A: When we first looked at the new apartment, I thought it was really spacious. Now we have moved in, all the rooms seem much smaller.
B: It’s funny how we misremember some things. Our memories can be very unreliable.
A: It’s not that, it’s just that I had no idea how much stuff I have accumulated over the years. I don’t have anywhere to put my things.
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B: Yeah, you’ve always been a hoarder. You can’t bear to throw things away.
A: I think I’m going to have to get creative with how I store things away.
B: Can’t you just buy more furniture to store everything in?
A: That just means accumulating more stuff. I think I need to go minimalist.
A: 我們第一次去看那間房的時候,我覺得它空間還蠻寬敞的。可是現在我們搬進去了,所有的房間看起來都小多了。
B: 記錯事情這種情況還蠻有趣的,我們的記憶有時候很不可靠。
A: 才不是因為我記錯咧!我只是沒想到日積月累,我的東西越來越多,已經沒有地方可以放了。
B: 對呀,你是很會囤積物品的人,你就是沒辦法丟東西。
A: 我應該要來發揮一下創意,想辦法把我的東西都收納進去。
B: 你不能多買幾件家具,把這些東西都收納起來嗎?
A: 這樣只是在累積更多東西,我應該要一切從簡。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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