TED演講Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
What's in the box? Whatever it is must be pretty important, because I've traveled with it, moved it, from apartment to apartment to apartment.
猜猜看這個箱子裡有什麼？至少是些要緊的東西吧畢竟不管我去哪兒，搬到哪兒都帶著這個箱子呢。
Sound familiar? Did you know that we Americans have about three times the amount of space we did 50 years ago? Three times. So you'd think, with all this extra space, we'd have plenty of room for all our stuff. Nope.
你們也幹過差不多的事兒吧？說起來你們知不知道跟50年前的美國人相比我們有了3倍多的空間？整整三倍啊！那你可能會說，既然空間更多了那肯定夠我們放各種東西了，非也非也。
There's a new industry in town, a 22 billion-dollar, 2.2 billion sq. ft. industry: that of personal storage. So we've got triple the space, but we've become such good shoppers that we need even more space. So where does this lead?
要知道現在有個新興產業價值220億美元、累計佔地22億平方英尺而作用就是為客戶提供存儲空間雖然我們有了三倍多的空間但我們的消費能力增長得更快因此我們實際上需要更多的空間。那這一切的後果有哪些呢？
Lots of credit card debt, huge environmental footprints, and perhaps not coincidentally, our happiness levels flat-lined over the same 50 years.
比如大量的信用卡貸款對環境的巨大影響，還有這50年裡停滯不前的幸福水平，而這最後一點恐怕並非無巧不成書。
Well I'm here to suggest there's a better way, that less might actually equal more. I bet most of us have experienced at some point the joys of less: college -- in your dorm, traveling -- in a hotel room, camping -- rig up basically nothing, maybe a boat.
所以我想說，其實有一種更好的生活方式：在這裡少一些，在別處就多一些。我相信我們大部分人都或多或少地體驗過"少"的樂趣校園裡——我們只需要一間宿舍旅途中——我們只需要一間客房野營時——基本用不著什麼東西可能要一條船。
Whatever it was for you, I bet that, among other things, this gave you a little more freedom, a little more time. So I'm going to suggest that less stuff and less space are going to equal a smaller footprint. It's actually a great way to save you some money. And it's going to give you a little more ease in your life.
我相信，和其它事物相比這些會給你帶來多一點點自由和多一點點時間。所以我想說少用點東西、少佔點空間就意味著對環境少些影響，也能為你節省一些花銷而且，你的生活也會變得更加輕鬆。
So I started a project called Life Edited at lifeedited.org to further this conversation and to find some great solutions in this area. First up: crowd-sourcing my 420 sq. ft. apartment in Manhattan with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com. I wanted it all -- home office, sit down dinner for 10, room for guests, and all my kite surfing gear.
因此，我開始做這個名為LifeEdited的精簡生活的項目在網站lifeedited.org上一方面推廣我的理念另一方面尋找一些解決方案首先，我和Mutopo及Jovoto.com一起合作眾包我在曼哈頓的420平方英尺的公寓我希望它能擁有以下所有的功能：家庭辦公室、10人餐桌留宿客人的空間，還有我全套的風箏衝浪設備。
With over 300 entries from around the world, I got it, my own little jewel box. By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft. instead of 600, immediately I'm saving 200 grand.
從世界各地發來的300條建議中我找到了這個最優方案。我買了420平方英尺而不是600平方英尺的房子僅此一項我就省了二十萬美元。
Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities -- save some more money there, but also a smaller footprint. And because it's really designed around an edited set of possessions -- my favorite stuff -- and really designed for me, I'm really excited to be there.
更小的空間意味著更小的用具，在這方面我們不光能夠省點錢，也能給環境少帶來些影響。正因為這些用具都是圍繞著我最想要的功能專門為我設計的，我自然很嚮往能夠住到那裡。
So how can you live little? Three main approaches. First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly. We've got to clear the arteries of our lives. And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years? It's time for me to let it go.
那我們怎樣才能活得精簡呢？有三條大道。第一，你必須鐵面無情地去開始精簡工作就像去除掉我們身上的動脈瘤一樣毫不留情，比如那件我好幾年都沒穿過的T恤嘛，是時候讓它去了。
We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we've got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, "Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?" By all means, we should buy and own some great stuff. But we want stuff that we're going to love for years, not just stuff.
我們得把生活中無關緊要的細枝末節修剪掉，並且學會逆潮流而動。我們應該三思而後消費買東西之前問問自己："買了它我真的能更加開心嗎？"誠然我們應該購買並擁有一些很棒的東西，但我們更需要那些我們對其的喜愛經久不衰的東西而不僅僅是任何物品。
Secondly, our new mantra: small is sexy. We want space efficiency. We want things that are designed for how they're used the vast majority of the time, not that rare event. Why have a six burner stove when you rarely use three?
第二，也是我們的新口號：小也有魅力我們想要高空間利用率。我們想要的用具應該是依據多數情形下它們的使用方來設計的而不是專為少數情形而設計的。就好比一般你連三個灶頭都很少同時使用為什麼要去買六灶頭的燃氣灶？
So we want things that nest, we want things that stack, and we want it digitized. You can take paperwork, books, movies, and you can make it disappear -- it's magic.
我們需要的器具應該能夠大的套小的，或者能夠層疊放置的，如果一樣東西能數字化那就更好。那樣你可以把所有文件書籍、電影等等都化為無形——就像變戲法一樣。
Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares -- a sink combined with a toilet, a dining table becomes a bed -- same space, a little side table stretches out to seat 10. In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here, we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture to get a lot out of the space.
最後，我們需要多功能的空間利用與多功能傢俱——比如一體化的水斗和坐便器餐桌與床的兩用，同樣的空間裡這個小小的桌子可以伸展為能坐10個人的大桌子。"精簡生活"的一個優勝設計把一堵牆和"變形金剛"式的傢俱有機結合從而高效地利用了有限的空間。
Look at the coffee table -- it grows in height and width to seat 10. My office folds away, easily hidden. My bed just pops out of the wall with two fingers. Guests? Move the moving wall, have some fold-down guest beds. And of course, my own movie theater.
看看這個咖啡桌：它可以拉長、抬高使得能夠容納10個人同時就座。我的個人工作臺能夠方便地摺疊並隱藏只用兩個手指就能把床從牆壁裡變出來。家裡來客人了？動一下這堵牆裡面有摺疊式的客床。當然，它也能變成我的家庭影院。
So I'm not saying that we all need to live in 420 sq. ft. But consider the benefits of an edited life. Go from 3,000 to 2,000, from 1,500 to 1,000. Most of us, maybe all of us, are here pretty happily for a bunch of days with a couple of bags, maybe a small space, a hotel room.
我不是說每個人都應該只住在420平方英尺(約40平方米)的空間裡。但精簡生活的確能帶來諸多好處。比如從3000平方英尺到2000平方英尺或者從1500到1000平方英尺我們中的大多數，也可能是所有人在這幾天都過得很愉快，雖然我們只隨身帶了幾個包，並且住在一個小小的旅店房間裡。
So when you go home and you walk through your front door, take a second and ask yourselves, "Could I do with a little life editing? Would that give me a little more freedom? Maybe a little more time?"
所以你這次回家、踏入房門之後不妨問問自己"怎麼樣把我的生活也精簡一番呢？""那樣是不是會帶來更多自由——""更多時間呢？"
What's in the box? It doesn't really matter. I know I don't need it. What's in yours? Maybe, just maybe, less might equal more. So let's make room for the good stuff.
我這個箱子裡裝了什麼？這其實並不重要。因為我不需要它們。你的包袱裡裝了什麼？還是有那麼一些可能性使得"少"也能意味著某種"多"。所以讓我們把有限的空間都留給重要的東西吧。
Thank you. (Applause)
謝謝!(鼓掌)
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