拖延症用英语怎么读

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今儿，咱们就正经滴装X，谈一谈“拖延症”这档事~

NO.1 神马是“拖延症”?

“拖延症”(Procrastination)并不是严格的心理学或医学术语，而是用于描述人们拖延的行为和状态。有人认为，这是一个近年来兴起的网络名词，因为切合现代人的生活而流行开来。“

拖延症”的典型心态似乎可以用电影《乱世佳人》结尾的经典台词“After all， tomorrow is anotherday!”(毕竟明天又是新的一天)来概括。

“明天”是希望的一天，是斗志昂扬的一天，也是西班牙谚语中“一星期中最忙的一天”(tomorrow isoften the busiest day of a week)，甚至“一年中最忙的一天”。事实上，“拖延症”的英文“procrastination”便是由pro(向前)和crastinus(明天)组合成的拉丁语procrastinus(向前推到明天)而来。这个单词的拉丁语词源和我们“明日复明日、明日何其多”的古训恰好从正反两面说明“拖延症”古已有之，中西皆然。

“拖延症”患者(procrastinator)并不一定是“懒鬼”(lazy bones)，很多成就杰出者更是出名的拖延。例如达·芬奇便是一位不折不扣的“拖延症”患者。他的传世画作《蒙娜丽莎》画了四年，《最后的晚餐》画了三年，均远超客户规定的交稿时间，去世时手中还有五六幅作品未交付。他曾在日记中宣泄道：“告诉我，告诉我，到底有哪件事情完成了?”当今《冰与火之歌》(热播美剧《权力的游戏》原著)的作者乔治·马丁因拖稿遭粉丝频频抱怨，有媒体甚至说他“简直创下了拖延症之最”(likely setting some sort of record for procrastination)。一位密切关注马丁行程的粉丝说，他在“竭尽全力回避下一本书的写作”(he is doing everything in his power to avoid workingon his latest novel)。

对不少“拖延症”患者来说，“deadline(最后期限)”恐怕才是第一生产力。的确，不少人都体验过在最后期限前灵感迸发、效率惊人的巅峰状态。《银河系漫游指南》的作者道格拉斯·亚当斯就曾说：“我爱最后期限。我爱它们飞驰而过时的呼啸声”(I love deadlines。 I like the whooshingsound they make as they fly by)。

So，这样看起来，好像又给了自己“拖延”的理由，毕竟咱都是干大事的人啊...慢工出细活...想想也木有哪里不对吼~

NO.2 如何治疗“拖延症”?

“Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.”——Spanish Proverb

“明天总是一周中最忙的一天。”——西班牙谚语

One of the most common problems is procrastination. We know what we want to do and shoulddo. But still we end up spending hours upon hours doing “easier” work or escaping via TV, blogsor music.

拖延症是极其常见的一个毛病。我们都知道自己想做什么、该做什么，可最后还是会一而再地磨洋工，挑容易的事做，或者干脆选择看电视、读博客、听音乐来逃避。

Now, nothing wrong with a little escape from time to time. But if you procrastinate too much youwill not get the most important things done. And you will also send yourself into negative spiralswhere your self-esteem plummets and you spend your days or more in a vague negative funk.

当然，偶尔稍微逃避一下也无可厚非。只是如果拖得太久太多，你会无法完成最重要的事情。而且，你还会陷入消极循环状态，自信心跌入谷底，整天茫然无绪地消沉下去。

So what can you do? Here are 7 timeless tips to help you to stop procrastinating and start livingyour life more fully.

那该怎么办呢?下面这7个建议持久有效，能帮你克服拖延，从而开启更充实的生活。

1. Stop thinking. Start doing.

停止东想西想，立即采取行动。

A bit of planning can certainly help you to achieve what you want to achieve. A lot of planning andthinking tends to have the opposite effect.

有点计划确实有助于实现目标，但若思虑并计划太多，则会适得其反。

You think and think and try to come up with “the perfect plan”. A plan where you don’t have tomake mistakes, where you will never be rejected, where there will be no pain or difficulties. Such athing does of course not exist. But as long as you work on that plan you can protect yourself.

你绞尽脑汁想得出一个“完美计划”——用这个计划，你就能避免犯错，永远都不会碰壁，也不会遭遇痛苦或困难。毋庸置疑，这种事压根儿就不存在。其实，只要坚持实行一个计划，你也能保护好自己免受拖延症后果之苦。

2. Don’t blow a task out of proportion.

不要过犹不及。

By over thinking and putting things off you are not only trying to protect yourself from pain. Youalso make mountains out of molehills. The quotes above are so true it isn’t even funny. The morehours and days you put something off the worse it grows in your mind.

思虑过头或不断拖延推迟并不能使你免受痛苦。你只是小题大做罢了。前面那句谚语确实是至理名言啊。拖延时间越久，你受到的煎熬就越大。

Because you are dwelling on it. And so it expands in your mind. And since you are putting it offyou are probably thinking about it in a negative way. So plan a little and then take action.

因为你总是止不住去想，脑子里全是这事儿;而且因为这事儿被一拖再拖，你的情绪也跟着消极起来。所以还是把计划定小一些，然后采取行动吧。

3. Just take the first step.

只需迈出第一步。

When you start to look too far into the future any task or project can seem close to impossible.And so you shut down because you become overwhelmed and start surfing the internet aimlesslyinstead. That is one of the reasons why it is good to plan for the future but then to shift yourfocus back to today and the present moment.

如果你目光太远，那么任何任务或项目看上去几乎都无法达成了。接着你会望而却步，因为你觉得不堪重负，倒不如漫无目的地上网呢!所以，计划将来虽好，但紧接着必须把精力投入到此时此刻。

Then you just focus on taking the first step today. That is all you need to focus on, nothing else.By taking the first step you change your mental state from resistant to “hey, I’m doing this, cool”.

然后，你只需全心全意做好第一步就行。没错，别管其他的，只看第一步。开始了第一步后，你的心理会从抵触变成“嗨，我已经开始啦，还不错嘛!”