cutting loose and doing the things  that you want to do. I disagree.  

鬆開手，做你想做的事情。我不同意。

Self-discipline is all about  pursuing what you think is right  

自律就是要追求你認為正確的東西

despite temptations to abandon it. When done  correctly, it frees you from yourself and lets  

儘管有誘惑要放棄它。如果做得正確，它可以使你從自己身上解放出來，讓

you achieve what you really want out of life  instead of what is just easy or convenient.

你要實現你真正想要的生活，而不是簡單或方便的事情。

You see, our default state is to be wildly  distractible and impulsive. We like to do  

你看，我們的默認狀態是瘋狂地分心和衝動。我們喜歡做

things that make us feel good in the moment,  and avoid things that make us feel bad.

讓我們當下感覺良好的事情，並避免讓我們感覺不好的事情。

Makes sense, right? But this is not  an effective way to live one’s life.

有道理，對嗎？但這並不是一個有效的生活方式。

Spending all day watching Netflix  may feel good in the moment,  

花一整天時間看Netflix，當下可能感覺不錯。

but it likely isn’t going to help  you reach your long-term goals.

但它很可能不會幫助你實現你的長期目標。

Now, this isn’t to say that you should  never take time to relax and unwind,  

現在，這並不是說你永遠不應該花時間來放鬆和休閒。

but you do need to be intentional with your time.

但你確實需要有意識地利用你的時間。

If you’re going to relax, then relax  without guilt, but make sure you are  

如果你要放鬆，那就毫無愧疚地放鬆，但要確保你是

still putting aside dedicated time  to focus on your long-term goals.

仍然要留出專門的時間來專注於你的長期目標。

This way, you maximize both the rewards  from being productive and the enjoyment  

這樣一來，你就能最大限度地從生產中獲得回報和享受。

and pleasure from relaxation.  Mixing the two simply doesn’t work.

和放鬆帶來的快樂。 將這兩者混在一起根本行不通。