新目标在奋斗: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
1. 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
2. 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计划”、“买一双新跑鞋”、“每天坚持慢跑15分钟”等等，为明年实现马拉松的目标而努力。

3. Realize That Even 10 Minutes is Enough
3. 短短十分钟也能做很多事

It’s often easy to put off working on a goal because you don’t have enough time. Sure, you might have 10 minutes to spare – but you think you need a whole hour or two. Even 10 minutes, though, is enough to make some progress towards your goal.
我们很容易因为时间不够而推迟目标的达成。拨出10分钟来的确不难，但你可能觉得自己需要整整一、两小时。其实，哪怕是10分钟，也足够帮助你慢慢实现计划了。

Find little tasks that you can fit into 10 minutes … you’ll be surprised how much they’ll add up over a week or a month! If you’re working on a book, you could spend 10 minutes brainstorming topics, adding to your plan, or even writing a new paragraph of the content.
找出那些你能在10分钟内完成的任务，日复一日，你会惊讶地发现，原来一周一月累积完成的事情可以有这么多！拿写书来讲，每天都花10分钟找找灵感、设计写作计划、或者干脆写上一段，将会非常可观。

4. Block Out a Whole Afternoon or Weekend for Your Goal
4. 为目标腾出一整个下午或周末

Of course, it’s not easy to accomplish your whole goal in daily 10-minute increments: if you want to run a marathon, for instance, you’ll need to train for longer than 10 minutes at a time. This is when a diary or calendar becomes a vital tool to help you towards your goal.
当然，每天只花10分钟对你的远大抱负来说，肯定不够啦。想跑马拉松，10分钟的练习时间肯定不够。所以你还可以利用日记/日历等有效工具，来帮助你实现目标。

Look ahead a few weeks, and see whether you can block out a whole Saturday afternoon – or even a whole weekend – to spend on your goal. Mark that time now in your diary or calendar, and don’t let any social events or chores creep into that space.
把日历往后翻，看看未来的哪个周六下午可以彻底空出来——要是能空出一整个周末那就更好啦。接下来，把这几天做上标记，以确保它不会被任何其他活动侵占。