Filter Out the Noise

BY LEO BABAUTA

It can seem like our lives are filled with busyness, noise, distractions, and often meaningless activities.

似乎我们的生活总是充满着各种忙碌，噪音，分散注意力的事情和一些经常没有什么意义的活动

What if we could filter out all that noise, and focus on the meaningful?

如果我们可以过滤掉这些噪音，专注在有意义的事情上，会怎么样？

What if we could find stillness instead of constant distraction?

如果我们可以找到安静而不是持续地被分散注意力，将会怎么样？

I believe that most of us have that power. In my experience, most of the noise is there by choice, but we’ve fallen into patterns over the years and it can seem like we’re not able to change them.

我相信我们中的大多数有这种能力。以我个人经验来看，许多噪音产生都是因为选择的问题。

如果我们已经掉入这种模式很多年，但是看起来我们依然无法改变

Let’s talk about ways to filter out the noise, then how to find stillness and meaning.

今天让我们来谈谈如何过滤噪音，以及如何找到宁静和意义

Ways to Filter the Noise 过滤噪音的途径

Take the rest of today to notice what noise you find in your life. Even take a little time to make a list, whenever you find distraction or busyness.

在一天结束的时候注意一下你生活中可以找到的噪音，甚至花一点时间做一个清单，当你发现分心和忙碌的时候。

For example, noise in my life comes from: email, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Twitter, blogs and other sites I like to read, text messages, Slack, and watching Netflix. You might have other sources: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, news, cable TV.

比如说，我生活中的噪音来自： 邮件，微信，snapchat（一款快聊APP），twitter, 博客，或者其他的我想要阅读的网站， 文本信息， Slack ( 一款企业聊天工具）和观看Netflix ,你或者有其他的资源： Facebook , instagram, Messenger, news, Cable TV. 

Once we’re aware of the noise, how can we filter it out? We have to decide that we want more quiet and meaning in our lives. That it’s important enough to “miss out” on some things in those noisy channels.

一旦我们意识到噪音，我们如何过滤掉？我们必须决定我们需要生活更安宁以及有意义。 因此在这些充满噪音的频道里省略一些事情就非常重要了

Then we can take action:

然后我们采取行动

• Turn off notifications as much as possible. Including the unread messages count by each app on your phone.

尽量关闭通知信息，包括手机APP未读信息数提醒

• Decide to check on some things (like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) just once a day. Others you can check twice a day, or three times if needed (like email or Slack). But set a limit.

决定核查每天一次的频率核查一些事情（ 如FACEBOOK, Twitter ,instagram) 。其它的你可以每天核查2次，或者3次如果有需要的话（ 如邮件，或者Slack）.但是设定一个限制次数

• Delete accounts or delete apps that aren’t giving you real meaning (I deleted my Facebook account years ago).

删除一些账户或者删除APP ，这些不能给你带来实际的意义（几年以前我删除了我的FACE BOOK 账户）

• Unsubscribe from everything possible in your email account. And from Twitter or any other app where you’re “following” people or blogs/websites. If you use an RSS reader, unsubscribe from as many feeds as possible. Leave only a handful that give you meaning.

尽可能退订一切在你电子邮件账户里的东西。和来自TWITTER 或者其他的app 你正在追寻的人或者博客/网址。如果你使用RSS reader ,退订尽可能多的订阅。仅留下少数对你有意义的。

• Tell people that you are only checking your messages once a day, to set expectations. Don’t use an autoresponder — I find those annoying. Instead, just send a message to the people who matter most, and ask that they be understanding.

告诉人们你每天只查一次你的信息，设定期望。不要设定自动回复-我发现这个很让人讨厌。 相反，仅仅发一个信息给那些重要的相关人，要求他们理解。

• Set a time each day when you watch TV or movies (if at all). Set a time of day when you read news or blogs (if at all). If you say, “I only watch TV after 7 p.m.,” then you’ve limited how much space this takes up in your life.

设定每天看电视或者电影的时间，设定阅读或者博客的时间。如果你说，我仅仅在晚上7点以后看电视，然后你限定这些需要占用你生活的空间

• If there are some things (like email, for example) where you need to stay connected because of work, try to negotiate with your boss or team so that you can find periods of disconnection. For example, ask if you can take a couple hours in the morning and a couple in the afternoon to be disconnected, to focus on more important work.

如果有一些事情（比如邮件，打个比方）因为工作，哪里你需要一直保持联系的，试着跟你的老板或者团队协调来使得你有不在联的时间段，比如， 征求你是否能保留早上的几个小时或者下午的几个小时处于不在联状态来专注于更重要的工作

If you take these actions, you’ll filter out most of the noise.

如果你采取这些行动，你将会过滤掉大部分的噪音

What’s left? Time for quiet, stillness, focus and meaning.

那么留下来的是什么呢? 拥有时间享有安静和宁静，专注和意义。

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