本文是對 Medium 上 Advice from 30 year old me to 20 year old me這篇文章的翻譯。我將同步列出原文，以便於對應閱讀，翻譯謬誤之處請於留言區指出。
I recently turned 30. For some very odd reason I’ve not warmed to the idea of it just yet. However as I began to evaluate my 20s I realised how many mistakes I’ve made and things I’ve learned in a decade of life.
I took some time to write myself some advice.
我最近剛過30歲。由於某些奇怪的原因，我尚未對此感受到暖意。我回首20多歲的時光，重新認識在這十年裏犯下的錯誤和學到的道理。
我決定花時間爲自己寫下這些的建議。
- Travel
You have very little responsibility so go and travel. When you get to 30, you’re going to want to travel slightly differently, spend a little more, do slightly more expensive things, eat at slightly better restaurants. So work for a year and save enough money to experience the world on the cheap.
How do you know what you want to do if you don’t know what’s out there to do?
Don’t just travel to the obvious places.
Travel to the tough places.
Travel to learn.
Travel to discover.
Travel to the places that will challenge who you think you want to be.
1）旅行
你需要承擔的責任還很小，所以去旅行吧。當你到了30歲，你對待旅行的要求會有些許不同，會花更多錢，體驗一些更貴的項目，在更好的飯店吃飯，所以努力工作一年，攢夠了錢，用便宜的方式去體驗世界吧。
如果你不知道外面的世界能做什麼，你怎麼會知道你想做什麼？
不要總是去明確的景點。
去更難去的地方。
在旅行中學習。
在旅行中發現。
去那些迫使你思考你想成爲什麼人的地方。
- Build things
Don’t spend too much time working on other people’s visions or in other people’s meetings. Spend time figuring out what your own world view is (see point 1) and where you want to take your own life.
Meetings are where ideas go to die.
If you find yourself in a corporate job that you wish you could leave then do it. Leave. If you don’t have a corporate job yet see point 5.
2）做事
不要把太多時間浪費在別人的願景或會議中。花時間去弄清楚你自己的世界觀（第1條提到的）以及如何度過你自己的一生。
會議使靈感死亡。
如果你想要離開一個公司工作，就離開。如果你還沒有開始在一家公司工作，可以直接看第5點。
譯者注：作者想要表達的意思是，你發現真正想做的事情再去做，不是指裸辭。
- Read
Read every day. Read everything you can. Don’t just read about things you know about. Read about people. Read people.
3）讀書
每天保持閱讀。讀你能讀的任何東西。不要總是讀一些你熟悉的東西。閱讀關於人的東西，閱讀人。
- Stop Watching Television
Right now. Stop it. It’s not helping you get better at anything.
4）不要再看電視
從現在開始，拒絕電視（譯者注：電視確實很少有人看了，可以延展到刷抖音快手上）。它無法幫助你在任何事情上的做得更好。
- Career
Do not take that corporate job. Just don’t do it (see point 2).
5）職業生涯
不要接受那種（譯者注：消耗你的意志和靈感）公司的工作。千萬不要。（第2點中提到的）
- Trust
Even if it kills your relationships. Even if it destroys your ideas. Even if you lose your friends. Even if it means you end up getting hurt.
Trust people until they give you a reason not to.
But don’t be naïve. Some people are out to fuck you.
6）信任
哪怕你的友誼被破壞，哪怕你的理想被毀滅，哪怕失去了朋友，哪怕你最終註定被傷害。
相信人們，直到他們給出一個不值得被信任的理由。
但是不要犯傻，有的人就是專程來坑你的。
- People
People are the best and worst thing that will happen to you. Some will help you go further, faster. Others will pull you down to their level and help you lose. Most are OK. Many are average. Some are excellent.
A few people will change your life forever. Find them.
You don’t need a lot of friends or people around you. You need amazing people who do for you as you do for them.
It’s simple really, a lot of average friends will leave you feeling alone when you need to feel surrounded by people who care.
7）人脈
人是在你身邊出現的最好又最差勁的東西。一些人會幫你走得更遠，更快。另一些人會將你拉到和他們一個水平，讓你失敗。大部分人是好的，一些人是平庸之輩，少數是很優秀的。
你的一生會被幾個人改變。找到他們。
你不需要很多朋友或者人脈圍着你轉。你需要的是那些如你對待他們一般互相成就的人。
就是如此，當你感到孤獨需要陪伴時，普通的朋友只會讓你更孤獨。
- Value Time
Don’t waste time on people who you don’t trust. Don’t waste time with lovers who cheat on you. Don’t waste time with friends who don’t treat you the way you treat them (see point 7).
Do not be late.
Value other people’s time. That means that if you’re late, you don’t give a shit about them or their time and that you think you’re worth more and therefore can keep them waiting.
Some people will tell you that it’s OK to be late. It’s not. Some people will tell you that it’s just the way they are. Then you need to reevaluate them (see point 7 above).
8）珍惜時間
不要在你不信任的人身上浪費時間。不要在不忠於你的戀人身上浪費時間。不要和那些不願意和你一般付出的朋友浪費時間（第7點）。
不要遲到。
珍惜別人的時間。如果你遲到了，意味着你不在意別人或者他們的時間，或你認爲你值得讓他們花費時間等待。
會有人告訴你遲到也沒關係。不是這樣的，這麼說只是因爲他們自己經常遲到，你應該重新評估這些人（第7點）。
- Fail
Fail a lot. Fail often. Fail at love. Fail at sex. Fail at socialising. Fail at making friends. Fail at work. Fail at business. Fail with family. Fail with existing friends.
Fail. But do it quickly and learn a lesson.
If you don’t learn something every time you fail then all you’ve done is failed. If you learn something, then you’ve grown. Every time you grow and learn and fail, you get better at figuring out how the hell to succeed.
9）失敗
多失敗，常失敗。愛情失敗，性生活失敗，社交失敗，交朋友失敗，工作失敗，生意失敗，家庭失敗，和已有朋友關係失敗。
去失敗。然後馬上吸取教訓。
如果你沒有從每次失敗中學到東西，那你就真敗了。如果你學到一些經驗教訓，你會成長。每次你成長、學習、失敗，你就會離成功更近一步。
- Success
There is no point at which you will have succeeded. Not in your twenties. Not ever.
Get over that fact and start building things (see point 2 and combine with point 9).
10）成功
在你二十歲時，沒有成功的說法，不要想着它。
認清這個事實，開始努力做出真正的成就來（參考2和9）。
- Patience
Be patient. Nothing worth doing is worth doing quickly. Nothing worth building is worth building in a rush. Nothing of value is formed in a minute.
Plan in decades. Think in years. Work in months. Live in days.
11）耐心
要有耐心。沒有什麼有價值的東西是快速完成的，沒有什麼值得打造的事業是一蹴而就的，短暫的時間不會產出任何有價值的東西。
十年規劃，年年思考，數月工作，日日忙碌。