語順訳 - グラハム・ヒル: ものは少なく、幸せは多めに

What's in the box?// Whatever it is must be pretty important,/ because I've traveled with it,/ moved it,/ from apartment/ to apartment to apartment.//

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Sound familiar?// Did/ you know/ that we Americans have about three times the amount of space/ we did 50 years ago?// Three times.// So you'd think,/ with all this extra space,/ we'd have plenty of room/ for all our stuff.// Nope.// There's a new industry/ in town,/ a 22 billion-dollar,/2.2 billion sq. ft. industry:/ that of personal storage.// So we've got triple the space,/ but we've become such good shoppers/ that we need even more space.// So/ where does this lead?// Lots of credit card debt,/ huge environmental footprints,/ and perhaps not coincidentally,/ our happiness levels flat-lined/ over the same 50 years.//

Well/ I'm here/ to suggest there's a better way,/ that less might actually equal more.// I bet most of us have experienced at some point/ the joys of less:/ college --/ in your dorm,/ traveling --/ in a hotel room,/ camping --/ rig up/ basically/ nothing,/ maybe/ a boat.// Whatever it was for you,/ I bet/ that,/ among other things,/ this gave you/ a little more freedom,/ a little more time.// So I'm going to suggest/ that less stuff/ and less space are going to equal/ a smaller footprint.// It's actually/ a great way/ to save you/ some money.// And it's going to give/ you/ a little more ease/ in your life.//

So I started/ a project called Life Edited/ at lifeedited.org/ to further this conversation/ and to find some great solutions/ in this area.// First up:/ crowd-sourcing my 420 sq. ft. apartment/ in Manhattan/ with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com.// I wanted it/ all --/ home office,/ sit down/ dinner/ for 10,/ room/ for guests,/ and all my kite surfing gear.// With over 300 entries/ from around the world,/ I got it,/ my own little jewel box.// By buying a space/ that was 420 sq. ft./ instead of 600,/ immediately/ I'm saving/ 200 grand.// Smaller space is going to make/ for smaller utilities --/ save some more money there,/ but also/ a smaller footprint.// And/ because it's really designed around an edited set of possessions --/ my favorite stuff --/ and really designed for me,/ I'm really excited to be there.//

So/ how can you live little?// Three main approaches.// First of all,/ you have to edit/ ruthlessly.// We've got to clear/ the arteries of our lives.// And that shirt/ that I hadn't worn in years?// It's time/ for me/ to let it go.// We've got to cut/ the extraneous/ out of our lives,/ and we've got to learn to stem/ the inflow.// We need to think/ before we buy.// Ask/ ourselves,/ "Is/ that really/ going to make me happier?// Truly?"// By all means,/ we should buy and own some great stuff.// But we want stuff/ that we're going to love/ for years,/ not just stuff.//

Secondly,/ our new mantra:/ small is sexy.// We want space efficiency.// We want things/ that are designed for how they're used the vast majority of the time,/ not/ that rare event.// Why have a six burner stove/ when you rarely use three?// So we want things/ that nest,/ we want things/ that stack,/ and we want/ it digitized.// You can take paperwork,/ books,/ movies,/ and you can make/ it disappear --/ it's magic.//

Finally,/ we want multifunctional spaces and housewares --/ a sink combined with a toilet,/ a dining table becomes a bed --/ same space,/ a little side table stretches out/ to seat 10.// In the winning Life Edited scheme/ in a render here,/ we combine a moving wall/ with transformer furniture/ to get a lot/ out of the space.// Look/ at the coffee table --/ it grows in height and width/ to seat 10.// My office folds away,/ easily hidden.// My bed just pops out of the wall/ with two fingers.// Guests?// Move/ the moving wall,/ have some fold-down guest beds.// And of course,/ my own movie theater.//

So I'm not saying/ that we/ all need to live/ in 420 sq. ft.// But consider the benefits of an edited life.// Go/ from 3,000 to 2,000,/ from 1,500 to 1,000.// Most of us,/ maybe/ all of us,/ are here pretty happily/ for a bunch of days/ with a couple of bags,/ maybe/ a small space,/ a hotel room.// So/ when you go home/ and you walk through your front door,/ take a second/ and ask yourselves,/ "Could I do with a little life editing?// Would that give me/ a little more freedom?// Maybe/ a little more time?"//

What's in the box?// It doesn't really matter.// I know/ I don't need it.// What's in yours?// Maybe,/ just maybe,/ less might equal more.// So let's make room/ for the good stuff.//

Thank you.//

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