强迫自己不要拖延，你会做得更多。这听起来很明显，也过于简单化，但禅宗习惯的Leo Babauta说，这是一种有助于告别“恐惧的蛇使者”并提高生产力的方法。

偶尔的拖延没有错，但是控制它而不是让它支配你的生活是避免分心和继续手头工作的关键。利奥·巴宝塔已经迈出了大胆的一步，选择了不拖延的生活，你也可以这样做。

他为自己制定了一系列五条生活准则：

1. List my Most Important Tasks. I have to list 3 things that are important to me (let's say writing a blog post for Zen Habits, writing a chapter in my book, writing an article for Sea Change). Each day, meditating and reading the novel I'm on (Madame Bovary at the moment) are on the list automatically.
2. Do the first things early. As soon as I start my day, I will meditate without procrastination. Then read my novel. Then do the first Most Important Task on my list for 20 minutes. Those I'll do without fail.
3. Get the other things done as early as the schedule allows. We'll be traveling, so I might not be able to do all my Most Important Tasks as early as possible. But I still have to do them, and I'm not allowed to read online, check email, check social media, or do other trivial things until I have them done (except for breaks).
4. A 10-minute break is allowed after my 20-minute unprocrastination session ends (though again I can extend the 20 minutes as long as I want). I can check email etc. for 10 minutes, then go into my next 20-minute unprocratination session.
5. No wine at night if I mess up. I'm not perfect, so there might be times I'll mess up. When I do, I'll take a **all penalty — no wine.

这种经历会让你养成一种坚持的习惯，你可以逐渐延长无拖延的时间（记住，不要太长，你需要休息！）。

无拖延挑战|禅宗习惯

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