FOUR FOOLPROOF WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES, TODAY

當今改善我們生活的四種途徑

So, my life is perfect. (Yeah.I wish!) Well, it isn't too bad. But can it be better? I've been asking myself this question for several years. The answer is simple:Yes, it can!

這樣看來，我的生活是完美的，(是的，我也希望如此!)其實我的生活也不差，但是可以更好嗎?這幾年來我我一直在問自己這個問題.答案和簡單：是的，它可以!

I don't care what we are doing or how we're doing it, there is always a way to improve upon our lifetyle.

我不介意我們在做什么和怎么做，總有改善我們生活方式的方法.

How can it be better? Well, I can share some things I've done that helped me. And, hopefully, if you're dealing with the same chalenges or situations in life, these ideas might help you.

怎樣使我的生活變得更好呢?我可以和你們分享我的方法.如果你們在生活中也面對同樣的情況或挑戰的話，希望這些想法可以給你們一些幫助.

Here are four rules I've come to live by:

以下是我生活的四條生活法則

First, do what I love

首先，做自己喜歡的事情.

If I don't enjoy something, I get rid of it or don't do it. Sounds crazy, right? I worked for three years to build up a one-man band act with my saxophone, a keyboard, and my flute. Then, one day, after doing the gig for a corporate Christmas party, I decided that the one-man band act might pay enough, and might be fun, but it would not be the musical outlet I was truly seeking: that of interacting with other musicians and touring around the country (or world). So I stopped doing it. I sold most of my gear, including my P.A. system, flute, and keyboard, for pennies on the dollar. Then, I focused on talking to people about my aspiration to play in a band, to front a band, and make great things happen musically. Two years later,I met Dino, and we started a band called The Olive Club. We;re playing music we enjoy and the band is growing into the type of band I had envisioned.

如果我不喜歡一些事，我就擺脫它或不做它.這聽起來很荒唐，是吧?我花了三年的時間組織一個由薩克管、電子琴和長笛組成的一人樂隊。然而，有一天，在為一個公司的圣誕晚會做了表演之后，我認為這個一人樂隊雖然收入頗豐且充滿樂趣，但是我真正在尋找的是音樂上的出路：我應該在全國(或是全世界)做巡回演出并和其他音樂家合作。于是我停止表演。我廉價出售了我的樂器，包括我的P.A.系統、長笛和電子琴。然后，我把重點放在告訴眾人我想在樂隊表演，想擔任一支樂隊的領奏，想讓偉大的事情像音樂一樣發生。兩年后，我遇見了笛努并和他開創了一支叫橄欖俱樂部的樂隊。我們演奏我們喜歡的音樂，樂隊朝著我們心目中的樣子成長。