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Simplify Your Life 简化你的生活 and free up time to do what you love most 挤出些时间做你最想做的事 【1】Two years ago Shirley Michels of St. Louis found herself getting up earlier and earlier, and going to bed later and later, just to meet everyday demands. The wife, mother and ophthalmic technician met her responsibilities『责职;任务』, but lacked time for the things that mattered most. 【1】两年前，圣路易斯州的雪莉米歇尔斯发现自己起得越来越早，睡得越来越晚却仅能满足日常的生活需求。尽管无论是作为一名妻子，一位母亲，还是眼科技师她都已尽了职责，但她却没有时间做最重要的事情. 【2】She and her husband, Vic, an attorney, began searching for ways to simplify『简化;精简』their lives. We had to decide what was really important, says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to play with their three-year-old son, Ryan, to exercise and eat right, and to nurture『培育;养育』friendships. 【2】她和她的丈夫维克，一名律师，开始想办法简化他们的生活。雪莉说：我们得决定什么是生活中真正重要的。他们知道自己想拥有更多的时间和三岁的儿子瑞安在一起，做做游戏，做做运动，让他吃好，以培养他们之间的感情. 【3】So the couple chose to live more modestly『适中的;适度的』, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive pleasures such as reading, cooking and going to the park. Shirley quit her job and began working part time from home. She printed up business cards that read At your servicebuy yourself a little time, and hired herself out for personal tasks such as shopping, paying bills, organizing parties, doing Internet researchwhatever clients needed. | 
