GRE阅读练习：教你如何阻止过度思考每件事

GRE阅读练习：教你如何阻止过度思考每件事 What is holding people back from the life that theytruly want to live?Id say that one very common and destructive thingis that they think too much.They overthink every little problem until it becomesbigger and scarier and it actually is. Overthinkpositive things until they dont look so positiveanymore. 什么防碍了人们过他们真正想要过的生活?我想说一个非常普遍而且有害的原因：想的太多。他们对每个小问题都过多思考，直到这个问题变得更大更严重，然后真正地变成他们认为的那么严重。过多思考积极的事情直到它们看起来不再积极。 Or overanalyze and deconstruct things and so the happiness that comes from just enjoyingsomething in the moment disappears.Now, thinking things through can be a great thing of course. But being an overthinker canresult in becoming someone who stands still in life. In becoming someone who self-sabotagesthe good things that happen in life. 或者，过度分析和解析事情，所以，从享受当前事情中获得的快乐消失。现在，透彻思考的确是一件好的事情。但是一个过度思考者会变成在生活中止步不前的人、自我破坏发生在生活中好事的人。 I know. I used to overthink things a lot and it held me back in ways that werent fun at all.But in the past 8 years or so I have learned how to make this issue so small that it very rarelypops up anymore. And if it does then I know what to do then to overcome it.In this article I would like to share 9 habits that have helped me in a big, big way to become asimpler and smarter thinker and to live a happier and less fearful life. 我知道。我过去常常会过度思考事情，这让我在道路上止步不前，毫无乐趣。但是在过去的八年里，我已经学会如何让这个问题变小以至于以后不再出现。如果出现了，那么我知道要做什么去克服它。在这篇文章中，我想要分享对我非常有协助的9个习惯，它们协助我成为一个更简单更聪明的思考者，帮我过上一个更愉快、担忧少的生活。 1. Put things into a wider perspective. 1.用更宽的角度看待事物 It is very easy to fall into the trap of overthinking minor things in life. 在日常生活琐事中想太多简直太平常了。 So when you are thinking and thinking about something ask yourself： 所以当你在思考，在考虑某件事的时候，你要问问自己： I have found that widening the perspective by using this simple question can snap me quicklyout of overthinking and help me to let that situation go and focus my time and energy onsomething that actually does matter to me. 我已经发现，从更广阔的角度和用此类简单的问题，能让我迅速远离想太多的境地，还能让我顺其自然，把时间和精力放在对我真正有意义的事情上。 2. Set short time-limits for decisions. 2.为做决定设一个短的时间限制。 If you do not have a time-limit for when you must make a decision and take action then youcan just keep turning your thoughts around and around and view them from all angles in yourmind for a very long time. 当必须做出一个决定或者采取行动时，如果你没有为这件事做一个时间限制，那么你就会一直持续地在这个问题上打转，从所有的角度上来观察它，这将耗费你非常长的一段时间。 So learn to become better at making decisions and to spring into action by setting deadlines inyour daily life. No matter if it is a small or bigger decision. 所以学会更好的做决定然后立刻根据在日常生活中设立最后期限作出行动。不管这是大还是小的决定。 Heres what have worked for me. 这里是一些对我有用的方法： For small decisions like if should go and do the dishes, respond to an email or work out Iusually give myself 30 seconds or less to make a decision. 像我是不是应该去洗碟子、去回复邮件或者出去锻炼这样的小问题，我常常给自己30秒或者更少的时间去作出决定。 3. Become a person of action. 3.做一个行动者 When you know how to get started with taking action consistently each day then youllprocrastinate less by overthinking. 当你知道每天该如何持续地付诸行动，那么你不会因为想太多而耽误事情。 Setting deadlines is one thing that have helped me to become much more of person of action. 设置最后期限协助我成为了一个行动者。 Taking small steps forward and only focusing on getting one small step done at a time isanother habit that have worked really well. 小步走向前，只注重每次走的一小步是另外一个很有用的方法。 4. Realize that you cannot control everything. 4.意识到你不能控制一切 Trying to think things through 50 times can be a way to try to control everything. To coverevery eventuality so you do not risk making a mistake, fail or looking like a fool. 把每件事都想上50遍是试图控制一切的表现。为了把握每一个可能性，你不冒险去犯错，不去失败，甚至不会表现得想个傻子一样。 But those things are a part of living a life where you truly stretch your comfort zone. Everyonewho you may admire and have lived a life that inspires you has failed. They have made mistakes. 但是这些事情是你生活的一部分，生活中你确实能够感受到舒适的空间。你崇拜的人或者过着激励你的生活的人也失败过，