I have no money for non-essentials.

我没有钱应付那些非必要的花费。

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It's the right lifestyle for me, and I enjoy getting rid of the non-essentials and having this more relaxed mindset, than always trying to chase after something.

对我来说，这是正确的生活方式，而且我很喜欢扔掉不喜欢的东西，拥有更轻松的心态，而不是总是竭力追求一些东西。

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Doing the things that best serve your career goals before you do anything else, he says, will keep you from frittering away precious time and energy on non-essentials.

他说，在你做其他事情以前，首先做那些对你的职业目标有利的事情，这样做才不会浪费你的宝贵时间、花费不必要的精力。

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Resisting spending on non-essentials early on definitely helped shape my habits as an adult.

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Ideally, in time, they might even come to recognize that the bigger the cuts (in non-essentials), the better.

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When goals multiply, it becomes necessary for a leader to cut out the non-essentials and to unite other goals under a single, essentialized umbrella.

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