美女的小鸡用什么样子:在圣诞来临之际也让你的头脑保持高效吧

假期应该是一年中思想集中和做点其他正经事情的最难的时间。因为假期和孩子们不上学的要求，夏天成为最具挑战的季节，因为额外的活动、任务和日程负担，假期可以说是一个思想集中的杀手。

But you don’t have to throw up your hands in defeat.

但是，你不用不得不向这种让人沮丧的状况投降。

There are some very simple steps you can take to keep moving forward while in the midst of holiday chaos.

这里提供几个非常简单的步骤，让你在混乱的假期中遵循。

Be reasonable about your expectations

对你的期望要合理。

Accept that your time may be more limited due to holiday obligations or time off. Don’t schedule more than you can reasonably fit into your calendar. And don’t take on anything new unless you’re trying drive yourself into an overwhelmed, overstretched, stressed out state or have been secretly dying to experience burnout.

就假期的任务和可能出现的时间不够，你要接受你的时间是很有限的这个事实。不要安排过多的日程。如果你想让自己变得负担过重，你可以接受新的日程安排。战线过长，会变得压力过大，或者已经在无形中慢慢感到精疲力尽。

Get in the mood

要时刻保持好的精神状态

Believe it or not, being in a festive mood not only leads to a more fun atmosphere, it also can reduce stress and allow you to get more done. And actually have a good time while doing it! Don’t fight it. Put on those holiday tunes, use your Santa pen, if you have one, and let the holiday cheer flow. (Note: That does not mean that you can drink eggnog all day.)

不管你信不信，保持良好的精神状态能够创造出更多愉快的氛围，也能够释放压力，增加你的做事效率。事实上，能让你觉得在做事情的时候其实是在享受。不要觉得如临大敌。换上假日的语调，用你的圣诞笔，如果你有一只的话，并且让假期的欢呼声流淌在你的周围。（注意：这不是意味着你能一整天喝蛋酒。）

Shift your focus to more collaborative efforts

把你的注意力转移到更多需要团队合作的事情上。

Since you’re more likely to be more social this time of year anyway, why not take advantage of that? Plan a shopping, baking, decorating party with friends. Schedule a social lunch with team members. Bring some cookies into the boardroom and work on plans for next year. People tend to be in better spirits and get along better now than at any other time of the year. Capitalize on that positive mood.

既然不管怎么说这都是一年中你可能更多的涉及社交，为什么不充分的利用呢？计划一场血拼，烧烤，和朋友一起筹划一场聚会。带点小饼干到会议室然后为来年做计划。人们倾向于更好的心情，将会比一年中其他时候更能友好相处。请充分的你这种积极地情绪。

Be creative

保持创造性。

What might work the other 11 months of the year might not work for you now. Be flexible, be creative and be willing to try something new. If you’re lucky enough to have the ability to shift your schedule and/or tasks that’s one place to start. The other is with your focus. You might find that you are more or less creative now or more or less able to tackle detail oriented tasks. Perhaps you normally prefer to work alone, but now want to immerse yourself in the throng. Or conversely, you can’t concentrate in the office chaos and want to try working from home a couple days per week.

本来在其他11个月中应该工作的内容，现在对你来说也许不用工作了。请灵活地、有创造性地并且愿意尝试一些新的内容。如果你够幸运有能力把你的安排和/或者任务转换到其他地方开始。其他的一些事情会引起你的注意。你会发现或多或少在处理需要细节注意的任务中你变得或多或少有些创意。也许通常你喜欢单独一人工作，但是现在你更想把自己淹没在人群中。或者相反，你在办公室的吵杂声中不能集中精力而想一周中有几天是能在家中工作的。

Two strategies that might work for me…

对我来说，有两个统筹方法能起作用。

At home: My weekends during the holiday season tend to be so busy that I have found that it works better to set aside 15-30 minutes before or after work each day to clean my house rather than trying to squeeze in the marathon Saturday cleaning session. I’ve also asked for more help; hubby can vacuum and youngest son loves to do windows.

在家：我的假期周末很忙，我发现在工作之前或者之后预留15-30分钟的时间来打扫房间能工作的更好，而不是尝试着整个星期六来一场马拉松式的打扫。我通常寻求更多的帮助：老公能吸尘，最小的儿子喜欢擦玻璃。

At work: I hate exercising when it’s dark out in the morning, so I’m now trying to start work at earlier (7:30) and taking a time to exercise on my lunch hour. We’ll see how it goes… Also, since I can start working earlier, I have more uninterrupted time in the AM before calls and meetings. I’m shifting my social media time to later in the day and spending my first couple of hours on writing and project work.

在工作中：我讨厌早晨天还黑着就做运动，所以我现在尝试在早上更早的时间（7:30）工作和在中午午饭的时间运动。让我们来看看这样有什么变化吧：当然，我可以更早的工作。在上午电话和会议来临之前，我有更多持续时间。我把我的工作时间在一天的时间里后移了，而在一天中最开始的几个小时工作。

It’s all a work in progress. The important thing is to learn to go with the flow instead of paddling against it.

工作进展顺利。最重要的事情是学着让工作变的流畅而不是阻止工作的进程。

Have you found any strategies for getting things done during the busy holiday time? What do you do that might help others? Please share them in the comments.

你是否发现一些统筹方法能在假期中让事情顺利完成？你应该怎样做能够帮助到其他人？写下来让我们分享吧。