Lessons are not limited to our academic studies. We are learning from life constantly, as long as we recognise and accept those lessons.
課堂并不局限于校園學(xué)習(xí)。只要我們留意并吸收，總能不斷從生活課堂中學(xué)到東西。

Learning shouldn’t stop once you graduate from school. Graduating from college doesn’t mean you can no longer be a student. Life offers more lessons than school ever could. As an individual, you must constantly seek for more ways to grow. To be stagnant should never be an option for someone who has so much potential. There are always new things to learn and adventures left to be discovered.
畢業(yè)后不該停止學(xué)習(xí)。大學(xué)畢業(yè)并不意味著你不再是學(xué)生。生活的課堂要遠(yuǎn)比學(xué)校課堂豐富得多。作為獨(dú)立個(gè)體，你必須不斷想方設(shè)法尋求成長(zhǎng)。停滯不前絕不是擁有無(wú)限潛能的人該走的路。生活中，可學(xué)習(xí)的新技能很多，有待探求的冒險(xiǎn)也很多。

When you choose to be a student of life, you open yourself to limitless opportunities.
當(dāng)你選擇做生活的學(xué)徒時(shí)，你便給自己創(chuàng)造了無(wú)限機(jī)遇。

1. Explore the world
探索世界

Don’t limit yourself to your hometown or to the city you got your first job. Go beyond the place you consider home, because home can be many places. It doesn’t have to be just one town or one apartment complex. Backpacking may not be for everyone, but it’s not the only way you can see the world. Travelling doesn’t just have to be going overseas but also dropping by many states. Culture exists not just in a country but even in small communities.
不要把自己困在家鄉(xiāng)或第一次工作的城市。跨越那個(gè)你視為家的地方，因?yàn)榧覠o(wú)處不在。家不只是一個(gè)鎮(zhèn)子或一幢公寓。背包游或許并不適合所有人，但它也不是你看世界的唯一方式呵。旅行并一定非得周游海外，在國(guó)內(nèi)體驗(yàn)也行。文化不只存在于某個(gè)國(guó)度，也存在于小小的社區(qū)之中。

2. Acquire new life skills
掌握新的生活技能

Maybe it’s time that you finally learn how to fix a broken faucet or even fix the faulty light in your bathroom. You can finally cross out your bucket list items that have been there forever. Learn how to drive a car or ride a bike. There are definitely things you don’t know how to do, and you have a lifetime ahead of you to learn. It’s never too late to start learning something new.
或許現(xiàn)在你該學(xué)會(huì)怎么修理壞掉的水龍頭或者是浴室的壞燈泡了。你可以完成清單上存在已久的任務(wù)。學(xué)會(huì)騎自行車或開車?？隙ㄓ泻芏嗍虑槭悄悴恢赖?，而你可以用一輩子去琢磨。任何時(shí)候?qū)W習(xí)新事物都不晚。

3. Widen your circle
擴(kuò)大交際圈子

For some individuals, to grow older means to keep your circle of friends down to a few, but that shouldn’t stop you from meeting new people. Widen your circle by allowing people into your life and letting them get to know you. When you meet so many people and try to learn about them, you don’t merely understand the person but their circumstances as well. Widening your circle to people from all walks of life gives you a bigger and better perspective of the world. It doesn’t mean you have to treat every stranger as a potential friend, but there’s nothing wrong with that, too.
對(duì)有些人而言，越長(zhǎng)大至交就越少，但你不必因此而停止認(rèn)識(shí)新朋友。接納他人進(jìn)入你的生活，讓他們了解你，從而擴(kuò)大交際圈子。當(dāng)你認(rèn)識(shí)和了解的人越多，你對(duì)他們本人以及他們的背景也就知道得越多。結(jié)交各行各業(yè)朋友能開闊你的眼界。當(dāng)然，這不是要求你把每個(gè)陌生人都當(dāng)作潛在朋友，不過這么做也無(wú)可厚非。

4. Support a cause
支持一項(xiàng)事業(yè)

Why not try to turn your passion for animals into a good cause? Learning more about animal welfare can tell you which cosmetic brands support testing on animals. Making your love for books into an advocacy can tell you that many areas lack a library and they need your support. You don’t have to force yourself to support something you don’t believe in. You only need to look at your interests and see which ones need you take some drastic actions.
為什么不把你對(duì)動(dòng)物的喜愛發(fā)展成一項(xiàng)事業(yè)呢？了解動(dòng)物福利能讓你知道什么化妝品牌支持動(dòng)物試驗(yàn)。將你對(duì)書籍的熱愛加以推廣，你會(huì)知道很多地方?jīng)]有圖書館，而你恰好能幫得上忙。你不一定要強(qiáng)迫自己支持自己不相信的事情，而只需關(guān)注自己感興趣的，然后看看哪些需要你大力投入。

5 .Take risks
承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)

The first step to learning is accepting that you’re prone to make mistakes. Once you’ve accepted that, you’ll have an easier time taking in things and risking everything in favor of your passion. Keeping your 9-to-5 job may keep you secure, but if you’re bored and no longer happy, is it really happy? Submitting an article to your favorite publication in the world may mean rejection, but it can also mean getting published! Stop hesitating because that’s no way to live.
學(xué)習(xí)的第一步就是承認(rèn)自己將會(huì)犯錯(cuò)。一旦接受這點(diǎn)，你會(huì)更容易趁著熱情接受并嘗試一切。保住朝九晚五的工作或許能給你安全感，但如果你厭倦了、不再開心了，又有什么意思？向你最喜歡的世界刊物投稿，或許會(huì)被退稿，但說不定也會(huì)被刊登出來呢！別再猶豫了，因?yàn)樯畈坏热恕?/div>

6. Enroll in online or night classes
參加網(wǎng)校或夜校

How about learning a new language you can use whenever you travel? Or taking free online classes about Management or Finance on websites such as The Open University? Yes, studying doesn’t also have to restricted in the four corners of a classroom. You won’t get an A for your efforts, and you definitely won’t be on the honors list for writing a good essay in French. But you learn something you like and something you consider useful.
學(xué)一門外語(yǔ)以備旅行之用怎么樣？抑或在The Open University等網(wǎng)站上免費(fèi)學(xué)習(xí)管理或金融類課程呢？沒錯(cuò)，學(xué)習(xí)并不局限在四角方方的教室里?；蛟S你努力之后得不到優(yōu)評(píng)，用法語(yǔ)寫篇好文章也不會(huì)榜上有名，但你卻能學(xué)到自己喜歡而又實(shí)用的東西。

7. Be cultured
提高修養(yǎng)

Watch as many movies and read as many books as possible. And it doesn’t mean that you only watch the ones with high ratings from critics. Absorb as many forms of entertainment as you want without having to concern yourself whether it’s something that can enrich your life. But you see, there’s a reason why so many people devote their entire lives producing movies and writing novels. Just think of it as memoirs by the people who created them. It’s the fruit of their life experiences and understanding of their surroundings. Movies and books are a good look into how people interpret the world.
盡可能多讀書多看電影。這不是說你只需看受到好評(píng)的電影。盡可能多接納各種娛樂方式，而不必糾結(jié)是否能讓生活變得豐富。要知道，這么多人窮盡畢生去搞電影搞創(chuàng)作，肯定是有緣由的。所以，你只需把它看成作者的紀(jì)錄就行。那是他們生活經(jīng)歷及對(duì)境遇體悟的成果。書籍電影是了解他人詮釋世界的好方式。

8. Do many first’s
多嘗試第一次

When was the last time you did something for the first time? If you can’t think of the answer, maybe you need to go out and try something new. It can be as simple as watching a movie alone or as big as trying bungee jumping. Doing something for the first time doesn’t need to have a life-changing effect. It can be a simple realization that apparently, going to a film screening by yourself isn’t so bad. You don’t need always need a profound realization for everything you do.
上回你第一次嘗試新事物是什么時(shí)候？如果想不起來，或許你該走出去試一試了。這既可以小到一個(gè)人看電影，也可以大到嘗試蹦極跳。第一次嘗試某件事并不要求驚心動(dòng)魄的效果。這只是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單念頭：顯然一個(gè)人看電影并沒有多么可怕。你不必每件事情都考慮周全了才去做。

9. Learn to adapt
學(xué)會(huì)適應(yīng)

You can’t stop change from happening in your life. What you can do is accept that it’s inevitable and you just have to adapt. This is why you can’t stop learning, and you can’t stop growing. When you learn to adapt, you pick up something you haven’t encountered before. You can’t try the same methods over and over again, because no matter how similar a situation may be, it’ll need a different solution and treatment of the problem.
你無(wú)法阻止生活發(fā)生改變。你能做的是接受這個(gè)無(wú)法避免的事實(shí)并去適應(yīng)它。這也是你為什么不能停止學(xué)習(xí)和成長(zhǎng)的原因。當(dāng)你學(xué)習(xí)適應(yīng)時(shí)，可以選擇以前不曾遇過的情形。你也不可能反復(fù)運(yùn)用同一個(gè)方法，因?yàn)椴还芮闆r多么相似，也得實(shí)事求是解決問題。

10. Initiate
主動(dòng)

Sometimes, you can’t wait for someone to do things for you. If you feel like something has to be done about something, then it’s probably time that you step up. Be the instigator of the change you want to see. Yes, you can’t be alone when you want to make a difference. But who said that little differences don’t matter?
有時(shí)你不能等別人替你把事情做好。如果你覺得某件事必須搞定，那就自己動(dòng)手。主動(dòng)去做你想要的改變。的確，你不可能單槍匹馬作出改變，但誰(shuí)能說小變化沒有意義呢？

There are so much more to learn, especially now that we’re virtually connected to everyone in the world. As a student of life, it’s really up to you to use all your resources and make it into something enriching.
要學(xué)的東西實(shí)在太多了——尤其是處在這個(gè)人與人緊密聯(lián)系的社會(huì)。作為生活的學(xué)徒，能否利用身邊資源并創(chuàng)造豐富生活，主動(dòng)權(quán)完全在于你自己。