Consider who we are spending time with

　　想想我們該花時間和誰在一起

　　The people who we spend the most time with might be a major contributing factor to feeling discouragement. This can be a very hard one, especially if those people are family and loved ones. We have a tendency to become who we most frequently associate with, and if we spend all our time with people who are constantly negative, and feeling sorry for themselves, we can be influenced to see life through a similar lens.

　　和我們相處最久的那些人也許是帶來沮喪的最大因素。這聽起來不大舒服，尤其是他們會是家人或愛人。我們總會不知覺的變成身邊最親近人的樣子，如果我們一直和消極的人在一起，為他們感到難過，我們也會被影響和他們一樣去看待生活。

　　So what can we do? We can’t simply cut loved ones out of our lives. So what we should do is simply expand our social network. Join a peer group that is positive. Start to surround ourselves with positive people as a balance. Over time we will start to take on their mindset and this will help with any feelings of discouragement we may have.

　　那該怎么辦呢?我們不能簡單的把愛人排除在生活之外。所以能做的就是擴大自己的社交圈。加入積極的同齡人小組。讓周圍充滿了正能量的人作為平衡。不知不覺我們就會吸取這些正能量，也能幫助我們減少沮喪感。