时间是这么被浪费的

 　　You spend your day doing unnecessary activities. Then, you wish you could have that time back. We are all guilty of this at some point. Where are you going to waste time today?

　　你一整天做的全是没必要的事。然后，你希望能挽回浪费掉的时光。我们每个人都会有为这种负罪感的时候。今天你会把时间浪费在什么上面？

　　We all have the same amount of time in the day.It all comes down to how your chose to spend yours.Avoiding time-wasting activities can make all the difference.What frivolous¹ and silly ways do you waste time during your day?

　　我们每人每天的时间都是一定的。关键在于你怎么使用你的时间。尽量不要去做那些浪费时间的事，这才会成为你和别人的差别所在。你一天中都会浪费时间做什么琐事和蠢事呢？

　　Here are 29 Ways You’re Wasting Time Today:

　　以下是29种浪费时间的表现：

　　Complaining. No one gets what they want by whining². Instead, try asking.

　　抱怨。光是发牢骚是不可能得到想要的东西的。不要光抱怨，要质疑。

　　Commuting³ during rush hour. Time-shift your drive for less traffic.

　　在高峰时间上下班。换到其他时间点，这样路上就不会那么堵。

　　Gossiping. It never gets the work done.

　　八卦。八卦什么都做不成。

　　Doing other people’s work. Do your work first.

　　做别人的工作。先把自己的事情做好吧。

　　Watching TV. No one ever accomplished⁴ their goals by sitting on the couch⁵.

　　看电视。坐在电视前是不可能做成什么事的。

　　Hanging out with negative people. Be careful, attitude is contagious⁶.

　　常和消极的人在一起。小心点，态度是会传染的。

　　Procrastinating⁷. Action now always beats inaction.

　　拖延。现在开始就战胜无所作为吧。

　　Indecision. Make decisions or life will make them for you.

　　优柔寡断。要么就自己做决定，要么你就会被决定。

　　Reading the news. Go on a media diet.

　　读新闻。戒掉爱看媒体新闻的瘾吧。

　　Antagonizing others. If you don’t have something nice to say…

　　和别人对着干。如果你没什么好话要说的话…

　　Playing video games. Angry Birds don’t get work done.

　　打游戏。光玩“愤怒的小鸟”什么都干不成。

　　Eating junk food. Do something active and get your body in motion.

　　吃垃圾食品。吃点健康的东西，让你的身体活动起来吧。

　　Making empty promises. Stop saying what you’re not going to do.

　　说空话。不要再吹嘘那些你不会去做的事情了。

　　Waiting for something to happen. Go out and make it happen.

　　等待什么事发生。行动起来，自己去让这件事发生吧。

　　Attending unnecessary meetings. Practice the “Right to Decline” unneeded meetings.

　　参加没必要的会议。试着婉转地拒绝那些没必要参加的会议吧。

　　Reading Email. Only check it 3 times a day. Morning, noon, end of day.

　　查电邮。一天只要查3次就够了：早上，中午和晚上。

　　Answering the phone. Remember, your phone is there for your convenience.

　　接电话。记住，电话是为了你自己的方便才存在的。

　　Playing Email Ping-Pong. Avoid the back-and-forth, go talk to someone.

　　发电邮，你回复我，我回复你。不要用电邮回复来回复去，真正去跟别人聊聊吧。

　　Not putting things away. You’ll have to look for them later.

　　不把东西放好。之后你就要开始找东西了。

　　Surfing the web endlessly. One thing leads to another…

　　漫无目的地上网。事情一件连着另外一件……

　　Constantly updating your social media status. No one needs to know what you are eating for lunch.

　　不断更新社交媒体状态。没人想知道你中午吃的是什么。

　　Not capturing ideas. Where did you write down that million dollar idea?

　　不记录下好想法。上一次你写下很有价值的想法是什么时候？

　　Fighting with others. Agree to disagree, but skip the fight.

　　和别人争吵。求同存异保留各自不同的意见，不要和人争。

　　Reading the tabloids⁸. Do you need to know which celeb got arrested this week?

　　读八卦小报。这周哪个明星被捕跟你有关系吗？

　　Looking for things you misplaced. Make sure you have a place for your stuff.

　　翻找被你放错地方的东西。每样东西都要有固定的放置位置。

　　Letting email notifications interrupt your day. Turn off those pop-ups!

　　让新电邮通知打扰到你。关掉弹出窗口吧！

　　Piling instead of filing. Piles are not organization.

　　乱堆乱放，而不是分类归档。堆成一团可不能算整理。

　　Not looking at your todo list. You wrote that task down, but you didn’t look at your list.

　　不查看待办事项。明明写下了要做的任务，但是不去查看待办事项。

　　Solving the same problems, again. Make sure you document solutions so you have them down the road.

　　花时间解决同样的问题。要把问题的解决方法归档，这样下次你就能用到它们。

　　What Shouldn’t You Do Today?

　　今天什么事是你不该做的？

　　Sometimes it’s not what you do, but what you stop doing. Protect your day from these time-wasters.You just might have a little more time in your day. Where do you catch yourself wasting time?

　　有时关键不在于你做什么，而在于你不该做什么。不要让你的一天被这些浪费时间的事情占领。这样也许你能挤出一些时间。今天你发现自己把时间浪费在哪里了呢？

1 frivolous   

adj.轻薄的；轻率的

参考例句：

• This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
• He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。

2 whining   

n. 抱怨，牢骚 v. 哭诉，发牢骚

参考例句：

• That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
• The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那条狗坐在门外狺狺叫着（要进来）。

3 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。

4 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

5 couch   

n.睡椅，长沙发椅；vt.表达，隐含

参考例句：

• Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
• The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.兔子从草丛中跳出。

6 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

7 procrastinating   

拖延，耽搁( procrastinate的现在分词 )； 拖拉

参考例句：

• Begin while others are procrastinating. Save while others are wasting. 当别人拖延时你开始。当别人浪费时你节约。
• Before adjourning, councillors must stop procrastinating and revisit this controversial issue. 在休会之前，参议员必须停止拖延，重新讨论这个引起争议的问题。

8 tabloids   

n.小报，通俗小报（版面通常比大报小一半，文章短，图片多，经常报道名人佚事）( tabloid的名词复数 )；药片

参考例句：

• The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids. 所有小报都在头版报道了这件事。
• The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。