简单生活之美.docx

Living With Less. A Lot Less.
简单生活之美
I LIVE in a 420-square-foot studio. I slee p in a bed that folds dow n from the wn in a lifetime.
Sitewerks，挣
一切始于1998年的西雅图，当时我的伙伴和我卖掉了我们的互联网咨询公司
到了原来想都不敢想的财富。
To celebrate, I bought a four-story, 3,600-square-foot, turn-of-the- century house in Seattle ' s happening Capitol Hill neighborhood and, in a frenzy of consumption, bought a brand-new sect ional couch (my first ever), a p air of $300 sun glasses, a ton of gadgets, like an
Mobile Player (one of the first p ortable digital music p layers) and an audi op hile-worthy five-disc
CD player. And, of course, a black turbocharged V olvo. With a remote starter!
作为一种庆祝方式，我在西雅图热门的国会山地区买了一栋世纪之交的、约 330平方米的四
层房屋，并且在一阵疯狂消费过程中，购买了一套崭新的组合沙发(我个人的第一套) 、一
幅300美元的眼镜和海量的小玩意， PI ayer (这是最早的数字
音乐移动播放器之一)和一部发烧友级别的五碟 CD播放器。当然，还有一辆配备了遥控启
动器的黑色涡轮增压沃尔沃 (Volvo)轿车！
I was working hard for Sitewerks ' new parent company, Bowne, and didn ‘ t have the time to finish
getti ng everyth ing I n eeded for my house. So I hired a guy n amed Seve n, who said he had bee n
Courtney Love ' assistant, to be my personal shopper. He went to furniture, applianee and electr onics stores and took Polaroids of things he thought I might like to fill the house; I through the pi ctures and pro ceed on a virtual sho pping sp ree.
我当时为Sitewerks的新母公司鲍恩公司(Bowne)努力工作，因而没有时间来买全我的房子所 需的每件东西。所以我雇