你時常感到迷茫，竟是因為……
你是不是時常感到迷茫，不知道自己該做什麼？
學生黨在迷茫自己該選什麼專業，要不要考研或找工作；上班族在迷茫自己該不該跳槽或要不要換一行。
的確，每個人都會迷茫，如果此時的你正感到十分迷茫，那麼請靜下心好好看一下這篇文章，或許會帶給你一些啟示：
Sometimes in life, we find ourselves at a dead end. Or a crossroads. Or on a path that seems to go nowhere. No matter what stage you are at in life, if you are unhappy with it, or unsure as to how to proceed, then you need to reevaluate.
在生活中，我們有時候可能會陷入一個死胡同，或徘徊於十字路口，或漫無目的地前行。無論你現在處在人生的哪個階段，如果你過的很不開心，也不確定如何繼續前行，那麼你就需要重新審視自己了。
When I was in high school, I remember thinking that I had to pick a career at which I would be happy for the next 50 or so years of my life. What a daunting task. How do you know what』s going to make you happy for the rest of your life, especially if you』re only 16 and you』re still getting a thrill out of watching 「The Breakfast Club?」
中學時代，我總是在想我一定要好好選擇我的職業，這樣的話我在未來的50年里乃至我的一生都會過的很快樂。這是一項多麼艱巨的任務啊！你怎麼能知道在你剩下的日子裡，什麼能讓你很快樂呢，尤其是，你才16歲，當你看《早餐俱樂部》這部電影時，你還非常興奮呢。
You can』t know. You can』t know what』s going to make you happy even five years from now. But you can know what makes you happy now and if you』re current position — or school track — isn』t it, then you need to move on. When my oldest children were contemplating their college careers and job prospects, I often told them to just go and take classes or try things they thought might be interesting and if they didn』t like the class or workshop or whatever, then cross that off your list. Life is often about trying things and realizing what you don』t want to be when you 「grow up.」
你不會知道，你也不可能知道在接下來的五年里，什麼能讓你過的快樂。但是你可以知道現在有哪些事情會讓你變得快樂，如果你現在所處的位置不能夠讓你快樂，那麼你就需要繼續向前了。當我的孩子們在考慮他們大學就讀專業以及未來工作的前景時，我經常告訴他們多去上課或嘗試一些自己感覺有趣的事情，如果他們不喜歡那些課或所做的事或其他一些事，那麼就把這些都從你的規劃單上去掉，生活本身就是不斷嘗試新事物，然後知道你長大後不想做哪些事情。
I spent a year substitute teaching in an effort to see if I wanted to become a public school teacher. I enjoyed that year immensely, but after talking with teachers and doing some of their job for a year, I realized that was a career that was not for me.
為了看看自己是否想要成為一個公立學校的老師，我做了一年的教學工作。我非常享受那一年的時光。但通過和其他老師們的交談以及一年的教學經歷，我意識到自己並不適合這項工作。
You can』t figure out the whole future.
你不可能知道你的未來是什麼樣子的
Remember, you don』t know what』s coming next. Life is full of interesting twists and turns, but if we continually pursue things that we enjoy doing whether for a job or hobby, it will make the journey interesting and more fun. Maybe you enjoy making jewelry right now. Maybe you can sell it. In five years, you might be a successful jewelry designer or you might have moved on to another craft. It doesn』t matter. You have the experience of your jewelry design to fall back on and help you with other projects in the future.
記住，你不可能知道未來會發生什麼。生活本身充滿了有趣的曲折，但如果你一直堅持著自己所喜歡的事情，無論是工作還是業餘愛好，那麼你的人生之路將充滿樂趣。你或許現在更喜歡做珠寶，還想要賣它們。那麼五年之後，你可能會成為一個成功的珠寶設計師或轉做其它工藝。你有了珠寶設計的經驗，那麼就可以幫助你在未來發展其它項目。
Try to be comfortable with discomfort.
嘗試在不適中找舒適
Sometimes life is uncomfortable. Sometimes we don』t have enough money to do all of the things we want to do. If you have something you really want to pursue, then you must be able to live with some amount of discomfort in order to do that. For example, I want to mush sled dogs and run the Iditarod. In order to do that, I had to give up my neat, tidy suburban home and move my family to a cabin in Alaska. We don』t have running water or regular electricity and our cabin is much smaller than our old house, but we don』t mind the discomfort of those things because we live in a beautiful place and I get to pursue my dream.
有時候，生活不總是舒適的。有時候，我們沒有更多的錢去做我們想做的一切事情。如果你真得想要追求某些事情，那麼為了實現你所想的，你必須學會與不適共生。例如，帶狗撬在雪上前進並且參加狗拉雪橇比賽。為了做這些事，我離開了我那個整潔的家，和家人一同搬到了阿拉斯加的小屋裡。我們新的住所沒有自來水也沒有電，也不如之前的大，但我不介意這些不好的事情，因為我住在一個漂亮的房子里，同時也實現了自己的夢想。
Life is uncertain. Go with it.
生活充滿太多不確定，繼續勇往直前
Stuff happens. I thought I had it all. I had a great job and a great house in the woods. Then I got fired, lost my house and turned 40 all in the same week. Then I found out I was pregnant. Quite the week. I laid on the couch for a couple of days, depressed, but then we got it together, made a plan and moved to Alaska. Take uncertainty and turn it on its head. Every bad thing is an opportunity to make something good happen.
生活總是充滿太多的不確定，我原以為自己已經是人生贏家了，因為我有一份好的工作，在森林之中有個漂亮的房子。但之後，我被解僱了，失去了我的房子，那周也正好是我的40歲生日。緊接著我就發現自己懷孕了。那周，我在沙發上靜靜地躺了幾天，心情很抑鬱，但之後我們一起制定了一份計劃，打算搬到阿拉斯加。敢於面對這些不確定，並且換個角度思考問題，那麼每一件糟糕的事情都有可能成為好事情。
Overcome distractions. Stop procrastinating.
克服干擾，停止拖延
You』re not getting younger. Sorry, but it』s true. If you don』t start taking the time to pursue your dreams, you might find yourself at the end of your life with nothing to show for it but a lot of Facebook posts and a bunch of TV shows you just had to watch. If you are serious about pursuing a dream — whether it』s designing jewelry, professional skateboarding or being a rich and famous computer guru, you better get on it. Take those first steps. Turn off your Facebook notifications and get working. You won』t get anywhere merely thinking about how great you could be.
你肯定不會越來越年輕，很抱歉，這是一個事實。如果你一開始就沒有花更多的時間去追求你的夢想，那麼你或許會發現在你人生走到盡頭之時，除了臉書上的動態以及你看過的那些電視節目，你一無所有。如果你很認真地追求自己的夢想，無論是設計珠寶，專業滑冰或是成為富有而又著名的計算機專家，那麼你可以更好地繼續前行。為了實現你的夢想，先做些準備工作。關掉你臉書上的消息通知，開始行動起來吧！如果你只是想想你會變得多麼優秀，那麼你不將到達任何地方！
Ask yourself questions.
多問自己幾個問題
Take some time for yourself. Ask yourself big questions. And small ones. Learn about yourself. Meditate. Write down the things that interest you and things you could see yourself doing if time and money were no object. Dream big. Quiet your mind and really imagine yourself doing those things.
給自己留一些時間，詢問自己幾個大問題，或者幾個小問題，進一步了解下自己。然後靜心冥想，寫下那些你感興趣的事情，如果對你而言，時間和金錢是沒什麼問題的，那麼想想你會做哪些事情。心懷大夢想，靜心思考那些你真正會做的事情。
Volunteer or shadow someone.
做一名志願者或實習生
If there is a job or hobby you are interested in — from grooming dogs to being a zookeeper — volunteer or job shadow and see if it』s an occupation you really want to do. All the dreaming in the world isn』t going to help you if you don』t go and get your hands dirty. Sometimes, we think we want to do something and then once we try it, we realize it might not be the kind of work we like after all. Or it might be more involved than we realized. It』s important to get hands-on experience and do a lot of reading by those with first-hand experience before we give up our current life to pursue a dream.
如果你對某份工作或某件事情感興趣—從照料狗狗一直到動物管理員—作為一位志願者或一名實習生，同時你要知道自己是否真得想要做這個。如果你不用自己的雙手去拼搏，那麼世界上所有的工作都對你沒有什麼幫助。有時候，我們以為我們真得想要做某事，接著就立馬付諸實踐，然而，我們知道我們或許並不喜歡我們所想的那種工作。也或許它比我們所想要更複雜一些。在我們決定放棄我們現在的生活去追求夢想之前，親自實踐一番並且閱讀大量一手資料是很重要的。
Answer the door.
為機會開門
Opportunity may be knocking but if you don』t answer the door, how can you take advantage of it? You must take opportunities when they are presented to you. Sometimes it』s not the right time, but it doesn』t matter. Opportunities happen when they happen. Answer the door or that opportunity might walk on by and knock on someone else』s door.
機會或許會敲門，但是如果你沒有開門的話，那麼你怎麼能好好利用它呢？當機會來臨時，你必須抓住機會。有時候，機會或許來得不是時候，但是沒什麼關係的。機會該來時自然會來。但是你要積極去開門，否則機會就會離去，敲響別人的門。
You must make decisions and try things — even if you end up hating them or wanting to do something else. At the end of your life, you won』t regret trying things and failing, but you will regret not ever trying at all.
你必須做好抉擇，不斷嘗試新事物，即使最終你會厭惡那些事情或者還想要再做點其他事情。當你走到生命的盡頭時，你不將因嘗試做過某事和失敗過而悔恨，但是你會後悔自己從不曾嘗試做過什麼。
Close that laptop and go get your life.
關掉你的筆記本，好好去生活吧！
（作者：Michelle Kennedy Hoga，她是一個外國作家，也是一個有8個孩子的母親，生活很勵志。）
實習編輯：carol
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