你觉得什么样的生活是美好的？除了幸福和意义，还有一种“心理富足”的生活可能更有趣。研究发现，心理富足的生活充满了独特、多样和复杂的经历，这些经历能够改变我们的视角。

很多人其实更愿意选择这种充满好奇和探索的生活，而不仅仅是简单的幸福。探索和体验新事物，不断丰富自己的视角，就是心理富足的精髓所在！

Living a varied life can lead to a richer mind

丰富多彩的生活可以充实一个人的思想。

How do you define a good life? Many would answer a happy life or a meaningful one. However, there could be a third answer: a “psychologically rich” life.

怎么去定义美好生活呢？很多人会回答幸福的生活或者有意义的生活。然而，或许还有第三个答案：'内心充盈'地生活。

According to study authors Shige Oishi from the University of Virginia and Erin Westgate from the University of Florida, richness in life is defined by extraordinary, diverse, and complex experiences that crucially lead to a change in perspective.

根据弗吉尼亚大学的Shige Oishi 和佛罗里达大学的Erin Westgate的研究，生活的丰富性是指那些非凡、多样和复杂的经历，这些经历会让我们的观点发生改变。简单来说，生活丰富多彩，就是因为我们经历了很多特别、有趣和多种多样的事情，这些事情让我们看待世界的方式变得不一样了。

Across three surveys involving 1,336 college students, Oishi and Westgate discovered that individuals were able to distinguish psychological richness from happiness and meaning when evaluating their own lives and well-being. “Unlike happy or meaningful lives, psychologically rich lives are best characterized by a variety of interesting and perspective-changing experiences,” wrote the researchers in their paper.

通过对1336名大学生进行的三项调查发现，人们聊到生活时，能将“精神富足”和快乐、有意义区分开。研究人员在论文中写道：“与快乐或有意义的生活不同，内心充盈的生活最显著的特点是拥有各种有趣且能改变视角的经历。”

They also pointed out that moving to another country, transitioning (转变) to a different career, or engaging with challenging art – such as James Joyce’s novel Ulysses as cited in the study – are three examples of the type of psychological richness that people seek.

他们还认为，移居他国、转变职业、或者接触有挑战性的艺术等都是人们追求心理富足的方法。——就像研究中提到的詹姆斯·乔伊斯的小说《尤利西斯》一样。

A change in perspective, which often signifies growth, can arise from unique experiences. For instance, study abroad programs can transform our thinking about life, while secondhand experiences from literature and film can also enrich our psychological perspective. “Humans created art and culture to essentially help themselves go through a wealth of experiences secondhand,” Oishi said.

独特的经历常常能改变我们的视角，带来成长。比如，留学可以改变我们对生活的看法，而看书和看电影也能更加丰富我们的心理世界。Oishi 说：“人们创造艺术和文化，希望通过这些作品来间接体验丰富多彩的生活。”

Some individuals, as a survey of 3,728 people across nine countries revealed, might choose a psychologically rich life filled with curiosity and exploration over a simply happy one. About 16 percent of respondents from Germany, India, and South Korea preferred the former.

一项涉及9个国家3728名参与者的调查发现，一些人更愿意选择充满好奇和探索的丰富生活，而不是追求简单的幸福。来自德国、印度和韩国约16%的受访者表示更喜欢前者。

A psychologically rich life is a life full of curiosity and exploration. It’s not that you have to chase after new and exciting experiences all the time. Rather, living a psychologically rich life is to remain curious about life in its fullness, and not limit yourself to the comforts of what you already know.

心理富足的生活充满了好奇心和探索精神，但并非要求人们时刻追求新奇和刺激的经历。相反，心理丰富意味着对生活保持好奇，不局限于已知的舒适区。

Becoming psychologically rich

成为内心丰富的人

Be willing to take risks

勇于冒险

By welcoming new and diverse experiences, we prevent ourselves from getting bored and limiting growth.

多尝试不同的事情，不仅会让生活更有趣，也会让我们成长。

Stay open and nonjudgmental

保持开放和非批判性

By remaining open to learning from our challenges, we improve our psychological, social and emotional abilities, including self-compassion (自我同情), emotional control, and interpersonal proficiency.

保持开放的心态不断进取，我们的心理、社交和情感能力也能得到提升，学会自我同情、控制情绪，提升人际交往能力。

Don’t frown upon frowns

不要皱眉头

Continuous happiness is a myth. It’s natural to experience sadness, hurt and anger as responses to life, and it’s unproductive to feel guilty about experiencing these emotions.

人不可能总是快乐，有时难过、生气也是很正常的，不必为此感到内疚。

主题词汇

psychologically rich 

精神富足的，心理丰富的

emphasize the  importance of 

强调……的重要性

be defined by 

由……定义

a change in perspective 

看法的转变

distinguish A from B / between A and B 

区分A与B

be characterized by 

特征是……

arise from

由……产生

a life full of curiosity and exploration

充满好奇和探索的人生

chase after sth.

追逐……

limit oneself to sth. 

把自己局限于……

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