How many times have you complained， “There arent enough hours in the day！”？

Holly Gabrielle White， a vlogger who graduated from University of Cambridge， probably disagrees.

After she began school in August 2016， the 22-year-old gets up at 6：30 am and goes to bed at 10：30 pm every day. In between， she balances studying， cooking， house cleaning and exercising. Sometimes she finds time to meet up with friends and speak to her family online.

A similar case happened to college students in China. The official Tsinghua University microblog account showed pictures of students plans， study notes and daily schedules. In one of them， an undergraduate tightly arranges his daily life. He usually goes to bed at 1：00 am and gets up at 6：00 am. Although he only takes 10 classes a week， the rest of his day will be fully booked. He starts his day by pre-reading his textbooks at 6：40 am， and ends with a summary of his studies. When he feels like it is hard to stick to his schedule， he writes encouragements to himself， like “Youre the best” and “Go for it”.

Both students hard work has certainly paid off. White was at the top of her 152 other classmates， and the Chinese undergraduate won a first-class scholarship four years in a row.

The two have something in common. They have regular schedules and get up early to study. They squeeze as much into the schedule as they can. More importantly， they learn a way of managing time well and efficiently.

Some may wonder how they can avoid exhaustion， stress and burnout.

Whites video “Time Management & Organization Tips All Students Should Know” may provide an answer. She advises to write our tasks in a set order on a to-do list. We should also know how to avoid and release stress because mental health is as important as our physical health. To White， dancing is something she takes as a reward after completing everything on the list. Then enough sleep to rest her body and get ready to do a good job the next day.

Indeed， things must be carefully planned before we act， then “twice as much can be accomplished with half the effort”， as the old Chinese saying goes.

“一天多少個小時都不夠用！”這句話你抱怨著說過幾次呢？

畢業(yè)于劍橋大學(xué)的短視頻博主霍莉·加布里埃爾·懷特或許并不贊同這一觀點。

這名22歲的大學(xué)生自2016年8月入學(xué)以后，每天早上6：30起床，晚上10：30上床睡覺。在此期間，她合理地安排自己學(xué)習(xí)、做飯、清掃房間以及運動的時間。有時她會抽時間和朋友見面，和家人在線聊天。

一些中國大學(xué)生的作息時間也與懷特的作息時間相似。清華大學(xué)的官方微博曾曬出一些學(xué)生的計劃表、學(xué)習(xí)筆記和日程表的照片。其中一名本科生將自己的日程安排得相當(dāng)緊湊。他通常在凌晨1點上床睡覺，早上6點起床。盡管他每周只上10節(jié)課，但其余的時間都被他安排得滿滿當(dāng)當(dāng)。他早上6：40預(yù)習(xí)課本，開始新的一天，并在一天的學(xué)習(xí)結(jié)束時總結(jié)自己的學(xué)習(xí)情況。當(dāng)他感覺到難以堅持這樣的作息時，他會給自己寫點鼓勵的話，比如“你是最棒的”“加油”。

這兩名學(xué)生的刻苦努力自然都獲得了回報。懷特的成績在她的152名同學(xué)中名列前茅，而這名中國本科生則連續(xù)四年獲得一等獎學(xué)金。

這兩人之間有一些共同之處。他們都制定了規(guī)律的作息時間并且早起學(xué)習(xí)。他們都盡可能地把時間花在完成日程表中的任務(wù)上。更重要的是，他們都學(xué)會了高效、充分地管理時間。

一些人或許想知道，他們是如何避免疲勞、壓力以及過度勞累這些問題的。

懷特的視頻“每個學(xué)生都應(yīng)該了解的時間管理與安排秘訣”或許能告訴我們答案。她建議我們按順序在待辦事項列表上寫下自己的任務(wù)。我們還應(yīng)當(dāng)了解如何避免和釋放壓力，因為心理健康和生理健康同樣重要。對懷特而言，跳舞是她在完成列表上的所有任務(wù)后給自己的一種獎勵。此外，她會保持充足的睡眠來放松身體，準(zhǔn)備好第二天繼續(xù)好好學(xué)習(xí)。

的確，我們要在認真地制定任務(wù)之后，才能做出行動，這樣才能像中國一句老話所說的那樣：事半功倍。

Word Study

undergraduate /'?nd?'ɡr?d?u?t/ n. 大學(xué)本科生

exhaustion /?ɡ'z??st??n/ n. 筋疲力盡;疲憊不堪

release /r?'li?s/ v. 釋放

Becoming your own person releases your creativity.