
20. Write shorter emails. 1-5 sentences is often enough.
20.寫封更短的信。1到5句話就足夠了。
21. Write emails only once a day. Batch and process them all at once all the way to an empty inbox.
21.一天只回一次郵件。批量處理郵件,一次回復(fù)所有的郵件。
22. Learn about ways to keep stress down and try them out. Examples would be mindfulness, setting human standards for yourself and saying no. A few such habits can help you to drastically cut down on the stress in your life.
22.學(xué)習(xí)減壓的辦法,嘗試把壓力趕走。榜樣能讓你注意到這些??梢詾樽约赫页鲆恍┤宋锬7叮?duì)壓力說不。這樣的一些小習(xí)慣能幫你徹底擺脫掉生活的壓力。
23. Give everything its home. Then you know where to put the item when you have used it. You'll know where to find it when you need it again. And you'll reduce the clutter in your home or work space.
23.讓每樣?xùn)|西各歸其位。這樣在你用過之后就知道下次能在哪兒找到它了。同時(shí)也使房間更整潔。
24. Slow down and enjoy and pay attention what is actually happening today. Instead of just rushing through the day and always on to the next thing.
24.放慢速度,享受生活,留心每天都發(fā)生了什么。不要一味地向前沖,急于奔向下一個(gè)目標(biāo)。
25. Spend more time with people who make life simpler. And less time with people who make life unnecessarily complicated.
25.和生活簡(jiǎn)單的人多在一起。盡量少和那些把生活搞的非常復(fù)雜的人在一起。
26. Exercise every week. This will reduce stress, up your energy levels and in my experience reduces negative thoughts.
26.每周做運(yùn)動(dòng)。運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)為你減壓,提高你的能量水平,而且會(huì)減少你的消極思想。
27. Declutter. Declutter your life of the things that aren't really that useful or meaningful for you anymore. Give that stuff away to someone who needs it. Or throw it out. A question that can help you to know if it is time to declutter something out of your life is: have I used this item in the last year?
27.收拾雜物。丟掉那些沒用或者對(duì)你不再有意義的東西。把那些東西送給真正需要的人們?;蛘咧苯觼G掉。這有一個(gè)幫你辨別某樣?xùn)|西是否有用的辦法,那就是想想:我最近一次用它是去年嗎?
28. Look for advice from people who have been where you are. Learn from people who have been in the situation you are in and had the challenge you are having.
28.向和你處境相似的人尋求意見。想那些和你處境相同,或者和你一樣面臨著相同挑戰(zhàn)的人學(xué)習(xí)。
29. Stop trying to please everyone. There will always be people who you don't get along with or that do not like you for some reason.
29.不要試圖取悅所有人??倳?huì)有那么一些不能和你融洽相處,甚至不喜歡你的人。
30. Break a task down into smaller and actionable pieces. Single-task that first piece until it is done. Then do the same with the next piece. And so on.
30.把一項(xiàng)工作分成小的,可執(zhí)行的部分。一次只做一部分,完成后進(jìn)行下一部分。事皆如此。
31. Stop trying to do things perfectly. Go for good enough instead and when you are there you are done. Get things all the way to done this way and then move on to the next thing.
31.不要苛求事事完美。全力以赴去完成一件事情,當(dāng)你做完的時(shí)候你就成功了。抱著這樣的心態(tài)去做所有的事情,然后著手下一步。
32. Take a minute and just breathe a couple of times a day. This will help you to reduce the stress and overwhelm of your day. It will help you to reconnect with the present moment, to create a habit of living more mindfully and to focus all your attention on what is happening right now.
32.每天花一分鐘深呼吸幾次。這樣能幫助你減壓,忘掉白天的紛紛擾擾。讓你的思緒回到當(dāng)下這一刻,形成謹(jǐn)慎生活的習(xí)慣,把你的注意力集中到此刻發(fā)生的事情上來。
33. Spend just 20% of your time on dwelling on a problem and 80% of your time focusing on a solution. Instead of the other way around.
33.完成工作的時(shí)候要用20%的時(shí)間細(xì)想問題,80%的時(shí)間找出解決辦法。而不是反過來。
34. Focus on a few priorities in your life. Keep things simple to be able to put enough effort, attention and energy into those most important things. Rather than becoming spread too thin, rarely finishing things and being distracted by all those many other things you want to do or that feel you need to do too.
34.集中考慮生活中需要優(yōu)先完成的事情。簡(jiǎn)化問題,讓你能夠投入所有的努力,注意力和能力來解決最重要的問題。而非把問題擴(kuò)展成無窮小的部分,或者幾乎不能完成的事情,繼而被許多其他需要你去完成或者你想做的事情弄的心煩意亂。
35. Keep a journal. By writing the facts and your thoughts and feelings down in a journal it becomes easier to work through a challenge and to find a good solution. You can also use a journal to track your actual results instead of guesstimating how your life is going. And to better remember all the things that you did well or that went well if you worry often or have quite a bit of negative thoughts.
35.按時(shí)寫日記。通過記錄下事情的面貌,你的想法和感受,可以幫你完成挑戰(zhàn)或者找出解決辦法。你也可以通過記日記來寫下你生活的真實(shí)結(jié)果,而不是瞎猜你到底過的怎么樣。這樣也能記住你完成的好的事情,或者你經(jīng)常擔(dān)心但是沒什么大礙的事情,或者一些負(fù)面情緒。
36. Stop doing what you don't like doing anymore. Life changes and so do you. If you you don't like doing something anymore then perhaps it is time to stop doing that (even if it may take some time before you can do so by for example switching jobs).
36.不要再做你討厭做的事情了。生活在改變,你也一樣。如果你特別討厭做某事那就不要再做了(及時(shí)這將花去你一段時(shí)間,比如換工作)
37. Use a very simple workspace. My work space is just a laptop on a small black desk made out of wood. I use a comfy chair and there is room for my glass of water beside the computer. That's it. There are no distractions here. Just me, the computer and the water.
37.擁有一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的工作空間。我的工作間只是個(gè)木頭的黑色小桌,上面擺一臺(tái)筆記本電腦。我有一把舒服的椅子,筆記本旁邊放著一杯水。就這些了。沒有其他讓我分心的食物,只有電腦,水和我。
38. Spend 15 minutes each Sunday to plan the next week. Write down your plans for the week, organize your prioritized to-do list and get ready for the week before you are in the middle of it all. This will help you to find more clarity, get more of the most important things done next week and minimize stress.
38.每個(gè)周末抽出15分鐘計(jì)劃下周的事情。寫下你下周的計(jì)劃,整理出下周優(yōu)先要做的事情,并在之前做好準(zhǔn)備。這將幫你把下周最重要的事情變明了,從而減少壓力。
39. Cancel subscriptions for TV-channels, newsletters and magazines you rarely get around to watching or reading anyway.
39。退訂那些你很難抽空去看或者讀得電視節(jié)目,新聞郵件,雜志。
40. Ask instead of guessing. Reading minds is hard. So, instead ask questions and communicate. This will help you to minimize unnecessary conflicts, misunderstandings, negativity and waste or time and energy.
40.詢問而不是猜測(cè)。讀心是很難的。因此,要去詢問別人并交流。這會(huì)幫你避免不必要的沖突,誤會(huì),節(jié)省你的時(shí)間和精力。
41. Make one change at a time and start small. Focus on one habit or area at a time. If you want to start running or decluttering, start with doing just a few minutes of that activity a day or week. Then gradually increase the amount of time you spend on that activity to make it easier to adopt the new habit.
41.一次改變一小點(diǎn),從小事做起。一次只關(guān)注一個(gè)習(xí)慣,如果你打算開始跑步,或者收拾屋子,那么試著每天或者每周開始做那么幾分鐘。然后慢慢逐漸增加你花在這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)上的時(shí)間,這樣可以讓你更容易的來適應(yīng)這項(xiàng)新習(xí)慣。
42. Be lazy. By using the tips in this article you'll be able to get things done more quickly and in a simpler way. This will give more time in a regular week to simply be lazy. To just take it easy alone or with family or a friend, to not do much at all. I highly recommend spending time with being lazy every week to relax, to mindfully enjoy the small pleasures of life and to recharge yourself so that you can be effective and focused again later on.
42.偷個(gè)懶。通過使用本文中的建議,你可以更容易 ,更有效的解決問題。這樣每周都會(huì)定期多出時(shí)間來。那么就和家人,朋友,或者自己放松放松,不要太過就行。我強(qiáng)烈推薦每周偷了懶放松自己,讓自己明白要享受生活中細(xì)小的幸福,讓自己充電后能更專心和有效的面臨即將到來的工作。