Your Date Project：365天365人，分享「生活中最重要是什麼？」的故事

不管是坐在咖啡店還是走在街上，我們偶爾都會聽見旁人的談話，訴說自己的論點。有時候，會聽到負面的抱怨牢騷；有時候，會聽到正面的價值觀。當一位不認識你的人突然點醒正值迷惘的自己，那當頭棒喝的力度，啟發性十足。

Your Date Project

今年一月，製作人 Kenji C. Green 開始策劃「Your Date Project」系列單元，不分年齡、性別、膚色，他向受訪者詢問：「生活中最重要的是什麼？」並將他們的答案分享到 Instagram 上。不同於成功人士的大道理，他們貼近生活的真實建言，也許更值得我們一起學習和參考。

Cade Cornell，14 歲

抱持正面的心態

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See 14 year old, Cade's perspective on life, on his birthday at the link in our bio. #happybirthday to Cade and everyone else born on March 1st.

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Cade Cornell：「我對生活沒有不好的看法，只是一切並沒有我想像的那麼愉快。」

Bianca Alvarade，18 歲

期許自己保有純真的心

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I want to be a kid forever. When I'm 18, I'm going to be a legal adult, so I'm kind of scared about that. I have friends that are a little bit older, and they're broke. And they tell me how broke they are, and how they are struggling. When they tell me stuff like that, I tell them "There's always downs before there's ups," stuff like that. I would hope that I think that way when I'm in that position, but I don't know. I might just be depressed. My name is Bianca Alvarade, and I was born on April 23rd, 2000. #happybirthday to @biancaalvarado2000 and everyone else born on #april23 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Bianca Alvara：「我想永遠當個小孩。當我 18 歲時，我將成為一位合法的成年人，所以我對此感到害怕。我有一些年紀稍大的朋友，他們已經受傷了。他們告訴我自己是如何受傷的，還有他們目前面臨的困境。當他們告訴我這些時，我會鼓勵他們『到達高點前，總會先經過低點』。我期許自己在低潮時，也能這麼思考，但我不知道，我有可能只會沮喪。」

Allyn Pintal，28 歲

夢想不一定要很偉大

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I struggle with "what is the purpose of life." Because it all feels so meaningless, if the world is going to keep turning after you die, and then in a billion years the sun is going to explode. So, what does the hopefully 80 years on this planet matter? If I do this or if I do that. I think thinking that big is also meaningless. I'm trying to think on a smaller scale. Like in my life, I think my purpose is to just try to bring joy to other people. Whether that has a bigger role in the universe, it probably doesn’t. So, maybe I should just stop putting myself on that scale. Hi my name is Allyn Pintal and I was born on May 6th, 1990. #happybirthday to @heyallyn and everyone else born on #may6 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Allyn Pintal：「我曾對『人生的意義』感到迷惘，因為一切都毫無意義。如果我死後地球還會繼續轉動，然後過了十億年後太陽會爆炸，那我帶著希望在地球上多活八十年，又有何意義？不論我這樣做或是那樣做，我認為把夢想作大也很無用。但我試著把範圍縮小，像是我的人生，我想我的目標是帶給別人快樂。無論地球上有多少比我更成功的人，我都不需要和別人比較。」

Madison Lewis，35 歲

只有自己可以定義自己

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Yes, Lyme disease has been a huge part of my life, and it has definitely altered my path. I don't want to forget about it necessarily, but I definitely don't want it to be what I'm identified as. But, moving forward I want to be an advocate for Lyme disease, bringing awareness to the matter, because it's something that is so easy to treat, and it's so easy to diagnose if you catch it early enough. If I could help bring light to this matter, maybe I can prevent what happened to me from happening to other people. My name is Madison Lewis and I was born on May 21, 1997. #happybirthday to Madison and everyone else born on #may21 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Madison Lewis：「萊姆病（Lyme disease）始終佔據我生命一大部分，它無疑改變我的人生道路。我不想忘記這個過程，但我絕對不希望它來定義我的人生。我不斷向前邁進，希望成為萊姆病的倡導者，提高大眾對萊姆病的認識，因為這很容易治療，只要提早發現，診斷起來會很容易。如果我能幫助解決這個問題，也許我可以防止發生在我身上的事情，發生在其他人身上。」

Rhandy Torres，42 歲

相信微笑的力量

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I'm trying not to look way into the future. I'm just enjoying everything that's happening in my life. My kids. I see them in the morning, it just brings joy to me. That alone and I’m already set. I'm going on to my day with a smile. My name is Rhandy Torres and I was born on May 20, 1976. #happybirthday to @rhandy20 and everyone else born on #may20 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Rhandy Torres：「我嘗試不去思考未來，只享受當下發生在我人生的所有事。那就是我的小孩，我每天早晨看見他們，他們帶給我歡樂。我已經習慣獨自照料孩子的生活，我帶著微笑迎接每一天。」

Leila Barratt-Denyer，50 歲

不要後悔自己的決定

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Hopefully there is purpose to everybody's life, but it's my own purpose. I don't think my purpose is to change the world in any big particular way, and I'm totally okay with that. But I need to be okay with myself at the end of it. I need to look back and think “You know what, I'm glad I experienced everything I did. I'm glad I experienced life.” My name is Leila Barratt-Denyer and I was born on May 15th, 1968. #happybirthday to @wheresleila and everyone else born on #may15 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Leila Barratt-Denyer：「希望每個人的生活都有目標，但這是我自己的目的。我不認為我的目標是透過偉大的方式去改變這個世界，我明白我自己的地位在哪裡。但我需要告訴自己，一個人生活沒有什麼不好的。一路走來，我想和自己說『你知道嗎？很高興我經歷了自己所做的一切。我很高興自己體驗了生活。』」

Paul Katona，60 歲

工作會影響人的一生

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I was a prison guard for many years. The things I experience are very unique. Prison is a world within a world. It has it’s own gravity. It’s own code of ethics. Not comparable to the outside world. And it affected me very deeply, psychologically. If I could sum it up, I would say those who work for the prison system are prisoners themselves. My name is Paul Katona and I was born on May 14th, 1958 #happybirthday to @paul.katona and everyone else born on #may14 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Paul Katona：「多年來，我在監獄擔任看守人員。我的經歷很特別，監獄彷彿是另一個世界。監獄有自己的地吸引力，有自己的道德準則，無法與外界相比。在心理上，這份工作深深影響著我。如果我可以總結一下，那我會說那些為監獄系統工作的人也都是囚犯。」

Kathleen Gray，71 歲

時間會帶走很多東西

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One of the things that I think is exciting is that I don't have as much fear as I used to bring with me all the time. Like to do something like this. To talk to you in front of a camera and actually be, I guess "who I really am." That would've been much more of a challenge, and I think over time, over going to school in psychology, over the losses that I've had, the joys that I've had. I've accepted myself more. My name is Kathleen Gray and I was born May 5th, 1947. #happybirthday to Kathleen and everyone else born on #may5 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Kathleen Gray：「活到現在，令人興奮的是，我沒有像以前一樣這麼害怕了。就像我現在，我對著鏡頭說話。我認為『我到底是誰？』是人生一項艱難的挑戰，隨著時間的推移，在學校學習心理學之後，當我發現曾經擁有的一一消失之後，我會更珍惜此刻的快樂，更能接受自己。」

Kirsten Alm，81 歲

享受簡單的生活

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"You have to be bold enough to say what you really think, and I'm very bold, needless to say. Take life a little more lightly, it's not that serious. My name is Kirsten Alm and I was born on the 4th of April 1937" #happybirthday to Kerstin and everyone else born on #april 4th 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject See the whole video at the link in our bio.

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Kirsten Alm：「你必須大膽地說出你的想法，而且我非常勇敢，這不用說。把生活過得再輕鬆一點，不需要那麼嚴肅。」

Angel Chavez，107 歲

珍惜父母親還在的時光

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"Always try to remember the good things. But make the best of it. Be happy. Especially when you’ve got your parents. That’s the most important thing. That I can give. Honor your dad and your mom.” - Angel Chavez ---------- #happybirthday to centennial, the 107-year-old Angel Chavez. Watch his video at the link in our bio. ---------- 365 People | 365 Days | 365 Stories #yourdateproject @yourdateproject

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