有时，我先做想要做的事，后做不得不做的事。 …有时…

Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, …

youdao

但是生活变得这么疯狂，我每天都发现自己在转个不停，做那些不得不做的事。

But life gets so hectic, and every day finds me rushing about to get all the needful things done.

youdao

And so the big issue is -- this is what you must never do, but this is what you got to do if your phalanx is broken.

所以现在的大问题是,这也许是你在战场上永远不能做的事,但你在方阵被打散时不得不这么干

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