What are you doing and why do you do it?

These are just a few examples of what I do and why I do them. They may not sit well with everyone but I do what I do in these respects with purpose and reason.

这只是我所做的和为什么我要做这些的几个例子。它们不可能适合所有的人，但我知道做我手头上这些事情的目的和意义。

I could also mention that I watch TV from time to time. If you asked me why I do it, I wouldn’t have a very good answer – to curb boredom, to relax and just sit at the end of the day. There are a lot of better things I could be doing with my time but occasionally TV is okay.

在这里我还想提到一点，即我时常也看电视。如果你问我为什么会看电视？我可能没有一个很好的答案，或许只是无聊，只是想放松一下，或许只想在一天结束的时候坐着休息一下。我的一生还有许多许多更美好的事情等着我去做，但偶尔看看电视也很好。

I think doing things without purpose, a plan or the bigger picture in mind can be fun but it may be wasting your time, effort, energy, talents and skills.

我认为做事情没有目标，没有计划或是在脑海中没有一幅蓝图，会很有趣，但这样子确实浪费时间、精力、才能和你的技能。

So what are you doing and why are you doing it?

所以说：你在做些什么？你为什么要做？

Take inventory of what you’re doing in major life areas and try to understand why you’re doing them.

列下在你重要的人生领域里，你所做事情的清单，找到做这些事情的原因。

Does what you do play to your strengths? Do you get great joy out of doing it? Is it helping you get closer to a goal or a dream you have?

你所做的有助于发挥你的实力吗？你快乐吗？做这些事情能帮你朝既定的目标或者梦想迈进一些吗？

If you spend too much of your time focusing on things that don’t really matter, that don’t really excite you and you don’t have a reason for doing what you’re doing you could be missing out on a lot of great things.

如果你把过多的时间花在这样一些事情上：无关紧要，不会让你兴奋，你也没有很好的理由来解释为什么要做现在正在做的事情，那么你将会失去很多美好的事情。

Think of all the opportunities you could be missing out on if you’re tied up in activities that don’t matter to you. Wouldn’t you hate to realize one day that what you wanted all along passed you by because you were too busy doing other things. Menial things.

想一下：如果你在一些无关紧要的事情上面忙忙碌碌，你将失去多少机会？你会不会有一天突然意识到：因为你忙着做一些其他你认为重要的事情，而你真正想要的东西却通通都已溜走。

So my question remains: What are you doing and why do you do it?

所以我的问题依然是：你在做什么，你为什么做？