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9种方式给自己留出更多时间 Wouldn’t it be great to have more time? With a few extra hours a week, you could finally accomplish those goals that have been on your list for so long … but your life just seems to get busier and busier. “要是时间再多点儿该多好呀！”——你是不是这样感叹过？的确，每周如果能多出几个小时，或许那些一直想做但没做的事情就都可以完成了！不过你的生活似乎变得愈加繁忙起来。 It doesn’t have to be that way. You can find time to reach your goals – in fact, you already have enough time, you just might not realize it. 其实不用这样累的。即使一天只有24个小时，你依然可以实现自己的目标——事实上，你拥有的时间已经够了，只是你自己没有意识到而已。 Here are nine powerful ways to find more time, starting now: 以下九个小贴士，能帮你有效找到“更多”的时间。就从现在开始吧！ 1. Track Your Time for Several Days 连续几天记录自己的时间用途 Where does your time really go? If you’re not sure, then keep track of your time for a few days. Record what you’re doing in 15 minute intervals. You may want to focus particularly on trouble-spots: times of day when you tend to procrastinate. 你的时间，到底都用在哪儿了？假如你不确定答案，那就试着连续记录几天，找出自己真正的时间分配。每隔15分钟就记录一下自己在做的事情。很快你就能发现自己在什么地方特别容易浪费时间——也就是你的拖延症发作期啦。 Look for any time sinks – tasks or activities that are taking up a lot more time than you thought. Can you cut down the amount of time you spend on these – or cut them out of your day altogether? 找出那些耗时的陷阱——那些让你实际花费的时间比自己认为的多得多的事情。你能把它们占用的时间缩小吗？或者干脆彻底摒弃？ 2. Break Your Goal into Little Chunks 把目标拆分成小块 If you have a huge goal like “run a marathon” or “write a book”, you’re obviously not going to accomplish it overnight: it’s going to take months or even years of effort. Big goals can be?daunting?– but by breaking them into little chunks, you make it much easier to get started and to keep going. 假如你的目标很远大，比方“跑马拉松”、“写一本书”这种，不可能一夜之间就能实现而需要数月数年才能完成的事，你可以试着把它们分成小块，这样就更容易一步步实现，而不会让你退缩啦。 Spend a few minutes writing down the next five small steps that you need to take to move towards your goal. These might be steps like “find a good training plan” or “buy new trainers” or “go for a 15-minute jog today” if you want to run a marathon next year. 花几分钟时间来列出为了达到这个目标而需要做的5件事。比方说如果你的目标是马拉松，你可以写上：“找到一个合适的训练