Michael聊聊：关于时间管理

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Hey everyone, welcome back to Yapping with Michael. Today, I'm gonna be talking to you all about some tips on time management.

大家好，欢迎回到“Michael聊聊”。今天，我要和大家分享一些时间管理的技巧。

So, why am I talking about this? Well, to start off, I have to say I've had my fair share of good and bad time management. And although mine isn't perfect right now, I feel as if it's improved a lot from back towards the end of 2021—my time management.

那么，为什么我要谈论这个话题呢？首先，我得说，我在时间管理方面有过不少好坏参半的经历。尽管现在我的时间管理还不算完美，但我觉得它比2021年底的时候已经有了很大的进步。

As for why I'm talking about this, it's because I feel like time management helps you a lot with dealing with stress from school work, other work stuff you have to do, and it's just a pretty good thing to have if you want any sort of free time whatsoever.

至于我为什么要谈这个话题，是因为我觉得时间管理对你处理学校作业、其他工作事务以及任何你必须要做的事情的压力有很大帮助，而且，如果你想拥有任何自由时间的话，时间管理是个非常有用的技能。

So, let's get into the tips.

那么，让我们进入技巧部分。

First tip, starting off: You need to remove all distractions. Now, I know this is kind of like a focus tip, but without focus, you can't do the rest of the parts of time management right. If you're not focused, you're not exactly working on what you're supposed to be working on. You get sidetracked, and when you get sidetracked, your efficiency goes down.

首先，第一条建议：你需要消除所有的干扰。现在，我知道这有点像一个专注力的建议，但没有专注，你就不能正确地进行时间管理的其他部分。如果你不专注，你就不能完全投入到你应该做的事情上。你会被分散注意力，而一旦你分心了，效率就会下降。

The main point of time management is to keep your efficiency up and to try and finish things in the least amount of time possible so you have time to work on other things. This is why you need to remove all distractions, such as electronics, toys, maybe even most snacks if you can. But, like, I understand sometimes it's nice to have a work-time snack when you're doing homework and stuff, so maybe leave that. But electronics, especially phones and computers, when you're not supposed to be on them, move them maybe out of the room.

时间管理的主要目的是保持你的效率，并尝试在最少的时间内完成任务，这样你就有时间去做其他事情。这就是为什么你需要消除所有干扰，比如电子设备、玩具，甚至是大多数零食（如果可以的话）。不过，我理解有时候在做作业时吃点小零食还是挺好的，所以可以保留零食，但电子设备，特别是手机和电脑，如果你不是必须使用它们时，就把它们拿出房间。

That part is kind of where I'm still working on, like making it better, because sometimes I'll have my phone right here and I just listen to music maybe. So yeah, I'm still working on that, but it's just a very good starting tip to remove all distractions so you're more focused.

这部分是我还在努力改进的部分，比如有时候我会把手机放在旁边，可能只是听听音乐。所以，是的，我还在努力改进这一点，但这是一个非常好的开始建议，消除所有干扰，这样你就可以更专注。

Now, second, this is a very important one: You need to make a schedule. What I mean by that is not like putting specific things in specific time periods. It's very hard to follow a specific timeline if you're not at school. So what you want to do is list out all the things you need to do today and make an approximate time for each task.

第二个非常重要的建议：你需要制定一个计划。我所说的并不是像把具体的事情安排在具体的时间段。想在不在学校的情况下遵循一个具体的时间表是很难的。所以，你要做的是列出你今天需要做的所有事情，并为每项任务设定一个大概的时间。

Then, list them by priority and make sure to leave slots for the things that have to be done during that time period, like classes, for example. Then, list out the priorities and make sure you remember what has to be due tonight, for example, and what's due tomorrow—maybe do that a little later today. So make sure you finish your priorities first, and then just remember to do the rest of the things.

然后，按照优先级排列它们，并确保为必须在特定时间段内完成的事情（比如上课）留出时间。然后，列出优先事项，并确保你记住今晚必须完成的事情，以及明天到期的事情——也许你可以稍后再做。所以，确保你先完成优先事项，然后记得去做剩下的事情。

Now, let's talk about time chunks. During big time chunks, make sure to take breaks. If you take breaks, your brain gets to rest every once in a while so you can focus better in your next time slot. For example, you work for an hour, let's say you take a 15-minute break, and then you work for another hour. That's better time management and you get more efficiency.

现在，谈谈时间段。在大块时间段之间，一定要休息。如果你休息一下，你的大脑就能偶尔得到休息，这样你在下一个时间段内可以更好地集中注意力。比如说，你工作一个小时，然后休息15分钟，再工作一个小时。这是一种更好的时间管理，你的效率也会更高。

You get more work done in those two time chunks than if you didn't take the break in between and worked for two and a half hours straight. Because that way, you're not as tired, you've had your break, and you've gotten the chance to freshen up again. It'll be like restarting, and then you'll just be picking up from where you left off, so you'll be very efficient moving forward as well.

你在那两个时间段内完成的工作，比在中间不休息而连续工作两个半小时的效率更高。因为这样你不会感到太累，你已经休息过了，并且有机会重新恢复精力。这就像重新开始一样，然后你会从你之前停下的地方继续，因此你在接下来的工作中会非常高效。

So that's just something to keep in mind—maybe try to take breaks every once in a while when you're doing big time chunks, for example.

所以，这只是要记住的一点——当你在处理大块时间时，试着偶尔休息一下。

And as for our final tip, which is really important: You have to learn to use up small chunks of your day. For example, if you have 10 minutes before class, like I said, you made a schedule earlier and rolled out approximately how long each task takes. You can check it and see, "Oh, this only takes around 10 minutes. Maybe I should do that now." Or, "I could arrive at class 10 minutes earlier and finish that, so I don't have to work on it later." Or, when my parents are calling me to go to dinner, and I have a big project that I have to finish, maybe I should start on something that only takes 5 minutes of reading before dinner. That way, I don't have to worry about it afterward when I have to work on that big project.

最后一个非常重要的建议：你要学会利用一天中零碎的时间。例如，如果你在上课前有10分钟，就像我之前说的，你已经提前制定了一个时间表，估算了每项任务需要多长时间。你可以检查一下，然后说：“哦，这件事只需要大约10分钟。也许我现在应该做这个。”或者，“我可以提前10分钟到教室，把这件事完成，这样我就不用以后再做了。”或者，当我的父母叫我去吃晚饭，而我有一个大项目需要完成时，也许我应该在晚饭前先做一些只需要5分钟阅读的事情。这样，我就不用在晚饭后担心它了，当我必须处理那个大项目时也会感到更轻松。

So, time management is not only about managing your time well through a schedule, but also about making sure that you use up little pieces of your day. Try and finish up the smaller things and save the big things that take more time for later. And you don't necessarily have to leave the big things for later. You can work on as much of it as you can during little time slots if you feel like nothing else would fit that time slot better. That would also release some of the stress that you would have to deal with later.

所以，时间管理不仅仅是通过时间表来管理你的时间，还要确保你用好你一天中的零碎时间。试着完成那些小事，把需要更多时间的大事留到后面。当然，你也不一定非要把大事情都推到后面。如果你觉得某个时间段没有更适合的事情去做，也可以尽可能多地处理一些大事情。这同样可以减轻你之后需要应对的压力。

So just summing up the tips: Remove all distractions, make a schedule, use up small pieces and fragments of your day, and remember to take breaks during big chunks of time. Those four tips, I think—apart from the first one, because I'm still working on that one—but the other three really can help. Especially, you know, I recite some long pieces of text or something, so sometimes I'll just use little fragments of time to review what I've already recited before so I don't forget. And the effects I've seen for myself are that I end up with way more free time now because I'm focused on one chunk of time doing what I need to do, like homework, for example. And I have more free time to hang out with friends, watch YouTube, do all that sort of stuff.

总结一下这些建议：排除所有干扰、制定一个计划、利用零碎时间，并记得在长时间工作时适当休息。这四条建议，我觉得——除了第一条，因为我自己还在努力改进——其他三条真的很有帮助。尤其是，比如我会背诵一些长篇的文本，有时就会利用零碎的时间来复习之前背过的内容，这样就不容易忘记。我自己看到的效果是，现在我有更多的自由时间了，因为我能专注地利用一个时间段完成需要做的事情，比如作业。这样，我就有更多时间可以和朋友出去玩、看看油管视频或做其他事情。

So I think time management is a very important skill to have, especially in high school and college when things start to get a little messy, and you might have to stay up late all the way until like 2:00 am if you don't have good time management doing your homework. So yeah, that's just something I think everyone should keep in mind.

所以，我认为时间管理是一项非常重要的技能，尤其是在高中和大学，当事情开始变得有些混乱时，如果你没有良好的时间管理，你可能需要熬夜到凌晨2点来完成作业。所以，这就是我认为每个人都应该记住的事情。

So, let me know what you think. Well, that's it for today. The end. Bye.

所以，告诉我你的想法吧。好了，今天就到这里。再见。