Name: 【TEDx】別拒絕你的大冒險 (Say 'yes' to your adventure: Matthew Trinetti at TEDxLafayetteCollege)
Uploaded: 2016-01-28T05:18:22.000Z
Duration: 17 min 40 s

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Growing up, I was really good at Math and Science,

小時候，我的數學和科學都很好。

so there was a high probability I'd be good at Engineering.

也就是說，我很可能會是名好的工程師。

because it was probably one of the best Engineering schools in the country,

因為它可能是全美最好的工程學校

當然，拉法葉學院除外。（笑）

Because there would be a high probability that I'd graduate

And so, at Georgia Tech, I studied Industrial and Systems Engineering,

因此我在喬大修了工業與系統工程學，

a practice that is rooted in statistics and probabilities itself.

這學科本身就源於統計和機率。

And after college, I took a job with IBM,

because it was probably one of the best job offers I would receive,

因為這可能是我會收到 最好的聘書之一，

也是大家最為讚賞的公司之一。

And I labored besides ridiculously bright and driven individuals

and I could feel  a successful career brewing.

而且我能嚐到事業成功的味道。

But the problem was, over the course of those five years,

The work I was doing and many many hours I was putting into this

我花費了那麼多的時間在做的工作

felt mostly empty, disconnected and meaningless.

讓我感到空虛、脫節和沒有意義。

And so, while it may have looked like this --

And when I'd look around at my colleagues,

We were all just going through the motions of life,

not hating life, but certainly not loving it,

雖不厭惡生命，卻也不熱愛它，

"Is this really the beginning of the rest of my life?"

"這真的是我接下來要過的人生嗎？"

But the problem was, I didn't have an answer to that question,

and I made no plans to create an answer for that question.

And then, on January 18th, 2012, I received a call.

然而 2012 年一月十八號， 我接到一通電話。

had been killed the night before in a car accident.

As it's common with any sort of sudden death,

如其他突發死亡事件的發生一樣，

I began to reflect upon my own mortality.

that have been fighting a quiet struggle on the sidelines erupted.

"Am I spending my fleeting time on Earth doing things that matter?"

"我有把我在地球上短暫時間 用在有意義的事情上嗎？"

"Am I utilizing my gifts?" "Am I pursuing my passions?"

"我有在發揮自己的長處嗎？" "我有在尋求自己的夢想嗎？?

"What are those gifts?" "What are those passions?"

"我的長處為何？" "我的夢想為何？"

All these questions had this overarching theme of "Who am I?"

這些問題都有個連貫主題： "我是誰？"

Which, you know, are like light cocktail party questions.

這有點像雞尾酒派對上的問題。

of unrealized dreams  and potential regrets.

出現在未實現的夢想 和潛在的後悔。

And in particular, one dream came to the forefront,

this dream that I was putting off to some unforeseen day in the future.

我先前把這個夢想放在未來的某一天。

It was this dream of going on an unstructured,

一場隨意、緩慢、長期旅行的冒險。

And I think the reason that this dream in particular came to the forefront,

was the very way that my friend Shannon and I had become close.

因為這正是我和夏儂變熟的方式。

We had each studied abroad in this small city in France called Metz.

我們曾在法國的一個小城市梅茲留過學。

And Metz was the first time that we had really lived outside the of country.

而梅茲也正是我們第一次 住在美國以外的地方。

It was the first time that we had traveled.

It was where we discovered our passion for culture and exploration.

那也是我們發現自己 熱愛文化和探索的地方。

And so, high off of these emotions, these dreams, and these questions,

因此，被這些種種的情緒、 夢想和問題弄得興致勃勃，

that very next week, I did what any sensible person would do:

隔了一周，我做了一個決定， 任何一個理智的人都會做的：

I mean, it was departing five months into the future,

所以我大概還算有一點點理智吧。

I thought, "Okay, I guess I need to figure out what I'm doing about my job."

我想："哦，我大概要想想 工作的事情怎麼辦。"

"Okay, I'm going to ask for a seven-month sabbatical to go travel."

好，我要來申請七個月的假期去旅行。

And so, all I had booked was this one-way ticket to Iceland,

所以，我就只有這張飛往冰島的機票，

and this idea that I wanted to travel for seven months with no plan.

還有一個想法： 我要一個零計劃的旅行，為時七個月。

You have to understand, with this idea I had,

I seemed to be throwing down a challenge to the very world of probabilities

我在向充滿可能性的世界挑戰。

I had been living inside for the past 27 years.

what happens when someone goes from an engineer's life of probabilities

若一個人從工程師固有的“機率人生“，

筆直的道路、清楚的答案 和許多的"待完成的事“，

轉換成一個充滿可能性的生活，

only big burning questions, and only want-to-dos --

只有重要的大問題 和”想要完成的事“，

doing things because I was excited by them,

doing things out of curiosity, or out of enthusiasm?

因為好奇而做事情， 因為熱忱而做事情，那會如何？

What happens when someone steps off the well-worn path?

當一個人跳脫常軌， 會發生什麼事？

Well, it turns out, it looks a little bit like this.

So after spending a few weeks in Iceland,

I then took a flight to London, and went northward through the UK,

from Scotland over to Dublin, then westward in Ireland.

從蘇格蘭到都柏林， 再向西到愛爾蘭。

Then I went from Cork back to London, to Lithuania,

然後我從科克回到倫敦，再到立陶宛，

spent a few weeks in Lithuania, took a flight to Stockholm,

在那待了幾周，飛到斯德哥爾摩，

and a boat to Helsinki, another boat to Tallinn,

再坐船到赫爾辛基，而後塔林，

spent a few weeks in Estonia, went to Riga, took a flight to Copenhagen,

在愛沙尼亞待了幾周， 就去里加，飛到哥本哈根，

went south through Denmark, east through Germany,

went around Poland, through Prague, celebrated October Fest in Munich,

遊走波瀾，穿過布拉格， 在慕尼黑慶祝啤酒節，

went to Zagreb, and then went to the Croatian coast.

到了札格拉布， 然後再到克羅埃西亞沿海。

I mean, this makes complete sense, right?

This is like Rick Steves Guide to Europe, basically, in a nutshell.

這就像里克‧史蒂夫的歐洲指南， 簡單說就是這樣。

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