时间管理的秘密：你的第25小时

压力模式

Let’s talk about “stress mode,” or something one of my professors calls the “I suck spiral.” Don’t get into that negative mindset, don’t be a victim to your own mind. I know that sounds a little facetious but stress is of the mind. When you’re feeling sweaty, and shaky and mentally exhausted from the tornado of tasks, take a step back, take a short break. There are many things you can do to keep yourself going throughout the semester. Once you’ve cooled down a bit, step back into it and you must focus only at the task, make everything else secondary.

让我们来谈谈“压力模式”，或是我的一位教授称之为“闹心漩涡”。不要陷入消极心态，不要沦为自己情绪的受害者。我知道这听起来很滑稽但是压力的确是由心而生。当你由于任务风暴而感到汗流浃背、颤抖不止并精疲力尽的时候，退一步，短暂的休息一下。有许多你能做的事情让自己度过这个学期。一旦你冷静一些，回到任务重，全神贯注，把其他事情都放在次要位置。

If it’s four in the freaking afternoon and your calendar you set up says you have to write that essay at four, then you get to the nearest typing device, fire up some form of word word processor and get to work on the greatest damned essay your balding English professor’s beady little eyeballs has ever seen.

如果已经是下午四点，在你指定的日历上写着4点写文章，那么就坐在最近的打字设备前，启动码字模式，写一篇最棒的文章，让你那秃顶英语教授的绿豆眼饱饱眼福。

Sound and Setting the Environment

周围声音和环境设置

A brief note on environment. Make sure to surround yourself with things that aren’t distracting if possible. When writing that essay, put yourself in a quiet place, or remove yourself from the luxuries of home. I’ve done some of my best work outside of my own room. If you want to be a little bit more hardcore about it, you can leave your computer at home and use your campus PCs so you won’t feel the urge to log into Facebook or listen to the new Lorde album. Doing work on a machine that isn’t yours removes a layer of comfort and can help you focus on what needs to be done. If you really want to put yourself into real life hard mode then leave the phone at home too. But seriously, who’s going to do that? My precious…

简单的说说环境。如果可能的话，确保你周遭没什么令你分神的东西。当写文章的时候，找个安静的环境，或是别让自己呆在奢侈的家中。我部分出色的作品都是在我房间之外完成的。如果你想要更坚强，撇下你自己的电脑而使用校园机，你就不会按捺不住的登入脸谱或是听洛德的新专辑。在不是自己的机器上做事情会消除你的舒适感从而帮助你更好的专注于需要完成的事情。如果你真的想要把自己置于“生活窘境”，就手机也别带。但是，说真的，谁会那么做呢？我宝贵的……

Whatever you do, whether you create a list of to-dos or make up your calendar and planner, the most important thing to take away is to tackle one thing at a time. Focus on just one thing at a time and concentrate on what needs to be done right then and there. Don’t overwhelm yourself by letting your mind fly wild. There’s only 24 hours in a day, but if we try hard enough, we can squeeze in everything we need to do in those 24 hours. And that’s it!

不论你做什么，不论你是否会写"待做清单"，或是在日历或计划簿上标注，最重要事情是一心不可二用。一次专注于一件事，做就全神贯注的完成它。不要想东想西而崩溃。一天只有24小时，但是如果我们够努力，我们在这24小时里挤挤完成所有事情。就是这样！