10個小方法,讓你有一顆平靜的心(圖)
Clear papers. Take all the papers on your desk, and around your desk, and put them in your inbox. If they don’t fit, just put them in a single pile. Now go through that pile, one document at a time. Don’t put any document back on the pile — deal with it immediately, and then move on to the next document, until you’ve cleared the pile (this may take several sessions for some people). With each document, your choices are to 1) Trash; 2) Delegate; 3) File immediately, 4) Do it immediately; or 5) Put the action on your to-do list and the document in an “action” folder.
第一、整理文件。將你辦公桌上的所有文件放到你的文件櫃中，如果文件太多那就將文件排放整齊就可以，現在按照順序一項一項的處理這些文件，但是不要把任何文件放回文件櫃中，而是立刻處理這些文件，然後處理下一個直至將所有文件處理完。將文件分類成：1）無用的，2）歸檔，3）緊急文件，4）馬上處理，或者5）排出任務表並把這些文件放到執行文件夾下。
Clear clutter. Now clear as much of the other stuff on your desk as possible. And it’s all possible. Knick knacks, post-its and phone messages (those should go in the inbox to be processed), most of your framed photos, folders, etc.
第二、清理雜物。現在馬上除了你辦公桌上的其他雜物，像小擺件、郵件和電話留言之類的東西統統放入櫃子裏。
Clear gear. You don’t need your office gear to be in sight. Put your pens, stapler, paper clips, digital camera, and any other assorted gear in a drawer, organized neatly. While you’re at it, clear out your drawers and only put in the essential stuff. It’s easier to keep organized that way.
第三、清理不必要的辦公設備。你不必將所有的辦公設備放在面前，你只需要在用它們的時候把他們找出來就行；將你的筆、訂書機、紙夾、數碼相機和其他的辦公設備放入抽屜裏碼好。用時取出，用完放回，這樣非常方便管理這些設備。
Clear the walls. Clear every scrap of paper and most of the artwork from your walls. You don’t want your surroundings to be too busy. Put one or two pieces of simple art on each wall.
第四、清理牆面。將你辦公桌周圍的所有牆面上的粘貼紙和藝術品取下，不要讓你的周圍顯得太凌亂，只要放一兩張簡單的藝術畫做點綴就足夠了。
Have an inbox. Have one inbox on your desk, and have all incoming documents, notes, phone messages and other papers be put into this inbox. Process it to empty at least once a day, using the steps above. From here on out, don’t let any other papers clutter your desk except the one thing you’re working on.
第五、要一個文件櫃。在你的辦公桌上放一個文件櫃，將所有到來的文件、筆記、電話留言和其他紙質文件都放到這個櫃中，並利用第一種方法每天清理這些文件。從此以後你將不會被桌上堆滿的文件所困擾，在你的辦公桌上除了你正在用的資料將不會有其他的東西。
Simplify your computer. Clear your desktop of icons — it’s an inefficient way to launch documents or programs and organize yourself, and they’re just visual clutter. Clear everything from your menubar too, if possible. On your desktop, use a simple and serene picture as the background, and only have the document open that you’re currently working on. Turn off all email and IM notifications, and only do email at 2-3 set times a day. You don’t need all the interruptions.
第六、優化你的電腦。將你電腦桌面上的圖標按照你的習慣整理一下，使你調用文件和程序更有效，就像對待雜物一樣處理這些虛擬物品；同時將菜單欄中的文件儘量清理。在電腦桌面上使用簡單而寧靜的圖片做背景，並且只打開你現在要用的文件；關掉郵件和即時消息通知，每天查看2～3次郵件就行，這能保證你的工作不被打斷。
Simple filing system. Use a simple alphabetical filing system with plain manila folders. Have plenty of labels and empty folders on hand, so you have nothing stopping you from creating a new file quickly and filing a document. Don’t let your filing pile up.
第七、簡化備案方法。使用字母排序方法將文件歸類，在手邊放置一些標籤和空文件夾，這樣你就可以快速的創建並歸類文件。記住，永遠不要讓你的文件堆積起來。
Edit, edit, edit. Once you’ve cleared the clutter, there’s usually still stuff you can clear away. Edit your surroundings. For each item in view, ask yourself, “Does this really need to be in view?” In most cases, the answer is no. Find a way to get it out of sight, or get rid of it. When you’ve gone through this process, do it again — you can usually still find ways to get something out of sight.
第八、清理、清理、再清理。當你清理完你的雜物以後，你常會發現還有一些不必要的物品仍然在你的桌子上。清理你周圍的一切，每當你看到一個物品的時候就問自己一下：“這個東西真的需要放在眼前嗎？”在大多數情況下答案是否定的，那麼就找到清理他們的方法。
Simple furniture. Go for the simplest furniture possible, a plain floor covering (solid-color wall-to-wall carpeting or undecorated hard-surface floors), bare windows or simple window coverings such as blinds, plain shelves and lamps if necessary.
第九、簡化傢俱。將傢俱儘量簡化，你只需要一層地板、一個窗戶或許可以配上窗簾、一盞燈和一個衣架。
Simple decorations. Skip the bric-a-brac, and only have one or two simple decorations, such as a few flowers in a vase or a Zen garden.
第十、簡化飾品。你不需要昂貴的裝飾，只用一兩件簡單的飾品裝飾就好，比如一個花瓶。（翻譯：譯言網）
