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﻿whether you like it or not 不管你喜欢还是不喜欢
for most people 对于大多数人来说
college is one of the best periods of their life 大学是他们一生中最好的时段之一
it's the place where you make a lot of friends 在大学里 你可以交到很多朋友
party and finally have a little bit more freedom 开聚会 终于有了更多的自由
after spending 12 years in that high school 不像之前12年的高中生涯
where you can only do whatever you were told 你只能听从别人的安排
of course it has its cons as well 当然 这也是有代价的
especially when you have a lecture early in the morning 尤其是早上有课的时候
and there is no one to wake you up 没人叫你起床
back in school your mom used to do that 在大学之前都是妈妈叫你起床
but here in college you keep hitting that snooze button 但是在大学 你一直按着小睡按钮
and when you finally wake up 当你终于醒来的时候
you're like I am late anyways 你就会想 反正我也迟到了
what's the point of going so you fall back to sleep 去上课还有什么意义 于是你倒头继续睡了
I understand that life can be a little bit frustrating 我理解生活有时可能会有些令人沮丧
when you have to study work and somehow manage to survive 当你不得不学习、工作 并且设法生存下来的时候
but the weirdest part is what happens after graduation 最奇怪的就是毕业之后发生的事情
you have two types of people on graduations day 毕业典礼上会出现两种人
the ones who are excited 那些兴奋的人
finally after so many years of education 在经过这么多年的教育后
we are moving to the next stage of our lives 终于迈向人生的下一个阶段
on the other side 而另一类人
there are people who absolutely don't give a damn 完全不在乎
as if it's just another day 就好像这只是普普通通的一天
they're just waiting for the ceremony to end 他们只是在等待毕业典礼结束
so that they can get back to sleep 这样他们就可以回去睡觉了
but in general 但总体来说
a week or two after graduation 毕业一两周后
everyone is stuck with the same question 每个人都会被同一个问题困住
now what 现在该咋办？
you wanted to graduate as soon as possible 你想要尽快毕业
but now you have absolutely no idea what to do with your life 但现在又完全不知道该如何处理你的生活
all these ideas and dreams that you had in your mind back in college 你在大学时期的所有想法与梦想
don't seem that realistic now 看起来都不太现实
you no longer even feel motivated to pursue them 你甚至都不会有动力去追求它们了
I get it 我能懂
I went through the exact same thing 我也有同样的经历
you don't know what to do with your life 你不知道该拿生活怎么办
everything you think about doesn't seem inspiring 你想的事情似乎都不怎么能够激励起自己
you look around 环顾四周
and you don't want to end up like everyone else 你不想落得和其他人一样的下场
working 9 to 5 朝九晚五地工作
and be miserable for the next 20 or 30 years of your life 然后在接下来的二三十年里痛苦不已
at the same time you don't have any other option 与此同时 你没有任何其他的选择
and it's not entirely your fault 这也不全是你的错
for over 20 years someone else was planning on behalf of you 20多年来一直有人在为你做各种计划
the only decision you had to take after school 高考后你唯一要做的决定
is what to major in 就是选什么专业？
once you're done with that college takes care of the rest 一旦你完成了这些 剩下的就交给大学了
you know how exactly you will spend the next four years of your life 你知道自己接下来的四年生活会是怎样
you have an end goal in front of you and a step-by-step plan 你有一个最终目标和分步计划
you might not like it 你可能不喜欢这样
but you feel bad about it 但你也不会觉得有什么不好
because everyone else follows it as well 因为其他人也会跟着做
even if you're a bad student 哪怕你是一个坏学生
at the end of the day 因为说到底
you're all on the same ship heading to the same direction 你们是在同一条船上 朝着同一个方向前进
as it has been in school 学校也一样
you didn't even decide if you want to go to school 你甚至都没决定是否要去上学
your parents have decided that for you 你的父母就已经帮你做好了决定
unlike everything else 就像其他事情一样
you gotta follow the plan that's in front of you 你必须遵循你面前的计划
Suddenly 突然
after 20 years of someone else taking care of you 在别人照顾你20年后
they give you a piece of paper 他们给了你一张纸
that they call a certificate 被称之为证书
and expect you to plan for yourself 希望你为自己做计划
it's supposed to be a good thing 这应该是一件好事儿
but it leads to a long cycle of depression 但却导致了一个长期的抑郁循环
because you have absolutely no idea 因为你完全不知道
what on earth you should do with your life 应该怎么对待自己的生活
with me it lasts a couple of months before I figure out 对我而言 我花了好几个月的时间才想出
what to do with my life 我该如何对待自己的人生
but I've seen people spending years on that 但我见过有人在这上面花了很多年
you will try to find the ideal job that you have in your mind 你会努力寻找你心目中的理想工作
but most likely you won't find it 但你很可能找不到
every company that you passionately want to work in 每一家你热切希望进入的公司
will probably reject you 都有可能拒绝你
the idea of becoming an entrepreneur 成为一名企业家
and being independent will definitely cross your mind 并保持独立的想法肯定会浮现在你的脑海中
gbut when you check your bank account 但当你看到自己的银行账户时
you will change your mind 你会改变主意的
at some point 在某种程度上
you are going to think let me get whatever job I can 你会想 让我做什么工作都可以
because I have bills to pay 因为我还有账单要付
once I figure out what I really wanna do with my life 一旦我找到自己真正想做的事情
I will leave that job and pursue my dream 我就会离开那份工作去追求我的梦想
but you will quickly find a comfort zone 但你很快就会找到一个舒适区
and might never leave it 并且可能永远都不会离开了
you will be busy with day-to-day things 你将会一天比一天忙起来
and won't find the time 再也没有时间
to be depressed again about what to do with your life 为你的生活感到沮丧了
so no matter how bad you get depressed after college 所以不管你在大学毕业后变得多么沮丧
don't be fooled by that comfort zone 千万不要被舒适区所迷惑
because whatever you decide to do then 因为无论你决定做什么
will have a long lasting impact on the rest of your life 都会对你的余生产生持久的影响
and if you have already done that 如果你已经这样做了
it's never too late to leave that comfort zone 任何时候离开舒适区都不算太晚
and give it another shot 只要可以 就去试一试
so good luck 祝你好运