Chapter 1 DON'T TRY读书笔记 2018-1-16

A.问题导读

Eric的导读问题：

1.What are the subtleties of not giving a fuck?

There are 3 subtleties. The first one is being comfortable with being different. The second one is caring  something more important than adversity. The last one is choosing what to give a fuck about.

2.What’s wrong with being “perpetually entitled to be comfortable and happy at all times”? Can you think of an example to support your answer?

The person is running circles around his or her Feedback Loop from Hell. For example, if she wants to buy an LV bag and has no money, she will feel bad. At the same time, she might think “It's a shame to feel bad because of not buying a bag. ”

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B. 阅读小感

Life needs classifying, which means we should know the important parts and unimportant parts. Then choose the former to care and accept life itself.

生活需要分类，让我们学会分清重要的和不重要的，以便选择性地关心需要我们关心的，接受生活本来的样子。

作者在文中用时间顺序，分别描述了从孩童、青年到年长各个阶段关注的事，让我产生了强烈的共鸣。人生的每个阶段在意的事都不一样，这也就是每个阶段对幸福定义不同的原因，同时，顺理成章的证明了本书的主题～选择性地在意值得在意的事，这就是成熟。

Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what's truly fuckworthy.

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C.词汇积累

1.They’re afraid to let anyone get close to them, so they imagine themselves as some special, unique snowflake who has problems that nobody else would ever understand.

这句当中的snowflake指的是那些自以为很special而且应当受到特别待遇的人，又可以叫做"雪花综合征"。

e.g. Be honest to yourself and be not special snowflake.

2. Life is just what it is. We accept it, warts and all.

warts and all表示真实地，包括所有缺点的。

e.g. Our parents love us, warts and all.

3. ...you become invincible in a sort of low-level spiritual way.

invincible形容词，无可战胜的，无敌的。

e.g. An invincible belief can bring us positive power.