Efficient Time Management

    有效的時間管理

    Our perception of our own time management isn't always accurate. Do you balance your life by practicing efficient time management? Look closely at how you manage your time, compare your activities to someone you know who is efficient, and ask for feedback. These time management tips can help you balance school, work, and life.

    我們對自己時間管理的概念不一定總是正確的。你有沒有通過實踐有效的時間管理來平衡自己的生活呢？讓我們仔細來看看你是怎樣管理自己的時間的。和一些更有效率的人對比一下，詢問一下反饋信息。以下這些時間管理小貼士能夠幫你在學校，工作和生活中找到平衡。

    Write Down Everything You Do in a Day

    記下你每天做的事情

    For one day, keep a notebook with you and write down how you spend every minute of that day, in chunks, of course. What time did you get up? How long did it take you to get ready for the day? Breakfast? Email? Puttering?

    利用一天的時間，分門別類的記下你每分每秒都在干什么。你幾點起床？梳妝打扮要花多長時間？早餐要用多長時間？發郵件要用多長時間？閑混的時間又有多長？

    This is an obnoxious exercise, but I promise it will be remarkably enlightening in helping you achieve balance. Most people spend a lot of time doing unimportant things. When you raise your awareness of your own activities, you can make different choices, get a lot more done, and balance school, work, and life more easily.

    雖然這不是件愉快的事情，但是我保證這可以明顯的幫你達到平衡。很多人將時間浪費在一些無關緊要的事情上。如果你認識到了自己正在做什么的話，你可以做出不同的選擇，可以做更多的事情，最終更簡單地達到學校，工作生活的平衡。

    Observe an Efficient Person

    觀察一個有效率的人

    Now that you know how you spend the hours in a day, find the most efficient person you know and watch what they do and how they do it. What kind of planning system do they use? How do they schedule their time? How do they combine tasks? How do they balance?

    現在，你知道了你每天是怎樣渡過的，找出一個你認識的最優效率的人，觀察他們在做什么，怎么去做的。他們使用了什么樣的計劃系統？他們怎樣規劃自己的時間？他們怎樣結合任務來分配時間？他們怎么樣做到這種平衡的？

    If this isn't appropriate in your situation, ask your efficient role model if you can have a few minutes to interview them about their time management.

    如果觀察行不通的話，詢問你的有效率的榜樣，問他們是否有時間和你談談時間管理的事情。

    Ask for Feedback

    尋求反饋

    Asking for feedback about anything is an underused and extremely valuable tool. Ask someone you trust, someone who knows how you manage time, to give you feedback about your activities. We all develop habits that become completely blind to us over time.

    對任何事情都要求反饋是十分充分和有價值的。向你信賴的人詢問，他們知道你是如何管理時間的，能夠就你的行動給予你反饋信息。隨著時間的推移，我們的習慣都會變成自身的盲點。

    A word of caution here: it's easy to get upset when we hear criticism.Remember that you have asked for feedback. No matter what response you receive, say thank you. Don't argue, and avoid being defensive. Take the information, reflect on it for a day, and consider the possibility that it's true. If you don't agree with it after you've reflected on it for a day, let it go. It's just one person's opinion.

    這里有一句名言警句：當我們聽到批評的時候容易難過。要記得是你自己尋求反饋的。不管是怎么樣的反饋，都要說謝謝。不要爭辯，不要自我辯護。接受別人的反饋，并用一天的時間好好反省，看看其真實性。如果這樣做之后，你仍然不認同那些反饋的話，就讓這件事情過去，畢竟這只是別人的個人看法而已。