Name: 【Ted】放手的藝術：成為一個心靈豐富的極簡主義者 (The Art of Letting Go | The Minimalists | TEDxFargo)
Uploaded: 2018-07-07T21:01:03.000Z
Duration: 18 min 25 s

Translator: Morgane Quilfen Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

譯者： Morgane Quilfen 審核人： Helena Bedalli

Joshua: My name is Joshua Fields Millburn and this is Ryan Nicodemus.

Joshua：我叫做 Joshua Fields Millburn ，這是 Ryan Nicodemus

Together, we run a website called theminimalists.com

我們共同經營一個網站，叫做 theminimalists.com

and we promise the folks we'd kick things off this afternoon

So, I'd like to talk about something uplifting.

所以，我想講講一些振奮人心的事

If any of you are uncomfortable talking about death,

如果在場有人對談論死亡有些感冒

now might be a good time for you to leave.

I have a feeling we will be seeing him again in a minute.

我有預感我們過不久會再看到他

總之呢，是的，我們可以談論死亡

I was 28 years old, and up until that point in my life,

我 28 歲，在我人生的那個歲數時

我已經達成了所有我想完成的事：

The six-figure salary, the luxury cars, the closets full of expensive clothes,

六位數薪資、豪華汽車、裝滿昂貴衣物的衣櫥

the big suburban house with more toilets than people,

to filled every corner of my consumer-driven lifestyle.

老兄啊，我可是活出了美國夢！

And then my mom died. And my marriage ended.

然後我媽媽過世了。我的婚姻也告終了。

And these two events forced me to look around

and start to question what had become my life's focus.

讓我開始思考，我人生的重心為何

I realized I was so focused on so-called "success" and "achievement,"

我意識到我放了太多焦點在所謂的「成功」和「成就」上

and especially, on the accumulation of stuff.

And it took getting everything I thought I wanted,

而且是在得到了我以為我想要的所有東西後

to realize that everything I ever wanted wasn't actually what I wanted at all.

才意識到我曾經想要的所有東西，其實完全不是我想要的

You see, just a year earlier, mom, she moved from Ohio down to Florida,

是這樣的，才在一年前，她剛從俄亥俄搬到佛羅里達

Because that's what you do when you live in the Midwest.

因為那正是一個生活在中西部的人會做的

And, well a few months after she moved down there,

I spent a lot of time with her down in Florida that year,

在她進行化療和放射線治療的那年

as she went through her chemo and radiation.

And when she passed, I realized I needed to make one last trip,

而就在她過世後，我知道我必須最後再去一次

So, I flew from Dayton, Ohio, down to St. Pete Beach, Florida,

所以，我從俄亥俄的代頓飛往佛羅里達的聖比德海灘

and when I arrived, I found about three apartments' worth of stuff

而當我抵達時，我發現我媽僅有一間臥室的小公寓裡

crammed in a mom's tiny one-bedroom apartment.

塞滿了大約有三間公寓分量的東西

But don't get me wrong, it's not like mom was a hoarder,

不過別誤會了，我媽也並不是一個囤積狂

I mean, I didn't find any dead cats in her freezer.

我的意思是，我並沒有在她冰箱裡找到死貓

that the average American household has more than 300,000 items in it?

每個美國家庭裡平均會有超過三十萬件物品

But of course, most of us aren't hoarders, right?

不過我們大多數人當然不是囤積狂，是吧？

是的，我們只是緊抓住了很多東西

We hold onto a lifetime of collected memories.

我們緊抓住了一輩子收集的回憶

所以，我做了任何乖兒子會做的事 --

我打給了 U-Haul (美國卡車租賃公司)

I called U-Haul and I asked for the largest truck they had.

我打給 U-Haul ，我跟他們要最大的卡車

I had to wait an extra-day, until the 26-foot truck was available.

我必須多等一天，才能等到一台能用的 26 呎卡車 ( 約 8 公尺 )

And as I waited for that U-Haul to arrive,

I invited some of mom's friends over to help me deal with her stuff.

我邀請我媽的一些朋友來，幫忙清理她的遺物

I mean, there was just too much stuff to go at it alone.

我的意思是，一個人實在整理不了那麼多東西

Her living room was stuffed with big antique furniture,

她的客廳塞滿了巨大的古董家具

And her kitchen was stuffed with hundreds of plates, and cups,

她的廚房則塞滿了幾百個盤子、杯子

with enough hygiene products to start a small beauty supply business.

足夠開一間小型美容用品供應商的衛生用品

well, it looked like someone was running a hotel out of her linen closet,

嗯，看起來就像是有人用她的衣櫃來開旅館

which was stuffed with mismatched bath towels, and beach towels,

裡頭滿滿都是不成對的浴巾、海灘毛巾

and bed sheets, and blankets, and quilts.

And don't even get me started on her bedroom.

Why did mom have 14 winter coats stuffed in her bedroom closet?

為什麼我媽在她的臥室衣櫃裡塞了 14 件冬季外套？

Now, come on, she lived in St. Pete Beach, Florida!

搞清楚，她可是住在佛羅里達的聖比德海灘！

Suffice it to say mom owned a lot of stuff,

and I had no idea what to do with any of it.

So, I did what any good son would do; I rented a storage locker.

於是，我做了任何好兒子都會做的事；我租了一間倉庫

When I called, I asked for the largest storage unit they had.

我打過去時，和他們要了他們最大的倉庫

"Do you want one that's climate-controlled?"

Climate-controlled, just so mom's stuff could be comfortable?

室溫調控，好讓我媽的東西待得舒適嗎？

No, I don't want one that's climate-controlled,

just give me a big box with a padlock on it!

只要給我一個有掛鎖的大盒子就行了！

You see, I couldn't co-mingle mom's stuff with my stuff,

是這樣的，我沒辦法把我媽媽的東西和我的放在一塊

I already had a big house, and a full basement full of stuff.

我已經有了一間大房，和滿滿一地下室的東西

A storage locker would let me hold on to everything!

倉庫能夠讓我留住所有的東西！

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