只收拾一个抽屉

类别：生活方式

面对凌乱的公寓，作者通过整理一个厨房抽屉意外找回了珍贵回忆，重获内心平静。

时长 53 秒 · 语速 153 wpm

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My whole apartment needed cleaning. 我整间屋子都该好好打扫了。

I looked at it on Sunday morning 周日早上我看着这一屋子狼藉，

and felt tired before I began. 还没动手就觉得累了。

So I made a deal with myself. 于是我和自己谈了个条件。

One drawer. 就收拾一个抽屉。

Only one. 就这一个。

The messy one in the kitchen that every home has. 就厨房里最乱的那个，谁家都有这么一个抽屉。

I emptied it onto the table. 我把里面的东西一股脑全倒在桌上。

Three pens that didn't work. 三支写不出水的笔。

Batteries, maybe dead, maybe not. 几节不知道还有没有电的电池。

A key that fits no door I know. 一把不知道开哪扇门的钥匙。

And, at the very bottom, a photograph. 还有，在最底下，有一张照片。

My father and me at the beach. 我和爸爸在海边的合影。

I'm maybe eight, missing a front tooth. 我大概八岁，缺了颗门牙。

I thought I'd lost that picture when I moved. 我一直以为搬家的时候把它弄丢了。

I sat down and looked at it for a long time. 我坐下来，看了它好久好久。

Then I put back what I needed, and closed the drawer. 然后我把用得着的东西放回去，关上了抽屉。

One drawer. 一个抽屉。

Twenty minutes. 二十分钟。

The apartment was still a mess. 屋子里其实还是乱糟糟的。

But I felt as if I'd cleaned the whole place. 但我感觉整间屋子都收拾干净了。