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來源于《商業》版塊
Bartleby
巴托比職場專欄
Diary of a home worker
在家辦公日記
The challenges of concentrating during a lockdown
隔離期間的專注力挑戰
Morning: wake up at 7am. Listen to radio news full of government restrictions, disease numbers and tales of economic decline. Stop on the way to shower to wake up teenage daughter so she can get ready for school. Daughter tersely points out that her school has been closed for days.
早上：早上7點醒來。收聽充滿政府限制、疾病數字和經濟衰退故事的廣播新聞。在洗澡的路上停下來叫醒十幾歲的女兒，這樣她就可以準備上學了。
7.20: Breakfast is tricky decision. Is the family closer to running out of milk and cereal, or bread? Realise that cat has only two food sachets left.
7.20：早餐是個棘手的決定。一家子的牛奶、麥片或面包快吃完了嗎？貓只剩下兩袋食物了。
7.30: Email inbox consists almost entirely of companies explaining how they are coping with the pandemic. This includes every hotel and restaurant that ever took an online booking.
7.30：電子郵件收件箱里幾乎全是公司在解釋他們是如何應對疫情的。這包括每一家酒店和餐館的網上預訂。
8.00: Head for supermarket to pick up extra cat food. Shelves resemble scene from zombie apocalypse. Purchase tub of ice cream on grounds that virus poses-bigger threat to health than obesity does.
8.00：去超市買額外的貓食。貨架類似于《僵尸啟示錄》中的場景。購買一桶冰淇淋的理由是，病毒對健康的威脅比肥胖更大。
8.30: Attempt to read company’s disaster recovery policy. Hitherto had been more likely to pick up a newly discovered novel by Ayn Rand. Can’t make head nor tail of it. Beg daughter for help as she has actually heard of these apps. Think wistfully of the days when journalism involved a typewriter, carbon paper and the telephone directory.
8.30：嘗試閱讀公司的災難恢復策略。迄今為止，他更有可能拿起新發現艾茵·蘭德所著的長篇小說。弄不明白災難恢復策略。請女兒幫忙，因為她確實聽說過這些應用程序。懷念舊日，那時新聞工作還用得上打字機、復寫紙和電話簿。
8.50: Look at academic paper in the hope it will provide column idea. Give up when the abstract turns out to be too, er, abstract. Wish that vital books were not left in the office, seven miles away.
8.50：看看學術論文，希望它能提供專欄的想法。當抽象變得太抽象時，放棄。但愿那些重要的書沒有被留在七英里外的辦公室里。
9.00: Check Twitter and news websites for virus developments on grounds this is “research”. Disappear down rabbit hole for 45 minutes.
9.00：瀏覽Twitter和新聞網站上的病毒蔓延情況，理由是這是“研究”。 消失在兔子洞45分鐘。
9.45: Cough briefly. As paranoia sets in, check temperature. All fine but then second thought: what if thermometer is broken? To be safe, wash hands while singing all of “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
9.45：短暫地咳嗽。懷著恐懼疑慮，檢查體溫。一切正常，但轉念一想：如果溫度計壞了怎么辦？為了安全起見，唱《波希米亞狂想曲》時要洗手。
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