16岁美国高中生少女爆红ins，作息超自律引网友围观：我的拖延症晚期，被她治好了...（附视频&解说稿）
对于家长来说，每天教育孩子时有大半的精力都用来盯着孩子别偷懒。
家长早晨起床要催一催孩子，洗漱吃饭要催一催孩子，出门通勤还要给孩子再补充一两句，“唠叨妈妈”“唠叨爸爸”的称呼也就是这么来的。
假如哪一天，孩子不用家长督促就能自觉主动完成自己的课业学业，恐怕很多家长做梦都能笑醒。
这不，有个16岁的亚裔女孩，就因为自己的超级自律，迅速在网上走红了。
前段时间，一个名为《真实记录：16岁专业芭蕾舞小演员的一周》的视频，在兜妈的朋友圈刷爆了，视频中16岁的自律女孩也很快就在网上走红。
Kayla Mak正在就读高三，同时也是一名专业的芭蕾舞演员。在参加世界舞蹈锦标赛之前，她以VLOG的形式记录了自己每一天的生活。
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- It is freezing in my house, so I'm wearing the booties that I wear for dance.
I have a super long day of school and dance.
So, let's do it! Hi, I'm Kayla Mak, and I'm a 16 year old ballet dancer.
I dance six days a week, five hours a day, and I'm a junior in high school.
From breaking in pointe shoes, to balancing school work, this is one week in my life.
Every day I have to balance dance and school.
Here's what my day actually looks like.
I try to wake up at 6:30 A.M.
I usually set four alarms.
Good morning.
I eat cereal for breakfast.
I pack a pair of tights and a black leotard.
I sprint to catch the bus at 7:15.
The hardest class I'm doing right now is AP Psych.
For AP Psych.
But actually, I got a 92.
Throughout the day if my muscles are sore, I usually apply some Tiger Balm, or I do some splits out in the hallway.
After school I usually have a snack before I get on the train.
Got the goods.
Oh guys, this is my dog Tucker.
I take a train for an hour to Harlem.
I usually try to get as much homework done as I can.
And I take the subway to my dance studio.
Right there.
Before class, I stretch with my friends, and I roll out my muscles with my rolling balls.
Dance class usually last about five hours.
After class, I usually stay another hour on my own just to work on my piece.
Get day.
At around 9:30 I start heading to Grand Central.
And I'm so excited.
If I didn't get my work done, before I try to get it done after.
I usually get home at around 11:00, and by then I am starving, so I eat dinner really fast.
And then I go upstairs to my room, and do the rest of my homework.
I usually go to sleep at around 12:30.
And I love when I get into my bed, it's the best feeling in the whole entire world.
Good night.
And then I wake up and do it all again the next morning.
Good morning.
As a dancer, you break in a lot of shoes, and it's a very rigorous process.
I kind of dread new pointe shoes.
Basically, I have to sew my elastic and ribbons on, and then try to bang on a concrete floor to get the sound out of them.
I step on them, try to make them as soft as possible for my feet.
Bend the whole body weight on there.
Banging the sound out of your pointe shoes, allows a dancer to have a softer lander when jumping.
Because sometimes, loud pointe shoes can be kind of distracting to an audience.
So when you first put your foot in a pointe shoe, it's really hard.
It's made out of fabric and wood.
At first, your foot feels pretty squeezed in there, but then after a while when you break in the shoe, your foot should be feeling normal.
Usually going up on pointe, you're basically on your tippy toes.
It is pretty painful in the beginning, but by the end it feels good.
I mean, it feels less painful.
It's first period, and my achilles is really hurting.
This week my achilles has been bothering me, I think it's just from all the extra rehearsals.
Usually I try to put on some Tiger Balm if it's feeling really tight, or I try to roll out my muscles using my rolling ball.
Tiger Balm is my best friend.
It is basically like an Icy Hot, or Bengay.
It just helps relieve muscles from I guess stress or tension, and it smells really good.
Some people don't like the smell.
Why?
- [Girl] It smells weird.
- I think it smells good.
It just trails, like the smell just trails with me.
So, I mean it's a win lose situation.
It smells like cinnamon.
Yeah, it's my signature scent.
After a long day of rehearsal, my achilles has been kind of bothering me, it's just been feeling super tight.
I think it's time for some Tiger Balm.
Today I will not be rehearsing.
Just so my body can take a break, and I can take a nice, long bath for my really long day tomorrow.
I decided not to rehearse my piece, just because I was having some issues with my achilles.
So, can't wait to go home.
[alarm sounding] Good morning.
Right now, it is 6:15, it is Wednesday.
My legs feel like jello.
For a dancer, an injury is not very good.
I mean, it's not good in any situation, but especially as a dancer, because your body's your instrument.
I'm always super careful about listening to my body, and for me stretching is the best feeling.
So, I usually take a block that I have, it's like a yoga block.
And I do some over splits just to stretch my hamstrings.
And then I try to roll out some muscles that are knotted.
Rolling knotted muscles is actually a pretty painful experience.
It's like a torture machine.
I'm kidding, I mean it does hurt.
Oh, yeah.
But, after your muscles are super relaxed, and it just feels a lot better.
So at home to reset my body, I usually use some heating pads which help me...
Usually I use it on my lower back, so it helps my muscles release tension.
I am elevating my feet.
I was laying down on my back, and I put my feet up so that all the blood can rush out of my feet, because they were super swollen.
But yeah, just from all the rigorous dancing, and on top of all the dancing, I have to walk to and from the subway and my dance studio, which does put a lot on my body.
I'm sprinting from my trains all the time.
Because I'm gonna get home at 11, if I make my train.
Hopefully I make it, wish me luck.
Thursday I was getting a little worried, because my achilles was still bothering me.
And so I took extra care of it on Thursday night.
My achilles hopefully will not be as aggravated tomorrow, but I'll see you guys tomorrow and good night.
Having school work is pretty hard, and I have to try to find as much time as I can in my day to fit it in.
I just got back home from dance, it is 12:00 A.M right now.
I'm going to try to eat dinner as fast as I can, and then do some more studying for my AP Psych test, and try to start an essay for English.
I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but we got this.
I'm trying to find a day where I didn't have homework.
But yeah, almost every day's a late night of homework for me.
I am going to work on my essays that is due in 25 minutes.
It's 11:35 right now, and it's due at midnight.
Wish me luck.
When my friends find out about my schedule, they're usually like, "I don't know how you do it." Like, "How do you have time for work, "how do you have time to sleep?" I'm just like, "You just gotta go with it, "you just gotta do it." It's just like Nike, "Just do it." So, I just got done with my essays, and I just made it to the deadline, thank goodness.
Let's go! A day or two before the big performance, I usually have to color my pointe shoes.
Sometimes dancers have to color their pointe shoes to match their skin tone.
People use foundation or makeup products to color their pointe shoes, or sometimes the pointe shoes come pre dyed.
I use foundation and a toothbrush.
And now I am going to put them near my vent, so then they will dry.
And tomorrow's going to be a great day, so I'll see you guys in the morning.
Goodnight.
Leading up to big performances, I start to get kind of nervous.
I'm also super excited.
- [Man] Is there really, really hard part of your performance that gives you trouble when you're rehearsing it?
- Like all of it's hard.
So, the choreography for my performance was made for TV, and for TV it has to be sharper I guess, because you're portraying it to an audience that is not live.
You're movements have to be really big and super energetic, so this piece was super difficult.
The most difficult part of my routine is the lame duck.
A lame duck is a pique, which is you're doing a turn on a straight leg, but then you kind of substitute the supporting leg for the other leg, and it's tough.
Every time I just pray that I make it, but I usually just try to stick to the basics, and keep my foundation in order to do a good lame duck.
The morning of a big performance, I wake up and I instantly think about it.
I'm like, "Oh God, today's the big day." And usually, I start getting super nervous, which makes me not eat too much, but I do force myself to eat, because it's important to have just a good breakfast before you dance.
Can't wait to perform, I'll see you guys there.
Getting to meet fans is the most amazing, and humbling experience.
Just to know that you've inspired people, or just to know that they've seen you dance before is just really cool.
So, the ideal flooring for pointe shoes is Marley.
It's like a texture of the floor that's smooth, but not slippery, because it has friction for the pointe shoes, so that you don't slip.
In the cases where the floor is not Marley, I have to either use rosin.
Or in this case, I did not have rosin with me.
We're gonna have to improvise, and I'm gonna have to use some buck glue.
Buck glue is a sticky, clear substance that you usually put under your leotard to make sure that your leotard doesn't ride up, and show anything.
Basically, I just had to rub it on my shoes, and make sure that it was tacky, and make sure that I don't slip on that slippery stage.
[heart beating]
- [Woman] So, Kayla trend.
[heart beating]
- [Man] 30 seconds, all right.
- Walking out on stage, I try to keep my breathing controlled.
But usually my heart rate just gets super, super high.
I just start breathing super heavily.
- For Kayla Mak!
- And when I get into my beginning pose, I just take two deep breaths, and try to calm myself down.
After I take my two deep breaths, I start performing my piece.
Usually in my brain I get pretty scared for the hard parts of the piece, but then after those are done, I feel super relived.
It's the most liberating feeling, and it just gives me this environment, that allows me to be myself and express my emotions through my art form.
By the end of the piece, I get into my finishing pose, and it's just super nice.
I feel super proud of myself, and even if I didn't do that great, I just feel super happy that I got to perform.
The hardest thing about dance, is just never...
You can never be perfect.
Even though dancers are such perfectionist sometimes, it's hard to realize the fact that nobody's perfect, and you just have to keep working harder and harder.
- Make some noise for Kayla Mak!
- Nice job Kayla.
- I feel like the performance actually went pretty well considering the floor.
It was kind of slippery, so I did get a little scared on stage.
But...
I think I was super proud of myself that I actually danced on that floor, with the Buck made pointe shoes.
And so, now I'm going to do some homework, and try to go to sleep early, because the next day is Monday, and it starts all over again.
So, yeah thank you so much for watching.
Love you guys.
最近，美国Teen Vogue报道了一个名为Kayla Mak的芭蕾少女的日常。作为一名高三学生，她的生活忙碌而精彩，一天在多个地方穿梭来回。
看完之后，不少已经工作的网友都感慨：
“她一天完成的高效任务，比我过去半年的还多...”
今年16岁的Kayla，拥有中国、日本和古巴血统。就读于纽约威彻斯特舞蹈学院，主攻现代芭蕾。她的妈妈也是一名舞者，所以Kayla年仅4岁就上了人生中的第一节芭蕾课。
对她来说，舞蹈是一种自由，让她能够以艺术的形式，无拘无束地做自己。
只要有观众，她便能够起舞。
旋转
跳跃
永不停歇
今年，Kayla受世界舞蹈锦标赛巡回邀请演出。借此机会，Teen Vogue跟拍了她出发前的一个星期。这期间她既要保持高强度的舞蹈练习，同时还要兼顾学习，双线进行。
早上6点15分，闹钟响起，Kayla的一天开始了。她一般会设置4个闹钟，防止强大的瞌睡虫卷土重来，尽量不超过6点半起床。
她的早餐是麦片，快速吃完后，往包里打包一件紧身衣、一条紧身裤。
7点15分，门口传来哔哔哔——黄色校巴来接Kayla上学了！
这么多课程里面，AP心理学是最难啃的骨头，一节课下来笔记本写得满满都是。
但最后她还是拿了92的高分。（Kayla得意的样子，莫名有点花木兰）
课程间隙，她偶尔也会启动专业芭蕾舞者的本能，在走廊劈叉放松肌肉。
下午2点05分，上午的上课时间结束。Kayla上车，张嘴就是一口芝士披萨，这通常就是她的午餐了。这么匆忙，都是因为Kayla要坐一个小时的火车，到舞蹈室去。
足足有一个小时呢，时间不知道怎么打发，不如写作业吧？
下午3点30分，抵达舞蹈室。正式练习前，要做好拉伸，以及用球舒展肌肉。这才正式打响了持续5小时的芭蕾舞训练的第一枪。
其实准确来说，应该是6个小时。因为下课后，精益求精的Kayla还会花上1个小时左右，单独训练自己的部分。
晚上9点30分，夜幕降临，天上挂着星星。Kayla下课了。如果准时赶上火车，她就能在11点前回到家。
在火车上的活动，依旧是......做作业。
终于到家了，可Kayla还不能睡觉。一般来说，为了发挥最高效率，大多数高三学生都跟着按部就班的日程表来走。然而因为要两头跑，Kayla比其他人要承担更多的时间风险。
例如回程火车，错过了就没有了，又得等下一班，半夜都到不了家。
又例如，结束练舞后，她回到家已经11点。坐在餐桌前，享用迟来的晚餐。（不如说是宵夜更加贴切）
之后打开电脑，转战书桌，与即将来临的死线赛跑。Kayla需要在12点之前把论文完成，并提交出去。
倒计时间有时候是32分钟，有时候是25分钟。“祝我好运吧！”
呼——幸好在最后一刻提交出去，Kayla终于可以扑向软软的床的怀抱了。她说：这是最美妙的瞬间。
睡觉之前，Kayla会把热垫放微波炉里加热。然后垫在腰间，舒缓肌肉，防止高强度训练后造成的劳损和肿胀。
Kayla参与的芭蕾演出，大多数在电视上播出。比起现场演出，动作力度更大，强度更高。
跟腱问题都是家常便饭了，不舒服的时候，老虎油就是她最好的战友。也因为这样，Kayla身上经常蔓延着药油的味道，宛如一个行走的老虎油罐。像是，一种专属于芭蕾舞演员的香水。
晚上12点半左右。Kayla忙碌的一天结束了。第二天，依旧是6点半左右起床。Kayla继续在芭蕾演员和学生之间切换，继续与时间赛跑。
一个礼拜后，终于到了朝思暮想的演出当天，Kayla有点紧张。从醒来的那一刻开始脑海就不断地想着：今天是大日子，今天是大日子...
演出当天的早餐她都会比平时吃得更丰富一点，以储备充足的能量。
然后做头发、换装、上台、候命......
舞台帷幕背后，耳边传来主持人介绍她的麦克风声。每接近出场一秒，Kayla心就跳得越快。她深呼吸两次，然后以最漂亮的笑容登场。
总体来说，Kayla还挺满意自己的表现：“跳舞最难的地方，就在于你永远不可能做到完美。尽管舞者大多数都是完美主义者，我们很难意识到人无完人这个事实。”你只需要做的就是努力去靠近它。”
许多人发现，不管面临着什么未知挑战；Kayla总是会露出那口大白牙，脸上挤出两只小酒窝。然后以四两拨千斤的姿态从容面对，仿佛什么都不能打败她。
而这与在哪一个国家学习或跳舞都没有关系。因为不止是网友，就连她的同学在知道她的日程表之后也长大了嘴巴。“你到底是怎么做到的？” “你哪有时间睡觉啊？”
Kayla说："You just gotta do it.”既来之则安之，做就对了。就跟Nike那句经典的广告语一样——Just Do It.
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