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如何更高效（2005）
HOWTO: Be more productive (2005)
2013 — 2021，它一次次回到首页
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导读
Aaron Swartz 2005 年的一篇生产力指南，讨论如何更有效地工作与做事。文章反对靠硬逼自己或“关掉大脑”，主张倾听身体、把任务变得有趣，并面对拖延等问题。多年后仍引发读者关于精力、兴趣和现实生活压力的讨论。
为什么经久不衰：因为它不提供机械的时间管理技巧，而是触及拖延、兴趣和精力这些长期不变的人性难题，所以今天读仍能对号入座。
HN 评论精选
拖延常源于恐惧、无兴趣或不知从何开始；“没生产力”的感觉也可能来自自我形象或工作兴趣不足。
我多年前读过这篇文章，重读很有意思。想提高生产力的人主要卡在两件事：一是拖延，常来自害怕失败、不感兴趣或不知道从哪开始；二是生活琐事挡路。后者有些能靠时间管理、睡眠饮食运动改善，有些则无能为力。我还觉得，感觉自己“没生产力”有时其实关乎自我形象（希望有作品被别人看到），或关乎对所做事有没有兴趣，而不只是产出多少。
shannifin查看英文原文
I remember reading this essay years ago; it was interesting to revisit. I guess the two main problems for one who wants to be productive are: 1) Procrastinating, which usually comes from: a) fear of failure, b) disinterest, or c) not knowing where to start (or some combination) 2) Life getting in the way. Some of this can be helped with time management, sleep/diet/exercise to maximize energy, but some of it there's unfortunately not much you can do about. (Though I do wish they'd stop making robots dance and do parkour and make one that can load my dishwasher.) I've also noticed that feeling "unproductive" can really stem sometimes stem from other sources: 1) Does the need to be "productive" have to do with self-image? Such as, "I wish I had more work out there that other people could see." This feeling disguises itself as feeling "unproductive" but I think it really has more to do with a sort of social status dissatisfaction. 2) Does the feeling of being "productive" come not so much from what was produced but by how what you feel about what you produced? That is, being productive on work you don't much care about feels unproductive. In which case, the issue really isn't about "productivity" in and of itself, it's about interest in one's work (or lack thereof). Sometimes you may be able to change your perspective on some kind of work to make it more interesting and then it feels more productive, but much of the time this is difficult (at least for me).
全职工作耗尽精力，让创意副业难以为继，是现实中的生产力困境。
我年纪渐长，随着现实生活的事情堆积，越来越难做到。疫情早期我状态很好，但过去几个月枯竭了。关键是有份全职工作：我大部分时间自由职业或乐于低度就业，但全职工作似乎与我的创造性工作根本不相容。盯着屏幕8小时后，我没余力做副业、写作、音乐这些让我觉得没有虚度光阴的事。很想听听克服过这一点的人的建议。
Mizza查看英文原文
I'm getting older now and am finding this harder and harder to do as "real-life" things pile up. I was crushing it early in the pandemic, but it's really dried up in the past few months. The big thing is having a job. Most of my life I've been freelance or happily under-employed, but working a FTJ seems just fundamentally incompatible with creative work for me. After 8 hours of staring at the screen, I just don't have anything left in the tank for side projects, writing, music, all of the creative things that make me feel like I'm using my time on earth wisely. Would be interested in any advice from anybody who has overcome this.
认识自己、尽早找到值得投入的“好问题”比技巧更关键。
我认为自古以来最难的是认识自己。有些人很早就找到那些“好问题”，此后不再追逐其他目标，通常比后来才走同一条路的人领先很多。有些人一生都没找到“好问题”，每隔几个月或几年就换一个方向，除了持续焦虑什么也没达成。
markus_zhang查看英文原文
I think the most difficult thing, since ancient time, is to know thyself. Some people find those "good problems" early and they never shoot at other targets again. They usually have a significant lead comparing to others who take the same route in a much later age. Some people never find any "good problem" in their whole life and tend to hop from one to another every few months/years. They achieved nothing but constant worriness.
文章核心是倾听身体、跟随兴趣，而不是强行压制大脑。
好想法。很喜欢这段：如果你试图做值得做且有创意的事，那么关掉大脑完全是错误方向。生产力的真正秘密相反：倾听你的身体。饿了就吃，累了就睡，无聊了就休息，去做看起来有趣好玩的项目。
31reasons查看英文原文
great thoughts. loved this part: But if you’re trying to do something worthwhile and creative, then shutting down your brain is entirely the wrong way to go. The real secret to productivity is the reverse: to listen to your body. To eat when you’re hungry, to sleep when you’re tired, to take a break when you’re bored, to work on projects that seem fun and interesting.
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