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

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民事的.

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。

It was way too big a project.

這個專案太大了。

So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this.

所以我重新規劃，決定大概要按這種方式進行。

is how the year would go.

這就是這一年的安排。

So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase.

所以我先輕裝上陣，中間幾個月加快速度，最後再全力衝刺，就像爬樓梯一樣。

How hard could it be to walk up the stairs?

走樓梯能有多難？

No big deal, right?

沒什麼大不了的，對吧？

But then, the funniest thing happened.

但接下來發生了件最滑稽的事。

Those first few months?

頭幾個月呢？

They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff.

它們一晃而過，我卻什麼都做不了。

So we had an awesome new revised修改觀點 plan.

所以我們制定了一個全新的修訂版計劃。

(Laughter) And then -- (Laughter) But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here.

（笑聲）然後——（笑聲）——結果中間幾個月也過去了，我一個字都沒寫，所以我們到了這一步。

And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks.

兩個月變成一個月，接著又變成兩週。

And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline截止日期, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over

有一天，我醒來時離截止日期只有三天了，仍然一個字都沒寫，所以我唯一能做的就是：在72小時內寫了90頁，熬了不止一個而是兩個通宵——人類不應該熬兩個通宵——然後衝過校園，慢動作跳進，剛好在最後期限前交了上去。

72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the

72小時，熬了不止一個而是兩個通宵——人類不應該熬兩個通宵——然後衝過校園，慢動作跳進，剛好在最後期限前交了上去。

deadline.

截止日期。

I thought that was the end of everything.

我以為那是一切終結的時刻。

But a week later I get a call, and it's the school.

但一週後我接到一個電話，是學校打來的。

And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?"

他們問：‘這是蒂姆·厄本嗎？’

And I say, "Yeah."

我回答：‘是的。’

And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis畢業論文."

他們說：‘我們需要談談你的畢業論文。’