如果我們找到了心儀的工作，會有很多跡象表明我們對工作的喜愛。但是找到熱愛的工作並不意味著這份工作很輕鬆。當工作中出現挑戰時，或者遇到困難時，我們很難確定現在這份工作是不是我們註定要做的。
Finding work you are truly passionate about can feel a lot like falling in love. You become infatuated, excited, and you can feel yourself changing for the better. But what happens when you get used to it? New is now familiar, and that loving feeling is not as 「sparkly」 as it once was. In some cases, when relationships last for this long (with a person or a career) it can be difficult to tell if you still want to be in it for the long run. Here are some signs that you』ve found the one.
找到一份令你激情四射的工作就像談戀愛一樣。你會為它著迷、激動，而且自己會越變越好。但如果你已經習慣了呢？新奇變成了熟悉，那種愛意不復當初一般蹦耀火花。某些情況下，當一段關係持續了很久（無論是對人還是對工作），你就很難確定自己是否還想長期經營下去。下面這些跡象意味著你找到了那份心儀的工作。
1. There are never enough hours to accomplish everything.
1. 總是沒有時間完成所有的事情。
There is always a constant stream of work coming in. But you don’t let it paralyze you. There is so much to be done because you keep getting it done. You’re in the work flow, baby. Hemingway always stopped writing when he had more to say. It was better than writing ’til he ran dry, which meant picking it up the next day with nothing ready to write. This is you at work. There’s always a to-do list ready to go the next day.
工作總是源源不斷。但是你沒有因此被打倒。有很多事情還沒有完成是因為你一直不停地在做事情。你在工作的進程中呢，寶貝。海明威總是在有更多想說的話之時停止寫作。這總比靈感枯竭時還堅持寫作好，因為這樣就意味著第二天你再提筆的時候就沒有東西可寫了。這就是你的工作狀態。第二天總是有一堆要做的事情。
2. You often remind yourself of the 「bigger picture.」
2. 你經常提醒自己看得長遠一點。
There are always going to be little mundane tasks that have to get finished—even if we don’t want to be the one to finish them. It’s easy to lose yourself in the nuts and bolts of a project without envisioning it’s completion. It’s even easier to get hung up on how difficult and time consuming the little projects can be. But when you love the work you do, you always find a way to see the forest through the trees and remind yourself of what you are working toward.
總有一些枯燥的任務需要完成——即使你不想成為完成這些任務的那個人。我們很容易就迷失在某項工程的繁複細節中，而忘了展望它的完成，更容易糾結於這些細節工作有多難多費時。但如果你熱愛你的工作，你就總能通過樹木看見整座森林，並提醒自己你究竟是為了什麼工作。
3. Your frustration is born out of something not being good enough.
3. 你的失望來自於某事不完美
When we care about the work we do and something doesn’t live up to our standards, it can be really disappointing. If this frustration comes from wanting something to be better than it is and taking extra time and effort to bring it up to those standards, then you are actually doing work that matters to you. Even if the struggle feels like a huge pain, working toward the end result you want will give you an even greater sense of reward once you get it there.
當我們在意工作或某事不能達到自己的標準時，會非常失望。如果這種沮喪來自於想要某事變得更完美，並願意花時間和精力使之達到標準，那麼你所做的工作對你來說是重要的。即使這種掙扎讓你感覺到極大的痛苦，朝著你預想的目標前進，一旦達到目標，你就會更有成就感。
4. You talk about your work during breakfast and dinner.
4. 你在早餐和晚餐時間談論你的工作。
You seriously can’t help talking about the thing you’re working on, even if it frustrates you. You try to talk out the issue with your loved ones, thinking maybe another perspective can help you 「hallelujah」 your way to a solution. Complaining about your job does not fall into this category. There will always be days or even weeks at a time when things just feel like they’re working against you, but you keep talking about your work through every kind of phase.
哪怕工作再讓你心灰意冷，你就是忍不住提到它。你試圖和你愛的人討論這個話題，想著也許其他人的意見能幫助你找到解決方法。抱怨工作可不屬於這一類。總是有幾天甚至幾周，你感覺工作和你作對，但你仍然每時每刻都談論工作。
5. You feel like the day just started when it’s suddenly lunchtime.
5. 你感覺還沒過多久就到午餐時間了。
Have you ever done this? You』ve gone through a couple of tasks, maybe answered a few quick emails, or tidied up some things left from the previous day and are ready to dig into the bigger work when you look at the time and it’s 11:47 am? Where the heck did the morning go? If it’s easy for you to get into flow, meaning you’re working on something that is not too easy but not so challenging you can’t do it, you’re doing work that is juuuust right for you.
你有這樣的經歷嗎？你完成了幾個任務，也許是回復了幾封郵件，或是把昨天剩下的事情處理完了，正準備大幹一場的時候看了一下時間，發現已經到了11點47分。你驚覺時間都去哪兒了？如果你很容易就進入工作狀態，意味著你做的事情既不簡單但又不至於有太大的挑戰，那麼你現在的工作就是最最最適合你的。
6. You are constantly inspired by the people around you.
6. 你經常被身邊的人鼓舞。
The things they seem to accomplish can sometime blow you away. You admire their tenacity in their work and you want to support them any way you can so that they can keep being awesome. You love what you are all working toward collectively as a team. Typically, when we are feeling good, we see the good in others. So by admiring the work of others, it’s coming from a place of admiring your own work as well.
他們所做的事有時候能讓你驚呆。你羨慕他們堅毅的工作態度，你想要不惜任何代價支持他們讓他們能一直這樣充滿幹勁。你喜歡和他們作為一個團隊一起工作。通常，當我們自我感覺良好的時候，我們也能看見別人的亮點。所以欽佩別人的工作的同時，你一定也喜歡自己的工作。
7. You find yourself looking at your extracurricular life in terms of work.
7. 你發現自己從工作角度看待業餘生活。
You are not strict about mentally checking out of work when you don’t have to be there. You like your work, so you also like thinking about it outside of office hours. You find yourself solving problems, brainstorming ideas, and thinking in terms of how something in your life relates to something in your work. Like Newton and the apple, sometimes your greatest ideas come to you when you are far from the office.
當你不在工作時間，你不會嚴格要求自己不去想工作的事情。如果你喜歡自己的工作，你就會在業餘時間也想著工作。你會發現自己在解決問題，思索點子，思考生活中的事情是如何和工作上的事情聯繫在一起的。就像牛頓和蘋果一樣，有時候最好的想法往往是在你遠離辦公場所的時候誕生的。
8. You don’t dread Sunday night.
8. 你不會在周日晚上焦慮不安。
For people who don’t like their jobs, every day of the week has a certain quality. Monday is for the blues, Wednesday is halfway there, and Friday is the sweetest day of the week because it means they are one lazy work day away from the weekend. Many Saturdays are occupied by a hangover, and Sunday, well, even though it’s a day off, it can feel like one of the most dreadful because another work week is around the corner. But when you like the work, Sunday is a great day! Just like most of the other days. It’s always so nice to have time to take care of our homes, spend quality time with family and friends, or just go out and explore. But when Sunday does finally come around, it’s almost exciting to get back to work after a refreshing weekend.
對於不喜歡自己工作的人來說，一周的每一天都有不同的特性。周一是憂鬱的，周三就過半了，周五就是最開心的日子了，因為離周末只有一天了，懶散地打發一下就過去了。周六大多都是在宿醉中度過的，周日，好了，雖然這天也休息，但是卻可能是感覺最糟的一天，因為下一周不遠了。但如果你喜歡工作，周日就是完美的一天！就像一周其他幾天一樣。有時間照顧家裡，和家人朋友度過有意義的一天，或出去探索一番總是令人愉悅的。但周日真到了，激動的還是在周末恢復精力後又能回去工作了。
來源：滬江英語
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