Simplify Your Life

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:21:00

1.     Make a short list. Take out a sheet of paper and fold it into a small square, perhaps 3×5 inches. Or take out an index card. Now make a short list of the 4-5 most important things in your life. What’s most important to you? What do you value most? What 4-5 things do you most want to do in your life? Simplifying starts with these priorities, as you are trying to make room in your life so you have more time for these things. 
 1. 做一个简单的表格。拿一张纸折叠成一个四方形，或许只有三乘五英寸大，也可以用一个索引卡。现在做一个简短的表格，只在上面列出你生活中最重要的四、五件事。对你来说什么是最重要的？对你来说什么是最有价值的？你在生活中最想做的四、五件事是什么？简化生活就先从这些开始吧，就像生活中你要经常收拾房间一样。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:21:28

1.      Drop 1 commitment. Think about all the things in your life that you’re committed to doing, and try to find one that you dread doing. Something that takes up time but doesn’t give you much value. Perhaps you’re on a team, or coaching something, or on a board or committee, or whatever. Something that you do each day or week or month that you don’t really want to do. Now take action today to drop that commitment. Call someone, send an email, telling the appropriate person or people that you just don’t have the time. You will feel relief. I’d recommend dropping all commitments that don’t contribute to your short list (from Item #1), but for today, just drop 1 commitment. 
2. 取消一个许诺。想一下生活中你许诺要去做的所有事情，找一件你害怕去做的事情。有些事情是又费时又没有好处。或许你在一个团队，或许辅导什么事情，或是在一个董事会，或是一个委员会，或是其它的什么组织。有些事情你每天、每周、每月都要做但你并不真的想做。现在，就在今天取消它。给某个人打电话、发邮件告诉一个合适的人或是其他的人，就说你没时间。你会感觉非常轻松。我建议你取消的许诺并不是你的表格的那些事（即条款1中的事），今天就取消一个许诺。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:22:10

1.      Purge a drawer. Or a shelf, or a countertop, or a corner of a room. Not an entire room or even an entire closet. Just one small area. You can use that small area as your base of simplicity, and then expand from there. Here’s how to purge: 1) empty everything from the drawer or shelf or corner into a pile. 2) From this pile, pick out only the most important things, the stuff you use and love. 3) Get rid of the rest. Right now. Trash it, or put it in your car to give away or donate. 4) Put the stuff you love and use back, in a neat and orderly manner.

 3.  清理你的抽屉 、架子、工作台、或是屋子的一个角落。既不是一整间屋子也不是一整个壁橱，只是一个小空间。你可以把这个小空间当作你简化生活的根据地，然后去扩张。下面是清理的具体方法。

1）.清空抽屉、架子或角落，把清出的东西堆在一起。

2.从这一堆中只捡出最重要的东西，你喜欢的和有用的内容。

3）.剩下的都扔掉，就现在。扔到垃圾箱里或是放进你的汽车里准备扔掉或是捐出去。

4）.把你喜欢的或是有用的东西整齐有序的放回去。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:22:47

4. Set limits. Read Haiku Productivity for more. Basically, you set limits for things you do regularly: email, RSS posts, tasks, feeds, items in your life, etc. And try to stick with the limits. Today, all you have to do is set limits for a few things in your life. Tomorrow, try to stick with them.
4.  制定一个限度。多读一下《Haiku的生产力》。主要的是对拟定钱去做的事情制定一个限度：电子邮件、皇家学会会员邮件、工作任务、进餐、生活事项等等。一定要坚持这个限度。今天你要做的事情就是给你生活中要做的几件事制定一个限度，明天就开始执行这个限度。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:23:14

5. Simplify your to-do list. Take a look at your to-do list. If it’s more than 10 items long, you can probably simplify it a bit. Try to find at least a few items that can be eliminated, delegated, automated, outsourced, or ignored. Shorten the list. This is a good habit to do once a week.
5. 简化你要做的事情的表格。看一下这个表格，如果超过了十项。你就可以简化一下。试着找一下至少有几条可以被除去的、可以被取代的、可以自行解决的、超出能源范围的或是可以不去管的事。简短你的表格。这是每个星期都应该做一次的好习惯。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:23:42

6. Free up time. Simplifying your life in general is a way to free up time to do the stuff you want to do. Unfortunately, it can be hard to find time to even think about how to simplify your life. If that’s the case, free up at least 30 minutes a day for thinking about simplifying. Or alternatively, free up a weekend and think about it then. How can you free up 30 minutes a day? Just a few ideas: wake earlier, watch less TV, eat lunch at your desk, take a walk for lunch, disconnect from the Internet, do email only once today, shut off your phones, do 1 less thing each day.
6. 挤时间。简化生活通常情况就是挤时间让你去做你想做的事情的一个方法。不幸的是，即使是找时间去想一下怎么简化你的生活都很难。如果是这样，一天至少挤出三十分钟考虑简化的问题。二选一，挤出一个周末或是考虑一下简化的问题。一天怎么挤出三十分钟呢？有几个方法：早起一点二、少看会儿电视、在办公桌上吃午饭、午饭时间内去散步、离开一会儿网络、一天只发送一次电子邮件、关上手机、一天少做一件事。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:24:33

7. Clear your desk. I can personally attest to the amazing feeling that a clean desk can give you. It’s such a simple thing to do, and yet it does so much for you. If your desk is covered with papers and notes and gadgets and office supplies, you might not be able to get this done today. But here are the basic steps: 1) Clear everything off your desk and put it in a pile (either in your inbox or on the floor). 2) Process the pile from top to bottom, one item at a time. Do not defer decisions on any item — deal with them immediately and quickly. 3) For each item, either file it immediately, route it to someone else, trash it, or note it on your to-do list (and put it in an “action” folder). If it’s a gadget or office supply, find a place for it in your desk drawers (or get rid of it). 4) Repeat until your pile is empty and your desk is clear. Be sure to get rid of any knick knacks. Your desk should have your computer, your inbox, perhaps a notepad, and maybe a family photo (but not many). Ahh, a clear desk! 5) From now on, put everything in your inbox, and at least once a day, process it in the same way as above. 
7.  整理你的办公桌。我可以负责任的告诉你一个整齐的办公桌可以给你带来神奇的感觉。一件如此简单的事却能给你带来诺大的好处。如果你的办公桌放满了文件、笔记、小玩意和办公用品。也许今天你不能把这个问题解决掉，但这里有解决这个问题的基本步骤。
1）。把每样东西都从你的办公桌上清理下去堆在一曲（即可以放在文件箱里也可以放在地板上）。
2）从上到下的处理这堆东西，一次处理一项。对哪项都不要推迟你的决定——马上就处理，越快越好。
3）对每一项即可以归档也可以发送给你要发送的人，扔进垃圾箱或把他记在你应该做的事情的表格上（放进一个可以“活动的”折叠文件家里）。如果是小玩意或办公用品，在你的抽屉里给它们找个地方。（或者扔掉）。
4）。重复这个过程直到把这堆东西都解决掉你的办公桌变干净了。一定要扔掉那些乱七八糟的东西。在你的办公桌上只有电脑、文件箱、或是一个笔记本、还有你的全家福照片（一定不要很多）。哈哈，一个整齐的办公桌！
5）。从现在开始把每样东西都放进文件箱，至少每天一次，用上面说的办法去做。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:25:45

8. Clear out your email inbox. This has the same psychological effect as a clear desk. Is your email inbox always full of read and unread messages? That’s because you’re delaying decisions on your emails. If you have 50, let’s say, or fewer emails in your inbox, you can process them all today. If you have hundreds, you should put them in a temporary folder and get to them one chunk at a time (do 20 per day or something). Here’s how you process your inbox to empty — including emails already in your inbox, and all future incoming emails: 1) process them top to bottom, one at a time, deciding and disposing of each one immediately. 2) Your choices are to delete, archive, respond immediately (and archive or delete), forward (and archive or delete), or mark it with a star (or something like that) and note it on your to-do list to respond to later (and archive). 3) Process each email like that until the inbox is empty. 4) Each time you check your email, process to empty. Ahh, an empty inbox!8.
8.清理你的电子邮箱。用清理办公桌的思路清理邮箱。你的电子邮箱总是挤满了读过和没有读过的邮件吗？那是因为你总是推迟对你的邮件的决定，你今天就处理它们。如果你有上百个邮件，你可以把它们放在一个临时的文件夹，一次可以整块的处理（一天处理20个邮件或是其它的东西）。这里有怎样彻底处理你的文件箱的方法——报刊以及在你的文件箱里的邮件和你将要收到的邮件：
1）每次按时间从上到下的处理，每次都要立即做出决定并处理。
2）你的选择就是删除、存档、立即回复（存档或删除），发送邮件（存档或删除）。用星形符号（或类似的东西）标记一下并在你需要做的事情的表格中记录下来，迟些时候再回复邮件(存档).
3).用这种方法处理每个邮件直到清空你电子邮箱.
4)每次查看邮件时都要随时清空..哈哈,一个干干静静的电子邮箱!

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:26:12

9. Move slower. We rush through the day, from one task to another, from one appointment to another, until we collapse on the couch, exhausted, at the end of the day. Instead, simplify your life by doing less (see Items 1, 4 and 5) and doing them more slowly. Eat slower, drive slower, walk slower, shower slower, work slower. Be more deliberate. Be present. This isn’t something you’re going to master today, but you can start practicing today.
 9.  放慢活动速度.我们每天都是匆匆忙忙,从一项任务到另一项任务,从一个预约到另一个预约,直到瘫倒在沙发上,精疲力竭的结束每一天..取而代之的应该是少做点儿事情来简化你的生活(看看1.4.5条)减缓做事的速度.吃饭慢一点儿"开车慢一点儿"走路慢一点儿"洗澡慢一点儿"工作慢一点儿.要更加深思熟虑,更加现实.。这个不是你今天就能掌握的，但你可以今天就开始练习。

mayyiu

2008-3-12 15:26:42

10. Single-task. Instead of multi-tasking, do one thing at a time. Remove all distractions, resist any urge to check email or do some other habitual task like that while you’re doing the task at hand. Stick to that one task, until you’re done. It’ll make a huge difference in both your stress level and your productivity.
10.  单一的工作任务。一次只做一件事代替一次做多件事。排除所有的分心，抵制查看电子邮件的冲动，不要手中做着这件事还想其它的工作。坚持做一件事直到做完。在压力程度和工作效率两个方面都会产生巨大的不同。

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