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Remembering why we are doing something

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* A5 L6 g" o4 f* L3 X) W1 \( dSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& Z& J2 Z9 b8 A3 ?; d2 S有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  v+ H6 z% Z; P6 d6 p; w9 mHave you ever done that?
7 h8 ?9 }- [1 T4 i- E你曾有过这种经历吗？
. L' o# X! I7 [1 E9 CI'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。
- A. v1 r0 [5 S2 ^7 qI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# O/ w- q/ S" F2 O7 I' e7 h* i& {4 A我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 I/ e5 B5 N& c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。
# a" x6 v/ m5 f9 N9 S( ?4 o" U& lWell, 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。
I guess that counts too.
8 I+ J/ u$ N7 n3 ]我想那很重要。
6 d3 S8 q) J! z) TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
4 w: B  a8 h( [" A1 T# Z, M, R% wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- n$ j  ^* R' ?- a* l2 A在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
1 [9 c/ Y/ x0 q$ A# AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 m+ q7 [  }! G  s  D% q: @7 o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ n6 M* q) n  g, t  K3 CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
( @. x8 H, x: X4 V8 K$ b5 y) lWhy did I start to learn a language?
# m4 S, a5 k' v/ ]( n5 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
- l0 i5 E" @  F! _9 m为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 k) V6 A2 q  t0 J' wWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 ^% a; Y1 t: K0 j( ^1 @" l5 j5 `Why did I get married?
9 `! `# ?( H& m% Q: v为什么我要结婚？
: x% e2 @* p/ \- P; z+ ~& ]If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
I 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.
( P: c8 b$ T) v# s. f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 w: i1 W* [+ M+ v2 d4 {1 }We stop starting. We quit the club.
% Q/ k) ?( v3 t6 \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。
, _: G' R% P, z2 ^; v3 CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& f+ p' H: Q  t3 O+ a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.
8 k9 ^0 s1 ^2 v2 Q5 r' u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?
8 G! z8 j3 b7 L) C9 @8 g7 ~; ^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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 ?6 c( N6 m9 s# X# S. [( d, UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. f. w7 y) W6 {$ |1 SDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
; p9 b: T# N3 U! V9 b% w& sWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 ?- _* S0 i2 q8 |还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？