3-2-1: Happiness, the value of risk, and the importance of ambition in poetry (and in life)

文章來源：​https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/december-22-2022

3 Ideas From Me

I.
I was reviewing some old notes to myself recently and I found this one:
"You just need to have the courage to eliminate everything that doesn't directly feed what you really want."

勇於排除那些無法直接提供你想要的任何事(物)!

第一個層次是需要搞懂你自己真想要的是甚麼(What you really want!?!)

跨過這個層次，才能據此分辨出該不該拒絕，再來，才是談論是否需要勇氣去排除。

謀定而後動，把時間花在可以長期累積的事物上，避免做低水平的勤奮

持續寫作，看起來是可以累積的項目，但目前的我仍在大海中找方向，是應該定個目標或主題之後，再來繼續前行，或許會更好!

​II.
"It is nearly impossible to have your best idea the first time you think about something.
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights."

想要一開始就得到完美的想法是困難的! 透過不斷反覆思考，是比較容易得到完美(善)的想法。思考越久，越深，就越容易得到好的想法或結果。

Deep thinking makes idea perfect

前兩周開始的每周思考，我每周都起一個問題，讓我自己每天可以針對那問題進行思考。

確實，剛開始可能只是很初略的想法，但隨著不斷思考，有時候走著走著就會蹦出新的想法，而且越想越覺得對於那個問題有更了解些。

III.

An idea from Atomic Habits:

"Happiness is simply the absence of desire... Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure (which is joy or satisfaction), but about the lack of desire. It arrives when you have no urge to feel differently. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state."

當你不奢望或渴求某事物的時候，往往可以從過程中得到快樂(happiness)。

快樂，就是當你處在某種狀態的時候，你並不會想要改變它，在那個狀態下就是快樂的!

有所求的時候，當獲得所求，可以有短暫的快樂，但峰值一過，接下來的平淡反而會讓你覺得不那麼快樂。

想吃糖的時候，當吃了糖解了饞後，就覺得糖沒那麼好吃。

這或許就是有些人以賺錢為目的，賺到了錢，卻沒有想像中的快樂!

2 Quotes From Others

I. Philosopher Simone Weil on the value of risk:

"Risk is an essential need of the soul. The absence of risk produces a kind of boredom which paralyses in a different way from fear, but almost as much."

Source: The Need for Roots

風險是靈魂的基本需求。沒有風險會產生一種無聊感，這種無聊感與恐懼的麻痺方式不同，但幾乎一樣

​風險意識，會讓人作好準備! Wish for the best, and prepare for the worst!

如果都覺得沒有風險，確實是會讓人容易掉以輕心。

這裡說的更嚴重，沒有風險，你的靈魂基本上就四處飄蕩。

​II. Poet Donald Hall on the importance of ambition in poetry (and in life):

"I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. An ambitious project—but sensible, I think. ... If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great as the best."

Source: Poetry and Ambition ​

​沒有企圖心，就別做了!

玩票性質的，純粹就是浪費時間!

那麼，我寫matters.news 文章的企圖是甚麼呢？ 練筆，為了以後成為旅遊作家賺點旅費充分鍛鍊，輸出到逼輸入。

1 Question For You

How can I improve the energy of the situations I am involved in today?
You may not control the outcome, but you can influence it.

或許無法完全掌控結果，但可以試圖影響它。

我今天，沒甚麼狀態，有的話就是專心度不足，到了下午感覺就倦了!

或許可以練習長跑，拉長耐力與加強體力。

或者是再重拾靜坐的習慣，重新找回專注度!