我们的清单上都有我们不想做的事情，不管是付账单、回复邮件还是其他什么。读者乔伊分享了他快速完成这些任务的解决方案：设置一个带有恼人闹钟的计时器。

我们以前讨论过使用计时器快速完成任务，但这有点不同。这个解决方案似乎更适合那些简单的任务，而不是一个庞大的、令人生畏的任务，但最终你要花很长时间才能完成。也许你讨厌付账单，所以在这个过程中的每一个小步骤之后，你都会查看Facebook，或者喝杯水，只是为了逃避任务本身。乔伊的把戏让你继续完成任务，朝着终点跑去：

我讨厌时间表。我不能忍受有人告诉我什么时候该做什么，即使是我在做。当然，我并没有完成我想做的那么多事情，但我最近找到了一种方法，用一分钟的准备时间，把不必要的任务从优先事项列表中剔除。

1. Put the most annoying MP3 you can find on your phone. It needs to be aural hell. Android's "Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep" default alarm works for me, but anything should work.
2. Download "Stopwatch & Timer" from the Android Marketplace, or some equivalent. What you want here is the Timer feature, specifically of the Countdown Variety.
3. Make that MP3 a ringtone, and default your alarm app to it.
4. The next time you feel inspired to do a task, set the alarm to 20% less time than it would take to do the task if you were just trying to force yourself to do the task, and place the phone out of your reach, but preferably still in sight so you can see the numbers tick by (Although having a general idea of how much time is left might be a more potent incentive, your mileage may vary.)
5. It's not so much the amount of time that you put on the clock, it's the impending nature of it that gets you going, and you do not want that alarm going off.

如果你真的想加强这种方法，保持一个表格，你的高分为任何给定的任务，它网格很好地完成事情。

如果你用闹钟有创意，我可以看到这是非常有效的。我知道如果我知道贾斯汀·贝伯十分钟后就开始爆炸，或者如果我最不喜欢的政客要通过电话向我咆哮，我肯定会更有动力拿出所有的账单。阿兰·莱文摄。

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