清晨朗读会第1082期翻译练习。
原文：
Simplifying, Downsizing, and Going Nomadic
By Steve Pavlina
Recently I decided to undergo a major lifestyle transition. In 2015 I plan to go completely nomadic.
No stable home. Very few possessions. Living and working from the road.
For the past several weeks, I’ve already been taking action to prepare for this shift, but I still have a ways to go because I need to sell my house and process everything inside of it.
Timing-wise I’m not sure how long it will take to actually get on the road. I’m not in a rush, but most likely I’ll list my house for sale in the Spring and hopefully sell it in the Summer. The main limiting step is how long it takes to sell the house. I’m happy to keep making forward progress each month, but I’m flexible on the timing.
Rachelle and I are doing this together. She’s been spending the past several weeks downsizing all of her stuff.
This is something we’ve both been leaning towards for a long time, and we finally decided to go for it.
How long will we stay nomadic? Since we’ve never done this before, I have no idea. We’ll try it and see how it goes. We might burn out after several months. Or we might love it and keep going for several years. I suspect the latter outcome is more likely.
Our current intention is to travel somewhat slowly since switching locations too often seems more likely to lead to burnout. We’ll likely pick a city/country we want to visit for a while, rent an apartment or AirBnB place, stay for 2-3 months, and repeat with a different city when we’re ready to move on. Automatic tourist visas are commonly granted for 90 days in many places, so this should give us plenty of options.
I have a number of friends who’ve already done this. Some have stopped after a few years. One has been going for 10+ years and still loves it. But everyone seems glad to have done it.
翻译：
简化、精简和流浪
作者：Steve Pavilna
最近，我决定转变一下我的主要生活方式。计划在2015年开始流浪。
居无定所，只带必要的物品，生活和工作都在路上。
在过去的几周里，为了这次转变，我已经做了一些准备工作，但是还远远不够，因为我还得卖掉我的房子，并处理掉里面所有的东西。
在时间上，我不确定还要多久才能真正上路。我倒是不着急，但很有可能我春天挂出房屋出售信息，在夏天才有希望卖出去。关键问题在于多久才能卖掉房子。我很高兴每个月都能靠目标近一点，但是时间还是不确定。
对了，还好有Rachelle和我一起做这些事，她已经花了好几周的时间用来精简物品了。
这件事是我们都向往已久的，最终，我们决定付诸行动。
那么，我们会流浪多久呢？鉴于我从未有过这样的经历，我不敢确定。我们会边走边看。也许我们会在几个月后放弃，但也许我们会喜欢上这种生活，在外流浪个好几年。我觉得后者比较有可能。
我们现在打算把旅行的节奏稍微放慢一些，因为太频繁地换地方可能会导致精疲力尽而放弃。我们很有可能会选一个想去的城市或国家，租一套公寓或AirBnB, 待上两三个月，然后再换一个地方，如此往复。大多数地方都接受这种90天的自动旅游签证，这让我们有很多选择。
我有很多朋友已经尝试过这样做了，有一部分在几年后结束了这种生活。有一个朋友过了十几年这样的日子，并且依旧喜欢。但不管怎样，每个流浪过的人看起来都很高兴。
和自己心爱的人选一个喜欢的地方，租一间房，踏遍当地美景，尝遍当地美食，两三个月后再换一个地方，如此周游世界，一直老到走不动......人生最美莫过如此。
前提是，得有钱和健康的身体才行！
所以，多挣点儿钱，保持健康，好戏在后头。
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