Woke up this morning and immediately regretted not going to bed earlier.

今早醒來，立刻後悔沒有早點睡覺。

Bought something expensive you barely use and now feel like an idiot.

買了昂貴的東西卻幾乎用不上，現在覺得自己像個白痴。

Said something awkward in a conversation five years ago.

在五年前的一次談話中說了些尷尬的話。

And now at 3:00 a.m., your brain suddenly decides it's the perfect time to relive the embarrassment.

而現在是凌晨 3 點，你的大腦突然決定現在是重溫尷尬的最佳時機。

Well, don't worry, we're fixing this today.

別擔心，我們今天就解決這個問題。

First, let's break down why regret even exists.

首先，讓我們來分析一下為什麼會有遺憾。

Your brain is wired to focus on the negative.

你的大腦會把注意力集中在負面情緒上。

Think about it, have you ever had a perfectly fine day, and then out of nowhere, your brain goes, wait, is everything actually okay?

想一想，你有沒有過這樣的經歷：本來好好的一天，突然你的大腦 "等等，一切都還好嗎？

So, it scans your memory, finds that one awkward moment five days ago, and suddenly, that's all you can think about.

是以，它會掃描你的記憶，找到五天前那個尷尬的時刻，然後突然間，你滿腦子都是那個時刻。

That's called the negativity bias.

這就是所謂的消極偏見。

You could do 99 things right in a day, but your brain will choose to obsess over that one moment where you accidentally waved at someone who wasn't waving at you.

你可以在一天內做對 99 件事，但你的大腦會選擇糾結於你不小心向別人揮手的那一刻，而別人並沒有向你揮手。

And here's something else that's important.

還有一點也很重要。

Your brain doesn't just remember things, it exaggerates them.

你的大腦不僅會記住事情，還會誇大它們。

That cringy moment you keep replaying, it probably wasn't even that bad.

你一直在回放的那個令人討厭的瞬間，可能根本沒那麼糟糕。

Maybe you stumbled over your words during a meeting, and in your head, you sounded like a complete idiot.

也許你在一次會議上說話磕磕絆絆，在你的腦海中，你聽起來就像個大白痴。

But in reality, no one even remembers it.

但實際上，根本沒人記得。

People are too busy thinking about their own embarrassing moments to care about yours.

人們都忙著考慮自己的尷尬時刻，無暇顧及你的尷尬時刻。

Another reason we regret things so much is because we have disillusion that we could have done things perfectly if we had just tried harder.

我們對事情如此後悔的另一個原因是，我們產生了幻滅感，認為只要自己更加努力，就能把事情做得完美無缺。

But the reality, you're making decisions based on the knowledge, emotions, and circumstances of that moment, not some omniscient, all-knowing version of yourself that exists only in hindsight.

但實際上，你是根據當時的知識、情感和環境做出決定的，而不是事後才知道的全知全能的自己。

All right, now let's talk about some specific steps.

好了，現在我們來談談具體步驟。

Turn regret into data.

將遺憾轉化為數據。

If you think you made a dumb decision, great.

如果你認為自己做了一個愚蠢的決定，那很好。

Now you have data to make better choices in the future.

現在，您有了數據，今後可以做出更好的選擇。

That's how life works.

生活就是這樣。

Maybe you regret spending too much money on an overpriced gadget that now collects dust.

也許你會後悔花了太多錢買了一個價格過高的小玩意兒，現在卻落滿灰塵。

Cool.

酷斃了

Now you know to think about how you will use something before buying it.

現在你知道了，買東西之前要先想想如何使用它。

Maybe you regret snapping at a friend.

也許你會後悔對朋友發火。

Awesome.

棒極了

Now you know to pause and take a breath before reacting next time.

現在你知道了，下次做出反應前要停頓一下，深吸一口氣。

Let go of the cringe.

放下恐懼

Forget about minor mistakes and awkward moments.

忘記小錯誤和尷尬時刻。

If you said you too when the waiter told you, enjoy your meal.

如果服務員告訴你時，你也說了 "是"，那就好好用餐吧。

That's not a reason to spiral into self-loathing.

這不是陷入自我厭惡的理由。

Laugh it off, tell a friend about it, have a good chuckle, and move on.

一笑而過，告訴朋友這件事，開懷大笑，然後繼續前進。

Seriously, these tiny awkward moments don't deserve the energy we give them, life is too short to waste it cringing over harmless forgettable blips.

說真的，這些微小的尷尬時刻不值得我們花費精力去處理，人生苦短，不能浪費在為無傷大雅的小插曲而皺眉頭上。

The past is unchangeable.

過去是無法改變的。

Realize that dwelling on the past changes absolutely nothing.

認識到沉湎於過去絕對不會改變任何事情。

Sitting around and beating yourself up doesn't rewrite history.

坐著自責並不能改寫歷史。

The only thing you can control is what you do next.

你唯一能控制的就是下一步該怎麼做。

So instead of wasting energy regretting the time you wasted, how about you channel that energy into doing something productive right now.

是以，與其浪費精力為自己浪費的時間後悔，不如現在就把精力用在做一些有意義的事情上。

If you regret not working out.

如果你後悔沒有鍛鍊身體。

Don't just sit there feeling bad about it.

不要只是坐在那裡自怨自艾。

Get up and make a schedule to exercise.

起床並制定鍛鍊計劃。

The happiness shortcut.

幸福捷徑

Stop overanalyzing everything.

停止過度分析一切。

Seriously.

我說真的

Maybe the real secret to happiness is just being a little dumber.

也許，快樂的真正祕訣就是笨一點。

Not in a, let's see if we can stop the train with our hands way, but in a, let's not overthink every single decision way.

不是 "看看能不能用手攔住火車"，而是 "不要對每一個決定都想得太多"。

Smart people regret things because they think too much, happy people make choices, live with them, and move on.

聰明人後悔是因為他們想得太多，而快樂的人則會做出選擇，與之共存，並繼續前行。

All right, that's it, now go out there and try not to regret watching this video.

好了，就這樣，現在出去吧，儘量不要後悔看了這段視頻。