省时高效法-制定计划(1)

省时高效法

 

Make Lists

 

制定计划

 

Lists are great for just about everything: groceries, errands¹, homework assignments. Free up some brain space by putting everything you need to get done on a list. Better yet, buy a small notebook and keep a running, dated list. Everything you need to remember goes in the book. When we try to remember everything with brainpower alone, especially the older we get, the less gray matter we seem to have left for the really important things, like studying.

 

计划对任何事情都很有用：去杂货店、办事情、做作业。大脑中腾出一块儿，列一张表写上自己要完成的事。买一个笔记本，按日期写计划，就更好了。每件你要记住的事都在笔记本里。当我们试着仅凭脑力记住所有事，随着年龄增长，脑内的灰质递减，记住的正经事就越少，比如学习。

 

If you are a smartphone fan (who isn't?!), you'll find lots of apps to help you stay organized. Find one that fits your style and works² the way you prefer to work. Then be sure to use it!

 

如果你是手机的死忠(谁不是呢?!)，你会找到很多帮助你规划自己的应用。找一个适合自己的，以自己喜欢的方式运用这个应用。要确保你能够遵照这个应用的要求。

 

Make lists, keep them with you, whether on paper or in your phone or on your tablet³, and revel⁴ in the satisfaction of crossing items off when you've completed them. There's extra satisfaction in adding something to your list that you've just completed so you can cross it off!

 

制定计划，无论计划在纸上、手机里、便签本上，把计划带在身边，沉浸在做完一项要求就划掉一项的快感中。还有一种附加的快感是添上一项你刚完成的任务，然后划掉它!

 

1 errands   

n.errand的复数；差使( errand的名词复数 )；差事

参考例句：

• He often runs errands for his grandmother. 他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
• I have a few errands to do in the town. 我在城里有些差事要办。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

3 tablet   

n.平板，门牌，笔记簿，碑，匾

参考例句：

• Take a tablet and your headache will go.吃一片药你的头就不疼了。
• Fill a glass with water and dissolve this tablet in it.倒杯水把药片放进去溶解了。

4 revel   

vi.狂欢作乐，陶醉；n.作乐，狂欢

参考例句：

• She seems to revel in annoying her parents.她似乎以惹父母生气为乐。
• The children revel in country life.孩子们特别喜欢乡村生活。