当你毫无动力时
这是一篇翻译文章，原作者Derek Sivers，原文链接在本文底部。
I’ve been feeling extremely unmotivated lately. I don’t know why.
最近我感到毫无动力，我不知道为什么。
I look at things that excited me just a few months ago, and I think, “Why bother? What’s the point?” I don’t feel like doing anything.
我看着那些几个月前还让我充满激情的事，我想“怎么糟糕？这都是什么啊？”我不想做任何事。
What do you do when you don’t want to do anything?
当你不想做任何事的时候，你做什么呢？
Well, I also have a list of things that I should do, things that really need doing, but I never feel like it.
好吧，我也有一大堆我应该做的事，这些也确实需要做，但问题是我一点也不喜欢做。
Boring things. Necessary things. Things I’ve been putting off for years, but really do need to get done. The reason I never do them is I’m always more excited about something else.
那些烂事，必要的事。一些已经推迟几年真正需要做的事。我没有做这些事只是因为有更令我兴奋的事可做。
Ah, but I’m not excited about anything now, am I?
嗯，但是现在没有其它更令我兴奋的事可做了，那我？
So now, when I’m not excited about anything else, is a perfect time to do them!
所以现在，当没有更令我兴奋的事可做时，正是做那烂事的时候。
So I made a list of these necessary things, and have been getting them all done. It’s not fun, but I use some caffeine, and get through it. It actually feels pretty good.
所以我罗列了这些必要事项，然后把它们完成了。这不好玩，但我用了些兴奋剂，完成了它。实际上感觉相当棒。
Conventional wisdom tells us to do the important and difficult thing first, but doing this boring work has moved me from a state of doing nothing to doing something. I’m just starting to feel like doing something important again.
传统观点告诉我们要先做重要且困难事，但做这些枯燥工作让我从无所事事的状态转到做事的状态。我又开始想做重要的事了。
So next time you’re feeling extremely unmotivated, do those things you never want to do anyway.
所以下次你感觉毫无动力时，做那些你从不想做的事吧。
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