每個大學生都應該做的新年決心

在新年開始的時候，我們通常都會做新年決心，在新的一年裏，我一定要……，我一定會……本文是送給所有在校大學生的新年決心，不管是剛剛入學還是即將畢業，相信這篇文章對大家都會有所幫助。

We made it: the end of the year. Tonight, we’re positively encouraged to take ourselves apart so we can wake in the morning with groggy designs to reassemble for the better.
我們做到啦：又過了一年。今晚，我們肯定會被鼓勵剖析自己，以便我們在早晨醉醺醺的醒來時能夠重整旗鼓。

New Year Resolutions: renewal, reinvention, reform. University, with its few constraints and many opportunities, is the ideal time to attempt change and improvement.
新年決心：重生、再發明、變革改良。大學，因爲有着很少的限制和很多的機遇，是改變和提高的理想時期。

While preferably all resolutions would amount to taking better advantage of every moment – a sentimental but not unworthy intention- below are the resolutions I’m most glad to have made, or those that, in hindsight, I should have made.
因爲希望所有的決心都意味着更好的利用每一刻——這是個傷感卻並非毫無價值的意圖——下列都是我最希望做出的，馬後炮的說，是我曾經應該做出的。

Get work experience
積累工作經驗

This is the priority. Underemployment is a disheartening plague: sixth formers are pushed into university, and university students are let go into a graduate job market that cannot take the numbers.
這是最優先的。就業不足是個讓人沮喪的難題：六成成年人被推進了大學，當大學生畢業時，人才市場卻容納不了這麼多人。

Once, employers asked for a degree or experience; now they demand both. It’s up to each student to use their degree to its full advantage: sadly, there is no longer an irrefutable corollary between qualification and employment. Work where you can – every job will provide some useful experience.
曾幾何時，僱主們只看學位或者工作經驗，現在他們兩樣都要。對大學生來說，把學位作爲自己的全部優勢是個人自由。但不幸的是，資格和就業之間再也不能劃等號了。

Do a little more work at university
在大學裏再多學一點。

Not to be a bore about it, but the biggest mistake any student can make is to not work hard enough. Skipping non-compulsory lectures can become a rather pleasing pastime, but what is missed now will not be covered in a series of catch up lectures-for-bluffers.
聽煩了吧，但是每個學生犯下的最大的錯誤就是學習不夠刻苦。翹掉選修課可以變成一種相當好玩的娛樂，但是你錯過的就是錯過了，不會因爲後面的講座就假裝知道了。

Get a handle on the January exams, then keep up the study. Don’t slack off. I once spent an afternoon exam watching a fly with an obvious Drink problem bounce and buzz between desks, wondering whether it knew more about property law than I did. It was hell.
搞定一月份的考試，然後繼續學習，別偷懶。我曾經在一次下午考試中因爲喝多了全程盯着一隻蒼蠅在桌子之間跳來跳去嗡嗡叫，想說它會不會比我知道更多關於財產法的內容，那是個大杯具。

Kick the procrastination
趕走拖延症

No one can stick to this, but just remember that tweeting about your work doesn’t count as doing it. 140-character wonderings may give you practice for crisp writing, but that only counts if you get anything useful down.
沒人能堅持住，但是要記得，發推講你要做的事兒不等於你做了。140個字可能能讓你練習簡短寫作，但只有你記下什麼有用的東西纔算數。
Don’t forget to be a student
不要忘記做一名學生

Perhaps the most depressing news of late is that, compared to their parents, young people are more boring. Sorry – sensible. Young people are more sensible. Is this what progress looks like?
也許最近最讓人沮喪得新聞就是，比起父母一輩，年輕人更加無趣。不好意思－敏感。年輕人更加敏感。這就是進步的樣子嗎？

The Financial Times recently reported students drink less and study more, which is of course marvellous, but let’s not forget that university is an experience unlike any other. Work is the priority, but enjoy the freedom too.
《金融時報》最近報道說學生們喝得更少學得更多，這當然非常棒，但是咱也別忘了大學是一次特別的體驗。工作最優先，但是也要享受自由。

I don’t condone anything in particular, but I will mention that hangovers don’t necessarily do much harm: Hemingway would stay up late with his drink, but always rose at six in the morning to write (standing up, incidentally).
我不會特別放縱什麼事情，但是我要說，宿醉沒有必要看得那麼糟糕：海明威可以喝酒到很晚，但總會在早晨六點鐘起牀寫作（順便，站着寫）

Consider Francis Bacon, whose ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ this year became the most expensive painting sold at auction, at $142 million. His habit? ‘I often like working with a hangover’ he said, ‘because my mind is crackling with energy and I can think clearly.’
想想弗朗西斯｀培根，他的《弗洛伊德肖像畫習作》今年成爲了拍賣會上最貴得作品，賣了1.42億美元。他得習慣？“我總是宿醉着工作，因爲我的大腦精力太充沛，我可以清晰的思考。”

The trick is maintaining moderation, or finding what you can handle: a tipple is fine, toppling is not. You wouldn’t want it to affect other pursuits – never risk the Porter’s warning in Hamlet: ‘[Drink] provokes and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.’
祕訣就是保持適度，或者找到你可以搞定的：一點烈酒無妨，東倒西歪就不要了。你不會想讓這件事阻礙你其他追求的－ 不要忘記哈姆雷特里波特的警告：酒精能激發你的慾望，但也能奪走你的成果。

Buy a calendar
買個日程表

Whether it’s online or in print, a calendar is a must. No more ‘Oops, just missed a seminar lol’ updates. Just write or type your obligations down – preferably somewhere you won’t forget.
在線的也好，打印出來的也好，日程表是必須的。別再有 “誒，剛剛錯過一場研討會lol” 這樣的更新了。把你要做的事兒寫下或者打出來－放在某個你不會忘記的地方。

Budget for emergencies

以防萬一存點錢

The moments money takes your guts and twists them with worry is when unexpected costs occur – when the laptop throws a hissy fit midway through an essay, resolves to hibernate permanently and you urgently need a replacement. Budget for your weekly spend and then put a little extra aside as often as possible. This makes big spends more manageable.
當不可預料的花費發生時，就是錢拿走你的勇氣，把它們變成了擔心的時候 —— 比如論文寫到一半筆記本丟給了個暴怒的人，變成永久性睡眠了你又非常需要一個替代品時。從你每週的花費中存點錢，再多加點，這會讓你花大錢的時候更可控。

Remember it’s your degree, after all
記住，這畢竟是你的學位

Sorry for being saccharine: play an uplifting record of choice now. Remember it would be a waste of three (or more) years if you fitted in with people by pretending. Wasn’t there enough of that during school?
原諒我過於美化了：現在要做出選擇了。記住如果你和一羣裝模作樣得人在一起會浪費你三年（或者更多年）的時間。學校裏這種人還不夠多麼？

Pursue your own interests, find friends you actually like – and not just those you happen upon every day. How about finally attending one of the many societies you signed up for? The working world doesn’t afford even half the chances university does – take what you can and run with it.

追求你自己的興趣，尋找你真心喜歡的朋友－ 而不是那些你每天偶然發現的那些人。參加個你終於能去參加的一些社團怎麼樣？職場上提供的機會連大學的一半都沒有－ 帶走你能帶的，支持它。

Finally … eat more all-day breakfasts

最後，多吃全日早餐

For reasons I don’t accept or agree with, I’m not allowed to stroll out of my office whenever I like and seat myself elsewhere for an all-day fry up. Most businesses have similarly draconian policies. Have as many as you can while you are a student: they are an uncelebrated joy you will miss once your rights to them are revoked.
因爲某些我不太能接受的原因，我不能在想在什麼地方吃全日早餐的時候走出辦公室。大部分公司都有類似的政策。所以在你還能吃的時候儘量多吃全日早餐吧，等你的這項權利被取消的時候，它們就會變成你想念的小小快樂了。