【推荐2】How to Beat the Afternoon Slump and Regain Your Focus

It’s 3 pm, and the very last thing you want to do is work. You are so tired that you could go back to bed.     1     It’s called the afternoon slump, and people across the world deal with it every day. It can be a killer for your motivation and productivity. The following techniques may help overcome the afternoon slump.

Grab a Healthy Snack

If you’re feeling tired, try giving your body some energy with a healthy snack. Sugary, prepackaged snacks seem to be a good choice because they provide you with a quick hit of energy. But after this boost of energy, you’ll quickly experience a “sugar crash”.     2     Therefore, try something that has a balance of protein and healthy fats instead.

Get Some Exercise

One of the quickest ways to increase your energy is to do some exercise. If you’ve been sitting at your desk all day, then getting your blood pumping (涌流) can give you the boost you need to continue your work.     3     Some simple ways to add physical activity to your day can work wonders, such as taking a walk and dancing to your favorite song.

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Our final piece of advice isn’t a specific action, but rather a larger change in the way you work. If you know that you’re going to have less energy in the afternoon, try to use that time for tasks that require less energy. For instance, I prefer to do my most creative and high-energy work in the morning and lower energy tasks like processing email in the afternoon.     5    

While you can’t beat the afternoon slump completely, you can take steps to regain the energy and focus you need to stay productive even in the face of tiredness.

【推荐3】Five tiny tips that can improve your to-do list

Is there a more effective way to write my to-do list? Here are five surprising and useful tips.

    1    . “If it takes less than two minutes, just do it right then and there,” says Angel Trinidad. It’s not worth the bandwidth to write it down, remember it and do it.

Automate (使…自动化) what you can. If you find yourself writing “buy more dog food”on your to-do list every few weeks, save yourself the effort of adding it to your to-do list by signing up for a subscription to get the food delivered to your house each month.     2    .

Break each task into smaller pieces. People aren’t specific enough when they write down items on their to-do lists. For example, I want to retile my kitchen floor. That’s not a to-do list item because there are too many steps packed into one big goal.     3    , like “call hardware store for an estimate” or “pick out tile (瓦片).”

Decide what’s a priority.     4    : Take one of your existing to-do list tasks and ask “why” repeatedly — at least five times. For example, why do I want to retile my kitchen floor? To make my apartment look better. Why? Because a beautiful space makes me feel more at peace.

Try assigning(分配)a task to a time of day. Take a look at your daily schedule and figure out when you can get your tasks done. For example, you might write your novel from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m., grocery shop from 2 p. m. — 3:30 p.m.     5    . That kind of awareness gets you thinking, am I spending my time in a way that makes sense for me?

【推荐2】Three Most Common Regrets People Have Later in Life

If you follow Gary Vaynerchuk, then you’re probably aware of how much he talks about regret. This is a list of the most common regrets people have.     1    .

 Being afraid to say “I Love You”

I probably only said those words to three people in my entire life. Why are we so afraid to say “I love you”? Because it might make us vulnerable?     2    ?

Three words could make somebody’s day, their week, their month, their year, even their life! So don’t be so afraid to tell people you love them.

 Care too much about what other people think

    3    . I would be scared to do all the things I wanted to do, in case my friends or the people around me thought it was stupid.

Truth is, it’s your life, and you have to be happy with it. You cannot let the opinions of others dictate how you are going to live your life.     4    , “We spend money that we do not have, on things we do not need, to impress people who do not care.”

Stop worrying so much about what other people will think of you for the decisions you make.

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Quite frankly, if you live your whole life without ever taking a big risk, you may have lived a very boring life.

Risks don’t always pay off, but they’re involved with all of life’s best experiences. Those who aren’t open to taking risks will never be able to see the most of what life has to offer.