Day 194: On Pain and Quitting
第194天：关于痛苦和放弃
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
痛苦是暂时的。放弃是永恒的。
—Lance Armstrong
Pain, particularly during strenuous exercise, is often so overpowering that you can barely think straight. However, it’s through this pain that we grow, and it’s a necessary part of the process, just like embracing discomfort in general is essential for rejecting instant gratification in order to accomplish your long-term goals.
疼痛，尤其是剧烈运动时的疼痛，往往让人难以忍受，几乎无法思考。
然而，我们正是在这种痛苦中成长的，这是成长过程中必要的一部分，就像拥抱不适感对于拒绝急功近利以实现长期目标至关重要一样。
Whenever you feel tempted to give up because of momentary pain, do your best to remind yourself that pain passes, but the disappointment you’ll feel upon quitting will accompany you for a long time. Giving up will give you some relief right now, but the price you’ll have to pay will be ultimately more painful than bearing the pain a little while longer.
每当你因为一时的痛苦而想放弃时，请尽力提醒自己，痛苦会过去，但放弃后的失望会伴随你很长时间。
放弃会让你现在得到一些解脱，但你必须付出的代价最终会比再忍受一段时间的痛苦更痛苦。
If you think that there’s no way you can handle the pain — something that will probably happen to you during the first several weeks of exercising, for example — tell yourself to only bear it for three seconds longer and then give up. Often, pain is a fleeting high-intensity burst at the moment you first feel it, and then it quickly recedes as your body adapts to it — something I experienced in numerous workouts, as well as when I took cold showers. Waiting for three seconds before you give up can be enough time to enable you to withstand the pain and keep going .
如果你认为自己无法承受疼痛。
例如，在运动的最初几周，你可能会遇到这种情况——告诉自己只能再多忍受三秒钟，然后放弃。
通常情况下，疼痛在你刚感觉到它的那一刻是短暂的高强度爆发，然后它会随着你的身体适应它而迅速消退——这是我在无数次锻炼和洗冷水浴时都经历过的。
在你放弃之前再等待三秒钟的时间，足以让你承受住疼痛并继续坚持下去。
As a quick disclaimer, please don’t mistake the kind of pain that’s safe, signaling you’re pushing yourself, with the kind of pain that’s the signal of an injury. Whenever you are pushing your limits, always prioritize safety over everything else.
作为一个简短的免责声明，请不要把那种安全的、表示你在挑战自我的疼痛，与那种表示受伤的疼痛相混淆。
无论何时，当你在挑战自己的极限时，一定要把安全放在第一位。