Yesterday marked my 23rd birthday. Thank you all who wished me happy birthday, it totally made my day. Judging by the comments, I also realized that was the first time I ever announced my age on this blog. Some people were shocked and awed at the fact that I’m “only” 23. I think it’s awesome that we can bridge the age gap and learn from each other, despite the number of years we’ve been on this planet.
昨天是我的23歲生日。我要感謝那些祝福我的人，讓我開心了一整天。和大家一樣，我看到這是我第一次在博客里公開我的年齡。一些人驚訝于我“僅僅”23歲的現(xiàn)實(shí)。我覺得我們應(yīng)該撇開我們已經(jīng)活了多少年，而是打破這個(gè)代溝，互相了解彼此。
Anyway, I don’t really have anything on Scott Young. He started his blog at 17, and currently has over 6,000 subscribers. I guess age isn’t everything.
當(dāng)然，這和Scott Young扯不上關(guān)系。他17歲開通博客，如今有6000多閱覽者。所以我想年齡并不代表什么。

Over the past year, I’ve made a lot of changes in my life. I’ve set a lot of goals, achieved most of them and have learned more than anything.

過去的一年，我的生活變化很多。我做了很多目標(biāo)，大部分都做到了，從中獲得了其他都無法取代的東西。

One of the biggest things I’ve learned is having patience. I have some long term goals that will probably take a while to accomplish (like killing my day job).
最大的收獲之一即是要有耐心。我的一些長期目標(biāo)會(huì)花很長時(shí)間去完成（如做完我的工作）。

A kind of amusing goal I had was at the beginning of this blog (last February) I set the goal to get 2,000 subscribers in 30 days. Wow, I had no idea that was not as easy as I thought it was. Just slap some content up and people will start hoarding in, right? Not exactly.
其中的一大目標(biāo)是在我開博之初（去年二月份）定的要在30天達(dá)到2000的閱覽量。呵呵，困難程度出乎我的意料，本以為不過是這邊加了內(nèi)容，那邊就會(huì)有人來看，但事實(shí)并非如此。

I want to share with you the goals I’ve achieved in the past year. I’m not trying to brag, I just want to show you what I’ve learned.

我想和大家分享一些這一年的心得，我不是炫耀，只是想讓大家看到我的所得。

Here they are:

接下來的便是：

Quit smoking. This was probably the biggest thing I achieved in the past year and really catapulted me to taking control of my life. I have relapsed a couple of times, but I’m sticking with it. The difference between smoking and not is too huge.

戒煙 這件事差不多是去年我最偉大的壯舉，而且我真正能夠控制我的生活了。雖然我復(fù)吸了好幾次，但我一直堅(jiān)持著。抽煙與不抽煙迥然不同。

Created an emergency fund. Last year I started a savings account and actually started contributing to it. Imagine that, huh? This is something that I’ve always wanted to do, but could never seem to manage. The biggest breakthrough for me, was not counting money I didn’t yet have. I switched from thinking that I could spend money I didn’t have yet, to changing my mindset about the things I really need.

建立應(yīng)急資金 去年我開了一存儲(chǔ)賬戶并不斷往里存些錢。想一下？我一直想做些什么事情，但從未成功。對(duì)于我最大的突破就是不再去想還沒到手的錢。本來只想如何花將來才會(huì)有的錢，但現(xiàn)在我會(huì)集中在什么東西真正需要我花錢。

Started eating more raw. I aim to become a 100% raw foodist in the future, but I’m not there yet. I did start eating more raw every day, usually breakfast and lunch and then eating cooked vegetarian food for dinner. I am 100% vegetarian as well, but this isn’t a goal I achieved last year. I’ve been vegetarian for a little over 6 years now.

吃生食 我立志成為一名合格的生食主義者，雖然現(xiàn)在不是。之前我每天都吃生食，通常是早飯和午餐，慢慢的晚飯我就吃熟的蔬菜。我還是絕對(duì)的素食者，這已經(jīng)不是我需要達(dá)成的目標(biāo)了，因?yàn)槲覉?jiān)持素食已經(jīng)6年多了。

Became more impeccable with my word. This is one of the most important things I’ve implemented in my life. How many times do you go against yourself in your thoughts and actions? I know I struggle with this a lot. But in the past year I’ve managed to make leaps and bounds in being true to myself.

言行一致 這是我生命中做到的最重要的事情之一。想一想大家可曾頻頻做著與自己真實(shí)想法相違背的事？我一直痛苦于此，但在去年做到了飛躍---做回真的自我。

Daily exercise and walking. I’ve never been a big runner, but I’ve always loved walking. Last year I started walking to work daily, about 4.5 miles each way. Sometimes I would take the bus home, or my wife would pick me up, but for the most part I walked. This is something I’ve slipped a little on lately, but I would like to get back into. I’m thinking about starting to bike instead.

多活動(dòng)多走路 我不喜歡跑步，但熱愛走路。去年我每天來回步行4.5英里上班，有時(shí)回家會(huì)做公交車，或者我妻子去接我，但大多數(shù)我都是步行。這件事我最近有些松懈了，但我能恢復(fù)以前，而且正在考慮騎自行車。

Journaling and meditation. These two things alone have allowed me to make leaps and bounds in my personal growth. One of the things about journaling is that it forces you to be honest with yourself. Meditation has allowed me to clear a lot of the mental clutter in my mind and become in tune with the space between thoughts.

記錄想法，秉心靜氣 這兩種做法讓我個(gè)人成長卓越。記錄想法要求你誠實(shí)于自己，平心靜氣使我清楚思想混亂，思想秩序井然。

Started this blog. In February of this year, I started this blog. It has since become my illegitimate child (it’s taken on a life of its own). My goal by next May is to have this blog be my sole source of income, so I can fund the ownership of my own time. To date, this blog has been read by over 500,000 people.

開通博客 今年二月，我有了自己的博客，這仿佛我的私生子（而且已經(jīng)很長的時(shí)間）。我期望到明年5月時(shí)博客能成為我的唯一收入來源，這樣我就可以完全支配我的時(shí)間。到目前為止，我的博客瀏覽量已超過500000.

Started writing. The only writing I had done previous to this blog, had been in Elementary school English class. Writing has been one of the most positive and scariest things I’ve ever done. It’s forced me to become coherent with my thoughts and has allowed me to become a teacher. Often the best way to learn something, is to try to teach someone else. This has rang true in my experience.

寫作 寫作是唯一一件在開博之前就已經(jīng)做的事，是在初級(jí)中學(xué)英語課上，是最積極的事之一。這使我思路清晰，并成為了一名老師。通常學(xué)習(xí)的最好方法就是教別人，我的經(jīng)歷便驗(yàn)證了它的真實(shí)性。

Became a regular writer for Zen Habits. This past month I started writing regularly for Zen Habits. This has pretty much affirmed outwardly what I felt inwardly about finally getting over the learning curve of blogging. I don’t think I’ve “made it” yet, but this has been a huge sign for me that I’m making progress toward my goal to make this blog a business.

成為有禪習(xí)慣的筆者 這個(gè)月的寫作即是為了禪習(xí)慣。這種使我的內(nèi)心絕對(duì)表露出來的習(xí)慣最終能克服我寫博客的學(xué)習(xí)曲線。我感覺我還沒有達(dá)到，但就現(xiàn)在我逐漸把博客商業(yè)化表明我有很大進(jìn)步的跡象。

Helping others. If there’s one thing becoming a writer for Zen Habits has taught me, it’s the value of helping others. It was due to me helping Mary from Good Life Zen, that I got a recommendation from her to Leo, to write for Zen Habits. If it weren’t for helping others, without expecting anything in return, I don’t think that would have happened. So it really is true. If you want to be successful, help other people succeed.

樂于助人 如果說禪宗的習(xí)慣讓我獲得了什么，之一就是幫助別人的價(jià)值。由于我?guī)椭薓ary，他就能幫忙我把推薦給Leo。如果沒有幫助別人卻像有所回報(bào)，我想那是不可能的。如果想成功，那就把幫助別人傳遞下去。

So what have you learned in the past year? Do you have any special rituals for your birthday?

那么你在過去的一年里學(xué)到了什么？在你生日時(shí)有什么比較特殊的禮節(jié)嗎？

Also, I’m going to be putting together a project of sorts. It’s kind of a collection of the top personal development/growth articles online. So if you could help me out, what’s the best personal development article you’ve ever read? What article have you read that has impacted you the most? Thanks for your help with this.

另外，我準(zhǔn)備把各種各樣的東西匯總起來，就像網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的名人傳記一樣。如果你能幫我，請(qǐng)告訴我你讀過的最好的人物傳記有哪些，哪本書對(duì)你影響最大？感謝你的幫忙！