生活教会我们成长的10种方式

How about learning a new language you can use whenever you travel? Or taking free online classes about Management or Finance on websites such as The Open University? Yes, studying doesn’t also have to restricted in the four corners of a classroom. You won’t get an A for your efforts, and you definitely won’t be on the honors list for writing a good essay in French. But you learn something you like and something you consider useful.
学一门外语以备旅行之用怎么样？抑或在The Open University等网站上免费学习管理或金融类课程呢？没错，学习并不局限在四角方方的教室里。或许你努力之后得不到优评，用法语写篇好文章也不会榜上有名，但你却能学到自己喜欢而又实用的东西。

7. Be cultured
提高修养

Watch as many movies and read as many books as possible. And it doesn’t mean that you only watch the ones with high ratings from critics. Absorb as many forms of entertainment as you want without having to concern yourself whether it’s something that can enrich your life. But you see, there’s a reason why so many people devote their entire lives producing movies and writing novels. Just think of it as memoirs by the people who created them. It’s the fruit of their life experiences and understanding of their surroundings. Movies and books are a good look into how people interpret the world.
尽可能多读书多看电影。这不是说你只需看受到好评的电影。尽可能多接纳各种娱乐方式，而不必纠结是否能让生活变得丰富。要知道，这么多人穷尽毕生去搞电影搞创作，肯定是有缘由的。所以，你只需把它看成作者的纪录就行。那是他们生活经历及对境遇体悟的成果。书籍电影是了解他人诠释世界的好方式。

8. Do many first’s
多尝试第一次

When was the last time you did something for the first time? If you can’t think of the answer, maybe you need to go out and try something new. It can be as simple as watching a movie alone or as big as trying bungee jumping. Doing something for the first time doesn’t need to have a life-changing effect. It can be a simple realization that apparently, going to a film screening by yourself isn’t so bad. You don’t need always need a profound realization for everything you do.
上回你第一次尝试新事物是什么时候？如果想不起来，或许你该走出去试一试了。这既可以小到一个人看电影，也可以大到尝试蹦极跳。第一次尝试某件事并不要求惊心动魄的效果。这只是一个简单念头：显然一个人看电影并没有多么可怕。你不必每件事情都考虑周全了才去做。

9. Learn to adapt
学会适应

You can’t stop change from happening in your life. What you can do is accept that it’s inevitable and you just have to adapt. This is why you can’t stop learning, and you can’t stop growing. When you learn to adapt, you pick up something you haven’t encountered before. You can’t try the same methods over and over again, because no matter how similar a situation may be, it’ll need a different solution and treatment of the problem.
你无法阻止生活发生改变。你能做的是接受这个无法避免的事实并去适应它。这也是你为什么不能停止学习和成长的原因。当你学习适应时，可以选择以前不曾遇过的情形。你也不可能反复运用同一个方法，因为不管情况多么相似，也得实事求是解决问题。

10. Initiate
主动

Sometimes, you can’t wait for someone to do things for you. If you feel like something has to be done about something, then it’s probably time that you step up. Be the instigator of the change you want to see. Yes, you can’t be alone when you want to make a difference. But who said that little differences don’t matter?
有时你不能等别人替你把事情做好。如果你觉得某件事必须搞定，那就自己动手。主动去做你想要的改变。的确，你不可能单枪匹马作出改变，但谁能说小变化没有意义呢？

There are so much more to learn, especially now that we’re virtually connected to everyone in the world. As a student of life, it’s really up to you to use all your resources and make it into something enriching.
要学的东西实在太多了——尤其是处在这个人与人紧密联系的社会。作为生活的学徒，能否利用身边资源并创造丰富生活，主动权完全在于你自己。