【密码提示是什么意思】双语：密码如何让一个人的生活变得更好

这是一个温暖的故事，非常治愈。

Can password therapy really improve your life? Mauricio Estrella, an associate creative director in Shanghai, developed a unique way to create and remember passwords. He used a personal goal to create an affirmation and it became a password infused with the power of positive thinking. Here's his story…

密码疗法真的能改善你的生活吗？毛里西奥· 埃斯特雷拉是上海的一名创意副总监，他开发了一种创建和记住密码的独特方法。他用一个个人目标来建立一种信念的强化，使其成为一个密码，这个密码就充满了积极思考的力量。下面是他的故事……

"How could she do something like this to me?" said the voice in my head, over and over.

"她怎么能这样对我？" 我脑海里的声音一遍又一遍地说。

It was 2011 and I was stuck in middle of a pretty bad depression due to my divorce.

那是2011年，由于离婚，我陷入了严重的抑郁之中。

Thankfully, I think I was smart enough (and had great people around me) so I managed my way out.

庆幸的是，我觉得自己很聪明（而且我身边有很多优秀的人），因此我设法走了出来。

One day I walk into the office, and my computer screen showed me the following message:

有一天，我走进办公室，电脑屏幕上显示了如下信息：

"Your password has expired. Click 'Change password' to change your password."

"您的密码已过期。点击'更改密码'即可更改您的密码。"

I read this dumb message in my mind with angry grandpa voice: The darn password has expired.

我用愤怒的声音在心里读这条愚蠢的信息：该死的密码过期了。

At my workplace, the Microsoft Exchange server is configured to ask thousands of employees around the planet to change their passwords. Every 30 days.

在我的工作场所，微软交换服务器被配置为要求全球成千上万名员工每30天就要更改他们的密码。

Here what's annoying: The server forces us to use at least one UPPERCASE character, at least one lowercase alphabetic character, at least one symbol and at least one number. Oh, and the whole thing can't be less than 8 characters. And I can't use any of the same passwords I've used in the last 3 months.

让人恼火的是：该服务器强制我们使用至少一个大写字符，至少一个小写字符，至少一个符号和至少一个数字。哦，还有整个密码不能少于8个字符。而且我还不能用过去三个月用过的密码。

I was furious that morning. A sizzling hot Tuesday, it was 9:40 a.m and I was late to work. I was still wearing my bike helmet and had forgotten to eat breakfast. I needed to get things done before a 10 a.m. meeting and changing passwords was going to be a huge waste of time.

那天早上我怒火中烧。一个酷热难耐的星期二，上午9:40，我上班迟到了。我还戴着自行车头盔，忘记吃早饭了。我需要在上午10点的会议之前把事情办好，而更改密码将会浪费很多时间。

As the input field with the pulsating cursor was waiting for me to type a password — something I'd use many times during every day — I remembered a tip I heard from my former boss.

当光标跳动的输入栏等着我输入密码时——我每天都会用很多次密码——我想起了前老板给我的一个建议。

And I decided: I'm gonna use a password to change my life.

然后我决定：我要用密码来改变我的生活。

It was obvious that I couldn't focus on getting things done with my current lifestyle and mood. Of course, there were clear indicators of what I needed to do — or what I had to achieve — in order to regain control of my life, but we often don't pay attention to these clues.

很明显，以我目前的生活方式和心情，我无法专注于完成事情。当然，为了重新掌控自己的生活，我需要做什么——或者我必须实现什么——其实都有明确的迹象，但我们往往并没有注意到这些迹象。

My password became the indicator. My password reminded me that I shouldn't let myself be victim of my recent break up, and that I'm strong enough to do something about it.

我的密码变成了指示器。我的密码提醒我，我不应该让自己成为最近分手的受害者，而且我非常强大，我可以为此做些什么。

My password became: "Forgive@h3r"

我的密码变成了：Forgive@h3r。

I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my computer would lock. Each time my screensaver with her photo would appear. Each time I would come back from eating lunch alone.

我每天都要把这句话打好几次。每次我的电脑都会锁屏。每次我的屏保里都会出现她的照片。每次我都是一个人吃完午饭回来。

In my mind, I went with the mantra that I didn't type a password. In my mind, I wrote "Forgive her" every day, for one month.

在我的内心里，我一直坚信我输入的不是密码。在我的内心里，我每天都写"原谅她（Forgive her）"，写了一个月。

That simple action changed the way I looked at my ex wife. That constant reminder that I should forgive her led me to accept the way things happened at the end of my marriage, and embrace a new way of dealing with the depression that I was drowning into.

这个简单的举动改变了我对前妻的看法。它不断提醒我应该原谅她，这让我接受了婚姻结束时发生的事情，并以一种新的方式来应对我陷入的抑郁。

In the following days, my mood improved drastically. By the end of the second week, I noticed that this password became less powerful, and it started to lose its effect. A quick refresh of this 'mantra' helped me. I thought to myself "I forgive her" as I typed it, every time. The healing effect of it came back almost immediately.

在接下来的几天里，我的心情大大改善了。到第二周结束时，我发现这个密码变得不那么有效了，它开始失去作用。快速刷新这个"咒语"对我很有帮助。我每次输入密码的时候，都对自己说"我原谅她了"。它的治愈效果几乎立刻就恢复了。

One month later, my dear exchange server asked me again to renew my password. I thought about the next thing I had to get done.

一个月以后，我亲爱的交换服务器再次要求我更新密码。我想到了我要做的下一件事。

My password became: Quit@smoking4ever

我的密码变成了：Quit@smoking4ever。

And guess what happened. I quit smoking overnight. This password was a painful one to type during that month, but doing it helped me to yell at myself in my mind, as I typed that statement. It motivated me to follow my monthly goal.

猜猜发生了什么。我一夜之间戒烟了。在那个月里，输入这个密码是很痛苦的，但这样做帮助我在输入这句话的时候，在心里对自己呐喊。它激励我去实现每月的目标。

One month later, my password became: Save4trip@thailand …Guess where I went 3 months later. Thailand. With savings.

一个月后，我的密码变成了：Save4trip@thailand……猜猜3个月后我去了哪里。 泰国。用积蓄。

So, I learned that I can truly change my life if I play it right. I kept doing this repeatedly month after month, with great results.

于是，我明白了如果我做对了，我真的可以改变我的生活。我一个月接着一个月地重复这样做，取得了很好的效果。

Here are some of my passwords from the last 2 years, so you get an idea of how my life has changed, thanks to this method:

下面是我过去这两年的一些密码，这样你就能知道我的生活是如何改变的了，多亏了这个方法：

Forgive@h3r (to my ex-wife, who started it all.)

Forgive@h3r（致我的前妻，这一切都源于她。）

Quit@smoking4ever (It worked.)

Quit@smoking4ever （它奏效了。）

Save4trip@thailand (It worked.)

Save4trip@thailand （它奏效了。）

Eat2times@day (It never worked, still fat.)

Eat2times@day（它从没奏效，我依然很胖。）

Sleep@before12 (It worked.)

Sleep@before12（它奏效了。）

Ask@her4date (It worked. I fell in love again.)

Ask@her4date （它奏效了。我又恋爱了。）

No@drinking2months (It worked. I feel better.)

No@drinking2months（它奏效了。我感觉好多了。）

Get@c4t! (It worked. I have a beautiful cat.)

Get@c4t! （它奏效了。我拥有了一只漂亮的猫。）

Facetime2mom@sunday (It worked. I talk with my mom every week.)

Facetime2mom@sunday （它奏效了。我每周都和妈妈聊天。）

And the one for last month:Save4@ring (Yep. Life is gonna change again, soon.)

还有上个月的：Save4@ring（是的。生活很快又要改变了。）

I still anxiously await each month so I can change my password into something that I need to get done.

我仍然焦急地等待每个月，这样我就可以把我的密码修改成我需要做的事情了。

This method has consistently worked for me for the last 2 years, and I have shared it with a few close friends and relatives. I didn't think it was a breakthrough in tiny-habits but it did have a great impact in my life, so that's why I'm sharing it with you. If you try it with the right mindset and attitude, maybe it could help change your life, too.

这个方法在过去的两年里对我一直很有效，我已经和一些亲密的朋友和亲戚分享了它。我认为这不是一个小习惯上的突破，但它确实对我的生活产生了很大的影响，所以这就是为什么我要和你们分享它。如果你用正确的思维模式和态度去尝试，也许它也能帮助改变你的生活。

Oh, and remember: for added security, try to be a bit more complex with the words. Add symbols or numbers, or scramble a bit the beginning or the ending of your password string. S4f3ty_f1rst!

哦，还要记住：为了增加安全性，请尝试使用较为复杂的单词。在密码字符串的开头或结尾添加符号或数字，或将其打乱。S4f3ty_f1rst!

知识积累：

1. password是一个合成词，由pass+word构成，输入这个word就可以pass（通过），所以password意为"密码；口令"。

2. be stuck in困住；陷于

I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life—I want to live!

我不想一辈子都憋在办公室里——我要享受人生乐趣！

3. furious /ˈfjʊəriəs/ adj. ~ (with sb) ~ (at sth/sb) ~ (that...)

very angry 狂怒的；暴怒的。下次当你想表达"生气"时，可以试着用一下这个词哟！

He was furious with himself for letting things get so out of control.

他生自己的气，怪自己竟让事情搞得如此不可收拾。

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