Time Bank 时间银行

Let us start by looking at the Life’s Wheel below. A wheel has to be rounded in order that it can rotate and by rotating we can move along one’s life-cycle.

让我们从下面的生命之轮开始。轮子必须是圆形的才能旋转，通过旋转我们可以沿着一个人的生命周期移动。

For the wheel to be rounded and is able to turn around, we need to spend proportionately the same amount of our time in each of eight types of activities over any time period, be it a day, a week, a month, or a year.

为了使轮子变圆并且能够转动，我们需要在任何时间段（一天、一周、一个月或一年）的八种活动中的每一种活动中花费相同的时间.

Segments 1 and 2 represent personal developments - segment 1 is physical development, segment 2 is mental development. For example, meals, sleeps, exercises, and sports can be classified as activities for physical development whereas, studying, TV watching, conversations with friends are part and parcel of mental development.

第 1 段和第 2 段代表个人发展——第 1 段是身体发展，第 2 段是心理发展。例如，吃饭、睡觉、锻炼和运动可以归类为促进身体发育的活动，而学习、看电视、与朋友交谈是智力发育的重要组成部分。

Just imagine that there is a bank who credits you with 86,400 minutes of time in a day. The question we need to consider is “How many seconds of today’s 86,400 minutes are devoted to personal developments?” We usually sleep for six hours, eat for three hours (physical development) read books and watch TV programs (mental development) for say three hours - a total of twelve hours gone. What areas of today would we be spending for other activities? Carry the concept over a week, or a month, or a year and record such times as percentages and see how our wheel grow. Is our wheel balanced, rounded, and is able to rotate and to move?

试想一下，有一家银行在一天内向您提供 86,400 分钟的时间。我们需要考虑的问题是“今天的 86,400 分钟中有多少秒用于个人发展？”我们通常睡六个小时，吃三个小时（身体发育）看书和看电视节目（智力发育），比如说三个小时——总共十二个小时。今天的哪些领域我们会花在其他活动上？将这个概念持续一周、一个月或一年，并以百分比的形式记录这些时间，看看我们的轮子是如何增长的。我们的轮子是否平衡、圆润并且能够旋转和移动？

Segments 3 and 4 are segments for career development. Segment 3 is the time spent in self career development while Segment 4 represents social activities related to career development.

第 3 部分和第 4 部分是职业发展的部分。第 3 部分是自我职业发展所花费的时间，而第 4 部分代表与职业发展相关的社会活动.

Because of the fact that the Time Bank does not carry forward any of the 86,400 seconds not used, more does it allow overdrafts, any second of time not utilised for activities pertaining to the eight segments of the Time Life Cycle, the unused seconds are treated as wasted or gone forever. Remember that every day a new account is opened for us and every night the remaining seconds not used are burned out and the periods of “loss” or “unrecorded times” are lost forever.

由于时间银行不会结转任何未使用的 86,400 秒，也不允许透支，任何未用于与时间生命周期的八个部分有关的活动的时间，未使用的秒数将被处理浪费或永远消失。请记住，每天都会为我们开设一个新帐户，并且每天晚上剩余的未使用秒数都会被烧掉，而“丢失”或“未记录时间”的时期将永远丢失。

Segments 5 and 6 deal with our relationships with Family Members (Segment 5) and with Extended Family Members (like cousins, uncles and aunts) or with Neighbours. Have we spend time with our Family Members today (Segment 5)? Have we spend time with any of our Extended Family Members or with any of our neighbours (Segment 6)?

第 5 部分和第 6 部分处理我们与家庭成员（第 5 部分）和大家庭成员（如表亲、叔叔和阿姨）或邻居的关系。我们今天是否与家人共度时光（第 5 部分）？我们是否与我们的任何大家庭成员或我们的任何邻居（第 6 部分）共度时光？

实现一年的价值……   问一个成绩不及格的学生.

实现一个月的价值…… 问一个生过早产儿的妈妈.

实现一周的价值……. 问周报的编辑.

实现一小时的价值…… 问等待见面的恋人。

Segments 7 and 8 concern our relationships with our friends (segment 7) and with our foes or enemies (segment 8). One may think that there is no need to develop any relationship with enemies. This thinking is not correct as every person has two personality sides - a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde. We need to spend time trying to understand the behaviours of our enemies simply in the hope that one day, they can change their minds about us.

第 7 部分和第 8 部分涉及我们与朋友（第 7 部分）和我们的敌人（第 8 部分）的关系。人们可能认为没有必要与敌人发展任何关系。这种想法是不正确的，因为每个人都有两个性格方面——杰基尔博士和海德先生。我们需要花时间试图了解我们的敌人的行为，只是希望有一天，他们可以改变对我们的看法。

实现一分钟的价值……问一个错过火车的人。

实现一秒的价值……问一个刚刚避免车祸的人。

实现一毫秒的价值……问在奥运会上获得银牌的人。

珍惜你拥有的每一刻！

并且更加珍惜它，因为您与特别的人分享了它，特别的人足以度过您的时间。请记住，时间不等人。

昨天是历史。

明天是个谜。

今天是天赐。

这就是为什么它被称为……

礼物！！

确实，朋友是一种非常稀有的宝石。

他们让你微笑并鼓励你成功。

他们分享赞美之词，他们总是想向你敞开心扉。

告诉你的朋友你有多在乎……

今天给他们每人发一条信息，不，每天挑选十个朋友，然后向他们每个人发布您的关怀信息。

每周这样做三天，看看这会给你带来什么结果。