舌尖上的美國(guó)(68):談?wù)撨t到(上)

　　總是勉強(qiáng)在最后一分鐘趕到公司?赴約時(shí)就算提前打出幾小時(shí)的富余，最后還是會(huì)遲到?有人說(shuō)這是拖延癥的表現(xiàn)，可專家說(shuō)，這種情況叫chronic lateness(慣常遲到)。
　　Do any of the following sound familiar?
　　下面這些描述，你覺(jué)得耳熟嗎?
　　** You're always rushing at the last minute, even though you've promised yourself countlesstimes that you wouldn't let this happen again.
　　你總是在最后一分鐘時(shí)沖向目的地，雖然之前你已經(jīng)無(wú)數(shù)次告訴自己不會(huì)讓這一幕再次發(fā)生。
　　** You've tried setting your watch several minutes ahead, but you're still late.
　　你已經(jīng)把手表調(diào)快了幾分鐘，可你還是遲到了。
　　** You may be punctual for work (barely) but you're usually at least 20 minutes late formeetings, appointments, class, church, theater or other non-work situations.
　　可能上班的時(shí)候，你勉強(qiáng)能做到準(zhǔn)時(shí);但在會(huì)議、預(yù)約、上課、教堂、劇院及其他非工作場(chǎng)合，你通常都會(huì)遲到至少20分鐘。
　　** You make excuses, such as: "There was traffic," or "Something came up," or "I was going tocall you but I didn't want to be even more late."
　　你會(huì)找借口，比如“堵車了”，或者“臨時(shí)有事”，又或者“我本來(lái)想給你打電話的，可我覺(jué)得太晚了。”
　　** People become impatient or angry at your tardiness.
　　人們因?yàn)槟愕倪t到而不耐煩或者生氣。
　　** You believe that you are more motivated when in a time crunch, or that you move fasterunder pressure.
　　你認(rèn)為時(shí)間緊張的時(shí)候你更有動(dòng)力，或者壓力會(huì)讓你動(dòng)作更快。
　　If you can identify with 2 or more of the above, you have a problem with punctuality, normallyknown as chronic lateness. Chronic lateness is related to procrastination. Latecomers andprocrastinators have trouble NOT with time, but with self-discipline. They may also haveunderlying anxiety about the task they're faced with.
　　如果以上描述中，你有兩項(xiàng)以上為肯定回答，那么你在遵守時(shí)間方面可能有問(wèn)題，這種問(wèn)題就是“慣常遲到(chronic lateness)”。“慣常遲到”跟拖延癥相關(guān)。經(jīng)常遲到的人和患有拖延癥的人不是在應(yīng)對(duì)時(shí)間方面有問(wèn)題，而是不夠自律。另外，也有可能是他們對(duì)面前的任務(wù)有焦慮情緒。