Already run one mile aday? Why not try seven?
你已經(jīng)在每天一公里長跑了?為什么不試試一天七公里呢?
What makes someone uncomfortable depends on the person, but what’s universally true is the value of recognizing boundaries and continually pushing them.
讓人們感到不適的事情因人而異，但有一條普遍性的原則，即認(rèn)識到自己能力的界限并不斷挑戰(zhàn)自己的界限，這是非常重要的。
Here are some uncomfortable things that other Quora users have found helped them grow:
下面是一些知乎網(wǎng)上的網(wǎng)友提供的事例，這些事情做起來讓他們不舒服，卻也幫助他們成長。
1.Question everything
質(zhì)疑周遭的一切
The most uncomfortablething one can do is to question everything that is taken for granted and seek answers. Try to see the other side of the norm.
最讓人不適的事情就是質(zhì)疑一切被人們習(xí)以為常的事情，并且去尋找答案，嘗試去認(rèn)識常規(guī)事物的另一面。
2.Be honest
保持誠實(shí)
Being the most honestyou’ve ever been with someone in your life will be one of the most uncomfortable things you can do, but it could also be the most valuable.
在你生活中遇到的某人面前保持前所未及的誠實(shí)態(tài)度，這也將是你做過的最令人難受的事情之一。不過它也可能成為最有價(jià)值的一件事。
To do this, hesuggests writing a list of all the people to whom you have something -good orbad -to say; writing down the honest feelings you need to convey to them in aletter; handing the person the letter; and writing down what happened and howthe experience affected you and the other person.
為了做到這一點(diǎn)，你應(yīng)該列一張清單，寫下那些你對他有話要講的人的名字，無論你想說的是好事還是壞事;用最坦誠的言語將你的感受寫在信里傳達(dá)給他們，親手將信交給對方，將你所談及的事情對你對他的影響寫下來傳達(dá)給他。
3.Wake up extremely early
起床超級早
Ekin ?calan loves towake up before sunrise because it provides the perfect study-and-workenvironment. While everyone else sleeps, waking at 5 a.m. is the perfect, wayto begin the day in silence.
有網(wǎng)友非常喜歡在日出之前起床，這段時(shí)間往往是學(xué)習(xí)工作的最佳時(shí)段。在凌晨5點(diǎn)，別人都還在睡覺的時(shí)候你已經(jīng)起床，讓你的一天從完美的靜謐中開始，這種感受非常美妙。
4.Watch your pennies.
看住自己的鋼镚兒
From auto repairs andlife insurance to coffee and french fries, keep track of every penny you spendfor several months.
從自動修理機(jī)到咖啡、薯?xiàng)l等基本生活物資，給你所花的每分錢記個(gè)賬，堅(jiān)持幾個(gè)月。
And try paying foreverything you can with cash. If you have to reach in your wallet and pull outcash, you will often think twice about how much you need something.
試著在買任何東西的時(shí)候都用現(xiàn)金支付。當(dāng)你在買東西的時(shí)候，一旦你需要把手伸進(jìn)口袋，取出現(xiàn)金，你就會慎重考慮你是否真的需要它了。
5.Track what you eat
記下你吃過的食物
Keeping track of allthe food you eat and all the exercise you do in a day can be challenging, butthis helped one web user see the harm she was doing to her body.
記錄下你一整天里吃過的所有食物以及做過的鍛煉活動，這會是一項(xiàng)挑戰(zhàn)。可是這樣做讓一位網(wǎng)友了解到了，她曾對自己的身體造成怎樣的傷害。
"I didn’t realizehow little of some nutrients I was getting and how much sugar and fat I wasgetting daily until I started to do this regularly," she writes.
“過去我從未意識到自己每天攝取的營養(yǎng)多么少，吃下的糖分和脂肪多么過量，直到我開始每天做記錄。”她寫道。
6.Eat only nutritiousfood
只吃有營養(yǎng)的食物
After you track yourfood, start eating only what is truly nutritious — This will change your lifeforever.
記錄下自己的每日飲食之后，開始做到只吃真正有營養(yǎng)的食物吧——這樣做會永遠(yuǎn)改變你的生活。
This will be uncomfortable for a number of reasons: It’s hard; it’s socially limiting; itcan be more expensive if you are used to eating off the dollar menu; it’s notas tasty when you start, and it takes more time.
你會感到不適，有很多原因：做到這件事很難;它會讓你的社交生活受限制;你的開銷會比過去吃快餐的時(shí)候大得多;剛開始的時(shí)候，你感到這些食物并不可口，又要花更多時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備。
But the outcome is100% worth the effort. "Being a weird health nut and out performingeveryone else is so much more fun than blending in -and that’s not just athletically. It’s mentally as well."
可是你所得到的收獲絕對值得你這樣付出。“做一個(gè)堅(jiān)持健康飲食的傻瓜，比其他任何人都注重健康，這樣做比跟其他人一起吃垃圾食品要好得多——這不僅對你的身體有益，對你的大腦也有益。
7.Practice publicspeaking
練習(xí)在公眾面前演講
It may be scary tothink about, but you never know when you may be called upon to speak in public.Practice, while daunting, is the key to improving your communication skills.
這件事想想都讓人害怕，可你永遠(yuǎn)都不知道什么時(shí)候會被叫到去臺上講話。多加練習(xí)——盡管你會很緊張——是提高你的口頭表達(dá)能力的關(guān)鍵。
It’s scary as helluntil you realize that everyone around you feels the same.
你會嚇得要死，直到你發(fā)現(xiàn)，其實(shí)身邊每個(gè)人都和你的感受一樣。
8.Accomplish an almostimpossible goal
完成一個(gè)幾乎不可能達(dá)到的目標(biāo)
The most uncomfortablething you can do is to set and achieve a goal that’s harder than something you’veever done before.
給自己定下目標(biāo)，要做到一件比你做過的任何事都困難的事，然后真的達(dá)成目標(biāo)。這可能是最讓你感到不適的事情。
To do that, think about a thing you’re comfortable doing every day and amplify it until you getto a point where you become really scared of doing it. If you run a mile everyday, the idea of running seven might terrify you. Set this as your one-yeargoal.
為了做到這一點(diǎn)，可以設(shè)想一件自己每天都做并且應(yīng)付自如的事情，然后將它的難度增大，直到你感到自己對它感到頗為恐懼。如果你每天可以跑一公里，努力每天跑七公里的目標(biāo)可能會嚇到你。可以將它設(shè)為你的年度目標(biāo)。
9.Pick just one thingto master at a time
每次只選擇一件事情并完成它
Your approach to self-betterment might be trying as many things as possible and seeing what works. But using theopposite tactic, though uncomfortable, is key.
或許你提高自己的方法是，試著完成很多很多事情，越多越好，看看自己能做到哪一件。然而，用一種相反的策略才是完成這些事情的關(guān)鍵，盡管這會讓你感到不適。
If you’re constantlychanging interests, you’re never going to discover your own internal progress.So pick one thing and become progressively committed to mastering it. Itdoesn’t matter what it is, anything will do, as long as you do.
如果你想做的事總是在變幻，你永遠(yuǎn)不會察覺到自己內(nèi)在的進(jìn)步幅度。所以你應(yīng)該選定一件事，下定決心，一步一步地完成它。這件事是什么不重要，任何事情都可以，只要你真正去做。
