but we are shooting this video.

但我們還是要做這個視頻

We need to have a chat.

我有點話要說

It's time for some real talk.

是時候認真說話

I want to share a story with you guys

想和大家分享一個故事

that I was inspired to share with you

我很想和大家分享

because a lot of students are

因為很多人正在

in university or college,

就讀大學或專上學院

and it's exam time right now.

現在就是考試時間

And I want to talk to you guys about

想和大家說說

why I think a lot of students

為何我覺得很多學生

and a lot of people right now

還有很多人

are choosing to go to university or college

希望進入大學

for the completely wrong reasons.

但是他們的原意卻完全錯誤

When I was in high school,

當我在中學時

I had no idea what I wanted

完全不知道自己

to do with my life.

人生想做什麽

None whatsoever.

完全沒有想法

And I remember going up

我記得當時

to my accounting teacher at the time,

我去了我的會計學老師那裡

Mr. Graffy, and saying to him,

Graffy 老師，和他說

"I have no idea what I want to do with my life."

我完全不知道自己想做什麽

And I remember him saying to me,

我記得他跟我說

"Well, if you go into accounting,

如果你成為一名會計

"you can make a lot of money."

你可以賺到很多錢

And so, that's what I did.

於是我就那樣做了

I thought, "Okay, well, money is good."

我覺得 “賺挺多的”

So, I decided to start taking accounting classes.

於是我開始讀會計課程

And, I did that throughout the rest of high school.

然後整個中學生涯都在讀

And I decided to continue to pursue it

最後我決定

into university.

入大學時繼續

This is kinda where the story starts.

這就是故事的開始

For the next five and a half years,

之後的5年半

I pursued my degree.

我繼續攻讀學位

Now, I got an undergrad

然後我拿到了學士學位

which was four and a half years.

那是需時4年半的事情

And I spent an extra year to get my master's degree.

之後再用上一年拿了我的碩士學位

If you don't believe me,

不信我嗎？

here it is.

看吧

This is my Master of Accountancy degree,

這是我的會計學碩士證書

from Brock University.

Brock 大學的

That piece of paper represents $35,000

這張紙代表了我5年半的時光

and five and a half years of my life.

還有3萬5千塊錢

And when I was in university,

在大學時

everything was great.

一切很美好

I felt like

感覺

the future held so much promise for me.

好像未來很多好事會發生

And there was so much potential.

很多不同的可能性

And when I graduated,

畢業後

I was gonna make all this money

我會賺好多錢

and that money was gonna make me happy.

然後會因為那錢很開心

And just, all this stuff that just turned out

但是那所有後來都

to just not be true.

沒有成為現實

When I graduated,

畢業時

I immediately got a job at an accounting firm.

我馬上在一所會計師樓找到工作

And for a while, everything was fantastic.

一開始一切很美好

I was making a lot of money,

我賺了很多錢

or at least what some people

最少有些人覺得

would consider a lot of money.

那是很多錢

And I had what I thought was a steady job

當時我以為我的工作很穩定

and everything was great.

然後一切都很好

For a while.

最少當時是的

But after the first,

但在第一年

I'd say, year and a half of being there,

唔，一年半之後

I started to realize

我開始發現

that I was absolutely miserable.

我非常不快樂

And I stayed at that job because

我留下在當時的工作職位

I thought to myself,

是因為我想

"I spent five and half years in university,

我在大學讀了5年半書

"I can't just bail on this job now.

我不可能就這樣離開這工作

"This is what I've spent so much time of my life

我花了這麼多時間

"and so much blood sweat and tears

這麼多血汗淚水

"went into that degree,

就爲了這學位

"I can't just not stay in accounting."

不可能這樣拋下就走

So I stayed at that job.

於是我留下

And, although I was able to make decent money,

雖然我賺錢賺的很不錯

I was absolutely miserable.

我非常不快樂

And I refused to acknowledge it

我拒絕承認這事

because I had spent so much time

因為我花了好多時間

getting that degree.

拿下那學位

All that work went into it,

讀了那麼多年書

I felt like I can't just not

我不可以離開

do accounting.

這一個範疇

Well, the thing about this firm is,

但是，當時公司

it was a small firm,

是一所很小的公司

and unfortunately

遺憾地

when the recession hit,

當經濟衰退時

they started looking for heads to roll.

他們需要辭退人手

And unfortunately, myself

不幸地，本人

and another lady that worked there,

和另一個在那裡工作的女性

we were cut.

被辭退了

We lost our jobs.

我們失去了工作

But when I lost my job,

我沒工作的時候

it was then that I realized

那時候我才發現

that I was actually free.

我自由了

I was free to pursue what I really wanted to do,

我可以做自己喜歡的事

which was video production and acting.

就是製作視頻和演出

That was my true passion

那是我真正喜歡的

that I should have gotten into to begin with.

我一開始就應該做那樣

And the reason that I'm really making this video,

我製作這視頻的原因

is because I wanna send a message

是因為我希望向所有同學

to all the students that are out there

或可能重返校園的人

or any prospective students

發出一個信息

thinking about going into college or university.

進入大學前，先想想

A lot of you might have chosen

你們很多人

to go to university or college

選擇進入大學

in the program that you've chosen

就讀所選的學科

because you think that

可能因為你覺得

you're gonna make a lot of money

你會賺很多錢

and that's gonna make you happy.

然後你會因此而快樂

And I want you to know

我希望你知道

from personal experience,

就我個人經驗來說

that money does not make you happy.

金錢不會令你快樂

Sure, money is nice,

當然，有錢很好

and you're able to buy things

你可以買很多東西

that you wouldn't be able to buy.

無錢則做不到這一點

And you can save up.

你可以儲點錢

And It makes sense, right?

看上去挺像樣的吧

We think that money

我們覺得金錢

is what makes us happy in life.

能令我們快樂

But the truth of the matter is,

但其實

if you're going into a job,

如果你打工

nine to five,

朝九晚五

or longer everyday,

或更長

whether it be in an office

在辦公室又好

or anything else,

其他地方也罷

and you're slaving away

你不停賣力

and you're putting an effort into a job

盡力做好工作

that you really don't like,

但其實你討厭那份工

you are going to be absolutely miserable.

你將會很不快樂

And it doesn't matter

無論他們

how much money they pay you.

付給你多少錢也罷

You will never be happy

你永遠不會快樂

and you will never be free.

也不會感覺自由

What I suggest you do,

我的建議是

wherever you're at at life right now,

你現在做什麽也好

whether it be high school,

在上中學

or you're just about to go

或者是

into university or college,

快要進入大學

take the time to really think

拿點時間好好想

about what makes you happy,

想什麽讓你快樂

and what you really love to do.

還有你真正喜歡做的是什麽

Because I'm telling you right now,

因為讓我告訴你

if you do that,

這樣的話

whether you take a year off to work,

就算一年不上班

or you do go to college or university

或者再上大學

and you just take general classes or something

或者隨便讀點書

until you decide what you really like,

直至你決定自己真正喜歡什麽

believe me when I say that

相信我吧

that time is not wasted.

那時間不會被浪費掉的

It would be well spent

那是黃金時間

because you will potentially save yourself,

因為你可能會因此作出更好的決定

multiple, multiple years down the road.

或者多年以後因此得益

And not just the time, but the money.

不單只是時間，還有金錢

You will save yourself a lot of debt.

你不用欠下很多學生貸款

Now myself,

我自己

I was blessed enough that I was able to work

我很好運，可以

at the university,

半工讀

and graduate with no debt.

畢業時我沒債要還

But there's a lot of people out there

但是外面很多人

that graduate with these degrees

畢業以後

and work in that field for a while

在自己的範疇打工一段時間

and realize that they're absolutely miserable,

發現非常不開心

and they've got all this debt to show for it.

卻還要欠了這麼大一筆

And one of the most important things

其中最重要的一件事

you need to consider

你需要考慮的是

is you can make money off of the thing you love.

你可以將喜歡的東西化為收入來源

If you get good enough at anything,

如果特別擅長什麽

you can make money from it.

你有機會可以以此維生

And a lot of people I find in life

很多人

take the safe route.

喜歡較安全的人生路

They think, "If I to college or university,

他們會想，上大學的話

"that guarantees me a job

我肯定會找到工作

"and I can work there for the rest of my life."

然後整個人生都可以有工作

And the truth of the matter is

但其實

that's bullshit.

那是空談

It's not true.

不是真的

Take it from me.

我就是樣板

I lost my job with a Master of Accountancy degee.

有碩士學位的我也被辭退了

It had nothing to do with my performance,

和我的工作表現無關

it had nothing to do with anything

和任何事情都無關

except for the fact that the economy got bad.

只是經濟問題而已

When that happens,

這樣的事發生時

you can have a PhD in neurophysics or something,

你就算有神經物理博士學位又如何

rocket science, it doesn't matter.

天文科學學位又如何

If times get bad

經濟不好的話

and they need to cut costs,

公司需要節流

your head is on the chopping block,

要辭退你

as simple as that.

就是那麼簡單

So, what I'm trying to say is,

我想說的是

taking the road less traveled,

別害怕走人們沒走過的路

and taking that risk of really pursuing

嘗試大膽點試試

what you love to do

喜歡做的事情

is really no more risky these days

其實現在做這些事

than taking what used to be considered, the safe route.

和所謂穩當的人生路沒有很大差別

Because the truth of the matter is

原因就是

the safe route, is not very safe.

穩定的路可能不真的是那麼穩定

Job aren't guaranteed to you anymore

現在不像以前

like they were back in the day

工作不是周圍都有

when our parents got jobs

我們父母的年代

and made $30 an hour pushing

隨便掃掃地清潔

a broom at a car plant

就可以每小時賺30塊加幣

and can work there for 30 years

可以在那裡工作上30年

and retire with a pension.

然後拿退休金退休

That doesn't exist anymore.

沒有這樣的好事了

Don't be afraid to pursue what you really love to do,

別害怕做你自己想做的事

because the end you're gonna save a lot of money

因為到最後你會省下金錢

and you're gonna save a lot of time,

還有省下時間

I promise you.

我保證

Anyone out there that's thinking

想去入大學的

of going to post-secondary education

很多人

or is in it right now,

或是正在讀大學的人

and they've chosen or thinking

選擇了，或是想選擇

of choosing something for money,

讀些會賺錢的學科

I'm here to tell you that

現在讓我告訴你

that's the wrong reason

那原因不妥當

and you need to really reflect

你需要好好想想

on what makes you happy,

什麽讓你快樂

and pursue that wholeheartedly.

然後身心投入去做

If you get good enough at something,

做某件事做的好的話

the money will come

你會賺到錢的

and you will be able to make a living at it.

可以賴以為生

I hope you guys got something out of this.

我希望能幫到大家

If you know a student that isn't sure

如果認識一個不太肯定

what they want to do with their life,

自己想做什麽的學生

please share this with them.

和他們分享這視頻吧

Because, I'm hoping that

因為我希望

at least one person out there that's considering

最少有一個人在考慮

going into post-secondary

進入大學的

or is in it right now,

或是現在正在讀大學的

would get something out of this video.

可以因此視頻而受益

That's all for this video.

就這樣

Thanks for listening to me, guys.

多謝收看

And I will see you next video

下次再見

with some other new topics.

會和各位討論其他話題

So, I'll see you guys later.

下次見了

Peace.

祝好