只能用这首歌，聊以自嘲！

而明天，就要准备去新机构参加另外一个会。

如此的仓促，让我在整个七月只有昨天的周末属于自己。我却必须打点若干个行囊，累个半死。

在论坛结束的餐桌上，好多新老朋友一起寒暄笑闹。

不过还是赵本山厉害，一句“感谢所有TV”就完事了！

要勇敢，要坚强！

看过吴宇森的《赤壁》，又记住一句话：

要冷静，要谦虚！

应该算是三进阿拉善了！

04年5月，还在读研的时候，懵懵懂懂的跑过去做了一个月志愿者工作，那段时间协会正在筹备，紧张中有活泼；

05年6月，毕业前的一个月，匆匆忙忙的跑过去做了一年半的社区项目，那段时间协会正在成长，青春充满波动；

08年7月，在另一家机构也工作了一年半之后，再次选择了故地重游，未来是个X，but hope is a good thing!

途中，飞沙满天，大雨倏降，夕阳却灿烂。

雨后，东方惊现一道彩虹，绚丽无比。

朋友开始给我讲彩虹的来历：

耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶。
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 耶和华说，我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 惟有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 然后，耶和华让洪水在地上泛滥... 凡在地上有血肉的动物，就是飞鸟，牲畜，走兽，和爬在地上的昆虫，以及所有的人都死了。 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 除了方舟里的挪亚，以及他们带上的洁净的畜类和不洁净的畜类，飞鸟并地上一切的昆虫，各为一对。

一年多以后，水势渐消，耶和华对诺亚说：

我与你们立约，凡有血肉的，不再被洪水灭绝，也不再有洪水毁坏地了。 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

神说，我与你们并你们这里的各样活物所立的永约，是有记号的。 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

我把虹放在云彩中，这就可作我与地立约的记号了。 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

我使云彩盖地的时候，必有虹现在云彩中， And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

我便记念我与你们和各样有血肉的活物所立的约，水就再不泛滥，毁坏一切有血肉的物了。 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

虹必现在云彩中，我看见，就要记念我与地上各样有血肉的活物所立的永约。 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Simplifying can sometimes be overwhelming. The amount of stuff youhave in your life and the amount of things you have to do can be toobig a mountain to tackle.

But you don’t have to simplify it all at once. Do one thing at atime, and take small steps. You’ll get there, and have fun doing it.

In fact, you can do little but important things today to start living the simple life.
I was criticized a few weeks ago when I published the Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life,because many people felt the list was too long. I heard this point, and this post is my response: just the 10 most important things.

And these are not 10 difficult things, but 10 simple things that you can do today. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. Today.Choose one and do it today. Tomorrow, choose another.

If you do these 10 things, you’ll have made great strides with little effort.

有时候,单纯的生活与你好像遥不可及.太多的杂物塞满了你的生活,你有太多的事情要做,它们像山一样压在你的肩上.

但是你不需要一下子就改善它.循序渐进,每次做一件事,你就能达到目标,并且享受到其中的乐趣.

事实上,你只要抛弃一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事,做一些重要的事情,这样就能开始过一种简单而轻松的生活.几个星期以前我发表"简单生活的宣言:72个点子简化你的生活."这篇文章的时候,有人指责我,觉得这清单太长.
我听说了这一点,所以这篇POST的目的就是:只做10件最重要的事情.

这里要你做的并不是10件困难的事情,而是你现在就可以做的10件小事.不是明天,不是下星期,或者下个月,而是今天.今天,挑一件完成它,明天挑另一件.

如果你完成了这10件事,你已经很轻松地迈出了一大步.

1. Make a short list. Take out a sheet of paper and fold it into a small square, perhaps 3×5 inches. Or take out an index card. Now make a short list of the 4-5 most important things in yourlife. What’s most important to you? What do you value most? What 4-5things do you most want to do in your life? Simplifying starts with these priorities, as you are trying to make room in your life so you have more time for these things.

列出一个小清单.拿出一张小纸片,把它折成一个小方形,大概3×5英寸.或者拿出一张索引卡.现在在纸片上写下你一生最重要的4-5件事情.什么对你最重要?你觉得什么最有价值?你的一生中最想做哪几件事?以这些事情优先,因为你正在为你的生活创造出空间,这样你就有更多的时间做这些重要的事.

2. Drop 1 commitment. Think about all the things in your life that you’re committed to doing, and try to find one that you dread doing. Something that takes up time but doesn’t give you much value. Perhaps you’re on a team, or coaching something, or on a boardor committee, or whatever. Something that you do each day or week or month that you don’t really want to do. Now take action today to drop that commitment. Call someone, send an email, telling the appropriate person or people that you just don’t have the time. You will feel relief. I’d recommend dropping all commitments that don’t contribute to your short list (from Item #1), but for today, just drop 1 commitment.

放弃一个任务.想想你的一生中有多少事情要做,然后找出一个你不想做的.这件事耗费了你很多时间但收获甚少.也许你在一个团队,也许在接受什么训练,也许在一个对外委员会,或者其他无论什么.这件事你每天,每星期,每月都在不停地做,但是你真的不想做了.现在就开始行动吧, 把这个负担丢掉.给这个任务的负责人打个电话,或者发一封email,告诉他,你没时间做这个.你会感觉到解脱的.我建议你放弃所有对你的清单(第一件事情中的清单)中的事情没有帮助的一些负担,但是今天,只放弃一个就好了.

3. Purge a drawer. Or a shelf, or a counter top, ora corner of a room. Not an entire room or even an entire closet. Justone small area. You can use that small area as your base of simplicity,and then expand from there. Here’s how to purge: 1) empty everything from the drawer or shelf or corner into a pile. 2) From this pile, pickout only the most important things, the stuff you use and love. 3) Get rid of the rest. Right now. Trash it, or put it in your car to give away or donate. 4) Put the stuff you love and use back, in a neat and orderly manner.

清空一个抽屉.或者一个书架,或者一个柜子顶端,或者一个房间角落.不是整个房间或者甚至整个壁橱.只要一个小小的空间.你可以把这个空间作为你简化你的生活的据点,并且向外扩张.如何清理:1)清空一个抽屉或者书架或者角落里的任何东西,把它们堆起来.2)从这一堆东西中,挑出最重要的或者你最爱的.3)放弃剩下的.现在就做,抛弃它或者放到你的汽车里赠送给他人.4)把你爱的和有用的东西干净并有秩序地放回原处.

4. Set limits. Read Haiku Productivity for more. Basically, you set limits for things you do regularly: email,RSS posts, tasks, feeds, items in your life, etc. And try to stick with the limits. Today, all you have to do is set limits for a few things in your life. Tomorrow, try to stick with them.

设一个限度.多读读Haiku Productivity.基本上,你要给你经常做的事情设一个限度:email,RSS文章,任务,订阅源,生活的条目,等等.然后试着让自己坚守这些限制.今天,你只需要设定一下这个限度,明天,开始习惯坚守他们.

5. Simplify your to-do list. Take a look at yourto-do list. If it’s more than 10 items long, you can probably simplifyit a bit. Try to find at least a few items that can be eliminated,delegated, automated, out sourced, or ignored. Shorten the list. This isa good habit to do once a week.

简化你的清单.现在看看你的待做事项清单.如果超过了10个条目,你就能小小地简化它一下.至少找出一些可以放弃,可以委任,可以自动完成,可以请外援,或者可以忽略的条目.把清单简化.每星期一次,这是一个很好的习惯哦.

6. Free up time. Simplifying your life in generalis a way to free up time to do the stuff you want to do. Unfortunately,it can be hard to find time to even think about how to simplify yourlife. If that’s the case, free up at least 30 minutes a day for thinking about simplifying. Or alternatively, free up a weekend and think about it then. How can you free up 30 minutes a day? Just a few ideas: wake earlier, watch less TV, eat lunch at your desk, take a walk for lunch, disconnect from the Internet, do email only once today, shut off your phones, do 1 less thing each day.

让你的自由时间更多.简化你的生活的一个方法就是让你的时间更自由,你就有更多时间做自己想做的事.不幸的是,你可能甚至找不到时间来想想如何简化你的生活.如果是这种情况,你至少需要每天腾出30分钟来想想如何简化你的生活.或者,花一个星期来思考这个问题.你怎么样才能每天腾出30分钟呢?很简单:早起一点,少看点电视,在你的办公桌上便餐,午饭后散步,断开互联网,每天只查一次EMAIL,关掉电话,每天比前一天少做一件事.

7. Clear your desk. I can personally attest to the amazing feeling that a clean desk can give you. It’s such a simplething to do, and yet it does so much for you. If your desk is coveredwith papers and notes and gadgets and office supplies, you might not be able to get this done today. But here are the basic steps: 1) Cleareverything off your desk and put it in a pile (either in your inbox oron the floor). 2) Process the pile from top to bottom, one item at a time. Do not defer decisions on any item — deal with them immediatelyand quickly. 3) For each item, either file it immediately, route it to someone else, trash it, or note it on your to-do list (and put it in an“action” folder). If it’s a gadget or office supply, find a place for it in your desk drawers (or get rid of it). 4) Repeat until your pile is empty and your desk is clear. Be sure to get rid of any knickknacks. Your desk should have your computer, your inbox, perhaps anotdpad, and maybe a family photo (but not many). Ahh, a clear desk! 5)From now on, put everything in your inbox, and at least once a day,process it in the same way as above.

清空你的桌面.我发誓一个干净整洁的桌子会给你带来惊人的愉悦感.这是一件如此简单的事情,但是它带给你的无法估量.如果你的桌子堆满了报纸和便条甚至是一些库存,你可能不能一下子清理干净.但是这是一些基本的步骤:1)清空你的桌子,把东西都堆在一起(或者放在你的储物盒或者地上).2)从头到脚过滤这一堆东西,每次一件.不要试图延迟你的决定--迅速地作出你的决定.3)对于每件东西,你可以选择迅速地纳入档案,或者交付他人,或者或者扔掉,或者纳入你的要做的事情的清单(并且要放到"事件"文件夹).如果这是一个机械的物品或者是办公室必须品,在你的抽屉里给它找一个容身之地,(或者干脆丢掉它).4)一遍一遍地筛选过滤知道你那一堆杂物被清空.一定要确保摆脱了任何小玩意.你的桌面应该只有你的电脑,一个盒子,或者掌上电脑,也许还有一个家人相框(但不要太多).哈哈,一个干净的桌子!5)从现在开始,把所有的东西都放在盒子里,并且每天都要不断的进行清理,确保你的桌面整洁.

8. Clear out your email inbox. This has the same psychological effect as a clear desk. Is your email inbox always fullof read and unread messages? That’s because you’re delaying decisions on your emails. If you have 50, let’s say, or fewer emails in yourinbox, you can process them all today. If you have hundreds, you should put them in a temporary folder and get to them one chunk at a time (do20 per day or something). Here’s how you process your inbox to empty —including emails already in your inbox, and all future incoming emails:1) process them top to bottom, one at a time, deciding and disposing of each one immediately. 2) Your choices are to delete, archive, respondimmediately (and archive or delete), forward (and archive or delete),or mark it with a star (or something like that) and note it on yourto-do list to respond to later (and archive). 3) Process each email like that until the inbox is empty. 4) Each time you check your email,process to empty. Ahh, an empty inbox!

清空你的email收件箱.这和清空你的桌面有着同样的效果.你的email是不是总是充满了已读和未读的邮件?那是因为你对你的邮件延缓了你的决定.如果你的收件箱里有50,或者少一点点的邮件,你可以今天花一整天时间把他们处理完.如果超过了100封,你应该把他们放到一个临时文件夹里,每次处理一部分(比如每天20封).以下是如何过滤你的收件箱并清空--包括已经存在在你的收件箱里的信件和即将到来的:1)从头到尾过滤一次,每次一个,迅速的决定如何处理.2)你可以选择删除,归档,迅速回复(然后归档或者删除),转发(然后归档或者删除),或者标记上星星(或者类似的)然后将它纳入清单,以后完成(然后归档).3)每封邮件都要如此处理直到收件箱为空.4)每次检查email,依上法过滤其为空.啊哈,一个空空如也的收件箱!

9. Move slower. We rush through the day, from one task to another, from one appointment to another, until we collapse on the couch, exhausted, at the end of the day. Instead, simplify yourlife by doing less (see Items 1, 4 and 5) and doing them more slowly. Eat slower, drive slower,walk slower, shower slower, work slower. Be more deliberate. Be present. This isn’t something you’re going to master today, but you canstart practicing today.

走慢点.我们一整天都在奔走,从一个任务到另一个,从一个职位到另一个,直到暮色四合,我们才能躺下.让我们来改变它吧,让做更少的事(参见条目1,4,5),让我们做的更慢.慢慢地吃饭,慢慢地驾驶,慢慢地行走,慢慢地淋浴.要有计划,活在当下.这不是你需要计划到明天去做的事情,你应该现在就开始练习.

10. Single-task. Instead of multi-tasking, do one thing at a time. Remove all distractions, resist any urge to check email or do some other habitual task like that while you’re doing the task at hand. Stick to that one task, until you’re done. It’ll make a huge difference in both your stress level and your productivity.

独立型任务.与复合型任务不同的是,每次只做一件事情.当你做这件事情的时候你要避免所有的干扰,摆脱其他不相干的习惯(比如想查查Email或者其他的习以为常的事情).坚持那一个任务,直到你完成它.这样它不会给你很大压力,也不会影响到你的精力.

晚上，傻子上公园，看见一对情人做爱，傻子爱看。

次日清晨，傻子看见一个男子作俯卧撑，看了又看。男子说：“傻逼，看什么。”

傻子说：“我傻逼，你才傻逼呢？你下面人都走了，你还做呢。”

《一一》经典台词:

洋洋对爸爸说——

 

你看的到的，我看不到，
我看的到的，你也看不到。
我怎么知道你在看什么呢？
我们是不是只能知道一半的事情呢？

洋洋用相机拍到舅舅的后脑勺，并且给他解释——

你看不到啊!我给你看啊!

洋洋妈妈每天对着植物人母亲讲述发生的事情，因为几乎所有针对植物人的护理中都讲，这是唤醒他们最有效的一种办法。但是有一天洋洋妈妈突然发现，她每天跟母亲讲的都一模一样。早上做什么，下午做什么，晚上又做什么，几分钟就讲完了。她崩溃了——

怎么只有这么少。我觉得我好像白活了。我每天像个傻子一样，我每天在干什么啊？ 

NJ生气地对他的商业伙伴说 ——

诚意可以装 老实可以装
交朋友可以装 做生意可以装
那这个世界上还有什么是真的？

婷婷对着昏迷的婆婆，疑惑着——

婆婆，为什么这个世界和我们想的都不一样呢，你现在醒过来，又看到它，还会有这样的感觉吗？我现在，闭上眼睛，看到的世界，好美。

NJ与昔日恋人在日本约会之后，对他的太太说——

你不在的时候，我有个机会去过了，一段年轻时候的日子。本来以为，我再活一次的话，也许会有什么不一样。结果……还是差不多，没什么不同。只是突然觉得，再活一次的话，好像……真的没那个必要，真的没那个必要。 

影片最后洋洋对着死去的婆婆说——

婆婆，对不起，不是我不喜欢跟你讲话，只是我觉得我能跟你讲的你一定老早就知道了。不然，你就不会每次都叫我“听话”。就像他们都说你走了，你也没有告诉我你去了哪里，所以，我觉得，那一定是我们都知道的地方。婆婆，我不知道的事情太多了，所以，你知道我以后想做什么吗？我要去告诉别人他们不知道的事情，给别人看他们看不到的东西。我想，这样一定天天都很好玩。说不定，有一天，我会发现你到底去了哪里。到时候，我可不可以跟大家讲，找大家一起过来看你呢？婆婆，我好想你，尤其是我看到那个还没有名字的小表弟，就会想起，你常跟我说：你老了。我很想跟他说，我觉得，我也老了... ...

msn的签名从“密集的3月出差”改为“回家休假”。我也终于长叹了一口气，要回家了——回东北的老家，回已经快3年没回的家！

家里那边应该有很多变化，电话里的交流总是不够充分，有时还刻意在向我隐瞒什么，报喜不报忧是家长们的特长。这次回家，可以直接感受一下家乡的变化，一系列所谓的惠农政策和全球一体化大趋势，对那块土地，那里的亲人们会有什么样的影响。这个时代的变化太快了，而大多数的人们只能被迫跟着时代向前奔跑，无可选择。

当然，对于我来说，回家意味着好好休息，远离工作。

我也要好好陪陪家人，和爷爷奶奶好好聊天，告诉他们我在外面很好，也很想他们。

还有，可以帮家里做些农活，虽然工作一直在各地的农村跑来跑去，但我们还是与泥土与劳动的距离太远。

最近几年春节的时候，总是听顺子的《回家》，一起听听吧：）