改善周末效率：你可以做的13件事

精简房间

If you still have some energy left from the past week, try simplifying your environment a bit. That closet door won’t shut? Is your paperwork all over the place? Is the bathroom piled with tons of products? A few suggestions should help, even though you may not be able to sort everything out in one weekend. What matters is that you’ll make great progress.
如果你一周下来精力还绰绰有余，可以尝试整理房间。橱柜门总关不上？文件放得到处都是？卫生间堆放的化妆品太多？哪怕无法一个周末就搞定一切，也可以参考小贴士去尝试，重要的是你能有所进步。

Look at what your favorite clothes are. This should make it easier to consider what to toss and donate to a charity. Organize your paperwork in filing cabinets and try to build some additional storage space if needed. Next, get rid of old bath and makeup products in the bathroom. Get more organized by using a simple glass containers set, or a woven basket strategically placed under the sink.
挑选出自己喜欢的衣服，剩下的可以考虑扔掉或捐给慈善机构；文件都装到文件盒里，需要时还可以再腾出额外存放空间；处理掉卫生间的过期洗漱化妆产品，用简约的玻璃容器或在水槽下放个编织篮子，使一切摆放有序。

8. Stop Being a Chronic Worrier
停止无休止的焦虑

Put that “what if” mindset aside. Refrain from worrying over things you can’t control like the government shutdown, the economy, the weather or anything like that. Instead you can control yourself. List the things that worry you and set an action next to each of those you can control. Have you gained too much weight lately? Make a plan to do something about it. Struggling with a deadline? Write down the steps you must follow to get that project done.
抛开“万一”的心态，别再为无法控制的事情烦恼，比如政府关门、经济低迷、天气糟糕等等；你能掌控的只有自己。列出使自己焦虑的事情，然后采取措施解决力所能及的问题。最近体重一下子飙升了？那就计划做点什么吧。项目快到期了？试着写下完成项目所必须的步骤吧。

9. Meditate or Go to a Yoga Class
冥想或参加瑜伽课程

You don’t have to be a practicing Buddhist to meditate. It’s all about paying attention to the present moment. Meditation improves your creative thinking, helps you focus and find happiness in your life. The regular practice of meditation is the best way to handle your stress and energy level. Yoga is also a form of meditation that helps tremendously fighting stress and achieving peacefulness of body and mind.
并非只有修行僧人才能冥想，你只要把思绪专注于当下即可。冥想能激发创新思维，使人专注并发现生活乐趣。经常练习冥想能有效缓解压力、补充能量。瑜伽也是冥想的一种形式，不仅减压，还能获得身心平静。

10. Pause and Pay Attention to Your Thoughts
停下来关注自己的思绪

What are they telling you? What is the vibe that you’re feeling? It can either be a positive or a negative one, never both of them in the same time. If your thinking falls towards the negative side, try change the words you use in your thoughts. We should stop using the words no, not and don’t to attract more of the things we want. Our response to the words we use instead will change completely. “Stay calm” sounds way better than “don’t panic,” right?
你的大脑在想什么？你有什么感受？不是积极就是消极——这两种情况不可能同时出现。如果情绪比较消极，那请尝试改变你思考时的言语。我们若想得到渴望的东西，就要避免使用“不”、“不行”和“不想”等词语，然后我们的情绪才会作出积极反应。“保持镇定”听上去要比“别慌”更有效吧？

11. Laugh, Laugh and Laugh Again
开怀大笑

Best. Medicine. Ever. You can never have enough of it. Humor improves mood in so many ways. It helps you cope with stress, strengthens your immune system and you are 40 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke.
微笑是良药，再多不过分。幽默对情绪大有好处。幽默有利于减压，增强免疫系统，而且能将患心脏病的几率降低40%。

12. Express Gratitude
表达感恩之心

This is something you should be doing every day, not only on weekends. Be grateful for your family, friends, health, for the food you put on the table, the clothes you wear and the roof over your head. You can be grateful for so many little things: a new beginning, the sunshine, the air that you breathe, a baby that smiled at you. Just try to avoid comparing what you have with other people. It neither helps you nor them. Gratitude is the main source of happiness. When you’re happy, you radiate it on all those around you.
不只是周末，每天都应该心怀感恩。感谢你的家人、朋友、健康、桌上的食物、穿的衣服、住的房屋。可以感恩的事情太多：崭新的开始、阳光、呼吸的空气、朝你微笑的婴儿。不要拿自己拥有的和他人攀比，何必自讨烦恼呢。感恩是快乐的主要源泉。你自己若是一个快乐的人，必定也能将快乐传递给他人。

13. Cultivate Your Hobby
培养兴趣爱好

Whether you like snapping photos, baking bread, painting, writing poetry, playing piano or gardening, give yourself the benefit of spending time doing something you find enjoyable. You get the much needed mental relaxation and the satisfaction of pursuing your interests, which leads to a sense of fulfillment.
不论你是喜欢摄影、烘焙、画画、写诗、弹钢琴还是养花弄草，都可以花点时间尽情去做。培养兴趣爱好不仅能使内心得到放松和满足，还能带来成就感。

There you are. 13 things to do during weekends that will have a positive long term effect on your life. Put them into practice and you’ll beat the Monday Blues!
好了，以上就是13件可在周末做的事情，对你的生活具有积极的长远影响。赶快付诸行动，战胜“周一综合症”吧！