Keeping the stress away from your life isn’t just about the big things and decisions. It is also about the small things. About what you do and do not do from day to day.
讓生活遠(yuǎn)離壓力并不只是和大事兒及決策有關(guān)。它也和小事兒有關(guān)。和你每天做什么以及不做什么有關(guān)。

Those small daily – helpful or unhelpful – habits add up very quickly over the weeks and can be the difference between being focused and feeling good about life or not being able to sleep or work properly and enjoy your life as much as you could.
這些每天的小習(xí)慣——有益的或無(wú)益的——一周一周累積地非常快，正是它們有可能讓你的生活有所不同。你可能享受生活并感覺(jué)良好，也可能無(wú)法入睡或無(wú)法正常工作，更不用提盡可能地享受生活了。

In this article I’d like to share 10 small habits that have had a huge positive effect in my life and that protects me from both the stress out there in the world and the stress I can cause myself.
在這篇文章中，我想和大家分享10個(gè)小習(xí)慣，這些習(xí)慣對(duì)我的生活起到了很大的積極影響，讓我遠(yuǎn)離世界上本來(lái)就有的壓力以及自己導(dǎo)致的壓力。

1. One thing at a time.
一次只做一件事

It is often tempting to multi-task to get things done quicker. But every time I feel that impulse I remind myself that in the past I have actually gotten better results, been able to focus more sharply and had less stress in my mind and body when I single-tasked. And so I continue to do one thing at a time.
多任務(wù)處理往往很誘人，好像能讓人更快地把事情做完。但是每當(dāng)我有那種沖動(dòng)時(shí)，我就會(huì)提醒自己，過(guò)去當(dāng)我單任務(wù)處理時(shí)，結(jié)果更好，我更專(zhuān)注，頭腦、身體的壓力更少。所以我繼續(xù)一次只做一件事情。

2. Just write it all down.
把它寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

Trying to remember every idea, meeting and so on is not the best use of your mind.
嘗試記住每個(gè)想法、會(huì)議等等并不能最好地利用你的大腦。

And if your memory is anything like mine then you may lose many ideas if they are not captured pretty quickly. So just write all of your good or great ideas, insights and thoughts down to keep them safe and to unload your mind.
如果你的記憶力和我差不多，那要是你不很快的把想法捕捉下來(lái)，它們很快就會(huì)溜走。 所以把好的主意、看法和想法都寫(xiě)下來(lái)，保證它們記錄下來(lái)，減輕大腦的負(fù)擔(dān)。

3. Don’t guess. Ask.
不要去猜。去問(wèn)。

Trying to read minds usually don’t go so well at all. So instead, just communicate and ask.
讀心術(shù)并不是那么好用。取而代之，去和他人溝通并加以詢(xún)問(wèn)。

By doing so you promote openness in your relationships in the long run and that will also help you to minimize unnecessary conflicts, misunderstandings, negativity and waste or time and energy.
這樣做，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的角度上來(lái)說(shuō)可以提高關(guān)系間的開(kāi)放性， 那也會(huì)幫你減少不必要的沖突、誤解、消極情緒以及時(shí)間和能量的浪費(fèi)。

4. Keep everything in its place.
把東西放在固定的位置上。

If everything has its place then your home and workspace will have a more calming effect and it will be less stressful to find those important papers or your keys and wallet as you are heading out to catch the next bus.
如果東西都有固定的位置，那么你的家和工作地點(diǎn)會(huì)有更好的鎮(zhèn)定效果，當(dāng)你趕車(chē)時(shí)去找重要文件或鑰匙、錢(qián)包時(shí)壓力就不會(huì)那么大了。

5. Set clear daily time-limits for your work.
每天為工作設(shè)定明確的時(shí)間限制

This has been so important for me to not get lost in the very stressful grey zone and to not think about my business and this blog after my workday is done.
這一點(diǎn)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)非常重要，它讓我不會(huì)迷失在充滿(mǎn)壓力的灰色區(qū)域中，讓我在工作做完后不去想業(yè)務(wù)和博客。

Three limits that I have set are:
我設(shè)定的三個(gè)限制是：

Breaks every hour. I usually work for about 45 minutes and then take a 15 minute break when I step away from the work and do something completely different.
每個(gè)小時(shí)都要休息。我通常工作45分鐘然后休息15分鐘，停止工作，做一些完全不同的事情。

Start and stop-times for work. I don’t work before 8 in the morning and I don’t work after 7 o clock in the evening.
設(shè)定工作的開(kāi)始和結(jié)束時(shí)間。早晨8點(diǎn)前和晚上7點(diǎn)后我都不會(huì)工作。

I don’t work weekends. I usually check emails once per weekend just to see so there is not something truly important I have to attend to. But other than that I stay away from work over the weekend and spend time with my family, friends, a good book or movie or I do some other fun activity.
周末不工作。 我經(jīng)常會(huì)在周末查一下郵件看看有沒(méi)有真正重要的事情需要注意一下。除此之外，我周末是不工作的。我在周末和家人、朋友一起玩，或看一本好書(shū)、一部電影或做其他有趣的事情。

6. Be 10 minutes early for meetings.
開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)早去10分鐘。

This is a very small habit but in my experience it can sure decrease the daily stress a whole lot.
這是個(gè)非常小的習(xí)慣，但是以我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，它會(huì)減少大量的壓力。

For me it has transformed travel time during my day into relaxing breaks instead of passages of time and space that only up my levels of stress and other negative feelings.
對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，它把我的出行時(shí)間轉(zhuǎn)換成了休息的片刻，而不是成段的增加壓力和其他負(fù)面情緒的時(shí)間和空間。

7. Do email checking etc. as late in the day as possible.
盡可能晚地去查看電子郵件

I try to stay away from my inbox until the end of my workday. Doing my work this way helps me to have less distraction and to focus fully on creating new articles, newsletters and premium courses early in the day.
我盡量在工作快結(jié)束時(shí)查看電子郵件。這樣做能讓我少分心，能讓我在一天的早些時(shí)間里把注意力完全放在寫(xiě)新的文章、通訊稿和優(yōu)質(zhì)的課程上。

This may not be possible for everyone of course. But see if you can do one or two hours of uninterrupted work on your most important tasks in the morning before checking your email.
當(dāng)然，這并不對(duì)每個(gè)人都適用。但是你可以試試，在查看郵件前能不能一兩個(gè)小時(shí)無(wú)打擾地去做最重要的任務(wù)。

8. Pack before you go to bed.
在上床睡覺(jué)前把明天的東西準(zhǔn)備好。

You’ll be less stressed out in the morning and you are less likely to forget something.
早晨你的壓力就會(huì)減少， 你忘帶東西的可能性也會(huì)降低。

9. Aim to keep it very simple instead of creating drama or mountains out of molehills.
目的是要簡(jiǎn)單，而不是要弄出戲劇性的事件或小題大做

Drama, conflicts or creating mountains out of molehills can fill life with things that seem important and sometimes exciting. But those things will also suck up much of your time and energy and create stress and friction in your life.
戲劇性的事件、沖突或小題大做能讓生活充滿(mǎn)著看似重要和讓人興奮的事情。但是那些事情會(huì)占用你大量的時(shí)間和精力，并讓你的生活增加壓力和摩擦。

A few things that help me to avoid extra drama, conflicts or creating mountains are to ask myself these 3 questions when I am in a negative situation:
有幾件事能幫我避免額外的戲劇性的事件、沖突或小題大做。這就是當(dāng)我處于不利的局面時(shí)，我會(huì)問(wèn)自己這三個(gè)問(wèn)題：

Am I making a mountain out of a molehill right now? Will this matter in 5 years or even 5 weeks? How can keep things extremely simple in this situation?
我現(xiàn)在是不是小題大做？ 這件事5年后或甚至5周后還重要嗎？ 在這種情況下如何能讓事情變得非常簡(jiǎn)單？

10. When overcome with stress, just breathe.
面對(duì)壓力時(shí)，深呼吸

When stressed, lost in a problem or the past or future in your mind breathe a little more deeply than usual and make sure you breathe with your belly. Do this for about 1-2 minutes.
當(dāng)有壓力時(shí)，當(dāng)迷失在腦海里的問(wèn)題或沉迷于過(guò)去、未來(lái)時(shí)，比平常呼吸得深一些，確保用腹部呼吸。這樣做1-2分鐘。

It will calm your body down and bring your mind back from future worries or past mistakes and into what is happening right here in the present moment again.
它會(huì)讓你的身體平靜下來(lái)，讓你從對(duì)未來(lái)的擔(dān)憂或過(guò)去的錯(cuò)誤中回過(guò)神來(lái)，把注意力集中在當(dāng)前發(fā)生的事情上。