献给母亲的歌的标语:想快乐：就早起

我的快乐方案让我变成一个睡眠狂热者，如果我想感觉快乐，平静，有活力，思维灵敏，我必须有充足的睡眠。

At the same time, though, a resolution that has also boosted my happiness is “Get up earlier.” A few years ago, because I wanted a calmer, less hurried morning with my family, I started getting up earlier — and I enjoyed it so much that I’ve started setting my alarm earlier and earlier.

与此同时，另外一个“早起”的决定也让我快乐倍增。几年以前，因为想要和家人度过平和不慌不忙的早晨，我开始早起——我非常享受这样因此开始把闹钟提前又提前。

I started at 7:00 a.m. with the rest of my family, then moved to 6:30, then 6:15, and now 6:00. I love the early morning so much that I’d wake up at 5:00, but that would mean a bedtime of about 8:00 p.m., which just isn’t workable. I can barely stay up to a normal adult hour, as it is.

最初和家人早上7点开始，然后变成6：30，而后6：15，现在是6：00。我非常喜欢清早以至于我现在5点起床，那意味着我要在晚上8点上床，可是那是不可行的。我几乎不能像正常成年人那样熬夜。

I spend the hour from 6:00 to 7:00 working at my desk, and I love the light, and the quiet, and the sense of focus and freedom from interruption that I have during that hour. I wish I could go for a walk, too, but so far the desire to spend the time at my desk has triumphed.

6点到7点我在书桌前工作，在这一小时中我享受着光明、安静，全神贯注和不被打扰的自由。我希望能出去散步，但是想要花时间在书桌前的意愿让我作罢。

I’m a fan of the writings as well as the photographs of photographer Edward Weston, and in his Daybooks on February 2, 1931, he captures the atmosphere of working in the early morning:

我是作家和摄影师爱德华-韦斯顿的粉丝，在他的1931年2月2号的日记中他记录了在清晨工作的那种氛围。

“Peace again! – The exquisite hour before dawn, here at my old desk — seldom have I realized so keenly, appreciated so fully, these still, dark hours.”

“又是安静!黎明前的美妙的时间，就在我的旧书桌前——我从未如此敏锐地认识，如此心怀感激，这些仍旧黑暗的时间。”

One of the great challenges of a happiness project is to think about time: whether the structure of our ordinary days reflects our values, interests, and temperament. Sometimes, making a shift like waking earlier or changing a daily routine can make a big difference.

快乐项目中一个巨大的挑战就是思考时间：我们平常的日程安排是否反映了我们的价值观、兴趣和性情。有些时候，做一些改变比如早起或者改变每日的常规会有很大的差异。

Of course, for someone else, a happiness project might suggest getting up later. There’s no right or wrong way, only what is right for a particular person.

当然，对其他一些人来说，快乐项目可能建议晚起。没有对与错的方法，只要对特定的人适合就好。