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Remembering why we are doing something
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记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# B1 t% g* R" n# b$ J有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
/ {' Z! d6 Q4 X7 k6 }. }I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: ?' g, t4 q/ x5 J& U& }6 ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 v1 S) ~+ {) A% @And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; w( s( q# Y4 k1 I& S然后，在选择合适的地方后，还没有谈论什么特别的东西的时候。
) v+ O5 E, k1 P: o* \& ~' zWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# L+ o& F% j" u7 G! T$ h% zI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. x* h6 J' }5 ^7 [3 D但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 p* Z4 r  U" k, x  x- rFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
4 Q* w; h$ Q* I" OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  y  q$ H  A, t8 j9 s6 lWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 N# Z" ]5 T: h! L2 aWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 k% F$ e5 c! J9 E+ kWhy did I get married?
8 Q2 F1 G$ i# h8 M( ~/ s为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 m5 L) O  X, C8 k& a/ e, `如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
  l* H" R9 K# Z7 w6 SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 w, }$ e% v6 H0 }0 A: {4 M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 ]# G1 ^: B& N4 |6 H, G; f. }We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
( j5 |  C! j  _! `8 g0 V& C问为什么没什么问题。
; S% E, B1 s! r' D+ v$ cIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 y5 E( [! {1 v0 U9 o& i事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
Talk about it.
' r, Q+ M) G0 @: e. N1 f谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" ]5 z0 }' R1 B9 K  ?How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 d' p1 T0 _5 Z4 }+ w7 S9 j/ G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 Z$ j4 @+ s+ S. X" E1 [, @2 l% XDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& v% m" h  s6 x  g3 v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 M1 C4 p0 o! }- I9 R9 @What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ X0 l& `& w6 c" h5 l& W- K$ o- I" d9 i还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
" {1 u' e  I3 S2 g0 Y9 {What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 m- u% k; P% H( Y* C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？