到底想要什么

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Every so often, usually when things go quiet, a difficult question surfaces. 时不时地，通常在周围安静下来的时候，心里总会冒出一个棘手的问题。

What do I actually want? 我到底想要什么？

Not what my parents wanted for me, 不是我爸妈希望我拥有的，

not what my friends are chasing, not what I'm supposed to want. 不是朋友们正在追求的，也不是我“理应”想要的。

What do I want? 我自己到底想要什么？

And I'm often startled to find I don't have a ready answer. 而我常常吃惊地发现，自己根本给不出一个现成的答案。

I've spent so much time being busy that I forgot to ask. 我一直忙忙碌碌，甚至都忘了问问自己。

It's an uncomfortable question to sit with. 直面这个问题，让人感觉挺不自在的。

But I've learned that the discomfort is the point. 但我后来明白，这种不适感恰恰是关键所在。

You can't hear that quiet inner voice 你根本听不到内心那微弱的声音，

over the noise of a packed schedule. 在被排满的日程吵得不可开交的时候。

So now I try to leave 所以现在我试着

a little empty space in my week, 在每周给自己留出一点空白时间，

on purpose, just to listen. 故意这么做，就为了好好听一听。

The answer rarely arrives all at once. 答案很少会一下子全部出现。

But it never comes at all if you never stop to ask. 但要是你从不停下来问问自己，它就永远也不会来。