You're focused on possessions, deciding what you need versus what is baggage. You're weighing things.

你关注财产，衡量什么是你的需求，什么又是你的包袱，你在衡量。

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But it also meant getting rid of things that were weighing us down, that we didn't need but that were still costing us time and energy and mental cycles.

但是，它也意味着清除那些困扰我们的事情，清除那些我们不必在意，但却在消耗我们时间、精力，让我们大伤脑筋的事情。

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If you want your life story to soar to new heights, you've got to clear a path, reduce the time-sinks and burdens weighing you down, and pick up the things that give you wings.

如果想让自己的人生轨迹达到新的高度，你就需要扫清障碍，减少浪费的时间，加重责任以及学习那些能够给你添砖加瓦的本领。

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Then also a problem is you can't weigh things when you're eating out, so even if you were being incredibly precise about stuff at home and you were actually weighing things, you couldn't do that very well when you're eating out.

问题是,当你在外吃饭时无法称量食物,所以即使你在家中非常精确地测量食物,并且实际测量了每样物品,但在外吃饭时你可没法这样干

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