This is a psychology and self-help word for the sense that you have become the person you had it in you to be — you have used your abilities, done work that matters to you, and lived in a way that matches what you really want, not only what other people expected. It is not just a better job or more money, though work can be part of it; it is the feeling that your life has filled out.

This自我實現（self-actualization） is a psychology and self-help word for the sense that you have become the person you had it in you to be是心理學和自我成長領域用來講「活成了自己本來就有潛力成為的那個人」這種感覺的字——you have used your abilities你用上了自己的能力，done work that matters to you做了對你來說有意義的工作，and lived in a way that matches what you really want也照著自己真正想要的方式生活，not only what other people expected而不只是照別人期待的樣子活。It它 is not just a better job or more money不只是換了更好的工作或賺更多錢，though work can be part of it雖然工作可能是其中一部分；it is the feeling that your life has filled out它是一種「人生變得飽滿完整」的感覺。

The psychologist Abraham Maslow made this sense famous: he put it at the top of his picture of human needs, after food, safety, love, and respect.

The psychologist Abraham Maslow心理學家 Abraham Maslow made this sense famous讓這個意思廣為人知：he他 put it at the top of his picture of human needs把它放在他人類需求圖裡的最頂端，after food, safety, love, and respect排在食物、安全、愛，還有尊重之後。

You will meet it in textbooks, talks, and rather grand personal writing. British spelling often has an s: self-actualisation. Though actually, people use it loosely — almost anyone who feels they 'found themselves' may claim it — so it can sound bigger than the ordinary good season it is describing.

You你 will meet it in textbooks, talks, and rather grand personal writing會在教科書、演講，還有寫得頗宏大的個人文章裡遇到它。British spelling英式拼法 often has an s常常會多一個 s：self-actualisation。Though actually不過其實，people大家 use it loosely用得很鬆散——almost anyone who feels they 'found themselves' may claim it幾乎任何覺得自己「找到了自己」的人都可能會說自己達到了這個境界——so it can sound bigger than the ordinary good season it is describing所以聽起來可能比它實際在講的那個普通的、還不錯的階段更誇張。