Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

因为几乎所有事情——外人的期待，内心的骄傲，对于失败或出丑的恐惧——所有这些事情在死亡面前，都会消失，只留下那些真正重要的事情。

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Leaving important things to the last minute reduces the risk of wasting time on things that may ultimately prove not important at all.

将那些重要决策留到最后一分钟再决定，能减少浪费时间的风险，因为那些事先做好的计划最终可能毫无用处。

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But as I added friends without any criteria, it became too much - a stream of people leaving updates, sending me "gifts", inviting me to all kinds of things, leaving things for me on my "wall".

但是由于我无限制的加好友，好友太多了—许许多多的人给我留言，送我礼物，邀请我参加各种事情，在我的“ wall ”留东西。

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