I live in New York, and I've been working in advertising

我住在紐約，從事廣告業--

for -- ever since I left school,

從我畢業後就入行

so about seven, eight years now,

至今已經七、八年了

and it was draining.

而且工作很累人

I worked a lot of late nights. I worked a lot of weekends,

我常常沒日沒夜地工作，週末也很常加班

and I found myself never having time for all the projects

我發覺自己根本沒有時間

that I wanted to work on on my own.

去做自己想做的計畫

And one day I was at work and I saw a talk

有天當我在工作時

by Stefan Sagmeister on TED,

我看到施德明 (Stefan Sagmeister) 在 TED 上的演講

and it was called "The power of time off,"

題為《休假的力量》("The power of time off")

and he spoke about how every seven years,

他講到了他怎樣每隔七年

he takes a year off from work so he could

就讓自己休一年的假

do his own creative projects, and I was instantly inspired,

好去進行自己的創意計畫那讓我靈機一動

and I just said, "I have to do that. I have to take a year off.

我心想：「我也要這樣做，我要休一年的假

I need to take time to travel and spend time with my family

好騰出時間旅行跟與家人相處

and start my own creative ideas."

還要策劃自己的創意構想。」

So the first of those projects ended up being

而我著手進行的第一個計劃

something I called "One Second Every Day."

就是這個我取名為「每日一秒」的計劃

Basically I'm recording one second of every day of my life

基本上，就是錄下我每天生活中的一秒

for the rest of my life,

並且會一直錄下去

chronologically compiling these one-second

按時序將這每一秒串連起來

tiny slices of my life into one single continuous video

將我生命中的片刻組成一部連貫的影片

until, you know, I can't record them anymore.

直到我再也不能錄下來的時候

The purpose of this project is, one:

這個計劃的目的是第一

I hate not remembering things that I've done in the past.

我討厭忘記以前自己所做過的事

There's all these things that I've done with my life

有好一些事情是我盡心盡力去做的

that I have no recollection of

卻無從記憶起

unless someone brings it up, and sometimes I think,

除非有人提起有時候我可能還會想說

"Oh yeah, that's something that I did."

「喔，我是做過這樣的事情」

And something that I realized early on in the project

而在這個計劃剛開始的時候我就發現

was that if I wasn't doing anything interesting,

如果我當天沒做什麼有趣的事情

I would probably forget to record the video.

我可能就會忘記拍下影片

So the day -- the first time that I forgot, it really hurt me,

所以那天 -- 當我第一次忘記拍攝的時候我真的很難過

because it's something that I really wanted to --

因為我真的很想這樣做 --

from the moment that I turned 30, I wanted

打從我踏入 30 歲的那刻我就想要

to keep this project going until forever,

將這個計劃一直延續到永遠

and having missed that one second, I realized,

而當我忘了那一秒後我發覺

it just kind of created this thing in my head

這個想法就好像烙印在我腦海裡似的

where I never forgot ever again.

是我再也不會忘記的

So if I live to see 80 years of age,

所以如果我活到 80 歲

I'm going to have a five-hour video

我就會有一部長達五小時的影片

that encapsulates 50 years of my life.

濃縮了我五十年的人生

When I turn 40, I'll have a one-hour video

而當我四十歲的時候我就有一部片長一小時的影片

that includes just my 30s.

紀錄了我三字頭的歲月

This has really

為了拍攝

invigorated me day-to-day, when I wake up,

我每天起床的時候都朝氣蓬勃

to try and do something interesting with my day.

並嘗試去做些有趣的事好讓那天不會白白度過

Now, one of the things that I have issues with is that,

說到這裏其中我遇到的一個問題是

as the days and weeks and months go by,

隨着時光飛逝、日月如梭

time just seems to start blurring

時間就好像開始變得模糊

and blending into each other

日復一日，日子重疊起來

and, you know, I hated that,

但你知道，我討厭這樣

and visualization is the way to trigger memory.

而視覺畫面是喚醒記憶的絕佳辦法

You know, this project for me is a way for me

可想而知這個計劃對我而言

to bridge that gap and remember everything that I've done.

是能將空白填補起來好記住我曾經做過的所有事情

Even just this one second allows me to remember

即使只有一秒也足以讓我記起

everything else I did that one day.

那一天所做過的其他事情

It's difficult, sometimes, to pick that one second.

有時要挑選這一秒挺困難的

On a good day, I'll have maybe three or four seconds

在美好的一天裡頭可能會有三到四秒

that I really want to choose,

是我都很想選的

but I'll just have to narrow it down to one,

但我只能選其中的一秒

but even narrowing it down to that one allows me

但即使只剩下一秒也還是能讓我

to remember the other three anyway.

記起其餘的三秒

It's also kind of a protest, a personal protest,

這個做法也是一種抗議純屬個人想法

against the culture we have now where people

針對我們現有的一種文化

just are at concerts with their cell phones out

那就是當人們觀賞演唱會的時候大家都只顧拿着手機

recording the whole concert, and they're disturbing you.

攝錄整場演唱會但那其實會干擾到人

They're not even enjoying the show.

他們自己也沒有好好欣賞表演

They're watching the concert through their cell phone.

他們只是透過手機在看演唱會

I hate that. I admittedly used to be that guy a little bit,

我討厭這樣我承認我曾經也是如此

back in the day, and I've decided that the best way

但那是過去的事了現在我決定

for me to still capture and keep a visual memory of my life

要以畫面來紀錄我人生中的最佳方式

and not be that person, is to just record that one second

並且不做那個反面教材的人就是只錄下那一秒

that will allow me to trigger that memory of,

那足以觸發我記憶的一秒鐘

"Yeah, that concert was amazing. I really loved that concert."

「沒錯，那場演唱會很精采，我很喜歡那場演唱會。」

And it just takes a quick, quick second.

即使只是浮光掠影的那一秒就已經足夠

I was on a three-month road trip this summer.

今年夏天，我踏上三個月的駕車之旅

It was something that I've been dreaming about doing my whole life,

那是我人生中一直夢寐以求的事

just driving around the U.S. and Canada

就是開著車走遍美國和加拿大

and just figuring out where to go the next day,

並且在當天才知道隔天要前往的目的地

and it was kind of outstanding.

那種經驗著實讓人回味無窮

I actually ran out, I spent too much money on my road trip

我其實耗盡了所有積蓄因為這一路上的開支太多了

for the savings that I had to take my year off,

原來打算用來放假一年的儲蓄都不夠用

so I had to, I went to Seattle and I spent some time

所以我去了一趟西雅圖我必須花一些時間

with friends working on a really neat project.

與朋友一起接了一個條件不錯的案子來做

One of the reasons that I took my year off was to spend more time with my family,

當初我休假一年的其中一個原因就是想抽空多陪伴家人

and this really tragic thing happened where

而這當中也發生了件不幸的事情

my sister-in-law,

我的嫂嫂

her intestine suddenly strangled one day,

有天她的腸道忽然打結

and we took her to the emergency room,

我們就把她送到急症室

and she was, she was in really bad shape.

她的狀況很糟

We almost lost her a couple of times,

甚至在鬼門關前徘徊了好幾次

and I was there with my brother every day.

我每天都跟我兄弟在那裏一起守候

It helped me realize something else during this project,

這件事也讓我在這個計劃裡有了另一個體悟

is that recording that one second on a really bad day

那就是要在過得很糟的一天錄下那一秒

is extremely difficult.

原來是那麼地不容易

It's not -- we tend to take our cameras out when we're doing awesome things.

因為那不像 -- 當我們在做些很酷的事情時我們自然而然地會想拿起鏡頭

Or we're, "Oh, yeah, this party, let me take a picture."

或是想說：「噢，對了這派對很棒，來拍張照吧。」

But we rarely do that when we're having a bad day,

當某天可能過得不太好或是發生了什麼很糟的事情時

and something horrible is happening.

我們幾乎不會這樣做

And I found that it's actually been very, very important

但我發現即使是在非常糟糕的時刻

to record even just that one second of a really bad moment.

也堅持錄下那一秒其實非常重要

It really helps you appreciate the good times.

它真能幫助你對美好的時光心存感激

It's not always a good day, so when you have a bad one,

人生變幻無常當走到人生低谷的時候

I think it's important to remember it,

我認為把它記錄下來也很重要

just as much as it is important to remember the [good] days.

相當於記住美好日子一樣重要

Now one of the things that I do is I don't use any filters,

我的做法之一就是不用任何濾鏡

I don't use anything to -- I try to capture the moment

不添加任何東西去 -- 我想儘量捕捉那個時刻

as much as possible as the way that I saw it with my own eyes.

就好像是我用雙眼來看那般真實

I started a rule of first person perspective.

我運用第一人稱視覺法則

Early on, I think I had a couple of videos where

一開始，我拍了大概兩部影片

you would see me in it, but I realized that wasn't the way to go.

但當中有我入鏡我發現不應該如此

The way to really remember what I saw

要真正記住我看見的一切

was to record it as I actually saw it.

就是要錄下我真正所見

Now a couple of things that I have in my head about this project are,

關於這個計劃我腦中有兩個想法

wouldn't it be interesting if thousands of people were doing this?

如果數以千計的人都這樣做那不是很有趣嗎？

I turned 31 last week, which is there.

上星期我剛邁入 31 歲就是你們所看到的這幀影片

I think it would be interesting to see

如果能看看每個人會在這樣的一個影片裡

what everyone did with a project like this.

做些什麼事情應該會很有趣

I think everyone would have a different interpretation of it.

我想每個人對這樣的一個影片應該都有不同的詮釋

I think everyone would benefit from just having that one second to remember every day.

我想能夠透過一秒鐘去回想起過去的每一天是對大家有幫助的

Personally, I'm tired of forgetting,

就我個人而言，我厭倦忘記

and this is a really easy thing to do.

而做這個影片真的很簡單

I mean, we all have HD-capable cameras in our pockets right now --

畢竟現在基本上人人手上有一台高畫質攝錄機 --

most people in this room, I bet --

我猜，在座的大部份人吧 --

and it's something that's --

而我實在 --

I never want to forget another day that I've ever lived,

不想再忘記任何我曾經活過的每一天

and this is my way of doing that,

而這是我的做法

and it'd be really interesting also to see,

如果這能成真也會很有趣

if you could just type in on a website,

只要在一個網站上輸入

"June 18, 2018,"

「2018年6月18日」

and you would just see a stream of people's lives

你就能看到一連串不同人的生活

on that particular day from all over the world.

來自世界各地的人同一天的生活彼此相遇

And I don't know, I think this project has a lot of possibilities,

我不確定，但我想這個計劃能開創許多可能性

and I encourage you all to record just a small snippet of your life every day,

而我鼓勵在座各位，每天就錄下你生命裏頭的一小片段

so you can never forget that that day, you lived.

好讓自己永遠不會忘記你所活過的那一日

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

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