做一些简单的实践写下你在脑海你的争论(或说出来，如果你是个外向的人)对你花如此多的时间在这上面感到惊讶吧。

Just make this simple exercise of writing down every argument you had in your mind (or out loud, if you're more extrovert) and be amazed about how much time you're spending on this.

youdao

当我们完全以目标为导向时，我们将达到目标所需要进行的活动视作必要之恶，所以我们在可接受的范围内尽可能少地花力气在过程上面。

When we are exclusively goal oriented, we view the activity required to achieve the goal as a necessary evil, so we perform it in the most minimal way that we think will be acceptable.

youdao

我们生活的大部分都是在工作：要是你不喜欢还花那么多时间在上面可就太遗憾了。

We spend most of our lives working: what a shame it would be if you're spending that time doing something you hate.

youdao

I agree, meditation is not something that you just do for an hour a day or a month or however much time you do it, it's supposed to be a practice you implement into your daily life.

我也认为冥想不是坚持一天或一个月,就能达到的,不管花多少时间在上面，这都只是种练习,要融入到日常生活中去。

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But, um, I mean, you know, it's fine if that's what they're going to spend their money on.

但是，如果他们把钱花在那上面也是不错的。

SOHO的画廊 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Knowing what iambic pentameter is, is not a gift of birth, but rather something that comes through a little bit of practice, which means we have to work at it a little bit.

没有谁是生来就知道抑扬五音步格诗，是需要努力才能知道的，这说明我们必须在这个上面花点功夫。

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