坦率

12. Risk making mistakes. Learn from them. Then do again with that helpful new experience and knowledge in mind.

   敢于冒出错的风险，然后从中吸取教训。当你有了有用的经验和知识以后，就可以重复这项工作了。