A few days ago, I observed that it's often easier for me to do something every day than to do it some days. I post to my blog six days a week. I take notes every day. I write in my one-sentence journal every day. Many people have told me that they find it easier to exercise when they exercise every day.

    幾天前，我發(fā)現(xiàn)每天堅(jiān)持做某件事比隔幾天去做更容易。我每周在博客發(fā)帖6次。每天做筆記。每天寫一句話日記。許多人告訴我每天鍛煉更容易堅(jiān)持下來。

    If I try to do something four days a week, I spend a lot of time arguing with myself about whether today is the day, or tomorrow, or the next day; did the week start on Sunday or Monday; etc.

    如果我只在一周中的4天做某件事，我會(huì)花很多時(shí)間進(jìn)行思想斗爭(zhēng)：到底是今天、明天、還是后天做？從一周的哪天開始進(jìn)行？周一還是周日？等等。

    If you do something every day, you tend to fall into a routine, and routine has a bad reputation. It's true that novelty and challenge bring happiness, and that people who break their routines, try new things, and go new places are happier, but I think that some routine activities also bring happiness. The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. By re-framing, you can find happiness in activities like doing dishes or sweeping the floor, as well as your beloved morning coffee-and-newspaper.

    如果你每天去做某件事，就容易變成例行公事，例行公事可不好。沒錯(cuò)，新穎和挑戰(zhàn)可以帶來快樂，那些打破常規(guī)、嘗試新事物、去新地方的人們活得更開心。可是我認(rèn)為有些例行活動(dòng)也會(huì)帶來快樂。每天按同樣的方式做同樣的事情，這種愉快也不可被忽視。轉(zhuǎn)變觀念，你能在洗盤子、掃地以及你喜歡的早上看報(bào)紙喝咖啡中找到快樂。

    The things you do every day take on a certain beauty, and provide a kind of invisible architecture to daily life.

    每天都做的事情會(huì)帶有某種吸引力，也是你日常生活的無形架構(gòu)。

    Funnily enough, two geniuses whom I associate with the idea of the unconventional wrote about the power of doing something every day.

    有趣地是，有兩位擁有非凡想法的天才也寫到了每天堅(jiān)持做某件事的力量。

    Andy Warhol wrote, "Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it's exciting, and if you do it every day it's exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it's not good any more."

    Andy Warhol曾寫道：“要么做一次，要么天天做。如果你只做一次，那很令人興奮；如果你每天做，那也很令人興奮。但是，如果你每天做兩次，或有時(shí)不做，那么它就不再有趣了”。

    Gertrude Stein made a related point: "Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful."

    Gertrude Stein也說了有關(guān)的話：“任何事情，只要每天都做，它就是重要的；一個(gè)人住的地方，無論在哪，都是有趣、美麗的。”

    So if there's something that you wish you did more regularly, try doing it every day; if you do something every day, revel in it.

    所以，如果你希望堅(jiān)持做某件事，那就堅(jiān)持每天做。讓你每天都做的事情為你帶來享受吧。