和过去打交道让我感觉太拘束了，就像我写的东西必须是事实，不能虚构，但写与未来有关的东西给了我更多的自由去想象，去创作。

I felt too constrained working with the past, like what I wrote needed to be fact as opposed to fiction, but writing about the future gave me more freedom to imagine, to invent.

youdao

不管怎样，我过去的生活就是这个样子而且我在这样的生活里面过的不开心(即使我一直在让自己懂得感恩并且留心于生活，抑或采取一些激发自己幸福感的方法，但这些都无济于事)。

Anyway, that was the type of day I was having and I was not happy (in spite of the constant practice of gratitude, mindfulness and other happiness-boosting techniques.)

youdao

我曾经是一位无神论者，但过去一年让我比任何时候都信教。

I was an atheist but this last year has made me more spiritual than ever.

youdao