Now well into my 30s, there are several good habits I’m thankful I started in my 20s. If you’re still in your 20s, or even if you’re not, I challenge you to implement the habits below into your daily routine, one at a time, starting today. A year from now, I guarantee you’ll appreciate the results.

現在30多歲的我回過頭去看，非常慶幸自己在20多歲就開始堅持了一些好習慣。無論你是否身處20多歲，或還沒到20歲，我依然建議你把以下10條好習慣列入到你的日常生活中去。這樣一年后的你，一定能感受到巨大的變化并因此感激自己的決定。

1. Focus on the activities and people that make you happy.

把注意力放在那些能讓你快樂的活動和人上。

Sometimes we make things complicated when they are really quite simple: Find what it is that makes you happy and spend more time doing it. Find who it is that makes you smile and spend more time with them. Living your dream is really just a state of mind. It’s feeling comfortable in your own skin, and realizing that where you are at any given moment is exactly where you want to be. Thus, happiness and success in life is simply the gratifying combination liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking who you do it with.

有時候，我們自己無形中把簡單的事情復雜化了。其實很簡單的：找到那些能讓你快樂的事物，并把更多的精力放在上面;找出那些總讓你快樂的人，并跟他們度過更多時光。所謂的活出你的夢想，指的其實就是一種心理狀態，也就是每一刻你都活得自在，并充分享受當下的狀態。所以想讓生活變得幸福成功的話，你只需要愛自己、愛自己所做的事、愛那些在你周圍的人就可以啦。

2. Trust your instincts on new opportunities.

相信自己對于新機會的直覺。

Life is too short to wait. Every new day is another chance to change your life. Every great accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Trust that little voice inside your head that says, “What if…” and then GO DO IT. You would be surprised how often “what if” works. And no, you’re not obligated to win every time. You’re obligated to keep trying – to do the best you can do every day – to be better than you were yesterday.

生命太過短暫，不能浪費在等待中。每一天都是一個改變生活的新機會。每一個偉大的成功都來源于最初的嘗試。相信你內心那個小小的聲音吧，如果它在說“假如我去做…的話”，那么直接去做。你會驚訝地發現，那些假如通常都能實現!你不需要事事爭第一，但需事事盡力，展現出那個最好的自己，那個比昨天更棒更優秀的自己。

3. Build the courage to face your fears.

勇于面對恐懼。

Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Don’t ever hesitate to give yourself a chance to be everything you are capable of being. It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences of a lesson learned, than to just stare at that line for the rest of your life and always wonder. And remember, courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid; courage means you don’t let your fear stop you.

你想要的每一件東西都在恐懼的另一面。別因為害怕而不敢去嘗試你能成為的角色。一件事，做過、失敗過、體會過個中滋味，總比永遠沒做而一輩子懊悔來得更好。記住，所謂“勇氣”，并不代表沒有恐懼，而是指面對恐懼，你依然有向前的決心。

4. Focus on the resources you do have access to.

重視那些你實在擁有的東西。

It all begins and ends in your mind. Too many of us are hung up on what we don’t have, can’t have, or won’t ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do. So focus on the opportunities you DO have, and exploit the resources you DO have access to.

萬事皆出于心。我們中的太多人都被那些得不到東西掌控住，浪費了太多精力。而這些精力本可以運用到那些我們更應該去做的事情上的。所以，請珍惜自己真正擁有的機會，開拓那些真正屬于你的領域吧。

5. Be less busy, and more productive.

花更少的時間，做更高效的人。

Incessant busyness is often a sign of ineffectiveness and laziness. Because it’s easy to be busy – just partake in a bunch of random activities that drains all your time. Doing so justifies never having enough time to clean, cook for yourself, go out with friends, meet new people, etc. Right? Wrong. Don’t just get things done; get the right things done. Results are always more important than the time it takes to achieve them.

忙得連軸轉代表著低效和懶惰。因為想忙起來很容易，只需要隨便參與點很占用時間的活動就行，所以你總是沒有足夠的時間來整理家務、烹飪、聚會、和結識新朋友，對吧?其實這樣是不對的。不要總奔忙于繁瑣中，而應該先完成那些最應該完成的任務。人們只會注重結果，而不會在意為完成它所花了多少時間。