Efficient Time Management

有效的时间管理

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.

我们对自己时间管理的概念不一定总是正确的。你有没有通过实践有效的时间管理来平衡自己的生活呢？让我们仔细来看看你是怎样管理自己的时间的。和一些更有效率的人对比一下，询问一下反馈信息。以下这些时间管理小贴士能够帮你在学校，工作和生活中找到平衡。

Write Down Everything You Do in a Day

记下你每天做的事情

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?

利用一天的时间，分门别类的记下你每分每秒都在干什么。你几点起床？梳妆打扮要花多长时间？早餐要用多长时间？发邮件要用多长时间？闲混的时间又有多长？

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.

虽然这不是件愉快的事情，但是我保证这可以明显的帮你达到平衡。很多人将时间浪费在一些无关紧要的事情上。如果你认识到了自己正在做什么的话，你可以做出不同的选择，可以做更多的事情，最终更简单地达到学校，工作生活的平衡。

Observe an Efficient Person

观察一个有效率的人

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?

现在，你知道了你每天是怎样渡过的，找出一个你认识的最优效率的人，观察他们在做什么，怎么去做的。他们使用了什么样的计划系统？他们怎样规划自己的时间？他们怎样结合任务来分配时间？他们怎么样做到这种平衡的？

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.

如果观察行不通的话，询问你的有效率的榜样，问他们是否有时间和你谈谈时间管理的事情。

Ask for Feedback

寻求反馈

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.

对任何事情都要求反馈是十分充分和有价值的。向你信赖的人询问，他们知道你是如何管理时间的，能够就你的行动给予你反馈信息。随着时间的推移，我们的习惯都会变成自身的盲点。

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.

这里有一句名言警句：当我们听到批评的时候容易难过。要记得是你自己寻求反馈的。不管是怎么样的反馈，都要说谢谢。不要争辩，不要自我辩护。接受别人的反馈，并用一天的时间好好反省，看看其真实性。如果这样做之后，你仍然不认同那些反馈的话，就让这件事情过去，毕竟这只是别人的个人看法而已。