You're on your way home from work, sat in the regular rush hour traffic.

你正坐在下班回家的路上，遇上交通高峰時段。

It's been a rough day at work.

今天工作很不順利。

You can't wait to get home, put your feet up, and finally watch that episode.

你迫不及待地回到家，翹起腳，終於看完了那一集。

That's it.

就是這樣。

Do you ever feel that life is slipping away?

你是否曾感到生命正在悄然流逝？

Like time is just merging into a blur?

就像時間變得模糊不清？

I mean, when we were kids, time felt infinite, like we had too much of it.

我的意思是，當我們還是孩子的時候，時間感覺是無限的，就像我們有太多的時間。

But now, you'll just be sat in traffic one day and thinking, where did the last 10 years go?

但現在，有一天你坐在車流中，會想，過去的 10 年都去哪兒了？

Now, hopefully, you don't waste your life like that, because you never know.

現在，希望你不要這樣浪費生命，因為你永遠不會知道。

Today could be that day.

今天可能就是那一天。

Whether you like to admit it or not, we only have a certain amount of time here on Earth.

無論你是否願意承認，我們在地球上的時間是有限的。

So we really can't afford to just let it pass by.

是以，我們真的不能坐視不管。

And we all know this, yet none of us know where the last five years went.

我們都知道這一點，但沒有人知道過去的五年去了哪裡。

So this is how to not waste your life.

這就是如何不浪費生命的方法。

During our childhood, it felt like we had unlimited time, like each day would go by so slow.

在童年時代，我們感覺時間無限，每天都過得很慢。

But as we got older, time would go by faster than ever before.

但隨著年齡的增長，時間過得比以前更快了。

Days would blur into weeks, weeks into months, months into years.

日復一日，周復一週，月復一月，年復一年。

One minute, it's January, and you're planning your goals for the year.

前一分鐘，現在是一月份，你正在規劃今年的目標。

The next minute, it's July, and you've not done anything.

下一分鐘，就到了七月，而你什麼都沒做。

But time is moving at the same pace it's moved our entire life.

但是，時間的流逝速度和我們一生的流逝速度是一樣的。

Why does it feel faster now?

為什麼現在感覺更快了呢？

What changed?

有什麼變化？

Well, there's actually a pretty solid answer to that question.

其實，這個問題有一個非常可靠的答案。

Perceptions.

觀念。

One year to a four-year-old is a quarter of their life, whereas that same year to a 40-year-old is only 2.5% of their life.

對於一個四歲的孩子來說，一年是他們生命的四分之一，而對於一個 40 歲的人來說，同樣的一年只佔他們生命的 2.5%。

So to the 40-year-old, one year seems a lot shorter and flies by way faster, but there's not really anything we can do about that, right?

是以，對於 40 歲的人來說，一年的時間似乎短了很多，過得也快了很多，但我們對此真的無能為力，不是嗎？

Time isn't what we once thought it was.

時間並不像我們曾經想象的那樣。

We're not passively tracking the river of time, but instead, the brain is actively constructing it.

我們不是在被動地追蹤時間之河，而是大腦在積極地構建時間之河。

That's David Eagleman, a neuroscientist.

他就是神經科學家大衛-伊格曼（David Eagleman）。

And the work Eagleman's done over the last decade has ultimately led to one singular theory, the time perception theory.

伊格曼在過去十年裡所做的工作最終形成了一個獨特的理論，即時間感知理論。

In short, time isn't a subjective experience.

簡而言之，時間不是一種主觀體驗。

How we experience time ultimately depends on how our brain perceives it.

我們如何體驗時間，最終取決於我們的大腦如何感知時間。

There's no one set pace of time.

沒有固定的時間節奏。

Like if you've ever been in a bad situation and the time slows down.

就像你曾經身處困境，時間變得緩慢一樣。

When everything feels like slow motion, that's actually time slowing down for you.

當一切都感覺像慢動作時，其實是時間在為你放慢腳步。

So what can we do with this information?

那麼，我們能利用這些資訊做些什麼呢？

Novelty is the reason your childhood felt like it lasted forever, like it was a different life you lived.

因為新奇，你才會覺得童年是永恆的，你才會覺得童年是另一種生活。

Because when we were younger, everything we experienced was novel, new to us.

因為在我們年輕的時候，我們所經歷的一切都是新奇的，對我們來說是全新的。

Yet now, our day-to-day lives have become so repetitive and routine, which in a way isn't a bad thing.

然而現在，我們的日常生活變得如此重複和例行公事，這在某種程度上並不是一件壞事。

But they've lost their novelty, which is why it feels like one big blur.

但它們已經失去了新奇感，所以才會讓人感覺模糊不清。

So simply try to introduce it back into your life.

是以，只需嘗試將它重新引入你的生活。

For the next 30 days, whenever the opportunity arises, actively try to be as spontaneous and novel as possible.

在接下來的 30 天裡，只要有機會，就積極嘗試儘可能自發和新穎的方式。

It could be as little as speaking to someone new at the gym, going to a new coffee shop, or as big as moving to a different city.

小到在健身房和新朋友說話、去新的咖啡店，大到搬到不同的城市。

Give your brain new things to do.

讓你的大腦有新的事情可做。

Because this is it.

因為這就是它。

This is your life.

這就是你的生活。

You may as well experience everything it has to offer.

您不妨體驗一下這裡的一切。

Mm.

嗯 Mm.

Oh.

哦。

Most people run away from this or try to pretend that it's not there.

大多數人都會逃避或試圖假裝它不存在。

But the truth is, we only have a certain amount of time before that day comes.

但事實上，在那一天到來之前，我們只有一定的時間。

If you're looking to actually live your life and not waste it, you need to understand that fully.

如果你想真正過好自己的生活，而不是虛度光陰，就必須充分理解這一點。

Not just you, but everyone around you.

不僅是你，還有你身邊的每一個人。

That day is coming.

這一天即將到來。

Now, that day could be next year.

現在，這一天可能就在明年。

It could be next week.

可能是下週。

Nobody knows.

沒人知道。

So with the time you've got left, try to make decisions with that in the back of your mind.

是以，在你剩下的時間裡，儘量在做決定時考慮到這一點。

Live every day like it's your last day on Earth, which I know sounds obvious and oversaid.

把每一天都當成你在地球上的最後一天來過，我知道這聽起來很明顯，也說得太多了。

But do you live like that?

但你是這樣生活的嗎？

Because if you did, you sure as hell wouldn't be watching a video about wasting time.

因為如果你這樣做了，你肯定就不會觀看關於浪費時間的視頻了。

So put down your phone and go and live your life.

放下手機，好好生活吧。

Make the most out of it while you still can.

趁現在還來得及，充分利用它。

Experience new things and appreciate each and every moment you get.

體驗新事物，珍惜每一刻時光。

Then hopefully in 60 years' time, you can say, I didn't waste my life.

希望 60 年後，你可以說，我沒有浪費生命。