艾米没挣到的钱

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Amy's aunt offered her a deal: 艾米的阿姨跟她提了个交易：

weed the garden by the end of the week, 只要在周末前把花园里的草拔干净，

and she'd pay her nicely for it. 就会给她一笔不错的报酬。

Amy was thrilled — 艾米兴奋极了——

she already knew exactly what she'd spend it on. 她早就想好要拿这笔钱买什么了。

But Monday she was tired. 可周一她觉得太累。

Tuesday she'd do it tomorrow. 周二她又想着明天再弄。

By Thursday the weeds were still there, 到了周四，杂草依然在那儿，

and so was her plan to "get to it soon." 她那句“过会儿就去弄”的念头也依然还在。

On Saturday her aunt walked out to the garden, 周六那天，阿姨走进了花园，

looked at the tangle of weeds, and quietly said nothing. 看着满地乱糟糟的杂草，默默地什么也没说。

The money went back in the drawer. 那笔钱又被放回了抽屉里。

Amy hadn't refused the job. 艾米并没有拒绝这个活儿。

She just kept putting it off until the chance was gone. 她只是一拖再拖，直到机会溜走了。

That's the sneaky thing about "later" — 这就是“以后再说”最狡猾的地方——

it feels harmless every single time you say it, 每次说出口的时候，你都觉得没什么大不了，

right up until it quietly turns into "never." 直到它悄无声息地变成了“再也不做”。

The work was never the hard part. 干活从来都不是最难的部分。

Starting was. 开始才是。