When you look back on yourself in the past – 10, 20, 30 or more years ago – it’s surprising to see how much you have changed over time. Your experiences, your friends, your family and your work have all shaped who you are right now. But where will you be in another few years? How will you have changed? Reflective writing in your journal is an excellent way to think about what you want out of the future.当你10年、20年或更多年后回顾过去时,你会吃惊地发现,随着时光的流逝,你也发生了很大的变化。你的经历、朋友、家庭和工作造就了现在的你。但是再过几年你会在哪里呢?你会如何变化呢?这样反思性的写作,会是思考未来你想要什么的一种好的方式。
You may have already written a letter to your younger self before, conveying all the wisdom and perspective you wish you had had at the time. Now consider the opposite end of the spectrum; what would you say if you wrote your future self a letter?你也许以前试过给过去的自己写信,向年轻时的自己传授一些人生的智慧和观点,你希望那时候的自己就能知道这些。现在我们换个角度看问题,如果让你给未来的自己写封信,你会写点什么?
Just imagine writing a letter to your future self 5 years from now, then opening it at that exact moment 5 years down the road to see how much of it resonated with you. It is a useful supplementary tool to be used in goal achievement, because when you write the letter to your future self, it helps crystallize exactly how you anticipate yourself to become at that specific moment down the road.
想象一下,给5年后的自己写一封信,当5年后你打开那封信时,你会产生多少共鸣。这是实现目标的一种有用的辅助工具,因为当你给未来的自己写信时,你会慢慢理清希望自己在人生旅途的那个特定时刻变成什么样子。
As you read the letter in the future, you can assess how many things match up (or not vs. your expectations in the past and think about why that’s the case. Often times, the goals we set and our goal achievement process are subjected to a lot of changes along the way, due to varying obstacles, unanticipated circumstances and changing priorities. The letter gives you a macro-view of your initial vision and lets you recognize how your current vision differs from the past.当你在未来读这封信时,你可以看看有多少事情是像你过去期望的那样,你也会思考为什么会这样。很多时候,我们设定目标在实现的过程中会受到沿途中各种因素的影响,因为会遇到各种各样的困难、各种意外情况并需要不断调整优先级。这封信能让你从宏观的角度上去看自己最初的愿景,让你意识到自己现在的想法和过去相比有多么不同。
When you open the letter in the future, you as your future self gets to compare how you used to be in the past and compare with how you are currently. This lets you see in totality how much things have changed since then – and this can be a really intriguing experience. It’s interesting to just see how much you have grown/changed since you wrote the letter.当你以后看信时,你会把过去的自己和现在的.自己进行比较。这会让你看清从写信时起你发生了哪些变化,这种体验是非常有趣的。光看看从你写信开始发生了哪些变化就很有趣了。
What To Write About写什么内容好呢?
Look at today’s date. Now imagine you writing to yourself, exactly X years from now. What do you want to say to your future self?看看今天的日期。现在想象一下你在给X年后的自己写信。你想对未来的自己说些什么呢?
How do you want your future self to be like 1 year in the future?你想让自己1年后变成什么样子呢?
What are the different dreams and goals you would want to be realized by then?到那时你想实现的梦想和目标会有哪些不同呢?
What is your desired status of the areas of your life wheel at that time?那时你想要的人生轨迹和状态会是什么样的呢?
Career/Business/Studies? Finances? Family? Friends? Love? Health? Spirituality? Recreation? Personal growth? Contribution?职业/生意/学习?财政?家庭?朋友?爱情?健康?心灵?娱乐?个人成长?成就?
Once you’re done, sign off your name with today’s date. Safe keep your letter. Put the papers in an envelope. Seal it.写完后,别忘了在名字下面写上今天的日期。妥善保管你的信件,把信纸放在信封里,封上信封。
Set in your calendar to open your letter 1 year from now. Put this envelope in a safe place where no one can access to it.在日历上注明,1年后的今天你要打开这封信。把这封信放在安全的地方,确保别人看不到。
Live your life like you’ve never lived it before in the next 1 year. Open the letter 1 year later and relish in nostalgia, love and joy as you read the letter from yourself 1 year ago.在接下来的1年里,好好生活,用崭新的方式过生活。一年后打开信封,在怀旧却又爱意满满的欢乐气氛中享受读信的乐趣。
Write Your Letter To Your Future Self给未来的自己写封信
Take out a pen and paper right now and start writing your letter to your future self. Identify a time period to write to, imagine how you will be like during that time period, then start writing. Think about the type of person you will be, your place in life, what you would have accomplished then, the kind of thoughts and feelings you will experience, and so on.现在就拿出笔和纸,开始给未来的自己写封信吧。找个合适的时间,想象你在那段时间内会是什么样子,然后开始写信。想一想你想成为哪种人,你在生活中的位置、那时你的成就、你会有什么样的想法和感觉,诸如此类的内容。
At the end of the letter, seal it in an envelope, write the date to open it on the cover and put it in a safe storage space. Fix the date to open this letter in your personal calendar. When you open this sometime in the near future, you might gain additional insights about yourself and your journey in the past few years that you were oblivious to.写完信,把它装到信封里,在信封的封面上写上日期,把它妥善保管起来。在自己的日历中标记一下打开这封信的日期。当你以后打开信时,你可能会更好的洞察自己以及自己过去的生命历程。
在种类众多的灵长类动物中,人是唯一会流泪的成员。流泪是人与生俱来的行为,无需学习。那么,人为什么要流泪?流泪对于人体有什么作用?
进化论的创始人达尔文曾经这样推测:流泪是某种进化的“遗迹”,与进化过程中的生存竞争没有关系。达尔文认为,对于人体来说,眼泪本身是没有意义的“副产品”。美国人类学家阿希莱蒙塔戈的观点与达尔文截然相反。他认为,流眼泪对人体具有益处,这种益处在进化中有一定影响,因而能通过自然选择被一代一代地保存下来,人类会流泪正是适者生存的结果。他举例说:眼泪中含有溶菌酶,这是人体的一种自卫物质,它能保护鼻咽黏膜不被细菌感染。
今天,越来越多的学者赞同蒙塔戈的观点。美国明尼苏达大学心理学家威廉佛莱从心理学和生物化学的角度对流泪行为进行了比较全面的研究。他把流泪分成反射性流泪(如受到洋葱刺激)和情感性流泪(如感动或兴奋)。他发现,反射性流泪的泪水中含蛋白质较少,而情感性流泪的泪水中含蛋白质较多。在这些结构复杂的蛋白质中,有一种据测定可能是类似止痛剂的化学物质。佛莱根据这一结果推测,流泪可能是一种排泄行为,能排出人体由于感情压力所产生、积累起来的生化毒素,这些毒素如果不通过流泪排出,留在体内将对健康不利。另外,他还发现,人欢喜时流的泪量大、味道很淡,而悲伤、愤怒时流的.泪则水分不多、味道很咸。这些实验除了证明“男儿有泪不轻弹”是一种愚蠢的行为之外,也表明眼泪不仅仅是简单的“带咸味的液体”。
为什么灵长类动物中唯独人会流泪呢?对于这一点,研究者似乎一直找不到比较合理的解释。
1960年,英国人类学家爱利斯特哈代教授提出轰动一时的海猿假说。以往的人类起源理论都认为,人类诞生的舞台是森林草原,而哈代提出,在人类进化历史中,存在着一段几百万年的海猿阶段。这一特殊的阶段在人类身上至今留有深刻的印记,留有解剖生理方面的痕迹。这些特征,在别的陆生灵长类动物身上都是没有的,而在海豹、海狮身上却同样存在。例如,人类的泪腺会分泌泪液,泪液中含有约0.9%的盐分,这一特殊的生理现象也是海兽的特征。
哈代教授的海猿假说在刚提出时曾被视为“异想天开”。然而,随着时间的推移,这一假说并没有被驳倒,相反,相信这一假说的研究者越来越多。1983年,澳大利亚墨尔本大学生物学家彼立克丹通教授研究比较了人类和其他哺乳动物控制体内盐平衡的生理机制,他的研究也提示:人类的流泪可能起源于海兽泪腺的泌盐机制。海猿假说也许是目前唯一能解释人类流泪起源的学说。然而,由于这一学说目前还缺乏可靠的化石依据,尚未被多数人类学家所接受。
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