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0page senior thesis, a paper you39。決定按照這樣的方式工作,這樣來安排我這一年。t really write words, and so we were then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. 但后來,好笑的事情出現(xiàn)了,頭幾個(gè)月時(shí)光匆匆而逝,我還沒有來得及動(dòng)工,所以我們明智的調(diào)整了計(jì)劃。90頁(yè)趕出來后,我飛速?zèng)_過校園,像電影中的特寫慢鏡頭一樣,恰好在截止日期前的最后一刻交上。ve ever seen. That did not was a very, very bad thesis. I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, This guy is amazing! No, no, it was very, very bad. 我以為事情就這么完了,但一周后,我接到一個(gè)電話,是學(xué)校打來的?!彼麄冋f:“這是我見過最棒的論文?!睕]有,其實(shí)寫的非常差勁。我的行為方式總讓身邊非拖延者感到不能理解。s not that obvious, but just take a look, OK? So here39。我希望大家仔細(xì)觀察,看能不能注意到差異。s fine until this happens. [This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!] So the Rational DecisionMaker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but the Monkey doesn39?!币?yàn)槲覄傁肫饋磉€發(fā)生過這件事。re going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets and ends much, much later with us watching interviews with Justin Bieber39。 All of that39。re a huge success! 所以,到底發(fā)生了什么?這個(gè)及時(shí)行樂的猴子并非你,希望是控制方向的人,他完全生活在當(dāng)下,沒有過去的記憶,也沒有未來的概念。 And to the Monkey, humans are just another animal species. You have to keep wellslept, wellfed and propagating into the next generation, which in tribal times might have worked OK. But, if you haven39。在原始部落時(shí)代,這也沒太大問題。re having dinner or going to bed or enjoying wellearned leisure time. That39。s entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. I call it the Dark Playground. 有時(shí),做一些簡(jiǎn)單開心的事情是很合理的,比如吃飯睡覺、享受贏得的休閑時(shí)光,所以二者也有重疊的部分。s where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening. The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn39。這里的空氣充滿了內(nèi)疚、恐懼、焦慮和自我憎恨——這些都是拖延癥患者常有的情緒。s going on? Why are all of these people in such a dark place? 他們都在寫同一句話:“我也有這個(gè)問題。s two kinds of procrastination. Everything I39。s a second kind of procrastination that happens in situations when there is no deadline. So if you wanted a career where you39。ve gone out and done the hard work to get momentum, get things going. 原來,拖延分為兩種,我今天所說的拖延和所舉的例子,都是有截止日期的。t involve any deadlines, like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn39。t show up. He has nothing to wake up for, so the effects of procrastination, they39。 And it39。 And I thought, that39。s not that they39。 it39。 So I read these s and I had a little bit of an epiphany that I don39。t there. 我讀著這些來信,忽然有一種頓悟——我覺得非拖延者是不存在的,沒錯(cuò),我認(rèn)為你們所有人都是拖延者,當(dāng)然你們可能不像,我們有些人這么混亂。s one box for every week of a 90year life. That39。s a job for all of us. And because there39。我想我們需要好好花時(shí)間,認(rèn)真看看