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When I'm bored with my life, I take my pencils out in the back yard and doodle for an hour, trying to sketch trees that look like trees.

当我对生活感到厌倦时，我就拿出铅笔到后院去心不在焉地乱涂一个小时，试图画出看上去像树的树木速写。

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Returning to the gym example, rather than trying to start out by going 5 times a week for an hour at a time, try to go three times a week for 30 minutes for the first few weeks.

回到健身房的那个例子，不要一开始就制定一个星期锻炼5次的标准而是每次进行一个小时锻炼的标准，或在开始的几周一周三次，每次30分钟的标准。

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I remember walking around the square during mu lunch hour, walking faster and faster trying to get around, four or five different classes of kids, all of whom were verbally abusive to me, and feeling there was no place that I belong there was no place that I felt connected to other kids.

我记得我在广场周围走着,那会儿正是午餐时间，我越走越快,想翘过接下来的四五个不同的班级,班上的孩子都对我恶言相向过，我觉得自己无处可去,我找不到自己和其他孩子相联系的地方。

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