Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED

So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.

所以大學時我主修政府學，這意味著我得寫很多論文。

Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this.

現在，普通學生寫論文時，可能會像這樣把任務分散開來。

So, you know -- (Laughter) you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things

所以，你知道——（笑聲）——你可能開始得慢一點，但第一週能完成足夠的進度，這樣後面幾天忙一點，事情就能搞定。

stay civil.

保持平穩有序。

(Laughter) And I would want to do that like that.

（笑聲）而我原本打算就那樣做。

would be the plan.

那才是我的計劃。

I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.

我本來準備就緒，可論文一來，我就變成了這樣。

(Laughter) And that would happen every single paper.

（笑聲）每篇論文都是如此。

But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.

但後來我那篇90頁的畢業論文來了，那是本該花一年時間完成的論文。

And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.

我知道對於這樣的論文，我平時的寫作流程行不通了。