养成列清单习惯的3个很赞的原因

 　　There are many great reasons to be a list maker¹. Being a list maker is actually the key to your success in meeting all your deadlines when you live a super busy life. Lists can give you a sense of calm and can even save you when it comes to organizing work, school, important events and life in general. Take a look at the list of a few wonderful reasons to be a list maker.

　　养成列清单习惯，有许多很好的原因。当你的生活特别繁忙的时候，养成列清单的习惯，在实际生活中，可以帮助你成功地在截止日期前完成需要做的事情。清单可以给你一种冷静的感觉，甚至能在组织工作、上学、重要活动和生活的时候，拯救你。下面来看一下列清单的习惯的一些很赞的原因。

　　1. Keep you organized

　　1.让你有组织性

　　Whether you’re a working stay-at-home mom or a career woman, making to-do lists can help to stay organized. Try keeping the lists for the different areas of your life – personal, school and work. Having a list for every area of life makes it easier to get all of the tasks done while maintaining² your personal life. Plus, it will help you avoid stress.

　　无论你是在家的全职妈妈，还是一位职业女性，列清单能帮助你井然有序。试着在你生活的各个方面列清单：个人，学校和工作。在生活的每个领域都有清单，会让你轻松做完所有任务，同时还能维持好你的个人生活。而且，列清单还能帮助你避免压力。

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　　2. Give you a sense of peace

　　2.给你一种平和感觉

　　It’s so stressful to sit down at a meeting or in a class and learn that you forgot an important deadline. While stress is inevitable³ at times, making lists can give you a sense of peace. Keep your schedule manageable and don’t waste your time on stress and worries, and you will have more time for the most important things in your life. Reducing anxiety⁴ levels and keeping life balance is beneficial⁵ for everybody, so why not to start making your lists today?

　　当你坐在会议上或者课堂上的时候，发现在即忘记了一个重要的任务的截止日期，会让你感到压力很大。然而有时候，压力是无法避免的，列清单会给你一种平和的感觉。让你的日程可以管理，不要在压力和担心上面浪费自己的时候，你就能有更多时间去处理生活中最重要的事情。减轻压力程度，保持生活的平衡，对每个人都有好处，那么为什么不从今天开始就列清单呢？

　　3. Give you more time

　　3.给你更多时间

　　Believe it or not, being a list maker can give you more time. When you have a super busy schedule, you don’t have a lot of free time, but making lists will add several hours to your day. When you go to the store and you don’t bring your grocery⁶ list with you, you might end up forgetting to buy something and wasting your precious⁷ time by going back and picking up that item⁸. Make lists and you will certainly have some free time every day.

　　无论你相不相信，列清单可以给你更多时间。当你有非常忙碌的日程的时候，你没有许多空闲的时间，但是列清单会让你每天的时间增加好几个小时。当你去超市的时候，如果你没带着购物清单，你或许会忘记买需要的东西，而会因为需要再次去超市购买这一物品而浪费宝贵的时间。列清单之后，你每天当然就有更多的空闲时间啦。

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 maintaining   

保持( maintain的现在分词 )； 保养； 坚持； 保卫

参考例句：

• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem. 维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。
• It's endless work maintaining the house in good repair. 要让房屋保持得很好是件干不完的活。

3 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

4 anxiety   

n.忧虑，担心，挂念，焦急；渴望，热望

参考例句：

• Tom's anxiety to succeed led him to work hard.汤姆对成功的渴望使他更加努力。
• He received the news of his father's sickness with great anxiety.他得知父亲生病的消息时焦急万分。

5 beneficial   

adj.有益的，有帮助的

参考例句：

• I hope your holiday will be beneficial to you.我希望你的假期会对你有益。
• Sunshine is beneficial to plants.阳光对植物有益。

6 grocery   

n.食品，杂货；食品杂货店

参考例句：

• There used to be a grocery store on the corner.以前在这个街角有家杂货店。
• Her mother began operation of a small grocery.她母亲开始经营一家小杂货店。

7 precious   

adj.宝贵的，珍贵的，过于精致的，珍爱的

参考例句：

• Each life is precious.生命都是宝贵的。
• Spring rain is as precious as oil.春雨贵如油。

8 item   

n.项目；条款；（消息，情报等的）一条

参考例句：

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.时间不多了，我们应该谈下一项内容。
• Put this item on our daily work schedule.把这项工作提到议事日程上来。