I know when I cut back on TV, it freed up a lot of my time.

最起码当我减少看电视剧的时间后它为我节省出一大块空闲时间。

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But I still trace a lot of my character flaws back to specific failed parenting moments.

但我的很多性格缺陷都可以从他们做父母的失败行为中找到根源。

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Looking back at my high school years, I see a lot of patterns there that could have pointed me down the road to writing, but I chose to ignore them and go for areas where I believed the "money" was.

现在回头看我的高中岁月，我发现其中发生的许多事都为我指明了写作道路，但我选择了忽视他们，而选择了我自己认为能来钱的方向。

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When I am facing a lot of pressure at work, my back and neck will start to hurt.

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My grandmother used to say--and I've had this in the back of my mind a lot lately--'What have you done good today?

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But the end product is such that I get a lot of response back from my readers saying how much they enjoyed my work and they would like for me to do more.

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Mr. Buffett argues that normal investors should not necessarily be able to find out what professional investors are doing, especially while they are still busy doing it, reminding me a lot of the Not in My Back Yard situation.

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