Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill

Translator: Reviewer: Ching Sze

What's in the box?

個箱裏面有乜？

Whatever it is must be pretty important,

無論係乜，肯定好重要

because I've traveled with it, moved it,

因為我去邊到都帶著佢

from apartment to apartment to apartment.

包括我每次去公寓

(Laughter)

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Sound familiar?

聽落好熟？

Did you know that we Americans

你知道我哋美國人

have about three times the amount of space

比起 50 年前用多咗 三倍幾嘅空間？

we did 50 years ago?

Three times.

係三倍啊！

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

所以你會諗，多咗咁多空間

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

我哋就有更多地方擺我哋嘅物品

Nope.

唔係

There's a new industry in town,

我哋有個新嘅產業

一個價值 220 億、佔地 22 億平方呎

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

that of personal storage.

專門提供個人存儲空間嘅產業

So we've got triple the space,

雖然我們有多三倍空間

but we've become such good shoppers

但係我哋比以前更加鍾意購物

that we need even more space.

使到我哋需要更多嘅地方

So where does this lead?

繼續落去會點？

Lots of credit card debt,

一堆卡債、超乎想像嘅環境足跡

huge environmental footprints,

and perhaps not coincidentally,

或者唔係偶然

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

我們嘅幸福水平過去 50 年都無變過

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

所以我想提議一個更好嘅生活態度︰

that less might actually equal more.

就係屋企愈少物品愈好

I bet most of us have experienced at some point

我估大部分人喺某個階段都體會到

the joys of less:

淋糝嘢唔多先至好

college -- in your dorm,

譬如話你讀大學住宿舍嗰陣

traveling -- in a hotel room,

旅行嘅時候

camping -- rig up basically nothing,

露營嘅時候

maybe a boat.

甚至乎喺船上面

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

無論係咩嘅經歷

我都相信你都會體會到 愈少嘢，人嘅束摶都會愈少

this gave you a little more freedom,

a little more time.

仲會多咗時間出嚟

So I'm going to suggest

我想指出

that less stuff and less space

少啲物品同空間 就等如少啲嘅環境足跡

are going to equal a smaller footprint.

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

而且仲可以幫你慳錢

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

令你嘅生活有多一份嘅悠閒

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

所以我喺 lifeedited.org 發起咗 一個叫「簡約生活」嘅計畫

to further this conversation

更深入咁探討我哋呢個話題

and to find some great solutions in this area.

同埋揾出好嘅解決方案

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

我首先同 Mutopo 同 Jovoto.com 兩間公司合作

with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com.

眾籌我買入曼哈頓一間 420 呎嘅公寓

I wanted it all --

我心頭大，乜都想要︰

home office, sit down dinner for 10,

家庭辦公室、十個人嘅飯廳、客房

room for guests,

and all my kite surfing gear.

同埋想間屋可以容納 我全部嘅風箏衝浪裝備

With over 300 entries from around the world,

喺全球 300 幾個樓盤介紹當中

I got it, my own little jewel box.

我買到屬於自己嘅公寓

By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft.

與其買一個 600 呎嘅地方

instead of 600,

我買 420 呎嘅話

immediately I'm saving 200 grand.

我就可以慳返 20 萬

Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities --

更細嘅空間用嘅水電煤就更少

save some more money there,

即係慳到更多嘅錢 同造成更少嘅環境足跡

but also a smaller footprint.

And because it's really designed

因為個地方有齊我最鍾意嘅嘢

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

and really designed for me,

而且係專為我而設嘅

I'm really excited to be there.

所以我好開心入去住

So how can you live little?

咁你點樣先可以過簡約嘅生活？

Three main approaches.

三個重點

First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly.

首先，你一定要決心去改

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

我哋一定要徹底改變

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

至於我嗰件我好多年都無著過嘅衫？

It's time for me to let it go.

係時候揼咗佢

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

我哋一定要除去生活中多餘嘅物件

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

同埋學識逆向思維

We need to think before we buy.

我哋要考慮係咪需要至去買

Ask ourselves,

問下自己︰

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

「買嘅嘢會唔會令我更開心？真係？」

By all means,

當然，我哋應該買同擁有好嘅嘢

we should buy and own some great stuff.

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

但係我哋真正需要嘅 係我哋會愛不惜手嘅嘢

not just stuff.

而唔係是是但但話想要嘅嘢

Secondly, our new mantra:

第二，我哋新嘅口頭禪：愈細愈吸引

small is sexy.

We want space efficiency.

我哋用空間都要講求效率

We want things that are designed

我哋想啲嘢按長期使用習慣去設計

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

not that rare event.

而唔係為到偶然需要而去設計

Why have a six burner stove

你平時只會用到三個火爐

when you rarely use three?

咁點解要六個？

So we want things that nest,

所以我哋將物品擺到唔嘥位

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

我哋想物品可以疊高，同埋數碼化

You can take paperwork,

你可以將文件、書籍、電影收埋

books, movies,

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

就好似魔術咁

Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares --

最後，我哋要多功能空間同多功能傢俬

a sink combined with a toilet,

具備洗手盆同馬桶功能嘅嘢

a dining table becomes a bed --

同一個空間，飯臺可以變成張床

same space,

a little side table

一個摺枱扯出十人飯枱

stretches out to seat 10.

In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here,

喺呢個獲獎嘅簡約生活計畫中

we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture

我哋利用可以變形嘅傢俬 同埋可移動嘅牆騰出好多空間

to get a lot out of the space.

Look at the coffee table --

睇下張咖啡枱

it grows in height and width

佢可以拉高拉闊

to seat 10.

可以坐十個人

My office folds away,

我嘅工作空間可以收起，容易收埋

easily hidden.

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

我用兩隻手指我張床就可以拉出嚟

Guests? Move the moving wall,

客人點？

推開個活動牆可以疊出幾張床

have some fold-down guest beds.

And of course, my own movie theater.

當然，仲有我嘅私人影院

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

我唔係話每個人都需要 生活喺 420 平方呎嘅空間裏面

in 420 sq. ft.

But consider the benefits of an edited life.

但係值得大家考慮下簡約生活嘅好處

Go from 3,000 to 2,000,

以前住 3,000 呎 宜家住 2,000 平方呎

from 1,500 to 1,000.

以前住 1,500 呎 宜家住 1,000 平方呎

Most of us, maybe all of us,

我哋大部分人，或者所有人

are here pretty happily for a bunch of days

無論空間幾大

只需要幾個睡袋、一個細少嘅空間

with a couple of bags,

maybe a small space, a hotel room.

我哋就可以好快樂

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

當你返去屋企、入門口嗰時

take a second and ask yourselves,

不妨問下自己

"Could I do with a little life editing?

「我可唔可以過得簡約啲？

Would that give me a little more freedom?

咁樣會唔會畀到我更多自由？

Maybe a little more time?"

或者更多時間？」

What's in the box?

個箱度有咩？

It doesn't really matter.

其實有乜都唔重要

I know I don't need it.

我知道我用唔著

What's in yours?

你個箱又有啲咩？

Maybe, just maybe,

或者，少啲就係等於多啲

less might equal more.

So let's make room

等我哋一齊騰出更多嘅空間

for the good stuff.

營造美好嘅生活

Thank you.

多謝

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