whether it's writing a book, or making a song on guitar, or completely reinventing yourself in the space you're in. 不管是写一本书、或是用吉他写一首歌、或是在你所处的空间完全改造自己。

But then as the days go by, your enthusiasm fades and fades and fades until it just shrivels up and dies 但之后随着日子过去，你的热情消逝、消逝、消逝，直到它干枯并死去，

and you completely forget about it. 然后你完全忘记它。

The first, most important, and hardest part of leveling up is deciding to. 要提升自己，首先、最重要、最难的部份是下定决心。

You have so much willpower. We as human beings, whenever we decide we really want something, 你有这么多意志力。我们身为人类，不论何时我们决定我们真的很想要某个东西，

we go after it and we make it happen. 我们追求它并让它成真。

There's no such thing as "I'm too busy for that." 没有像是“我太忙不能做那件事”这种事。

It's just "I don't think I want to invest the time necessary to complete that goal," 就只是“我不认为我想投入完成那个目标所需要的时间”，

which brings me to the two biggest hurdles standing between you and what you want to accomplish: 这让我想到站在你和你想完成的事情之间的两个最大障碍：

total time mismanagement and not setting realistic goals. 完全的时间管理不当，以及没有设定实际目标。

We throw so much time away just doing absolutely nothing. 我们丢掉这么多时间就是完全不做事。

And then we have these grand goals and ideas and dreams that seem so overwhelming, 然后我们有这些看似势不可挡的伟大目标和想法和梦想，

that we never finish them because we don't start off small. 我们永远没完成它们，因为我们不从小地方开始。

If you really wanna get something done, be honest with yourself. 如果你真的想要做到某事，对自己诚实。

So if you tell me, "I wanna write for two hours today." 所以如果你告诉我：“我今天想要写作两小时。”

"Are you really gonna write for two hours? Is that something that you are actually able to do?" “你真的要写作两小时吗？那是你确实可以做到的事吗？”

"No." “不。”

"How about an hour? How about 30 minutes? How about 15 minutes?" “那一小时呢？三十分钟呢？十五分钟呢？”

"Fifteen minutes of writing? I can do that. Totally, totally doable." “写作十五分？我可以做到。完全、完全做得到的。”

So if you wanna reach this fabled level five, start managing your time and setting goals that you know that you can complete. 所以如果你想要达到这个传说中的第五级，开始管理你的时间，并设定你知道可以完成的目标。

I use an AT-A-GLANCE planner. It breaks down the week per hour. 我使用AT-A-GLANCE出的计划表。它将一周以每个小时拆开来。

It's amazing, highly recommended. And whenever I cross something off of my list, 这很棒，极力推荐。无论何时我将某件事从我的清单中划掉，

I reward myself with a cookie or chocolate—something sweet, something delicious 我犒赏自己一片饼干或是巧克力－－一些甜食、一些好吃的

—that's all that's needed to get something out of me. －－那是说服我所需要的所有东西。

So you know, start leveling up because you totally can. 所以你知道，开始提升自己，因为你完全可以。

It's just a matter of deciding to and then going from there. Okay? Good luck. 就是下定决心和从这里开始的问题。好吗？祝你好运。

I'll see you next week. Stay Awesome, Gotham. 我下周会再见到你们。保重了，高谭市。