At the Last Minute

Oh my god! I only have five more minutes to write this article! How can I ever finish it on time? My boss will be so angry at me!

I know I could have written it yesterday， but， you know， it was cloudy yesterday， and I don’t like to write when it’s cloudy. This morning， it was so beautiful that I just had to go for a walk! Then， right when I was sitting down to start writing， I saw this book that I’d been meaning to read， and the deadline was still two hours away， so…

Oh， no! Now only four minutes left! I could lose my job!

Oh， I always wait until the last minute to do my work. It’s a serious problem! I could use some help. Fortunately， this month’s articles might have some useful information…but I only have three minutes left to write about them!

If you’re like me and you always procrastinate， then you might be happy to know that we’re not alone. Some really successful people—even some presidents!—have been serious procrastinators. Read more about that in Prominent Procrastinators.

Yikes! Two more minutes!

But if that’s not enough for you， and you want to understand why we procrastinate in the first place， check out Escape Artists. It’ll give you an idea of the ancient origins of procrastination. To get a better picture， follow that up with A Historical View of Procrastination and see what a big problem procrastination has been for people all through history.

OMG! Only one minute to go!

It’s time for me to finish this article and it’s time for you to finish your procrastination， too! Conquering Procrastination can tell you how. Oh， if only I’d read that article yesterday!

That’s it! I finished! I’m so happy! I still have 30 seconds to send this to my boss and get started on my next project. But， then again， maybe I can just do that project tomorrow…

誰偷了我的時間

噢，天哪！我只剩下五分鐘來寫這篇文章了！怎么可能準時完成呢？老板會生氣的！

我本可以昨天就寫的，但是，你知道的，昨天天陰陰的，我不喜歡在陰天寫作。而今天早上天氣晴好，我必須去散會兒步！然后，當我坐下來準備寫時，我瞥見本來打算讀的那本書，離交稿時間還有兩小時，所以……

噢，不！只剩下四分鐘了！我可能會因此丟掉工作！

噢，我總是等到最后一刻才開始干活。這是一個很嚴重的問題！我得找人看看這毛病了。所幸的是，這期CR將給我們提供一些有用的信息……但是我只剩下三分鐘來寫這些內(nèi)容了！

如果你和我一樣總是拖延，那么知道自己并非一人時你肯定很欣慰。一些成功人士——甚至有些總統(tǒng)——都是嚴重的拖延癥患者。詳情請看《杰出的拖拉者》一文。

呀！還有兩分鐘！

如果那還不夠，你想了解為什么我們會拖延，看看《“越獄”人生》一文吧，里頭還會講到拖延癥的古老起源。想進一步了解這一點，讀讀《拖延癥歷史觀》一文，從中你會了解到，拖延一直以來都是人們的一大難題。

噢，天哪！只剩下一分鐘！

我該結束這篇文章了，你也該結束拖延了！《戰(zhàn)勝拖延癥》一文教你如何告別拖延癥。噢，真希望我昨天就讀到了這篇文章！

就這樣！我寫完了！真開心！我還有30秒的時間把這篇文章發(fā)給老板，然后開始我的下一項工作。但是，轉念一想，或許我可以明天再開始……