1. Physical fatigue. Your body feels tired and you’d rather curl up on the lawn chair with a margarita than head for a run at the end of the day, though you spent most of your day sitting at a desk job.
身体疲劳。身体感觉很劳累,你宁愿捧一杯玛格丽特,慵懒地躺在草坪长椅,也不想在一天结束之后跑步放松,尽管一天大部分的时间中你都在伏案工作。
2.Impatience and Irritability. You become snappish with others and may be more quickly triggered to anger or upset.
急躁易怒。对待他人会脾气暴躁,可能会快速地触发你的生气或不安。
3.Inability to concentrate or focus. It becomes harder to finish your work or tasks. You may find it more difficult to make decisions, find the right word, or focus on one job at a time.
精力不集中。完成工作或任务变得比以前更困难。你会发现难以做出决定,找不到合适的措辞,或者一次只做一项工作都难以集中注意力。
One way to offset this dip in mental energy, may be to limit your decisions during the day. Order the same coffee drink every day. Eat the same dinner every Tuesday. Maybe you keep to the same lunchtime routine. By keeping our basic, routine decisions simple we have more mental energy to deal with the rest of our days.
为了抵消脑力中的黑洞,你可以限制一天当中你所做决定的数量。每天预定一样的咖啡。每个星期二吃一样的晚餐。或许你可以每天保持一样的午餐时间。通过简单地保持基本的、日常的决定,我们就可以有更多的脑力去处理一天当中剩下的事情。
2. Start seeing green. Take a mini break and look out the window. Just a minute looking at grassy rooftops reduced errors and improved concentration (link is external) among students, according to research from the University of Melbourne.
看看绿色植物。稍微休息一下,看看窗外。根据墨尔本大学的研究,学生们仅仅花一分钟时间看一看窗外的植物,就能减少错误,提高注意力。
“稍微休息一下真的很重要”,领导这个研究的 Kate Lee博士这样说。“如果我们倍感压力或大脑疲惫时,很多人会自然而然地休息一下。看看窗外,寻找自然,这样做是有道理的,它能够帮助你将注意力集中在工作上,一整天都保持良好的状态。”
So take a break and gaze out at the greenspace or head for a brief stroll through the park during your lunch break. The break will help you feel restored and better able to focus on the tasks ahead.
所以休息一下吧,注视远方的绿色,或者在午餐时间简单地在周围的公园逛一逛。休息将会帮助你恢复,并且能更好地提前将注意力集中在你的任务上。
3. Just get up and go. Several studies show the value of exercise when it comes to concentration and mental focus. Twenty minutes can improve performance and short intense exercise sessions increase blood flow to the brain and can improve your mood, memory, and creativity.
站起来行动。提到集中精力和脑力专注,若干个研究已经显示了锻炼的价值。20分钟的锻炼就可以提高你的表现,休息期间短暂的剧烈运动可以促进血液流向大脑,增加脑部供血量,改善你的心情,提高记忆力和创新能力。
4. Take time off. Whether it’s a mini-break or a week away, time off is essential to fighting mental fatigue.
休息。不管是短暂的休息还是一个星期的假期,休息是对抗大脑疲劳必备要素。
Even on your busiest days, you can do this, by making sure you take a regular lunch break, or set aside 15 minutes with nothing planned to take a walk, or at least a breath.
即使在最忙的时候,也可以休息,你可以确保规律地吃午餐,或者抽出15分钟时间什么都不要安排,只是散个步,或者至少来个深呼吸。