拖延癥人群的內(nèi)心世界

So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this. So, you know --

上大學那會兒，我是學政務(wù)專業(yè)的剧罩，意味著我得寫很多論文。當一名普通的學生寫論文時，他們也許會像這樣，把任務(wù)分攤開铅碍。所以润绵，你明白

00:14

you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.

開始可能有點慢线椰，但是一個星期過后已經(jīng)寫了不少，接下來有時寫的更多一些尘盼，最后一切搞定憨愉，事情不會搞砸烦绳。

And I would want to do that like that. That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.

我也想這樣。至少我的計劃是這樣配紫。我準備好開始径密，然而，事實上躺孝，到寫論文的時候享扔，我是這么做的。

And that would happen every single paper.

而且每次寫論文都這樣植袍。

00:39

But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. This is how the year would go. So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right?

最后到了寫90頁畢業(yè)論文的時候惧眠，本應(yīng)該花一年時間去寫的論文。我知道對于這樣一篇論文來說于个，我平常的做法行不通氛魁。畢業(yè)論文是個大項目。于是我計劃好厅篓，決定這么去做秀存。一年的工作就這么安排。起初少干點兒羽氮，中間幾個月持續(xù)干多一點兒或链，最后高速檔全力以赴就像小臺階一樣。爬臺階能有多難档押？沒什么大不了的株扛，對吧？

But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revised plan.

但是接下來汇荐，有趣的事發(fā)生了洞就。起初那幾個月？來了又走掀淘，我基本沒干什么旬蟋。于是就有了這個很棒的修改計劃。

01:23

But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here. And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline.

中間幾個月竟然就這么過去了革娄，我基本上沒寫幾個字倾贰，所以變成了這樣。然后從還有兩個月到還有一個月拦惋，再到只剩兩星期匆浙。然后有一天我突然意識到離截止期只剩三天了，而我還一個字都沒寫呢厕妖，于是我做了我唯一能做的事：我花了72小時寫出90頁首尼，通宵整整兩天趕工人不應(yīng)該連續(xù)熬兩個通宵全速穿過校園，慢動作潛入，趕在截止期之前交了論文软能。

I thought that was the end of everything. But a week later I get a call, and it's the school. And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis." And I say, "OK." And they say, "It's the best one we've ever seen."

我以為一切就這么結(jié)束了迎捺。結(jié)果一個星期之后我接到一通電話，是學校打來的查排。他們問：“你是蒂姆·爾班嗎凳枝？” 我說，“沒錯”跋核。他們說：“我們得和你談一下論文的事兒岖瑰。” 我回答砂代，”好“ 對方接著說, "這是我們看過最棒的一篇論文锭环。“

That did not happen.

那并未發(fā)生泊藕。

It was a very, very bad thesis.

這篇論文寫得非常非常爛辅辩。

I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, "This guy is amazing!"

我只是想享受一下這個時刻，當你們?nèi)恳詾椋?“這家伙太牛了娃圆！“

02:40

No, no, it was very, very bad. Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy. I write the blog Wait But Why. And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination. My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are. Now, I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people. And to test this, I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator, so I could compare them. I actually brought them here to show you today. I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference. I know that if you're not a trained brain expert, it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK? So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator.

不是這樣的玫锋，那篇論文超級爛。不管怎么樣讼呢，我現(xiàn)在是個博文作者撩鹿。我為“打破砂鍋問到底”寫博文。幾年前我決定寫一篇關(guān)于拖延的文章悦屏。我的拖延行為總是讓我身邊那些不拖延的人感到困惑节沦，所以我想向不拖延的人解釋一下拖延者腦袋里到底是怎么想的，還有為什么我們這些拖延者會這樣础爬。我的假設(shè)是拖延者的大腦和不拖延者的大腦是不同的甫贯。為了證明這一點，我找到一個核磁共振實驗室讓我可以掃描自己的大腦和一個經(jīng)證實不是拖延者的大腦看蚜，然后我就可以對比這兩種大腦叫搁。今天我把它們都帶來了。我希望大家能認真比較這二者之間是否有什么差別供炎。我知道大家不是受過訓練的腦科專家渴逻，看起來可能不明顯，但是讓我們來看一下音诫，好嗎惨奕？這是一個不拖延者的大腦。

Now ... here's my brain.

現(xiàn)在竭钝，這是我的大腦梨撞。

03:43

There is a difference. Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey. Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator? Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.

這二者之間有一個區(qū)別雹洗。兩種大腦里頭都有一個理性的決策制定者，但是拖延者的大腦里聋袋，還有一只叫即時滿足的猴子。對拖延者來說這意味著什么呢穴吹？它意味著在這件事發(fā)生之前一切都挺好的幽勒。

[This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!]

[現(xiàn)在是開始干活的最佳時機.] [才不是呢!]

So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but the Monkey doesn't like that plan, so he actually takes the wheel, and he says, "Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal, because I just remembered that that happened.

于是當理性的決策制定者做出理性的決策，想做一些富有成效的事時港令，猴子不想這么做啥容，于是他開始掌控方向盤，而且他說：“實際上顷霹，讓我們來讀一下維基百科上關(guān)于南茜·克里根/湯妮·雅哈丁的丑聞案吧咪惠，因為我剛想起來這件事。

Then --

然后

04:19

Then we're going to go over to the fridge, to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago. After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets and ends much, much later with us watching interviews with Justin Bieber's mom.

然后讓我們走到冰箱淋淀，翻翻看這10分鐘以來有沒什么新東西遥昧。之后，讓我們繼續(xù) 在視頻網(wǎng)站上瀏覽朵纷，從理查德·費曼談磁性的視頻開始看炭臭，一直看到對賈斯汀·比伯老媽的采訪看到地老天荒。

04:37

"All of that's going to take a while, so we're not going to really have room on the schedule for any work today. Sorry!"

“這一切都花時間, 所以我們今天的日程安排沒辦法抽空干活袍辞。很抱歉鞋仍！“

(Sigh)

（嘆氣）

Now, what is going on here? The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel. He lives entirely in the present moment. He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future, and he only cares about two things: easy and fun.

這是怎么回事呢？即時滿足猴子似乎不是那個你想讓他操控方向盤的人搅吁。他完全活在當下威创。他沒有過去的記憶，沒有對未來的認識谎懦，他只關(guān)心兩件事：簡單和快樂肚豺。

05:04

Now, in the animal world, that works fine. If you're a dog and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things, you're a huge success!

在動物世界里，這樣沒問題界拦。如果你是一條狗详炬，你簡單、快樂地度過這一生寞奸，就已經(jīng)是巨大的成功呛谜！

05:15

And to the Monkey, humans are just another animal species. You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation, which in tribal times might have worked OK. But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times. We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is. Which is why we have another guy in our brain, the Rational Decision-Maker, who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do. We can visualize the future. We can see the big picture. We can make long-term plans. And he wants to take all of that into account. And he wants to just have us do whatever makes sense to be doing right now. Now, sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun, like when you're having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time. That's why there's an overlap. Sometimes they agree. But other times, it makes much more sense to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant, for the sake of the big picture. And that's when we have a conflict. And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. I call it the Dark Playground.

而對于猴子來說，人類是另外一種動物枪萄。你睡好隐岛、吃飽、繁殖下一代瓷翻，這么做在部落時代或許沒問題聚凹。但是割坠，假如你還沒注意到，我們現(xiàn)在不是生活在部落時代妒牙。我們處于一個先進的文明彼哼，而猴子根本不懂那是什么。這就是為什么我們腦袋里還有另外一個家伙湘今，理性的決策制定者敢朱，他讓我們有能力去做其他動物無法做到的事情。我們可以預(yù)見未來摩瞎。我們可以顧全大局拴签。我們可以做長期打算。而且他想把這些都考慮進去旗们。他想讓我們做任何值得現(xiàn)在去做的事兒蚓哩。有時做簡單快樂的事是有意義的，比如吃飯上渴、睡覺或者享受應(yīng)得的休閑時光岸梨。這就是為什么即時滿足猴子和理性的決策制定者之間有重合。有時他們意見一致稠氮。但是有時盛嘿，更有意義的是去做那些比較難而且不那么讓人享受的事情确垫，這是出于全局的考慮熄求。此時二者之間會產(chǎn)生沖突。對于拖延者來說歼狼，每次沖突都以這種方式結(jié)束锹锰，就是他在橙色區(qū)域花費了大量時間芥炭，這是那個簡單又快樂，但是又沒有意義的那個區(qū)域恃慧。我把這片區(qū)域稱為黑暗的操場园蝠。

06:31

Now, the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out there know very well. It's where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening. The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn't actually fun, because it's completely unearned, and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred -- all of those good procrastinator feelings. And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel, how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone, a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?

黑暗的操場是一個所有拖延者都很了解的地方。這里是在本來不應(yīng)該休閑的時候的休閑娛樂的活動場所痢士。在黑暗的操場得到的快樂其實并不是快樂彪薛，因為它完全是不勞而獲的，這會帶來內(nèi)疚怠蹂、恐懼善延、焦慮、自我憎恨這是所有拖延者的感受城侧。而且問題是易遣，在這種情況下，由猴子掌控著方向盤嫌佑，怎么能讓拖延者把自己帶去藍色區(qū)域那邊呢豆茫，那邊雖然沒那么舒適侨歉，但是有很多重要的事情要做。

Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel, someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments -- someone called the Panic Monster.

其實拖延者有個守護天使揩魂，總是看不起他并且看守著他幽邓，在那些最黑暗的時刻它被稱為恐慌怪獸。