The alarm bell goes off. You slowly open your eyes. A new day lies before you. A day of unexplored potential and opportunities. How can you make it more likely to become a positive and good day?
鬧鈴響起，你慢慢睜開眼睛。眼前又是新的一天。充滿未知可能與機(jī)遇的一天。該怎樣讓這一天過得積極而美好呢？
Today I’d like to simply share 7 habits that I have used to make my mornings and whole days better.
今天，我就分享一下自己更好地度過早晨和全天的7個習(xí)慣。
1. Have a reminder on your bedside table.
床頭柜放上提醒物品
How will you start your very first moments and minutes of the day? One good way to get off to a good start is to have a note, a reminder on your bedside table that will be one of the first things you see after you have woken up.
你將怎樣開始每天的最初時刻呢？有個好開端的妙方就是在床頭柜上放紙條或提示物品，這樣你一醒來就能看見它們了。
A couple of suggestions for what to write down on your note:
關(guān)于紙條內(nèi)容，可以參考以下建議：
Your top 4 priorities in life. To keep your attention in the right place it is essential to remind yourself every day of what is truly most important. So what is most important for you this year? An important project at work? Your family? Improving your social life? Your blog, photography, soccer or debt? Think about it and reduce what is important in your life to the top 4 most important priorities.
你生命中最重要的4件事情。要保證用對精力，就得每天提醒自己什么才是真正最重要的。對你而言，今年最重要的是什么呢？工作上的一個大項目？家庭？社會交際的改善？還是你的博客、攝影、足球或債務(wù)呢？用心想想，然后只保留生命中最重要的4件吧。
2. Give one genuine compliment.
發(fā)自內(nèi)心地贊美
Giving one genuine compliment to your partner, a family member, friend or co-worker during your morning can not only lift his or her day but also make yours a little brighter and happier.
早上發(fā)自內(nèi)心地贊美伴侶、家人、朋友或同事不僅能讓他/他一整天神采飛揚(yáng)，也會使你自己更陽光更快樂。
So tap into what you can appreciate about a person in your life. Then tell him or her that.
所以，請發(fā)掘生活中身邊人值得贊賞的地方，然后告訴他們吧。
If you can, make it something that may be a bit unexpected and something that person hasn’t heard a hundred times before. For example, a compliment about her great taste in music or his wonderful way with animals may be more appreciated and powerful than a compliment about looks and other more superficial stuff.
如果可以，或許你能讓贊美帶點(diǎn)驚喜，不至于那個人覺得已經(jīng)聽了上百遍了。比如，與其贊美他人外貌或其他表面特征，還不如贊美她出色的音樂品味或他特別的動物情緣呢。
3. Positive information intake over breakfast.
早餐時只接納正面信息
Instead of watching the news or reading the papers and getting a negative and perhaps depressing start to your day do something that will inspire you.
與其看新聞或讀報紙，然后陰郁沮喪地開始新的一天，還不如做點(diǎn)激勵人心的事情。
Read one or a couple of new posts from positive, funny and uplifting blogs or websites. Or simply have a fun and warm conversation with the people around your kitchen table.
閱讀有趣的、積極向上的博客或網(wǎng)頁中的新消息?；蛘吒纱嗪凸策M(jìn)早餐的人開心和氣地聊聊天。
4. Start your workday with your most important task of the day.
從最重要的工作任務(wù)著手
If you do then the rest of the day will feel lighter and easier. You will feel better about yourself and more confident as you move on to other tasks.
如果這樣做，剩下的時間你會覺得輕松自在得多。你處理其他任務(wù)時也會感覺更好更自信。
If you have trouble getting started with the most important task then just make a deal with yourself to work on it for 3 minutes. Then you can stop if you like. But you may not want to once you have gotten started. That seems to be the case for me most of the time.
如果最重要的任務(wù)處理起來比較棘手，那至少保證花3分鐘時間面對它。然后你可以先放一放。不過，或許一旦開始你就停不下來了呢。反正很多時候我就是這樣的。
Getting started is most often the hardest part. So make that part easier for yourself.
行動起來往往是最難做到的。何不讓行動來得更容易些呢？
5. Go slow.
放慢節(jié)奏
When I go a bit slower it becomes easier to fully focus, to keep the stress down and I most often do a better job with something the first time around. I work with more clarity and I do not get stuck in doing busy work very often.
每當(dāng)放慢節(jié)奏，我都更容易做到全神貫注、放下壓力，并能在第一時間將工作處理得更棒。我工作更有條理，忙起來時也不至于總是手足無措了。
It may feel like I’m not getting enough done but at the end of the day I usually get more quality work done than if I tried to maintain a high speed through the day. Partly because the lower stress levels keeps my mind fresh and energy up even through the last few afternoon hours of the workday.
聽上去好像我做不了多少事情，但事實(shí)上下班前我反倒能比快節(jié)奏時做得更多更有質(zhì)量。部分原因可能在于，哪怕是下午那幾小時我都能壓力減輕、思維活躍、精力充沛吧。
6. Work out.
鍛煉身體
My favorite time to do some free-weight exercise is about an hour or two after breakfast. By doing this 2-3 times a week I boost my energy and hormone levels. This makes the rest of the day lighter and I feel more decisive. Inner doubts and tensions lessen and my mind becomes more optimistic.
我最享受的時刻便是在早餐一兩個小時后做減肥運(yùn)動。一周堅持2-3次后，我的精力和荷爾蒙大為改善。這么做使得我在剩下的時間輕松而敏銳。內(nèi)心的猶疑和緊張減少了，思緒變得更加樂觀明朗。
I highly recommend doing some kind of exercise in the morning. If you can’t go to a gym or work out from home early in the day then maybe you can walk or bicycle to work or school.
我強(qiáng)烈建議在早上做點(diǎn)運(yùn)動。如果你去不了健身館或無法早起做運(yùn)動，可以走路或騎車去上班上學(xué)。
7. Do the right thing in some small or big way.
事無巨細(xì)做好你認(rèn)為正確的事情
This one boosts your self-esteem. It puts a spring in your step and it at least makes me feel happier. So do what you deep down think is the right thing.
這能激發(fā)你的自尊心，讓你步履歡快。至少我覺得自己更開心了。所以，做好內(nèi)心認(rèn)為正確的事情吧。
A few examples that may resonate with you:
以下幾個例子或許能引起你的共鳴：
Perform a random act of kindness. Hold up the door or point out the way for someone who seems lost.
隨時與人為善。替人開門或給看似迷路的人指路。
Help someone out practically or just by listening.
真正幫人解決問題或只是聆聽也好。
Encourage someone.
鼓勵他人。
Get started with putting a dent in the most important challenge in your life.
現(xiàn)在開始就攻克改變你生活中最艱巨的挑戰(zhàn)吧。
Build upon just a small step, a small thing if you like. Start building an upward spiral of positivity and good feelings within. And then take further steps upward. Towards what you know you really want and you know are the right things for you in your life.
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可以先從點(diǎn)滴小事做起，在內(nèi)心塑造盤旋向上的積極正面情緒，然后繼續(xù)向著生活中你最想獲知的、正確的方向前行吧。