Manage Distractions When Working From Home With the "Three-Minute Rule"

When you’re working remotely, it’s easy to get distracted by all the nagging tasks you have to do around the house. If you want to keep those chores from pulling your focus, it can help to indulge in them in short bursts so you put your mind at ease.

当你远程办公的时候，你很容易被家里杂七杂八的琐碎事情打扰。如果你想让这些琐事不影响自己集中注意力的话，你可以将这些琐事放任不管，然后你就很容易放心了。

If your to-dos at home are keeping you from getting any real work done, Stephanie Taylor Christensen, freelance writer, yoga instructor, and mother, recommends the “three-minute rule” at Fast Company:

如果你在家中的琐事让你不能真正将工作做好的话，斯蒂芬·泰勒·克里斯提森是一位自由作家，瑜伽教练，同时也是一位母亲，她向法斯特公司推荐了“三分钟法则”。

I allow three minutes to tend to anything I feel I need to respond to immediately that is not on my to-do list. Give yourself three minutes every hour of your official ‘work hours’ to scan and respond to important emails, put shoes that accumulate around the doorway in the closet, etc.—if it takes no more than three minutes.

我会腾出三分钟时间去做我感觉需要马上处理的事情，这些事情并不包含在我的工作列表之内。在你的办公室“工作时间”中，拿出三分钟时间去浏览回复重要的邮件，将门口杂乱摆放的鞋子放进鞋柜等——如果这些事三分钟之内就能搞定的话。

You’ll be able to focus on important work tasks more if you address the little things that are bugging you and clear them from your mental to-do list. And if you keep it short at three minutes, you’ll be able to dive back into your work without losing track of what you were doing. Plus, you’ll have to spend less time cleaning and doing busy work at the end of the workday.

如果你处理了这些琐事，并且将它们从你脑中的工作清单清除后，你就能更加集中注意力处理重要的工作任务了。如果你能将琐事的处理时间控制在三分钟之内，你就能很容易回到自己刚才处理的任务中去。而且，你必须在工作日的最后忙碌工作用更短的时间打扫卫生。