Howtocreatmoretime.doc

读书的时候可能觉得虚度时光没什么，但步入社会开始工作后，原本大把大把的时间似乎一下子就变得稀少宝贵了起来。工作、家庭、朋友以及个人心愿等等，都是那么耗费时间。珍惜时间、利用好时间，是我们都要学习的课堂。如何创造更多时间，如何拥有更多时间，如何挤出更多时间，来看看作者分享的时间小贴士。 How to create more time 如何创造更多时间 This is, of course, not an all-inclusive list, but it’s a good start to reclaiming some time back. These were some of my biggest time-wasters: 当然我没法给出一个囊括所有可能的列表，但这个列表会是一个好开始，保证帮你争取不少时间。下面这些都是我本人浪费时间的常见行为： 1. Television – just stop it. Besides the occasional news, a movie every once in a while, some documentaries, I found it to be a huge time-waster. 电视——直接忽略。我发现，除了偶尔看看新闻、电影和纪录片，电视对我来说纯粹是浪费。 2. Internet/web – It’s really become the new television, and as such, an equivalent waste of time. Ask yourself this, “Do I really need to see another cat video?” 互联网/网络——这些其实也都是变相“电视”，纯粹浪费时间罢了。何不问问自己：“我就非得再看一个喵星人视频吗？” 3. Email – This was a more difficult one for me since responding to emails made me believe that I was being more productive. However, responding to emails all day was actually making me less productive by taking my focus off things that I really needed to get done. I now limit my time and frequency of responding to emails. 邮件——这个还真难下手。毕竟，我一直认为回复邮件可以提高效率。但事实却是，每天回复邮件反倒转移我的注意力，大大降低了效率。现在我已经限制了自己回复邮件的时间和频率。 Seven Ways to Create More Time In Your Day 每天创造更多时间的七大方法 1. Get Up Earlier 早起 Get up fifteen minutes earlier. If youre like most folk, your morning probably feels rushed: you drag yourself out of bed at the last possible minute, grab a hasty shower, maybe get some breakfast if youre lucky, sort out the kids/cat/partner and dash off to work. 提前15分钟起床。你要是像大部分人那样起床，早上可能会觉得有点赶：在最后一刻挣扎着起来，赶紧冲个澡，来得及的话就吃两口早餐，安顿好小孩/猫咪/爱人后冲出门上班。 Getting up just a bit earlier can give you some breathing space. Perhaps itll give you time to actually sit down and enjoy your breakfast for once. Maybe you can use that fifteen minutes a day to read through that book or stack of journals that you keep meaning to get to. 稍微早点起床就不至于那么匆忙。或许至少可以真正坐下来吃顿早餐。你也可以利用每天早起的15分钟看看书或者整理一下记事本。 2. Create a Plan 制定计划 At the start of your