In this video, we're gonna go over 10 cheap purchases that have improved my quality of life.

在這支影片中，我們將介紹 10 種提高了我的生活品質的平價商品。

Let's get into it.

讓我們開始吧。

Coming in at number 10 on the list, we have a physical alarm clock.

排名第 10 位是實體鬧鐘。

And this is really cool because before I had one of these, I used to use my phone as an alarm clock and I'd have the phone on my bedside table,

這真的很酷，因為在我買這個之前，我習慣用手機當鬧鐘，我會把手機放在床頭櫃上，

but inevitably it would mean that I would spend hours and hours scrolling through Twitter, browsing Instagram and attempting to reply to messages to Hinge at night when I should have been sleeping.

但不可避免的是，這意味著我會花幾個小時以及數小時滑 Twitter、Instagram 試圖回覆 Hinge 的訊息，而我本應該在睡覺。

But ever since I got one of these,

但自從我有了這個，

I now have the physical alarm clock on my bedside table which means I can have the phone across the room away from my bed or even in the kitchen on charge if I really need to get up on morning.

現在，我的床頭櫃上有了實體鬧鐘，這意味著我可以把電話放在房間對面，遠離我的床，甚至在廚房裡充電，如果我真的需要早上起床的話。

And so for a relatively cheap investment of like between five and 20 quids depending on how fancy the alarm clock is,

所以只需相對低廉的投資，比如 5 到 20 英鎊，取決於鬧鐘有多花哨，

you can massively improve your quality of sleep if you get one of these.

如果你入手一個的話可以大大提高睡眠品質。

Coming in at number nine, we have the trusty electric toothbrush.

排在第九位是值得信賴的電動牙刷。

Now the only thing that you need to have in an electric toothbrush if you have one, is it needs to have a 30 second timer.

如果你使用電動牙刷，唯一需要的是它必須具有 30 秒的計時器。

So the cool thing about this one is that you go...

所以，這個很酷的地方在於，你可以...

and then every 30 seconds it does like a...

然後每隔 30 秒，它就會像...

and it tells you when 30 seconds are up and it tells you when two minutes are up.

它會在30秒時提醒你，也會在兩分鐘時提醒你。

So you can spend 30 seconds on each quadrant of the mouth, and then you know when you've been brushing for two minutes.

這樣你就可以每個口腔區域花30秒，然後你就知道你已經刷了兩分鐘。

I've been using this for the past year now, and I noticed a massive improvement in like the whiteness of my smile.

我已經用了一年了，我注意到我笑容有多潔白。

And my brother even commented on it when we were recording our podcast, he was like,

我哥哥甚至在我們錄製播客時評論我的牙齒，他說：

"Oh, your teeth look very white."

「哦，你的牙齒看起來很白。」

And I said, it's cause I've been using one of these timed toothbrushes and he bought one immediately.

我說，這是因為我一直在使用這種定時牙刷，然後他立即就去買了一個。

So you can get one of these for like 20 quid, 30 quid.

所以你可以花 20 或 30 英鎊買到一個。

Just find the one that has the 30 second timer on it. It's absolutely fantastic.

只要找到有 30 秒定時器的就行。這真是太棒了。

Coming in at number eight, we have the trusty ukulele.

排在第八位的是值得信賴的烏克麗麗。

Now I started learning the ukulele when I was in my second year of medical school.

我開始學習烏克麗麗是在在我讀醫學院的第二年。

And really it was the first instrument that I learned and I learned by following YouTube tutorials. I just really liked the idea of playing the guitar.

事實上，這是我學會的第一件樂器，我是跟著 YouTube 上的教程學的，我只是非常想要學會彈吉他。

But the ukulele seemed was it was a lot cheaper 'cause I got it for like 15 quid off Amazon.

但烏克麗麗似乎便宜很多，因為我在亞馬遜上花了 15 英鎊就買到了。

It was a lot cheaper and it seems a lot easier to get started with a ukulele.

用烏克麗麗入門似乎容易得多，價格也便宜很多。

And within like 10 minutes you can learn to play the basic chords.

十分鐘內你可以學會彈奏基本和弦。

And then if you practice around five or ten minutes a day, for about a week or two,

然後，如果你每天花 5 或 10 分鐘，持續約一兩週，

you get to a point where you can like play songs on the ukulele and you can like sing along, and it's really fun.

你就會彈奏烏克麗麗，還可以唱歌跟著唱，真的很有趣。

And the ukulele was really my gateway drug into the world of music.

烏克麗麗確實是我進入音樂世界的入門樂器。

Super easy to learn; would highly recommend.

超級易學，強烈推薦。

I'll link to a cheap version on Amazon in the video description.

我會把平價的烏克麗麗購買連結放在說明欄。

You can basically get the cheapest one; learn how to play that.

你基本上可以買最便宜的，學著彈奏它。

And then if you want you can upgrade to a slightly fancier one, but yeah, 15 pounds for my basic first ukulele, it was pretty awesome.

然後，如果你想的話，可以升級到稍微豪華一點的，但是對於我的第一把基本烏克麗麗，15英鎊相當不錯。

And it got me into the world of music.

它讓我進入了音樂世界。

At number six on the list, we have my absolute favorite writing pad of all time.

排名第六有我最喜歡的寫字板。

This is the Pukka pad.

這是 Pukka pad 活頁紙。

Like I've tried zillions and zillions of like A4 writing pads over the years.

我這些年來嘗試了無數的A4寫字簿。

And I always keep coming back to the Pukka pad because it's like the quality of the paper,

而我總是回歸到Pukka寫字簿，因為它的紙質很好，

and the quality of the vibes and the feel and the look and the general spiritual essence that it puts out.

以及它散發出的整體靈性氛圍。

It's just like second to none.

這簡直是首屈一指的。

I quite like the basic Pukka pad originals.

我很喜歡 Pukka 活頁紙的基本款式。

I filled out many of these in med school.

我在醫學院填寫了很多這樣的表格。

Now I'm using the Pukka pad project version which has the same quality of paper but it's got these like dividers because now I've got more money I can afford like slightly better stationary.

現在我使用的是 Pukka pad project 版本，它擁有同樣優質的紙張，但它有這些分隔板，因為現在我有更多錢，我可以買得起稍微好一點的文具。

And so this is how I've been kind of planning the book that I'm writing.

我一直都是這樣做的規劃我正在寫的書。

And it's just really nice having like an A4 pad sitting on my desk at all times.

而且，隨時在我的桌上放著一個A4大小的記事本真的很方便。

And I've got pens right, sort of within, within an arm's reach.

而且，我的筆就放在我伸手可得的地方。

And so if I ever need to write anything down, this there's just something nice about being able to scribble it on an A4 Pukka pad rather than have to write it in an app.

所以，如果我需要記下什麼，能夠在A4的Pukka記事本上塗鴉，而不是必須在應用程式中輸入，這種感覺真的很好。

So highly recommend these.

所以強烈推薦這些。

These are fantastic, the best pads I've ever used in my life.

這些活頁紙太棒了，是我人生中用過最好用的。

At number six on the list we have a trilogy of books by Austin Kleon. All of these are fantastic.

排名第六有奧斯汀-克萊恩的三部曲。 這些都非常棒。

They're really good. They're very inspirational.

他們真的很棒。他們非常鼓舞人心。

And I have them -

我有。

I have like physical copies of all three on my desk at all times as part of my desk set up.

我桌上隨時都有這三本的實體書，它們是我桌面設置的一部分。

In particular, as you guys know Show Your Work was the book that most changed my life because it encouraged me to write online.

特別是，正如你們知道的，《Show Your Work》是那本最改變了我的生活的書，因為它鼓勵我在網上寫作。

A video over there if you want to check that out.

如果你想查看的話，那邊有一個影片講述這個。

Steal Like An Artist is all about stealing ideas, like an artist.

《Steal Like An Artist》是關於像藝術家一樣偷取思想的。

And it talks about the general idea that nothing is original.

它談到大部分的觀點是沒有什麼是原創的。

We don't need to worry about having original ideas.

我們不需要擔心是否有原創的想法。

We can steal like artists and get ideas from different sources.

我們可以像藝術家一樣偷竊，並從不同來源獲取創意。

And there's a nice quote at the start on the Nothing Is Original chapter that says,

在「無所謂原創」這一章的開頭有一句很不錯的引言，它說：

"The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something original, nine times out of ten, they just don't know the references or the original sources involved."

「作家喬納森-萊特姆曾說過：『人們稱某物為原創時，十之八九，他們只是不了解其中的參考或原始來源。』」

So this is really cool.

所以這真的很酷。

And then his third book Keep Going is all about how to stay creative through the good times and the bad.

然後他的第三本書《Keep Going 》是關於如何保持創造力，無論在順境還是逆境。

And so it's like a really nice like it's very cheap by buying all these books.

所以，通過購買所有這些書，這實際上是一個非常划算的選擇。

It takes like 20 minutes to read each of them.

讀完每本書大概需要 20 分鐘。

And I've sort of, these are very well thumbed through.

我已經翻閱過這些書很多次了。

So anytime I'm having a bit of a creative rut or I'm in a bit of a slump, I just pick up one of them.

是以，每當我在創作上遇到困難時或者我的情緒有點低落，我就會拿起其中一本。

They always live on my desk and I just grab one.

它們總是放在我的辦公桌上，我隨手就能拿一個。

I open it to a random page and I always find inspiration.

我隨意打開一頁，總能找到靈感。

So thank you, Austin for that.

謝謝你，奧斯汀。

Links to all those books down in the video description.

所有這些書籍的連結都在影片說明欄中。

Ringing in it at number five we have the water bottle.

排在第五位的是水壺。

I have a water bottle on my desk now at all times and just having it on my desk and having it be a slightly nice one that kind of goes with the white vibe of the rest of my desk.

我現在一直在我的桌子上放著一個水瓶，而且它是一個稍微不錯的水瓶，與我的桌子的其他白色元素相協調。

It's just been amazing because now I drink so much more water and drinking water as they say is good for you.

這真的很棒，因為現在我喝更多的水了，正如他們所說，喝水對健康有好處。

And I've noticed that on days where I drink more water, I feel less fat.

我注意到在我喝水較多的日子裡，我感覺沒那麼胖。

I feel less bloated.

我感覺不那麼臃腫了。

And my skin feels like it's glowing.

我的皮膚感覺容光煥發。

Not sure how much of that is placebo, but yeah, we were taught in medical school that you should drink two liters of water a day.

我不知道這其中有多少是安慰劑的作用，不過我們在醫學院接受的教育是你應該每天喝兩升水。

Thanks to having a water bottle on my desk, this is now what I do.

多虧了把水壺放在我的桌子上，現在我就這樣做了。

At number four we have the trusty deck of cards.

第四位是可靠的撲克牌。

I basically had a deck of cards on my desk close to hand for the last almost ten years of my life.

基本上，我在過去近十年的生活中，一直在我的桌上隨手放著一副撲克牌。

I got into doing close-up magic in 2011 after watching a chap called Michael Vincent on Penn and Teller Fool Us,

我在2011年觀看了一位名叫Michael Vincent的表演者在Penn and Teller Fool Us節目上的表演後，開始對近距離魔術產生了興趣。

and initially close to magic started off as a way of trying to increase my sexual market value amongst my peers at school.

最初，近距離魔術開始是為了試圖在學校中提高我在同儕中的吸引力。

But then when I go to university and reinvented myself as not a massive nerd, I decided to continue with my close-up magic.

但後來當我上大學，並重新塑造了自己，不再是一個書呆子，我決定繼續進行近距離魔術。

And I used to perform at the balls and parties and events around the university and I used to get paid for it.

我曾經在大學周圍的舞會、派對和活動上表演，而且我還因此得到了酬勞。

And that was pretty good because back in the day, I wasn't making that much money as I not doing this YouTube channel.

那很不錯，因為在那個年代，我並沒有像現在這樣在YouTube頻道上賺很多錢。

So, you know, being paid to walk around parties, dressed up in a tuxedo and going up to groups of people being like, "Hey, do you want to see a magic trick?"

所以，你知道，被付錢在派對上穿著燕尾服四處走動，走到人群前說：「嗨，你想看一個魔術嗎？」這感覺相當不錯。

That was, that was my jam back in the day.

那是，那是我當年的最愛。

And even now, like I always have a deck of cards on me because if I ever need something to do with my hands, then I just do some flourishes with a deck of cards because otherwise, the devil makes work for idle hands.

即使現在，我總是帶著一副撲克牌，因為如果我需要做些手藝，我就會拿著一副撲克牌做一些花式動作，因為無所作為的手容易引發麻煩。

Coming in at number three we have the Amazon Kindle.

排名第三的是亞馬遜 Kindle。

You can get these quite cheap.

這些東西很便宜。

It's probably the most expensive item on the list but like the cheapest Amazon Kindles is sometimes like 50 or $60.

它可能是這個清單上最昂貴的物品，但最便宜的Amazon Kindle有時只需50或60美元。

You can get it super cheap.

你可以以超低價買到它。

Honestly, the Kindle is like one of the physical items that's like most impacted my life because getting a Kindle just gives you the ability to read infinitely more books than you would otherwise.

老實說，Kindle是對我的生活影響最大的物品之一，因為擁有一個Kindle就讓你有能力閱讀比以前更多的書籍。

These days any time I get a book recommendation, I just buy it on Kindle immediately and I can start reading it there and then.

現在，每當我得到一個書籍推薦，我都會立刻在Kindle上購買它，然後可以立即開始閱讀。

It's just absolutely amazing.

這簡直太神奇了。

I've been using a Kindle basically every day since 2008 or whenever the first Kindle came out.

自從2008年或第一代Kindle問世以來，我基本上每天都在使用Kindle。

And yeah, it's just so good.

太讚了。

I cannot recommend it highly enough.

我強烈推薦它。

I have a video over there that talks more about why everyone should get an Amazon Kindle.

我有一部影片，更詳細地談論為什麼每個人都應該購買一個Amazon Kindle。

This one is the Kindle Oasis.

這是 Kindle Oasis。

It's a little bit fancy.

有點花哨。

You probably don't need the Oasis.

你可能不需要買到 Oasis。

You could just go for the Kindle Paper White, or to be honest you could just go for the box standard Kindle depending on how much money you want to save.

你可以選擇Kindle Paperwhite，或者坦白說，你也可以選擇普通的Kindle，這取決於你想要省多少錢。

And I read this every night before bed.

我每晚睡前都會讀這本書。

It's what I do.

這就是我會做的。

When I get into bed, I tape my mouth shut after doing my skincare routine.

當我上床時，我會在完成護膚程序後用膠帶將嘴巴封起來。

And then I just read on the Kindle until I fall asleep.

然後我就在 Kindle 上看書，直到睡著。

So huge, huge, huge impact on my quality of life with a fairly cheap, fairly small device.

對我的品質產生了巨大的影響，用一個相當便宜、相當小巧的設備，就能享受生活。

Moving on to number two, we have this, this is a doorstop.

接著是第二個，我們有這個，這是一個門擋。

I probably got the most bang for my buck out of this purchase than anything else in my life.

我可能從這個購買中獲得的價值比生活中的任何其他事物都多。

Because when I was at university, I always used to have a doorstop and it would always pop my door open.

因為在大學的時候，我總是用一個門擋，它總是讓我的房門保持開啟。

These days probably not so relevant if you're, you know in COVID times in the pandemic,

在當前的COVID疫情時期，這些日子可能不再那麼重要。

but once the world stops ending, highly recommend a doorstop for absolutely everyone,

但一旦這個世界停止朝著末日走去，我強烈建議每個人都擁有一個門擋。

'cause if you're at university or if you have an office or if you're at home, whatever, mostly at university,

因為不論你是在大學、辦公室還是在家，總之大多數情況是在大學，門擋都非常有用。

propping your door open is like the best thing ever because you want to cultivate this persona where your friends who walk or walking by feel that it's okay to interrupt you while you're working.

撐開門是最好的事情，因為你想要培養一種形象，讓你的朋友在經過時感到可以在你工作時打擾你。

Because like, if I look back on my university experience, I don't at all, remember those nights where I was like,

因為如果回顧我的大學經歷，我不是那種會說：

"Oh, I've got to work a little bit harder to get like an extra 1% on this essay."

「哦，我必須更努力地寫這篇論文，以獲得額外的1%分數。」

But because I was the sort of person who people would feel comfortable interrupting in the middle of work,

我反而那種，人們覺得可以在工作中打擾我的人，

like those interruptions and those like welcome distractions have turned into friendships that are still lasting today.

像那些干擾和受歡迎的分心現在已經變成了持久的友誼，仍然存在至今。

And so if you're the sort of person who props the door open with a doorstop at university or wherever you are, then it's just generally good vibes all around.

所以，如果你是那種在大學或無論在哪裡都用門擋撐開門的人，那麼周圍的氛圍通常都會很好。

And finally at the top of this list, one purchase that has immeasurably improved my quality of life is a subscription to Skillshare, who were very kindly sponsoring this video.

最後，在這個列表第一名，一項購買使我的生活質量得到了無法估量的提高，那就是訂閱Skillshare，他們非常友好地贊助了這個視頻。

If you guys haven't heard by now Skillshare is an incredible online platform with thousands of online classes, from all sorts of topics.

如果你們還沒聽說過，Skillshare是一個令人驚嘆的線上平台，擁有數千門各種主題的線上課程。

If you're one of the first 1000 people to hit the link in the video description, you're going to get 40% off the Skillshare annual premium subscription.

如果你是前1000位點擊視頻描述中的鏈接的人，你將獲得Skillshare年度高級訂閱的40%折扣。

And that means you can watch the eight different online classes that I've got on Skillshare.

這意味著你可以觀看我在Skillshare上的八門不同的線上課程。

Two of them are about studying for exams.

其中兩個是關於考試複習的。

Two of them are on productivity.

其中兩個是生產力。

One of them is around how to be happier with lessons from stoicism.

其中之一就是如何變得更快樂從委曲求全中吸取教訓。

And I've got another one which is themed around productivity for creators, which is coming out in a few weeks time.

而且我還有另一門以創作者的生產力為主題的課程，將在幾周後推出。

After your free trial is up, the the annual subscription to Skillshare is less than $10 a month.

在你的免費試用期結束後，Skillshare的年度訂閱費用不到每月10美元。

That is an absolute no brainer for all of the value that you get.

這絕對是毋庸置疑的的價值。

Plus you should watch all of my classes on Skillshare because I think they're pretty good and they've had pretty solid reviews.

此外，你應該觀看我在Skillshare上的所有課程，因為我認為它們相當不錯，並且得到了相當好的評價。

So if that sounds up your street and you want to be more productive or you want to study better for your exams,

如果這對你有幫助，而且你想更加高效，或者你想更好地為考試學習，

or you just want to live a happier life with lessons from stoicism, then hit the link in the video description and sign up to Skillshare

或者你只是想從斯多噶哲學中汲取生活的智慧，那麼請點擊影片說明欄中的連結，並註冊Skillshare。

And then your life too can be immeasurably improved as mine has been over the years of having a Skillshare subscription.

然後，你的生活也可以像我多年來訂閱Skillshare一樣得到無法估量的改善。

So those were ten relatively cheap purchases that have improved my quality of life.

這些就是改善了我的生活品質的十個相對便宜的商品。

If you're interested in finding more ways to improve your life then check out this very short playlist of life lessons that I've learned over the last two years.

如果你有興趣找到更多改善生活的方法，那麼請查看這個我在過去兩年中學到的生活課程的簡短播放列表。

There's two videos in that playlist; they each have about 20 lessons in them.

這個播放列表中有兩個影片，每個影片中都有大約20個生活課程。

And people have said that these these lessons have also improved their lives.

人們說，這些這些課程也改善了他們的生活。

So thank you so much for watching, have a lovely day, and I'll see you in the next video, bye-bye.

感謝你的收看，祝你愉快，下期影片再見，拜拜。