文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要介绍的是我们的一生中，沉溺于错误和缺点浪费了我们多的时间和精力，我们要尽早从中吸取教训，腾出更多的时间和精力去过自己想过的生活。
1 . There are things we all do, or don’t do, that lead us to waste far more time than we realize in the moment. The biggest time regret, I think, is dwelling on (沉湎于) mistakes and shortcomings.
1 In a study, researchers asked subjects to spend money during an imaginary trip to the mall. Before “shopping”, some subjects were asked to recall a past financial mistake. They found those subjects were more likely to incur (招致) debt. Dwelling made them feel like a failure and told them there was no need to try, because they already sucked. So, they got further into debt when already feeling like an over spender. Of course, we don’t want to skip over our mistakes or ignore them either. 2
I also missed too much for fear of my own shortcomings. 3 I wanted to travel after high school, but I went to university close to home instead, because I was too shy to meet new people and was afraid I couldn’t make it in another city. After university, I wanted to be a writer, but I decided to find a more stable, accessible job instead, because that’s easier. 4 I decided to find work I actually enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. I made a ton of mistakes along the way, but the bigger mistake was not trying sooner.
5 So, never beat yourself up over your mistakes and shortcomings. The sooner you learn from them, the sooner you can free up your time and energy to live the life you want.
| A．Eventually, I got tired of this. |
| B．Regret is another big waste of time. |
| C．I was doing it for the wrong reason that I was afraid to fail. |
| D．For years, I stayed in a comfortable place, doing things I disliked. |
| E．The goal is to learn something from them, and then release the failure. |
| F．When you finally relate it to your own past experiences, it probably becomes easier. |
| G．Dwelling on mistakes wastes time and, worse still, makes us more likely to repeat mistakes. |
