Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill

譯者: chaoyoing wu 審譯者: Ana Choi

What's in the box?

盒子裡有什麼?

Whatever it is must be pretty important,

不管是甚麼東西一定會是超重的,

because I've traveled with it, moved it,

因為不管去哪裡我都帶著走,

from apartment to apartment to apartment.

從一個公寓...到一個..再到另一個。

(Laughter)

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Sound familiar?

似曾相似?

Did you know that we Americans

你知道嗎?我們美國人...

have about three times the amount of space

用的空間比起50年前

we did 50 years ago?

多了三倍!

Three times.

三倍!!

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

所以你想...既然多了這麼多空間,

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

來放東西應該是足足有餘了。

Nope.

才不!

There's a new industry in town,

有種新興產業出現了,

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

一個占地22億平方英呎，價值220萬元的新興產業:

that of personal storage.

專門提供個人儲存空間。

So we've got triple the space,

我們的空間是多了三倍,

but we've become such good shoppers

不過我們變的更愛買東西了,

that we need even more space.

反而需要更多空間,

So where does this lead?

這樣下去會變成甚麼樣子?

Lots of credit card debt,

一堆卡債...

huge environmental footprints,

一堆環境汙染,

and perhaps not coincidentally,

還有...或許是巧合...

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

我們的幸福指數 50年來也都毫無起色。

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

我來建議一個更好的作法,

that less might actually equal more.

少一些說不定就是多一些。

I bet most of us have experienced at some point

相信大家曾經體驗過

the joys of less:

少的喜悅:

college -- in your dorm,

大學時的宿舍,

traveling -- in a hotel room,

旅行中的飯店房間,

camping -- rig up basically nothing,

露營時輕簡無物,

maybe a boat.

或許有條小船

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

不論你經歷...別的不說,

this gave you a little more freedom,

這一定讓你份外自由!

a little more time.

時間更寬綽。

So I'm going to suggest

因此要建議你

that less stuff and less space

家當少一點, 空間小一點

are going to equal a smaller footprint.

等於少點汙染。

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

更是省錢的妙招!

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

你的生活也會輕鬆愉快一點。

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

所以我發起「簡約生活」計畫 lifeedited.org

to further this conversation

來推廣探討這個理念,

and to find some great solutions in this area.

找出更棒的解決方案。

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

首先: 我在把曼哈頓420平方英尺公寓設計提案

with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com.

交給穆特普與橋瓦特兩家公司做眾包計畫。

I wanted it all --

我心頭很大--

home office, sit down dinner for 10,

一個家庭工作室、10 人的用餐區,

room for guests,

客房...

and all my kite surfing gear.

所有我的風箏衝浪設備。

With over 300 entries from around the world,

來自全世界各地有300多件提案,

I got it, my own little jewel box.

我終於找到這個超完美方案。

By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft.

我買了420平方英呎的空間,

instead of 600,

而不是600平方英呎!

immediately I'm saving 200 grand.

立刻可省下20萬大洋!

Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities --

小空間會產生的水電費少--

save some more money there,

省更多,

but also a smaller footprint.

也少點環境問題。

And because it's really designed

因為它圍繞著

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

我的功能需求而設計,

and really designed for me,

是一個專屬於我的設計,

I'm really excited to be there.

我非常期待能搬進去。

So how can you live little?

那怎麼樣才能過簡約的生活?

Three main approaches.

三個方法!

First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly.

首先一定要毫不留情去蕪存菁。

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

就像清理我們的血管一樣。

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

好幾年沒穿的襯衫?

It's time for me to let it go.

該丟了。

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

除去與生活不相干的事務,

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

學著開始逆向思考。

We need to think before we buy.

精打細算之後再消費。

Ask ourselves,

問問自己,

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

這樣我會比較快樂嗎? 真的嗎?

By all means,

不過當然啦...

we should buy and own some great stuff.

我們是應該有一些很棒的東西。

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

是讓我們真正愛不釋手的,

not just stuff.

而不是隨隨便便的東西。

Secondly, our new mantra:

再來, 養成新的口頭禪:

small is sexy.

小才是性感。

We want space efficiency.

要有機能的空間。

We want things that are designed

有設計的東西

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

可以用一輩子,

not that rare event.

不是用一下下而已。

Why have a six burner stove

沒有道理要買一個六口爐

when you rarely use three?

假如你平常卻連三口都用不到？

So we want things that nest,

要用可以相互套疊的,

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

方便堆疊的或是數位化的東西。

You can take paperwork,

你可以把文件,

books, movies,

書籍, 電影,

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

都化為無形...就像變魔術。

Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares --

最後, 採用多功能設計的空間及家具--

a sink combined with a toilet,

一體成型的便器兼槽桶,

a dining table becomes a bed --

兼做床鋪的兩用餐桌--

same space,

同一個空間,

a little side table

一個小側桌

stretches out to seat 10.

可以拉成為10人餐桌。

In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here,

這裡是個簡約生活的獲獎案例,

we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture

活動牆和變形家具整合在一起

to get a lot out of the space.

就可以挪出很多空間。

Look at the coffee table --

你看這個咖啡邊桌--

it grows in height and width

它可以拉開拉寬

to seat 10.

最後變成10人座。

My office folds away,

我辦公室可折疊起來,

easily hidden.

很方便就藏起來。

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

床可輕鬆從牆面拉下只用兩指功!

Guests? Move the moving wall,

客人睡哪裡呢? 堆開活動牆,

have some fold-down guest beds.

後面有幾個摺疊床。

And of course, my own movie theater.

當然, 還有我的家庭劇院。

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

我不是說每個人都只能生活在

in 420 sq. ft.

420平方英呎的空間裏。

But consider the benefits of an edited life.

不過想一想簡約生活的好處。

Go from 3,000 to 2,000,

從3000減到2000平方英呎,

from 1,500 to 1,000.

從1500降為1000平方英呎。

Most of us, maybe all of us,

我們大部分人或許是所有的人,

are here pretty happily for a bunch of days

這幾天都還過的蠻愉快的,

with a couple of bags,

簡單帶幾個袋子,

maybe a small space, a hotel room.

或許只是個小空間, 飯店客房,

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

所以這次當你回家踏進大門時,

take a second and ask yourselves,

不妨問問自己,

"Could I do with a little life editing?

「怎麼樣可以過簡約的生活呢?

Would that give me a little more freedom?

這樣可以帶來更多自由自嗎?

Maybe a little more time?"

帶來更多時間?」

What's in the box?

盒子裡是甚麼?

It doesn't really matter.

其實 一點都沒關係

I know I don't need it.

我知道我用不著。

What's in yours?

那你呢?

Maybe, just maybe,

也許, 真的! 也許

less might equal more.

少一些就是多一些。

So let's make room

讓我們一起騰出空間

for the good stuff.

給更美好的東西吧。

Thank you.

謝謝。

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