You’re young once only. How do you make the most out of it instead of wasting time only on the unnecessary parties and drinks all the time? Feross Aboukhadijeh, a web developer, designer, and Stanford computer science graduate, who has a company StudyNotes that helps students learn faster and better, shared on Quora what a young person should do to life.

你只會年輕一次。你該如何追求理想的生活而不總是把時間都浪費在無聊的聚會和酒宴上呢？費羅斯·阿巴克哈迪賈是一名網站開發師、設計師，畢業于斯坦福大學計算機科學專業。他創立了StudyNotes公司，致力于幫助學生更快更好地學習。他在Quora上分享了年輕人應該如何生活。

1. Prioritize learning.

把學習放在首位。

Learn the 10,000 hour rule.

不要忘記一萬小時定律。

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Start early.

盡快開始。

Read a lot. 2-3 hours a day, at least.

大量閱讀。每天至少2到3小時。

2. Don’t talk about doing stuff. Do stuff.

不要說要做什么事。做事。

The world is full of so many talkers, and so few doers.

世界上不乏空口說白話者，而行動者只是少數。

Too much planning is as bad as no planning.

考慮太多和沒有計劃一樣糟糕。

"Posting about your plans is shadow of Done"

“吹噓計劃是對實際行動的臆想?！?/p>

Make stuff while your brain is young and fresh. The brain gets slower as you age.

趁你的思想年輕有活力時做事。你的大腦隨著你的年齡的增長而變遲鈍。

3. Figure out what you like. Try to become the best in the world at it.

找到你喜歡做的事。努力成為這個領域里的頂尖人物。

If you start early, you will have time to change your mind.

如果你趁早開始，你還有機會改變主意。

Don’t worry if it’s not “prestigious” or won’t make you a lot of money. If you’re good at it, you’ll make it prestigious.

不要擔心你所喜歡的事情不“體面” 或者不能賺到很多錢。如果你很擅長這件事，你會讓它受人尊敬的。

4. Experience stuff.

多多經歷。

Watch epic movies/books/music.

去看史詩級的電影、書籍、音樂。

Go on adventures (road trips, travel to other countries).

去冒險（公路旅行、異國游）。

Talk to interesting people and really LISTEN.

和有趣的人交談，認真傾聽。

5. Spoil yourself on the stuff that matters.

在重要的事情上寵愛自己。

Eat well, sleep well, drink (water) well.

吃好、睡好、喝好（喝水）。

Buy a good bed (you spend ? of your life in your bed).

買一張好的床（你一生有三分之一的時間在床上度過）。

Buy a good computer (since you will spend so much time on it).

買一臺好的電腦（因為你會花很多時間在它身上）。

Similarly, good chair, keyboard, mouse, etc.

同樣地，好的椅子、鍵盤、鼠標等等。