She described all the things she had to do—one was to make her bed—from themoment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work.I suggested sheexperiment by not making her bed for two weeks.She was shocked，probably thinking I'd been raised by wolves in a forest.
Two weeks later she went into my office beaming.She had left her bed unmade for thefirst time in 42 years? and nothing bad had happened.“And you know what？”she said.“I don't dry my dishes anymore，either.”
One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seenbefore.The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect.Thisstory shows an important principle (原理)about managing time：No one can do it all.Eachof us has to make choices and accept tradeoffs.The problem is，many people choose in ways that put themselves and theirhealth last.They take better care of their houses and cars than they do ofthemselves.
So what is the solution？There's an easyway.Decide what you want in your life，andput that first.On a daily basis，thatshould include regular meals，enoughsleep and time with your family.Exercise，leisure，friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects oflife. The choice is yours：whatevermakes you feel good about yourself and your life.Take a nap.Take a walk.Taketime to play the piano.Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office.Stopkeeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers .Fill more of your timewith wanttodos instead of havetodos.
A．This woman had made two major breakthroughs (突破)． B．Above all，youneedn't do anything for yourself regularly. C．They put everyone else's needs ahead of their own. D．However，shewent along with my idea. E．Most people do not take time to relax themselves. F．The point is to do something for yourself every day. G．A patient came to see me about the stress in her life. |
