Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

What's in the box?

Kaj je v škatli?

Whatever it is must be pretty important,

Karkoli že je, mora biti presneto pomembno,

because I've traveled with it, moved it,

saj sem s temi stvarmi potoval, se selil

from apartment to apartment to apartment.

iz stanovanja v stanovanje in spet novo stanovanje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

Sound familiar?

Se sliši znano?

Did you know that we Americans

Ste vedeli, da imamo Američani

have about three times the amount of space

okoli trikrat toliko prostora

we did 50 years ago?

kot pred 50 leti?

Three times.

Trikrat.

So you'd think, with all this extra space,

Človek bi mislil, da bomo v vsem tem dodatnem prostoru

we'd have plenty of room for all our stuff.

lahko brez težav shranili vse svoje stvari.

Nope.

Kje pa.

There's a new industry in town,

Zacvetela je nova industrija,

a 22 billion-dollar, 2.2 billion sq. ft. industry:

vredna 22 milijard dolarjev in večja od 200 milijonov kvadratnih metrov,

that of personal storage.

industrija zasebnih skladišč.

So we've got triple the space,

Imamo torej trikrat toliko prostora,

but we've become such good shoppers

a postali smo tako dobri kupci,

that we need even more space.

da ga potrebujemo še več.

So where does this lead?

In kam to vodi?

Lots of credit card debt,

V velik dolg na kreditni kartici,

huge environmental footprints,

ogromen okoljski odtis

and perhaps not coincidentally,

in morda ne po naključju

our happiness levels flat-lined over the same 50 years.

je raven sreče v teh 50 letih pristala na ničli.

Well I'm here to suggest there's a better way,

Tu sem, da bi predlagal boljši način,

that less might actually equal more.

kjer je manj morda dejansko več.

I bet most of us have experienced at some point

Stavim, da je večina med nami že izkusila

the joys of less:

užitek imeti manj:

college -- in your dorm,

na fakulteti -- v vaši študentski sobi,

traveling -- in a hotel room,

na potovanju -- v hotelski sobi,

camping -- rig up basically nothing,

med kampiranjem -- kjer dejansko nimate ničesar,

maybe a boat.

morda le čoln.

Whatever it was for you, I bet that, among other things,

Karkoli je že bilo, stavim, da vam je med drugim

this gave you a little more freedom,

prineslo malo več svobode,

a little more time.

malo več časa.

So I'm going to suggest

Zato menim,

that less stuff and less space

da manj stvari in manj prostora

are going to equal a smaller footprint.

vodi v manjši odtis.

It's actually a great way to save you some money.

Pravzaprav je odličen način za prihranek denarja.

And it's going to give you a little more ease in your life.

In malo vam bo olajšalo življenje.

So I started a project called Life Edited at lifeedited.org

Zato sem začel s projektom Life Edited (preurejeno življenje) na lifeedited.com,

to further this conversation

da bi razvil to razpravo

and to find some great solutions in this area.

in našel nekaj odličnih idej.

First up: crowd-sourcing my 420 sq. ft. apartment in Manhattan

Prvič: svoje 39 kvadratnih metrov veliko stanovanje na Manhattnu sem s partnerjema

with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com.

Mutopo in Jovoto.com dal na tržišče idej.

I wanted it all --

Hotel sem vse --

home office, sit down dinner for 10,

domačo pisarno, prostor za večerjo za deset ljudi,

room for guests,

sobo za goste,

and all my kite surfing gear.

in za vso mojo opremo za spuščanje zmajev.

With over 300 entries from around the world,

S preko 300 idejami z vsega sveta

I got it, my own little jewel box.

sem dobil svojo škatlico za dragulje.

By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft.

Ker sem kupil prostor velikosti 39 kvadratnih metrov

instead of 600,

namesto 58 kvadratnih metrov,

immediately I'm saving 200 grand.

sem takoj prihranil 200.000 dolarjev.

Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities --

Manj prostora pomeni manjšo opremo,

save some more money there,

tudi tu sem nekaj prihranil,

but also a smaller footprint.

pomeni pa tudi manjši odtis.

And because it's really designed

In ker je v resnici oblikovano

around an edited set of possessions -- my favorite stuff --

okoli urejenega izbora lastnine -- mojih najljubših stvari --

and really designed for me,

in dejansko oblikovano zame,

I'm really excited to be there.

sem zelo rad doma.

So how can you live little?

Torej, kako lahko živite na majhno?

Three main approaches.

Trije glavni pristopi.

First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly.

Prvič, neusmiljeno morate urejati.

We've got to clear the arteries of our lives.

Očistiti je treba arterije naših življenj.

And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years?

In ta majica, ki je ne nosim že leta?

It's time for me to let it go.

Čas je, da se ločiva.

We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives,

Znebiti se moramo nepomembnih stvari v življenju

and we've got to learn to stem the inflow.

in se naučiti zaustaviti pritok.

We need to think before we buy.

Razmišljati moramo, preden kupimo.

Ask ourselves,

Vprašajmo se,

"Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?"

"Me bo to res osrečilo? Res?"

By all means,

Na vsak način

we should buy and own some great stuff.

moramo kupiti in imeti nekaj odličnih stvari.

But we want stuff that we're going to love for years,

Ampak hočemo stvari, ki nam bodo všeč dolga leta,

not just stuff.

ne stvari kar tako.

Secondly, our new mantra:

Drugič, naša nova mantra:

small is sexy.

majhno je seksi.

We want space efficiency.

Hočemo učinkovit prostor.

We want things that are designed

Hočemo stvari, ki so oblikovane za tisto,

for how they're used the vast majority of the time,

za kar jih uporabljamo večino časa,

not that rare event.

ne za redke priložnosti.

Why have a six burner stove

Zakaj bi imeli kuhalno površino s šestimi ploščami,

when you rarely use three?

če še tri redko uporabljamo?

So we want things that nest,

Hočemo stvari, ki se pospravijo,

we want things that stack, and we want it digitized.

ki se naložijo ena na drugo in hočemo digitalne stvari.

You can take paperwork,

Papir,

books, movies,

knjige, filme

and you can make it disappear -- it's magic.

lahko odstranite -- magično.

Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares --

Končno, hočemo večfunkcionalne prostore in gospodinjsko opremo --

a sink combined with a toilet,

umivalnik v kombinaciji s straniščem,

a dining table becomes a bed --

miza postane postelja --

same space,

isti prostor,

a little side table

majhna stranska mizica

stretches out to seat 10.

se raztegne v mizo za deset ljudi.

In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here,

V zmagovalni rešitvi Life Edited

we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture

smo kombinirali premični zid s pohištvom, ki se preoblikuje,

to get a lot out of the space.

da bi dobro izkoristili prostor.

Look at the coffee table --

Poglejte salonsko mizico,

it grows in height and width

zraste v višino in širino

to seat 10.

s prostorom za deset ljudi.

My office folds away,

Moja pisarna se pospravi

easily hidden.

in je dobro skrita.

My bed just pops out of the wall with two fingers.

Posteljo izvlečem iz zidu z dvema prstoma.

Guests? Move the moving wall,

Gostje? Premaknite premični zid

have some fold-down guest beds.

in dobite nekaj zložljivih postelj.

And of course, my own movie theater.

In seveda, moj lastni kino.

So I'm not saying that we all need to live

Ne trdim, da moramo živeti

in 420 sq. ft.

na 39 kvadratnih metrih.

But consider the benefits of an edited life.

A razmislite o koristih preurejenega življenja.

Go from 3,000 to 2,000,

Pojdite z 280 na 185,

from 1,500 to 1,000.

s 139 na 92.

Most of us, maybe all of us,

Večina, morda vsi med nami,

are here pretty happily for a bunch of days

je čisto zadovoljna tule, z nekaj dnevi življenja

with a couple of bags,

iz nekaj torb,

maybe a small space, a hotel room.

morda v majhnem prostoru v hotelski sobi.

So when you go home and you walk through your front door,

Ko boste torej šli domov in stopili skozi vhodna vrata,

take a second and ask yourselves,

postojte za trenutek in se vprašajte:

"Could I do with a little life editing?

"Bi zmogel malo preurediti življenje?

Would that give me a little more freedom?

Bi mi to dalo malo več svobode?

Maybe a little more time?"

Morda malo več časa?"

What's in the box?

Kaj je v škatli?

It doesn't really matter.

Sploh ni pomembno.

I know I don't need it.

Vem, da tega ne potrebujem.

What's in yours?

Kaj je v vaši?

Maybe, just maybe,

Morda, samo morda

less might equal more.

je manj v resnici več.

So let's make room

Napravimo torej prostor

for the good stuff.

za dobre stvari.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

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