🚨 Fix This NOW - Small Change Equals Big Impact 🔧 British English Podcast

The English Like A Native Podcast is a free listening resource for intermediate

像母语一样的英语播客是为中级

and advanced English learners.

和高级英语学习者提供的免费听力资源。

Bonus episodes and transcripts are available to Plus Members and

Plus 会员可以获取额外的剧集和成绩单，并且

English courses can be found on my website www.englishlikeanative.co.uk.

可以在我的网站 www.englishlikeanative.co.uk 上找到英语课程。

Hello, there you are listening to the English Like a Native podcast,

您好，您正在收听的是“像母语一样英语”播客，

the podcast that is designed for lovers and learners of English.

这是一个专为英语爱好者和学习者设计的播客。

I'm your host, Anna, and today we are putting on our hard

我是你们的主人，安娜，今天我们要戴上安全帽

hats and finally fixing things.

，最终解决问题。

When was the last time you fixed something?

你最后一次修理东西是什么时候？

And I'm not just talking about gluing a broken vase or

我所说的不仅仅是粘合破损的花瓶或

changing the fuse in a plug.

更换插头中的保险丝。

I'm actually referring to fixing a problem, a niggle, an issue, a

我实际上指的是解决一个问题，一个小问题，一个问题，一个

thorn in your side, something that negatively impacts your daily life.

你身边的刺，一些对你的日常生活产生负面影响的事情。

It could be a problem in a relationship like with your sister.

这可能是与你姐姐的关系中的问题。

Maybe you haven't spoken to your sister for a very long time after a

也许在一场愚蠢的争吵之后，你已经很长时间没有和你的妹妹说话了

silly argument, and that bothers you.

，这让你很烦恼。

It could be a bad habit that you've fallen into that really bothers you but

这可能是你养成的一个坏习惯，确实让你烦恼，但

you still continue to do it regardless.

你仍然继续这样做。

Or perhaps it's something small like the lack of a mirror in your

或者可能是一些小事情，比如你的浴室里没有镜子

bathroom that makes it really hard to brush your teeth properly.

，导致你很难正确刷牙。

Or an ill-fitting pair of trousers that have been torturing you for years, digging

或者一条不合身的裤子多年来一直折磨着你，深入

into your side chafing your private parts and creating unsightly muffin tops that

你的侧面，擦伤你的私处，形成难看的松饼上衣，

only serve to lower your self-esteem.

只会降低你的自尊。

Or maybe it's the setup of your front room furniture that just isn't Feng Shui enough

或者也许是你的前室家具的布置不够风水

and you are desperate to rearrange it.

，而你迫切需要重新布置它。

I'm smirking.

我在傻笑。

Many of you can't see my face if you are just listening on Spotify

如果你们只是在 Spotify 或 Apple 播客或其他地方收听，你们中的许多人都看不到我的脸

or Apple Podcasts or wherever...

……

but right now I have a little smirk on my face.

但现在我脸上挂着一点傻笑。

The last line about rearranging furniture made me smirk because it

关于重新布置家具的最后一句话让我傻笑，因为它

reminds me of my own guilty pleasure.

让我想起了自己的罪恶感。

Is guilty pleasure the right word?

罪恶感的快乐这个词正确吗？

It's more of a bad habit though.

但这更像是一个坏习惯。

It's not necessarily a bad thing.

这不一定是坏事。

Maybe I should just share with you what it is that I do and you can decide

也许我应该与您分享我所做的事情，您可以决定

which label best fits this behaviour.

哪个标签最适合这种行为。

Okay, I am going to make my confession.

好吧，我要坦白了。

I am a serial reorganiser.

我是一个连续重组者。

It's true.

这是真的。

It's almost become an obsession.

这几乎成了一种痴迷。

So after a short amount of time passes, I develop an itch, a deep

所以过了很短的时间后，我就产生了一种痒感，强烈地

desire to rearrange the furniture, and I'm just unable to sit on my hands.

想要重新布置家具，而且我就是无法坐在我的手上。

Now to sit on your hands means to take no action.

现在坐在你的手上意味着不采取任何行动。

To stop yourself from doing something.

阻止自己做某事。

It's different from the saying my hands are tied, which means that you're

和我的双手被绑住不一样，我的双手被绑住了，你

unable to take action even if you want to because your hands are tied.

想采取行动也无法采取行动。

Something is preventing you from acting.

有些东西正在阻止你采取行动。

Well, my partner, and my childminder, they think I'm absolutely batty,

好吧，我的伴侣和我的保姆，他们认为我绝对是个疯子，

always moving things and rearranging the furniture every few weeks.

总是每隔几周就搬动东西并重新布置家具。

But in my defence, this compulsion often leads to positive discoveries

但在我看来，这种冲动往往会带来积极的发现

and outcomes that impact everyone.

和结果，影响每个人。

For me, when I feel like I am losing control of different aspects of my

对我来说，当我感觉自己对生活的不同方面失去控制时

life, which is most of the time, I like to exercise some control

（大多数时候），我喜欢

over the things that I can affect.

对我能影响的事情进行一些控制。

I rearrange and reorganise my environment, firstly because

我重新安排和重组我的环境，首先是因为

it's nice to have a change.

改变是件好事。

And secondly, because my house, my home isn't perfect.

其次，因为我的房子并不完美。

The furniture doesn't match and nothing quite fits in the space that's available.

家具不匹配，没有什么东西适合可用的空间。

And there are lots of little things that bother me.

还有很多小事情让我烦恼。

Not just aesthetically, oh, I like that word.

不仅仅是审美上，哦，我喜欢这个词。

Aesthetically.

从审美上来说。

Aesthetically means how something looks.

美学意味着某物的外观。

So the look of something.

所以某种东西的外观。

For example, upon viewing a beautiful manor house, I might say, "Oh, this

例如，在看到一座美丽的庄园时，我可能会说，“哦，这栋

house is aesthetically pleasing" meaning the look of this house pleases me.

房子很美观”，意思是这栋房子的外观让我很满意。

I like it.

我喜欢。

Okay, back to my house.

好吧，回我家吧。

It's not simply the aesthetics that frustrate me, but the layout and

让我沮丧的不仅仅是美学，还有随之而来的布局和

the routines that come with it that aren't as easy as they should be.

例程并不像应有的那么简单。

Let me give you an example.

让我举一个例子。

Our tumble dryer sits on top of our washing machine, so they're stacked and

我们的滚筒式烘干机位于洗衣机顶部，因此它们堆叠在一起，并且

they're both in the corner of our garage.

都位于车库的角落里。

Now the door of the washing machine, which is on the bottom.

现在是洗衣机的门，位于底部。

The door of the washing machine opens towards the wall, which is fine.

洗衣机的门朝墙开，很好。

That's perfectly reasonable.

这是完全合理的。

It works very well.

它运作得很好。

But the dryer door opens in the opposite direction into the room.

但烘干机的门朝相反的方向打开，进入房间。

So the washing machine door opens that way and the dryer door opens

因此，洗衣机门朝那个方向打开，烘干机门朝

that way, and they don't fully open.

那个方向打开，但它们并没有完全打开。

They just go to kind of a 45 degree angle and stick out.

它们只是呈 45 度角并伸出来。

Which means that I'm often banging my head on the dryer door as I go from

这意味着当我从

the washing machine standing up to put things into the dryer, like, "oh,

洗衣机站起来把东西放进烘干机时，我经常用头撞烘干机门，就像，“哦，

oh, there's that dryer door again".

哦，烘干机门又来了”。

And I wish I could just change the door to open in the opposite direction.

我希望我能把门改成朝相反的方向打开。

So you see, by rearranging my furniture and where everything is placed

所以你看，通过重新布置我的家具以及将所有东西放置

within a room, I'm experimenting to see if there's a better option.

在房间内，我正在尝试看看是否有更好的选择。

A better way of doing things.

更好的做事方式。

Now, you might argue that this constant reorganising is a huge waste

现在，你可能会说这种不断的重组是对时间和精力的巨大浪费

of time and energy, but through this constant reorganising, I have found

，但通过这种不断的重组，我找到了

solutions to some of the problems, things that have plagued me for ages.

一些问题的解决方案，这些问题困扰了我多年。

For example, in our kitchen next to the hob, we used to have all of our

例如，在我们靠近炉灶的厨房里，我们过去把所有的

cooking tools, you know, like spatulas and wooden spoons and whisks, all

烹饪工具，比如抹刀、木勺和搅拌器，都

stored upright in pots next to the hob for easy access while cooking.

直立存放在炉灶旁边的锅里，以便在烹饪时方便取用。

Sounds good.

听起来不错。

Right?

正确的？

Well, for me, this posed two problems.

嗯，对我来说，这带来了两个问题。

Number one, some of the tools that were used less frequently than

第一，一些使用频率较低的工具

others, would just gather dust if you didn't kind of keep an eye on them

，如果您不经常留意

and check them every now and again.

并检查它们，它们只会积满灰尘。

They just get covered in a layer of dust, which isn't very hygienic.

它们只是被一层灰尘覆盖，这不太卫生。

And sometimes you'd be cooking and you wouldn't think to double check.

有时你会做饭，但你不会想到要仔细检查。

You just grab your dust-covered ladle and plunge it into your stew

您只需拿起布满灰尘的勺子，将其放入炖菜

or your soup giving your culinary masterpiece a dusty seasoning.

或汤中，即可为您的烹饪杰作添加灰尘的调味料。

Yuck.

恶心。

Now the second problem with these utensils, standing in pots next

现在，这些器具的第二个问题是，站在

to the hob was having lots of stuff on the kitchen countertop.

炉灶旁边的锅里，厨房台面上有很多东西。

Made it harder to clean the surfaces properly.

使得正确清洁表面变得更加困难。

Now for four years...

现在四年了……

four years, I allowed this to quietly irritate me.

四年了，我让这件事悄悄地激怒了我。

I mean, it's not a big deal.

我的意思是，这没什么大不了的。

It didn't keep me awake at night, but it irritated me.

它并没有让我彻夜难眠，但却让我恼火。

And recently I had an epiphany.

最近我顿悟了。

Directly below the hob we have three drawers.

炉灶正下方有三个抽屉。

The middle drawer, as you are standing in front of the hob, the middle drawer is

中间的抽屉，当你站在炉灶前时，中间的抽屉里

full of our cutlery, which makes sense.

装满了我们的餐具，这是有道理的。

It's a nice wide draw, and it works perfectly for our cutlery.

这是一个漂亮的宽幅抽屉，非常适合我们的餐具。

The draw to the left is full of bits and bobs.

左边的画充满了零碎的东西。

Random things like an orange juicer.

随机的东西，比如橙汁机。

And, uh, um,...

而且，呃，嗯，...

when I say orange juicer, I don't mean one of those big machines that

当我说橙子榨汁机时，我并不是指那种大型机器，

you stick loads of oranges in and then press a button and then it's

您可以将大量橙子放入其中，然后按下按钮，然后它会

spits out juice at the other end.

在另一端吐出果汁。

I don't mean one of those.

我指的不是其中之一。

Uh, this is like a little circular plastic tool that bores into the orange.

呃，这就像一个小的圆形塑料工具，可以钻进橙子里。

It's a boring tool.

这是一个无聊的工具。

And when I say boring, I don't mean it's dull.

当我说无聊时，我并不是说它很无聊。

I don't mean it puts you to sleep.

我并不是说它会让你入睡。

"Oh, this is boring".

“哦，这很无聊”。

Um, to boar can also mean to cut a hole into something.

嗯，野猪也可以指在某物上切一个洞。

So it's a boring tool.

所以这是一个无聊的工具。

It's a tool that cuts a hole into an orange.

这是一种在橙子上切洞的工具。

It's an orange, an orange juicer.

这是一个橙子，一个橙子榨汁机。

So you stick this in, the juice all collects and pours out of the orange.

所以你把它放进去，果汁就会全部收集起来并从橙子中倒出来。

So it has one of those in this drawer full of things, and it has things like

所以这个抽屉里有一个装满东西的东西，里面有

chopsticks and straws and medic...

筷子、吸管和医疗……

medicine, syringes.

药品、注射器之类的东西。

Just a random collection, really.

真的只是随机收集。

Clutter, I think we could call it.

混乱，我想我们可以称之为。

The kind of things that you rarely use, but you are convinced

那种你很少使用，但你确信

will come in handy one day.

有一天会派上用场的东西。

Okay, so that's the left draw, right?

好的，这就是左边的图，对吧？

The right hand side of the cutlery drawer.

餐具抽屉的右侧。

We have a drawer that is full of tea towels.

我们的抽屉里装满了茶巾。

And the tea towels didn't really fit very well into the drawer.

而且茶巾不太适合放在抽屉里。

It was a bit of a squash and a squeeze, to be honest.

老实说，这有点挤压。

The drawer wasn't big enough for all the tea towels because, well, you could

抽屉不够大，无法容纳所有茶巾，因为，你

never have enough tea towels can you?

永远不会有足够的茶巾，不是吗？

And gifting tea towels is a thing here in the UK.

在英国，赠送茶巾是一件很流行的事情。

Whenever we go on holiday, we think to ourselves.

每当我们去度假时，我们都会思考自己。

"Oh, we do miss our loved ones back home.

“哦，我们确实想念家乡的亲人。

We should buy them something to show them that we were thinking

我们应该给他们买点东西，让他们知道我们在想

of them while we were here.

我们在这里的时候他们。

I know.

我知道。

Let's buy them a tea towel so they can think of us while

让我们给他们买一条茶巾，这样他们在

they're drying their dishes".

擦干盘子的时候就能想起我们。”

Anyway, tea towels aside, I had this epiphany.

不管怎样，除了茶巾，我顿悟了。

I decided to address my beef.

我决定解决我的问题。

Ah, do you remember that word?

啊，你还记得这个词吗？

That's a slang term to have beef with something.

那是俚语“与某物一起吃牛肉”这个词。

I, I mentioned it in a much earlier podcast episode.

我，我在更早的播客节目中提到过。

Um, it means that you are annoyed with something if you have beef with something.

嗯，这意味着如果你与某物一起吃牛肉，你就会对某事感到恼火。

So I decided to address my beef with the countertop pots full of kitchen utensils

所以我决定用装满厨房的台面锅来解决我的牛肉问题我

by moving the tea towels into a drawer on the other side of the kitchen that

把茶巾移到厨房另一边的抽屉里，这样

is in fact more suitable, freeing up the right side drawer for my cooking utensils.

其实更合适，这样就腾出了右侧抽屉来放我的炊具。

I quickly rinsed all of the utensils and placed them into the drawer.

我很快冲洗了所有的餐具，然后把它们放进了抽屉里

And as soon as I made this change, I thought, "why didn't I do this ages ago?"

。当我做出这个改变时，我想，“为什么我不早做这个呢？”

It felt like the perfect ergonomic solution where everything

感觉就像完美的人体工学解决方案，一切都

was just in the right place.

在正确的位置。

Everything was to hand easy to grab, making my kitchen routines more efficient.

一切都在手上，易于抓握，使我的厨房例行公事更有效率。

So this got me thinking about all the other little things that bother us, but

这让我开始思考所有其他困扰我们但

we tend to ignore and become blind to.

我们往往忽视和视而不见的小事情。

We carry on with our lives enduring these constant irritations, these

我们继续生活，忍受着这些持续不断的刺激，这些

little stabs, like thorns in our sides.

小刺痛，就像我们身边的刺。

And we seem oblivious to the fact that these little problems only

我们似乎忘记了这样一个事实：

require a small amount of focus and effort to fix in most cases.

在大多数情况下，这些小问题只需要少量的关注和努力即可解决。

And then the positive impact of giving a little focus and effort is overwhelming.

然后，给予一点关注和努力的积极影响是压倒性的。

So I want you to think about what bothers you.

所以我希望你思考一下是什么困扰着你。

What's really bothering you, but that you keep putting on a back burner?

真正困扰你的是什么却一直被你搁置？

What's constantly plaguing your thoughts and experiences?

是什么一直困扰着你的想法和经历？

Are you perhaps lacking confidence to speak to others?

您是否缺乏与他人交谈的信心？

This is a complaint that I hear from listeners regularly.

这是我经常从听众那里听到的抱怨。

How could you tackle that head-on?

你怎么能正面解决这个问题呢？

Well, you build your vocabulary so that you feel better equipped

好吧，你积累了词汇量，这样你

when facing a speaking opportunity.

在面对演讲机会时就会感觉更有能力。

You listen to, like, podcasts to help with that.

你听播客之类的东西来帮助解决这个问题。

One, to build your vocabulary.

第一，建立你的词汇量。

This one certainly gives you lots of vocabulary, and then you find a way

这当然会给你带来大量的词汇量，然后你会找到一种方法

to adjust your routine to include more speaking opportunities, and you

来调整你的日常生活，包括更多的演讲机会，并

work on building your confidence.

努力建立你的信心。

You could join a speaking club like My Conversation Club, for example.

例如，您可以加入“我的对话俱乐部”等演讲俱乐部。

My conversations are arranged and facilitated, so you have a topic

我的对话经过精心安排和便利，因此您可以

to discuss with other students who also feel passionate about improving

与其他也热衷于提高 口语自信心的

they're speaking confidence.

学生讨论 话题

But beyond learning English, what little things in your life bother you?

。 但除了学习英语之外，生活中还有哪些小事困扰着你呢？

Now, I'm on a mission to address the things that irritate me, and I think

现在，我的使命是解决那些让我恼火的事情，我认为

you should join me in this challenge.

你应该和我一起迎接这个挑战。

Let's seek out the issues, the daily nuisances.

让我们找出问题和日常麻烦。

Try to think daily...

尝试每天思考......

so every day of the next week, try to think, how can I improve my life?

所以下周的每一天，尝试思考，我怎样才能改善我的生活？

Where could I make things a little easier, a little better?

我可以在哪些方面让事情变得更容易、更好一些？

It could be as simple as organising your kitchen with glass jars for

它可以像用玻璃罐整理厨房一样简单，以便

better access to healthy snacks, which is something I recently did.

更好地获得健康零食，这是我最近所做的事情。

I had all my healthy snacks, like nuts and um, fruit and seeds, all in packets

我所有的健康零食，比如坚果、水果和种子，都装在特百惠包装

in Tupperware, locked away in cupboards.

中，锁在橱柜里。

And I often either forgot that I had them or it would just seem like a

我经常要么忘记我拥有它们，要么看起来需要付出很大

lot of effort to go and grab them.

的努力才能抓住它们。

And now I've got them all out on the kitchen countertop, even though

现在我把它们都放在了厨房的台面上，尽管

I was trying to keep those clear.

我试图保持它们的清晰。

But they're all in glass jars so I can see them.

但它们都装在玻璃罐里，所以我可以看到它们。

So when I go to the kitchen and think I need a snack, I can see

因此，当我去厨房并认为我需要零食时，我可以看到

them and I go, ah, I'm going to have some nuts and seeds and fruit.

它们，然后我就会说，啊，我要去吃一些坚果、种子和水果。

That's much better.

这样好多了。

So fixing these bothersome things brings a renewed sense

因此，解决这些麻烦的事情会带来新的

of energy and accomplishment.

能量和成就感。

It's like taking that uncomfortable chair that you've been sitting on

这就像你坐了

for years and finally getting a super duper ergonomic sitting solution,

多年的那把不舒服的椅子终于得到了一个超级符合人体工程学的坐姿解决方案，

or better still a standing desk.

或者更好的是站立式办公桌。

Suddenly everything feels right and in its proper place.

突然间，一切都感觉正确并处于适当的位置。

Now the key is to acknowledge those nagging issues and take

现在的关键是承认这些棘手的问题并采取

action and experience the positive transformation that comes with it.

行动并体验随之而来的积极转变。

Now, the reason I started thinking about all of this in the first

现在，我首先开始思考这一切的原因

place was our garden wall.

是我们的花园墙。

So about three years ago maybe, four years ago, we had a new wall

大约三年前，也许四年前，我们

built at the front of our house.

在房子前面建了一堵新墙。

This was for security reasons.

这是出于安全原因。

We removed some very large hedges and put in a garden wall, and we decided to

我们拆除了一些非常大的树篱并放置了花园墙，我们决定将

have the wall rendered and painted white with some wooden fence panels above it.

墙渲染并漆成白色，上面放一些木栅栏板。

It looked lovely in the first few months.

最初几个月看起来很可爱。

But unfortunately we were trying to be budget friendly and we

但不幸的是，我们试图节省预算，因此

hired some cowboy builders.

聘请了一些牛仔建筑商。

They didn't do a very good job, as you've probably gathered.

正如您可能已经了解到的那样，他们做得不太好。

They rushed the render, they rushed the paint work.

他们加紧渲染，加紧油漆工作。

They didn't seal and weatherproof the wood.

他们没有对木材进行密封和防风雨。

And so what happened was over a period of a few months, the wall

几个月后，墙上

began to show some terrible stains.

开始出现一些可怕的污渍。

We think the stains may have come from the wood.

我们认为污渍可能来自木头。

So we think that when it rains, the rain water soaks the wood and then

所以我们认为，下雨的时候，雨水浸湿了木头，然后

moves through the wood, seeping out kind of a brown water or a wood

穿过木头，渗出一种棕色的水或木头

stained water, which then drizzles down the wall, staining the white wall.

沾水，然后顺着墙壁滴下来，染红了白色的墙壁。

We think that's what's happening 'cause we've just got these long brown

我们认为这就是正在发生的事情，因为我们

streaks down our beautiful white wall.

美丽的白墙上刚刚出现了这些长长的棕色条纹。

So we've had these brown streaks staining our wall for years and it looks horrible.

所以我们的墙上多年来一直有这些棕色条纹，看起来很可怕。

And considering we'd only just had the thing built, it

考虑到我们才刚刚建成，这

was just very disappointing.

真是令人失望。

And I kept saying, I've got to sort this out.

我一直说，我必须解决这个问题。

I've got to sort this out.

我必须解决这个问题。

But at the time, I'd just had my first son, so we had a baby.

但当时，我刚刚生了第一个儿子，所以我们有了一个孩子。

And then not long after that, we had another baby, so I just didn't have

不久之后，我们又生了一个孩子，所以我没有

the time, or the energy really to go outside, leaving the baby in the house

时间，也没有精力真正出去，把孩子留在家里，

so that I could clean and paint a wall.

这样我就可以清洁和粉刷墙壁。

I just didn't get the chance.

我只是没有机会。

And years went by and every single time we left the house and came back

几年过去了，每次我们离开房子并回到

to the house, I'd look at the wall and I'd have this feeling of almost shame.

房子时，我都会看着墙壁，我会有一种近乎羞耻的感觉。

I felt ashamed.

我感到羞愧。

Now it's silly because no one ever said anything to me.

现在这很愚蠢，因为没有人对我说过任何话。

No one looked at me and gave me a shameful look like, "oh, you should

没有人看着我，用一种羞耻的眼神看着我，“哦，你应该

be ashamed of yourself for allowing your wall to be stained for so long".

为自己让你的墙壁被弄脏这么长时间而感到羞耻”。

I didn't get a..., an angry letter from the neighbour or a knock at the

我没有收到邻居的一封愤怒的信，也没有收到

door from a neighbour saying, you really should deal with this wall.

邻居的敲门声，说你真的应该处理这堵墙。

And I never got that impression from anyone, but I felt it.

我从来没有从任何人那里得到过这种印象，但我感觉到了。

I felt that anyone walking past our house must be looking at our wall

我觉得任何走过我们家的人一定都会看着我们的墙

and thinking to themselves, "I wish they'd do something about that wall".

，心里想：“我希望他们能对那堵墙做点什么”。

"I can't believe they haven't bothered to paint it.

“我不敢相信他们没有费心去画它。

It can't take that long", and I know this is all in my head, but this is how I felt.

它不可能花那么长时间”，我知道这全在我的脑海里，但这就是我的感受。

I felt ashamed and it's bothered me for years.

我感到羞愧，这困扰了我很多年。

So then one afternoon, it was very hot.

于是有一天下午，天气非常热。

This was not that long ago.

这并不是很久以前的事了。

It was very hot, and I thought, do you know what?

天气很热，我想，你知道吗？

The children are occupied, they're watching a Disney film.

孩子们很忙，他们正在看迪士尼电影。

They're quite happy.

他们很高兴。

My partner is in the house, so they're not alone.

我的伴侣在家里，所以他们并不孤单。

So I thought, do you know what?

所以我想，你知道吗？

I'm gonna go into the garage and see if there's any paint.

我要去车库看看有没有油漆。

And sure enough, there was a big pot of white masonry paint.

果然，有一大盆白色的砖石涂料。

So I dug out a roller and a paintbrush.

于是我拿出一个滚筒和一个画笔。

I found some old cardboard to, uh, put my paintbrush on and kind of protect

我找到了一些旧纸板，呃，把我的画笔放在上面，以保护

the, the floor from paint splatters.

地板免受油漆飞溅。

And I went outside and, uh, you know, cleaned part of the wall

我走到外面，呃，你知道，清理了部分墙壁，

because I was quite disorganised.

因为我很混乱。

I cleaned the parts that I could see the front and the inside, so the very front

我清理了我能看到前面和里面的部分，所以最前面的

wall and the inside of the front wall.

墙和前墙的里面。

And I just threw on some paint, just started throwing the paint

我只是涂了一些油漆，开始到处涂油漆

around and oh my goodness me.

，天哪。

What a difference!

多么不同啊！

What a difference!

多么不同啊！

Within an hour, I'd managed to paint the entire front of the wall

不到一个小时，我就成功地粉刷了整个墙的正面

and the back of that front wall.

和背面。

All the bits that you can see when you exit the house and enter the house.

当你离开房子和进入房子时你可以看到的所有东西。

I didn't do the side walls.

我没有做侧墙。

I didn't have the time nor the energy, but I will come back to them one day.

我没有时间也没有精力，但有一天我会回到他们身边。

But the effect of taking an hour, the effect that that had, don't get

但是花了一个小时的效果，不要误会

me wrong, this was very hard work.

我的意思，这是非常艰苦的工作。

I was sweating.

我满头大汗。

I was hunched over.

我弯着腰。

My back was hurting, my knees were hurting, my shoulders were hurting.

我的背很痛，我的膝盖很痛，我的肩膀也很痛。

It was very, very hot.

天气非常非常热。

The sun was beating down on me, but the effect was incredible.

阳光照在我身上，但效果却令人难以置信。

I already knew that I would be happy with the wall once it was painted.

我已经知道，一旦粉刷过这堵墙，我会对它感到满意。

But I suddenly had this overwhelming burst of positivity.

但我突然爆发出一股压倒性的积极情绪。

I felt really productive and it inspired me to start looking at other

我感觉自己很有成效，这激励我开始关注

things around the house to improve.

家里的其他事情来改进。

I must have had like a rush of endorphins or some sort of positive hormones

我一定是感受到了一股内啡肽或某种积极的荷尔蒙，

that just made me feel great, and I started to feel proud of my house

让我感觉很棒，我

again, and it reminded me of how I'd felt when the wall first went up.

又开始为我的房子感到自豪，它让我想起了墙第一次升起时我的感受。

When those hedges came down to reveal the house, and you know, I first drove

当那些树篱倒下，露出房子时，你知道，我第一次开车

up to the house, seeing my nice house with my nice wall, and everything

到房子，看到我漂亮的房子和漂亮的墙，一切看起来

just looked lovely and I felt proud.

都很可爱，我感到自豪。

That didn't last long, but having painted the wall, now I have a renewed

这种情况并没有持续多久，但是粉刷完墙壁后，现在我有了一种新的

sense of pride and that was lovely.

自豪感，这真是太可爱了。

This is my home.

这是我的家。

I should feel proud of my home.

我应该为我的家感到自豪。

And all it took was a little lick of paint and an hour of my time.

所需要的只是一点点油漆和我一个小时的时间。

Now, this whole idea of tackling those little, those little niggles,

现在，解决这些小问题的整个想法，

this is not just my experience.

这不仅仅是我的经验。

There are facts to back up what I'm saying here.

有事实支持我在这里所说的话。

There is research that shows that dec...

有研究表明，要...

decluttering...

整理...

put my teeth back in.

让我的牙齿恢复原样。

There's Isha.

这就是伊莎。

I've really got my faults teeth in today.

我今天真是把自己的毛病都找出来了。

There is research to show that decluttering and rearranging your living

研究表明，整理和重新布置您的生活

and working space can reduce stress, increase productivity, and promote a

和工作空间可以减轻压力，提高生产力，并增强

sense of control and order in your life.

生活的控制感和秩序感。

I certainly like that.

我当然喜欢这样。

I like to feel in control.

我喜欢掌控一切的感觉。

So the next time that you feel overwhelmed or like you are stuck with

因此，下次当您感到不知所措或被某些事情困住

something or you are a bit stressed, try giving your surroundings a makeover.

或有点压力时，请尝试改造您的周围环境。

Just tidy things up and see how that affects your mood and your mindset.

只要把东西收拾干净，看看它如何影响你的情绪和思维方式。

Additionally, addressing the things that bother you is not

此外，解决困扰你的事情不仅

limited to physical aspects.

限于身体方面。

It can also apply to emotional and interpersonal matters.

它也适用于情感和人际关系问题。

When we ignore problems or suppress our feelings...

当我们忽视问题或压抑自己的感受时……

which we all tend to do, don't we?

我们都倾向于这样做，不是吗？

We tend to push down our feelings and.

我们倾向于压抑自己的感受。

Think that they're not important.

认为它们不重要。

Well, they don't go away, those feelings, they tend to linger, and that can have

嗯，它们不会消失，这些感觉往往会挥之不去，这会

an effect on us in different ways.

以不同的方式对我们产生影响。

In some cases, it can really affect our health, but by facing these issues

在某些情况下，它确实会影响我们的健康，但通过直面这些问题

head on, we can find resolution, improve our relationships, and enhance

，我们可以找到解决方案，改善我们的人际关系，并增强

our overall emotional wellbeing.

我们的整体情绪健康。

Think of it this way, just like you wouldn't ignore a leaking tap in your

这样想吧，就像你不会忽视

bathroom, you shouldn't ignore little things that bother you internally.

浴室里的水龙头漏水一样，你也不应该忽视那些让你内心烦恼的小事情。

Like the leak, a leaky tap can cause much more damage over time

与泄漏一样， 如果无人看管，漏水的水龙头随着时间的推移

if it's been left unattended.

会造成更大的损害

But by dealing with it, you take control of your own happiness and you

。 但通过处理它，你就能掌控自己的幸福，并

create a harmonious environment for yourself and for those around you.

为自己和周围的人创造一个和谐的环境。

So what will you fix?

那么你要解决什么问题呢？

What comes to mind for you?

你会想到什么？

Take a moment to reflect on the things that bother you and consider

花点时间反思一下困扰您的事情，并考虑

the positive impact that addressing them could have on your life.

解决这些问题可能对您的生活产生的积极影响。

Remember whether it's reorganising your physical space, working on personal

请记住，无论是重组你的物理空间、应对个人

challenges or improving relationships taking action and addressing the

挑战还是改善人际关系，采取行动并解决

things that bother you can lead to a happier, more fulfilling life.

困扰你的事情都可以带来更快乐、更充实的生活。

Full of beautiful white walls.

到处都是美丽的白色墙壁。

Thank you for lending me your ear.

谢谢你把耳朵借给我。

If you would like to tackle your speaking confidence, then you are

如果您想提高口语自信，欢迎您

welcome to join my Conversation Club.

加入我的会话俱乐部。

I promise we'll look after you.

我保证我们会照顾你。

The link is in the show notes.

链接位于演出注释中。

Until next time, take care and goodbye.

直到下次，保重，再见。