not as often as I used to.

不像我以前那樣經常。

When you're able to be first

當你能夠成為第一

out of the gate with a position,

出了門，有了位置。

it can often inspire other people to come and join along

往往能激發其他人加入進來。

and that can be one of the most

這可以是一個最

impactful things in politics really.

在政治上有影響的事情真的。

Hello, Vanity Fair.

你好，《名利場》。

This is Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

這位是亞歷山大-奧卡西奧-科特茲議員。

and this is everything I do in a day.

這就是我一天所做的一切。

[upbeat music]

[歡快的音樂]

I am an aspiring morning person.

我是一個有抱負的早晨人。

I want to be a morning person.

我想做一個早晨的人。

I'll do my best to be a morning person,

我會盡我所能，做一個早上的人。

but I find that I stay up late.

但我發現，我熬夜。

I do a lot of my thinking late at night

我的很多思考都是在深夜進行的。

and work late at night,

並在深夜工作。

but I wish I was one of those 4:00 a.m., go for a jog,

但我希望我是那種凌晨4點，去慢跑的人。

happy as a clam. [chuckling]

快樂的蛤蜊。[笑著說]

During COVID, I admit I've become something of a night owl.

在COVID期間，我承認我成了一個夜貓子。

So I'll get up between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.

所以我會在早上7點到8點之間起床。

Usually my dog is really cozied up [laughing]

平時我的狗真的很溫馨[笑] 。

he's little spoon. [laughing]

他的小勺子。[笑]

I'll usually have 5 to 10 text messages waiting for me,

我通常會有5到10條簡訊等著我。

sent at all points of the night.

在晚上的各個點發送。

I try to trim down on email as much as possible.

我儘量減少電子郵件的數量。

And so it's usually texts, Slack messages.

所以通常都是簡訊、Slack消息。

I can be a little bad when it comes to social media use.

在使用社交媒體方面，我可能會有點糟糕。

Sometimes I'll check it right after I wake up.

有時我起床後就會查看。

I've been trying not to do that so much though.

不過我一直在努力不那麼做。

If it's alternate side parking in New York City,

如果是紐約市的備用側停車。

I put on my pants and some warm clothes

我穿上褲子和一些溫暖的衣服

and I go move the car.

我去移動汽車。

I actually just got a car

其實我剛買了一輛車

and I'm really lucky that I have not gotten a parking ticket

而且我真的很幸運，我沒有得到一張罰單。

in the last two weeks.

在過去的兩個星期裡。

But about two days or maybe the day after I got my car,

但大約兩天或者我拿到車後的第二天。

I did get pulled over for making a right on 23rd Street

我確實因為在23街右轉而被攔下了。

when I wasn't supposed to, but I got a warning.

當我不應該，但我得到了一個警告。

So that was good.

所以這是很好的。

If I'm lucky enough to not need to head outside right away

如果我夠幸運，不需要馬上出門的話。

I'll make a cup of coffee in my greca.

我會用我的Greca做一杯咖啡。

Breakfast, it's usually toast

早餐，通常是吐司

with a little bit of peanut butter or almond butter on it.

加一點花生醬或杏仁醬。

Something to get some protein in pretty quickly

可以快速補充蛋白質的東西

that or a smoothie.

或者是冰沙。

I've been trying to drink less coffee lately.

我最近一直想少喝咖啡。

So I switched to matcha tea in the morning

所以我早上改喝抹茶了

and I've had this little ritual.

我有這個小儀式。

I got a little milk frother.

我有一個小的牛奶發泡機。

I heat up the milk, I make the matcha.

我熱牛奶，我做抹茶。

The most important part of my morning routine

我早上最重要的部分是

has been drinking water.

一直在喝水。

I like to put some lemon in my water

我喜歡在我的水裡放一些檸檬。

and I try to drink it pretty slowly and mindfully.

而且我儘量喝得很慢，很用心。

I'll look out my window.

我從窗口看出去。

I'll try to look at the clouds passing by,

我會試著去看雲朵經過的地方。

just really slow down for even a minute,

只是真的慢下來哪怕一分鐘。

five minutes in the morning.

早上5分鐘。

And that's been my little meditative practice recently.

這就是我最近的小禪修。

I will wash my face, put on some vitamin C,

我去洗個臉，塗點維生素C。

moisturize and throw on some sunscreen.

保溼和塗抹一些防晒霜。

I will go get dressed, read through some news.

我去穿衣服，看一些新聞。

Safari's my news app.

Safari是我的新聞應用。

I go to The New York Times.

我去看《紐約時報》。

I'll check The Washington Post.

我去看看《華盛頓郵報》

I'll look at long form articles in places like The Atlantic.

我會看《大西洋》等地方的長篇文章。

And then I look at some other

然後我看了一些其他的

kind of less mainstream news outlets,

樣的少主流新聞機構。

New Republic, In These Times, et cetera.

新共和國》、《在這個時代》等。

I've been trying to stay away from the phone a little bit,

我一直在努力遠離手機一點。

but I do pull up my phone

但我確實拉起我的手機

and I look at my calendar for the day.

我看了看今天的日曆。

And then I'm usually out the door by 9:00,

然後我通常9點就出門了。

9:30 in the morning.

早上九點半

I love my days in New York.

我喜歡我在紐約的日子。

I love my neighborhood.

我愛我的鄰居。

I like my neighbors.

我喜歡我的鄰居。

It feels, I mean, it's home.

這感覺，我的意思是，它的家。

New York is home.

紐約是家。

So, it's definitely more comfortable in New York,

所以，在紐約肯定更舒服。

but DC is beautiful.

但特區很美。

And I love seeing my colleagues in person.

而且我喜歡見到我的同事們的本人。

Here at home, I'll wake up

在這裡，在家裡，我會醒來

and I may have a press hit that day.

而我那天可能會有一個媒體的報道。

I may have things that I have to film

我可能有事情要拍

or I walk to my office.

或者我走到我的辦公室。

If I'm in DC, my first order of business

如果我在華府，我的第一件事就是...

is a committee hearing.

是一個委員會的聽證會。

I'll walk over to the Capitol

我會走到國會大廈去的

for an oversight committee hearing

監督委員會的聽證會

or a financial services hearing.

或金融服務聽證會。

A committee hearing that starts at 10:00 a.m.

上午10點開始的委員會聽證會。

can last till 1:00 p.m. with a break.

可以持續到下午1點，休息一下。

And then oftentimes after that, Congress will call votes.

而後往往在這之後，國會會召集投票。

And so I'll have to prepare.

所以我得準備一下。

I have to read through my votes

我得看一遍我的投票

and what we're kind of deciding on that day.

以及我們當天的決定。

And then I'll head over and run to the Capitol

然後我就會跑到國會大廈去

and cast my first vote of the day.

並投了我今天的第一票。

My breaks, if I get them,

我的休息時間，如果我得到他們。

[laughing]

[笑]

are, kinda rotate throughout the day.

是，一天中還挺輪換的。

So pretty much wherever there's a pocket

所以幾乎只要有口袋的地方

between maybe an interview and an internal meeting.

也許在面試和內部會議之間。

Sometimes it's 11:00 a.m.

有時是上午11點。

Sometimes it's 3:00 p.m.

有時是下午3點。

Sometimes I don't get a break at all.

有時候我根本就沒有休息的時間。

Sometimes I have a break

有時我也會休息一下

and then it ends up getting filled up with a meeting.

最後卻被會議填滿了。

So, it's really any time between meetings

所以，它是真正的任何時間之間的會議。

that I can squeeze in a little break.

我可以擠在一個小的休息。

That's when it happens.

這時就會發生。

For me, there's no regular set schedule.

對我來說，沒有固定的時間表。

Lately it's been Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, and Zoom.

最近是Zoom、Zoom、Zoom、Zoom、Zoom。

[laughing]

[笑]

But I will also be heading team meetings internally,

但我也會在內部主持團隊會議。

preparing and doing research for upcoming hearings,

為即將舉行的聽證會做準備和研究；

talking through and workshopping legislation

討論和討論立法

that we're trying to roll out

我們正在努力推出的

and also talking to other candidates for office

並與其他候選人交談

and see how we can support other progressive folks

看看我們如何支持其他進步的人。

to be able to run for office and be successful.

能夠參選併成功。

A lot of what I and how I prioritize

我的很多事情和我如何安排優先級

has to do with what my community is prioritizing

與我的社區優先考慮的事情有關。

and asking for in a given moment.

並要求在特定時刻。

That also requires a lot of flexibility

這也需要很大的靈活性

and sometimes I will have to move things around

有時我還得把東西搬來搬去

in order to address an issue,

為了解決一個問題。

whether it's police brutality

不管是警察的暴行

or whether it's taking out a stance on climate change,

還是在氣候變化問題上表態。

so much of it and my job is responsive to what the public

這麼多，我的工作是迴應公眾的需求。

and what our communities and people need.

以及我們的社區和人民需要什麼。

Work never really stops.

工作從來沒有真正停止過。

As a member of Congress, you have to be on call 24/7,

作為一名國會議員，你必須24小時待命。

especially for rapid response in breaking news,

尤其是對突發新聞的快速反應。

you have to kind of set hard rules for yourself,

你必須為自己設定硬性規則。

even though there's no off.

即使沒有關。

So I try to be done with work by 6:00 p.m.,

所以我儘量在下午6點前完成工作。

knowing that there'll be plenty of times

明知不可為而為之

that I'll be working till 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 at night.

我會工作到晚上7: 00，8: 00，10: 00。

And so really the key to that kind of a demanding schedule,

所以真正的關鍵在於那種苛刻的日程安排。

I think, is flexibility.

我想，就是靈活性。

I do my own tweets.

我自己做的微博。

I do my own Instagram.

我做我自己的Instagram。

But we do have a team that helps with Facebook.

但我們有一個團隊，幫助Facebook。

That's a little bit more writing intensive.

這就比較費筆墨了。

Sometimes my day is so busy

有時候，我的一天是如此忙碌

that I don't get a chance to look at things

我沒有機會去看那些東西

until the end of the day.

直到一天結束。

And I'll look through and try to catch up on a few things.

我也會翻看一下，儘量趕上一些事情。

I'll generally just kind of intersperse and see

我一般都是那種穿插著看。

if there's anything that we either need to respond to,

如果有什麼我們或者需要回應的。

or that we should be speaking about.

或我們應該說的。

Very often narratives, whether it's around social justice,

很多時候敘事，無論是圍繞社會正義。

healthcare, raising the minimum wage,

醫療保健，提高最低工資。

acting on climate change,

在氣候變化方面採取行動；

policy will advance in news cycles

政策將在新聞週期內推進

and there'll be very responsive to the moment.

並會有很響應的時刻。

And so it's really important to be on call

所以隨叫隨到真的很重要。

to help define the narrative and the message of that moment.

以幫助確定該時刻的敘事和資訊。

I do get nervous when I post,

我發帖的時候確實會緊張。

not as often as I used to,

不像我以前那樣經常。

but especially if I know that I'm vocalizing a position

但尤其是當我知道我在表達一種立場的時候

that has not been vocalized before

前無古人

or vocalizing a position

或表明立場

that I may be the first out of the gate with

我可能是第一個走出大門的人。

it's really nerve wracking.

這真的很讓人緊張。

But, the thing that is really special about it

但是，它真正特別的地方是

is that when you're able to be first

是，當你能夠成為第一的時候

out of the gate with a position,

出了門，有了位置。

it can often inspire other people to come and join along

往往能激發其他人加入進來。

and that can be one of the most

這可以是一個最

impactful things in politics really.

在政治上有影響的事情真的。

So if it's a light night and I'm lucky and I'm done by six,

所以，如果是一個光亮的夜晚，我很幸運，我六點前完成。

maybe I'll be able to go out to dinner with my partner

也許我可以和我的夥伴一起出去吃飯了。

or with some friends.

或與一些朋友。

I'll take Deco, my dog, out for a nice long walk

我要帶著我的狗德科出去散散步

in the community and we'll come back.

在社區，我們會回來。

Later in the evening,

傍晚時分。

as I kind of do my whole self care routine,

因為我算是做了我的整個自我護理程序。

I'll wash my face again,

我再洗一次臉。

I'll get ready for the evening.

我去準備晚上的事情。

I've been developing a habit of really awful

我已經養成了一個習慣，真的很可怕的。

reality television to just totally unplug at night.

真人秀節目，以便在晚上徹底解脫。

It's been actually pretty successful

其實已經很成功了

in helping me forget about everything that's going on.

在幫助我忘掉所有發生的事情。

I've been watching, "Selling Sunset"

我一直在看 "賣夕陽"

[laughing] lately.

[笑]最近。

Around 10:00 p.m. I'll check

晚上十點左右，我去檢查一下

if there's any other breaking news that has kind of hit,

如果有什麼其他突發新聞，有種打。

if there's anything that I need to kind of brace

如果有什麼東西，我需要那種支撐點。

during the day.

白天的時候。

Because very often,

因為很多時候。

if I walk out in the Capitol in the morning,

如果我早上在國會大廈走出來，

there'll be reporters asking me about a development

會有記者問我關於發展的問題。

that may have happened at 1:00 a.m.

可能發生在凌晨1點。

or midnight the night before.

或前一天晚上的午夜。

You kind of have to intermittently check.

你有點要斷斷續續地檢查。

And so I'll check around 10 o'clock at night

所以我晚上十點左右會去看一下

or sometimes a development will happen late at night

或者有時會在深夜有發展

and I'll kind of check in,

我就會種檢查。

make sure if it needs to be responded to right now,

確定是否需要現在就回應。

or if it can wait until the morning.

或者是否可以等到早上。

We try to have our phone off before getting into bed.

我們儘量在睡覺前把手機關掉。

I'm a little more successful in DC

我在特區比較成功

where I have a separate alarm clock.

在那裡我有一個單獨的鬧鐘。

In New York, I have to get another alarm clock.

在紐約，我得再買一個鬧鐘。

And so, I have found that when we're able

所以，我發現，當我們能夠。

to put away our phones before bed,

睡覺前收起我們的手機。

it's a lot more relaxing.

這是更多的放鬆。

You're able to help yourself a lot more,

你能夠幫助自己更多。

but I've definitely been caught

但我肯定是被抓住了

in some late night news cycles.

在一些晚間新聞週期。

And that's just, it is what it is.

而這只是，它是什麼，它是什麼。

I'll brush my teeth, I'll change my Invisalign.

我要刷牙，我要換隱形眼鏡。

I'll wash my face put on like an inactive

我會洗臉，把像一個不活躍的。

and then I will moisturize my face and go to bed.

然後我就會滋潤我的臉，然後去睡覺。

I hate going to bed early.

我討厭早睡

It's the right thing to do.

這是正確的做法。

It's the responsible thing to do, but I'm just a night owl.

這是負責任的做法，但我只是個夜貓子。

I feel like I'm getting FOMO by going to sleep early.

我覺得自己早早的睡了，就會有FOMO的感覺。

So my ideal bedtime is probably like 11:30 or midnight.

所以我理想的睡覺時間大概是11點半或者午夜。

I'm a pretty good sleeper.

我是個很好的睡眠者。

When I'm out, I'm done and I am asleep

當我出去的時候，我已經完成了，我已經睡著了。

until I wake up in the morning.

直到我早上醒來。

Thank you so much, Vanity Fair.

非常感謝你，名利場。

That's everything I do in a day.

這就是我一天所做的一切。