2013快结束了！年底前要完成的3件事

Putting off a few small tasks until tomorrow seems OK—until tomorrow turns into next week, and next week turns into next month. And suddenly, you have a lot more stress, tighter deadlines, and longer days at the office.
把几个小任务推到明天，再从明天推到下周，从下周推到下个月，貌似也没什么。突然间，你会有很多的压力，最后期限又变短了，在办公室的加班日又变多了。

When you’ve waited until the last minute to do something, there’s no time to go the extra mile; usually, you just have to settle for whatever you can churn out at the last minute. Procrastination keeps your work ordinary, at best.
有些事情你等到最后一分钟才去做，时间不够充裕；往往在最后一刻只有粗制滥造的份了。拖延使你的工作成绩充其量达到一般水平而已。

Now, tackling a challenge like this won’t take just a day or a week. But with these three steps to get you started, you can certainly help turn your procrastination around by the end of the year.
现在，解决这个挑战只一天或一周的时间可能不够用，但按照这三个步骤开始做出改变，一定可以帮你在今年年底改掉你的拖延症。

1. Schedule Your Priorities
规划你的重点

When you tell yourself, “I’ll do this tomorrow,” actually block off some time in your calendar the next day to work on it. Scheduling helps give you both the structure and the dedicated time you need to actually make significant progress.
当你告诉自己：“我明天就做这个工作，”实际上把日历上第二天的时间表打乱了。规划时间表对规划时间结构、规划专门时间都有帮助作用，这些都需要实际取得大进展。

2. Practice Focusing
练习注意力

Try this: Pick a task you’ve been putting off, and work on it for 20 minutes without looking up. Take a short, five-minute break, then do it again. This will help you form new habits that will, over time, allow you to be (and feel) more productive.
试试这个：选择一个你一直在拖延的工作任务并为之努力埋头工作20分钟。休息5分钟的时间，接着再做。慢慢会有助于你形成新的习惯，你会（感觉）更有效率。

3. Phone a Friend
给朋友打个电话

Tempted to procrastinate? Ask a friend or colleague to hold you accountable. Give this person the details on what you want to accomplish, and the deadline that goes along with it. Then, ask him or her to check in with you for daily updates on your progress. You’ll be much more motivated when you know someone’s keeping tabs on your work.
想拖延吗？找朋友或同事负责监督你完成此事。把你想完成的工作任务的细节内容、最后期限都一并提供出来。然后，让他或她检查每日更新进度。你知道有人在密切关注你的工作，你才会更有积极性。

Sure, you’ll have plenty of resolutions in just a couple months. But why wait? Start practicing now—while there’s less pressure and no one’s looking. Think about how great you’ll feel waking up in 2014 knowing you’ve mastered these three simple ideals. And everyone else? They’ll be amazed at how much progress you’ve made so quickly in the new year!
当然，你在仅仅几个月的时间内会有众多新年新愿望。但是为什么还在等呢？趁压力小又没有人盯着你的时候，从现在开始练习。想想你在2014年的第一天早上醒来时，自己心中已掌握了这三个小小愿望会是怎样的感觉。而其他人呢？他们会惊讶地发现你在新的一年进步如此之快！