You spend your day doing unnecessary activities. Then, you wish you could have that time back. We are all guilty of this at some point. Where are you going to waste time today?
你一整天做的全是不必的事。然后，你期望可以挽回浪费掉的时光。大家每一个人都会有为这种负罪感的时候。今天你会把时间浪费在什么上面？
We all have the same amount of time in the day.It all comes down to how your chose to spend yours.Avoiding time-wasting activities can make all the difference.What frivolous and silly ways do you waste time during your day?
大家每个人天天的时间都是肯定的。重点在于你如何用你的时间。尽可能不要去做那些费时的事，这才会成为你和其他人的差别所在。你一天中都会费时干什么琐事和蠢事呢？
Here are 29 Ways You’re Wasting Time Today:
以下是29种费时的表现：
Complaining. No one gets what they want by whining. Instead, try asking.
抱怨。光是发牢骚是不可能得到想要的东西的。不要光抱怨，要质疑。
Commuting during rush hour. Time-shift your drive for less traffic.
在高峰时间上下班。换到其他时间点，如此路上就不会那样堵。
Gossiping. It never gets the work done.
八卦。八卦什么都做不成。
Doing other people’s work. Do your work first.
做其他人的工作。先把我们的事情做好吧。
Watching TV. No one ever accomplished their goals by sitting on the couch.
看电视。坐在电视前是不可能做成啥事的。
Hanging out with negative people. Be careful, attitude is contagious.
常和消极的人在一块。小心点，态度是会传染的。
Procrastinating. Action now always beats inaction.
拖延。目前开始就战胜无所作为吧。
Indecision. Make decisions or life will make them for you.
犹豫不决。要么就自己做决定，要么你就会被决定。
Reading the news. Go on a media diet.
读新闻。戒掉爱看媒体新闻的瘾吧。
Antagonizing others. If you don’t have something nice to say…
和其他人对着干。假如你没什么好话要说的话…
Playing video games. Angry Birds don’t get work done.
打游戏。光玩“愤怒的小鸟”什么都干不成。
Eating junk food. Do something active and get your body in motion.
吃垃圾食品。吃点健康的东西，叫你的身体活动起来吧。
Making empty promises. STOP saying what you’re not going to do.
说空话。不要再吹嘘那些你不会去做的事情了。
Waiting for something to happen. Go out and make it happen.
等待啥事发生。行动起来，自己去让这件事发生吧。
Attending unnecessary meetings. Practice the “Right to Decline” unneeded meetings.
参加不必的会议。试着婉转地拒绝那些不必参加的会议吧。
Reading Email. only check it 3 times a day. Morning, noon, end of day.
查电邮。一天只须查3次已经足够：早上，中午和晚上。
Answering the phone. Remember, your phone is there for your convenience.
接电话。记住，电话是为了你一个人的便捷才存在的。
Playing Email Ping-Pong. Avoid the back-and-forth, go talk to someone.
发电邮，你回复我，我回复你。不要用电邮回复来回复去，真的去跟其他人聊聊吧。
Not putting things away. You’ll have to look for them later.
不把东西放好。之后你就要开始找东西了。
Surfing the web endlessly. One thing leads to another…
漫无目的地上网。事情一件连着另外一件……
Constantly updating your social media status. No one needs to know what you are eating for lunch.
不断更新社交媒体状况。没人想了解你中午吃的是什么。
Not capturing ideas. Where did you write down that million dollar idea?
不记录下好想法。上一次你写下非常有价值的想法是什么时间？
Fighting with others. Agree to disagree, but skip the fight.
和其他人争吵。求同存异保留每个都不一样的建议，不要和人争。
Reading the tabloids. Do you need to know which celeb got arrested this week?
读八卦小报。这周什么明星被捕跟你有关系吗？
Looking for things you misplaced. Make sure you have a place for your stuff.
翻找被你摆错位置的东西。每样东西都要有固定的放置地方。
Letting email notifications interrupt your day. Turn off those pop-ups!
让新电邮公告打扰到你。关掉弹出窗口吧！
Piling instead of filing. Piles are not organization.
乱堆乱放，而不是分类归档。堆成一团可不可以算整理。
Not looking at your todo list. You wrote that task down, but you didn’t look at your list.
不查询待办事情。明明写下了要做的任务，但不去查询待办事情。
Solving the same problems, again. Make sure you document solutions so you have them down the road.
花时间解决同样的问题。要把问题的解决方案归档，如此下次你就可以用到它们。
What Shouldn’t You Do Today?
今天啥事是你不该做的？
Sometimes it’s not what you do, but what you sTOP doing. Protect your day from these time-wasters.You just might have a little more time in your day. Where do you catch yourself wasting time?
有时重点不在于你干什么，而在于你不该干什么。不要叫你的一天被这类费时的事情占领。如此或许你能挤出一些时间。今天你发现自己把时间浪费在哪儿了呢？
