此內容來英文版時間管理，加上自己的某些感受和想法。

Today, we are going to share the habit of writing in a diary.

People are always busy trying to create a better life. They think by being constantly busy, the quality of their life is good. But, in fact, they’ve lost their life. This is a quote paraphrased from a Roman philosopher about 2,000 years ago.

Imagine that 2,000 years ago people were still struggling with the problem of constantly being busy but not producing the kind of life they truly wanted for themselves.

If we can’t record accumulated habits in life or constant surging wisdom and let them pass by, this could be the most wasteful thing in this world.

After researching the lives many famous celebrities and dignitaries, I found a common habit: most of them have the habit of writing in a diary.

Along with getting up in the morning and planning your day in the morning, the habit of writing in your diary will greatly improve the quality of your life.?

Writing in a diary is a great habit.

Many years ago, I found a book called The Magic of a Morning Diary written by a Japanese writer. The book convinced me to write in a diary each morning. Also, from this book, I learned many techniques and methods to write in a way that will improve your life. Today, I will share these with you.

From April 13th, 2009 to this day, 7 years now, I’ve written in my morning diary. When I began doing this I didn’t always write in the morning. Occasionally I would write in the afternoon or in the evening.?

But, over the past four years, I have never missed a morning.?It has become such a good habit.

There are two kinds of habits: one is a common habit; and the other one is a successful habit.

I have dreams. I am a person with dreams. And my habits can help me to achieve my dreams.

I don’t want to waste my precious time on trifles. I have no time to waste on trifles. I want to spend all my precious energy on realizing my dreams. Therefore, I insist in writing in a diary.

Every day when I get up, I will spend 3 minutes opening my mobile phone, because there is useful software on it. Now, I am using Evernote, for there are years’ accumulated models as well as records of yesterday. In the sense, what I need to do is copy and changing titles.

Each day, in Evernote, I will write down the date and location. Now it is as natural as counting to ten. I record the day’s weather. For instance, now, I am in Guangzhou. It’s cloudy. I will record the temperature. In this way, I start writing without delay.

Then, I will review the yearly goals that I have written in Evernote. I see how many goals I need to realize in this year. Also, I will look at the frogs for this month. The frog is the most challenging items for the month.

We should ever do positive matters, do matters exert positive influences on our life.

When I look ahead to the goals I want to accomplish over the months and year, I break it down and think about what I need to do today that will get me closer to that ultimate goal. What can I do now that is not urgent but still necessary to get me to those goals?

I will also write down my thoughts and reflections on what happened yesterday. In this way, day after day and year after year, I’ve record my thoughts and reflections. Through this practice, I am able to convert the things I learned into the positive steps to achieve my future goals.

Confucius once told his disciples that “Every day, I examine myself on three counts”. Have you ever done it?

Socrates once said, “It’s not worth to live a life without self-inspection”!

We can improve our diary writing skills by combining the lessons learned from sages, of the past with those from modern western techniques.

In our last lesson, we talked about how to get up.

Remember… to use natural light, fragrances, music and a shower.

In this phase, we shared the habit of writing in a morning diary when you get up.

Are you willing to start?

If you’re willing to start, it could be the start of something great. Why don’t you try?

Come on! Dare to make your life more splendid!

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今天我們來分享關于寫日記的習慣。

人們?yōu)榱诉^更好的生活而忙忙碌碌，在以為打造了良好的生活品質的同時，卻失去了生活，這句話是大約2000多年前一位羅馬的哲學家所說的。

羅馬時代的人們和我們現(xiàn)代人即使相隔約2000年的時間，不過大家的習性竟然沒有改變，真是令人感到悲哀。

如果我們不能將生活當中日積月累的寶貴習慣，以及不斷涌現(xiàn)的智慧記錄下來，就這么讓寶貴的經驗錯過的話，可以說這是天底下最浪費的事了。

我透過無數(shù)名人的傳記，以及新聞報刊，我發(fā)現(xiàn)成功人士都有寫日記的習慣。

結合早上起來，結合一日之計在于晨，我把它們融會貫通成為晨間寫日記的習慣。

有這樣的習慣以后我慢慢才發(fā)現(xiàn)，寫日記真的太好。

許多年前，我發(fā)現(xiàn)日本有一個作者寫的一本書叫《晨間日記的奇跡》，讀了這本書，真的是太棒了，它堅定了我寫晨間日記的決心，也從中學到很多技巧與方法，今天結合實踐全部都分享給你。

所以從2009年的4月13號開始，到今天，我已經寫了7年的晨間日記，不一定總是在晨間寫，但絕大多數(shù)是在晨間寫，有時候我會在白天的碎片時間寫，有時候可能會在晚上補上。

但是我在過去的4年里，一天都沒有斷過。

習慣分兩種：一種叫一般的習慣，一種叫成功的習慣。

我有夢想，我是一個有夢想的人，而且，我的習慣可以幫助我實現(xiàn)夢想。

我不想把偉大的精力花費在無謂的瑣事上，我沒有時間對小事猶豫，我想把自己全身上下的寶貴的能量，用在實現(xiàn)自己的夢想上，所以我堅持寫日記。

在每一天早上起來，我會花很短的3分鐘的時間，打開我的手機，因為我的手機有軟件，我現(xiàn)在用印象筆記，因為有多年積累下來的模板，因為有昨天的記錄，我只要簡單地復制，改一下標題。

我會寫上當天的日期，會寫上地點，這有點像習慣的1、2、3......自然就開始寫了，我會記錄當天的天氣，比如現(xiàn)在我在廣州,是陰天，我會記下今天的溫度，這樣讓我很快就開始寫了。

然后我會看看日記當中已經寫在里面的年度目標，我會看看我今年，要實現(xiàn)的哪些夢想，我會去看看這個月的青蛙，青蛙代表有挑戰(zhàn)的事情。

我們永遠要去做積極的事情，對人生有積極的影響、重大的事情。

當我關注到年度和月度的時候，我會想想今天該做什么，除了日程表上那些已經確定特定時間的事情，我還有哪些事情要做呢？

我會寫下我對昨天發(fā)生事情的感悟。所以這樣日復一日，年復一年，我做到了對自己的反省，這讓我把過去所發(fā)生的事情轉化成對未來的下一步。

孔子對弟子講過要吾日三省吾身，你做到了嗎？

蘇格拉底也講過一句話：沒有反思的人生不值得過！

我們就把圣賢的教誨，加上西方的一些方式和方法，以及現(xiàn)代的科技，就可以實現(xiàn)每天寫日記，當然了，你首先要能夠起得來。

我們在上一講講過如何起床？

用光線、香味、音樂、洗澡讓我們起來并清醒。

這一節(jié)我們分享了早上起來，寫晨間日記的習慣。

你愿意開始嗎？

如果你愿意那太好了，不妨試試看。

一起加油，祝你的生命更精彩！???

關于此內容，自己的經歷和感受如下：

自從去年開始用Evernote開始寫晨間日記，一開始感覺很新鮮，但是沒有幾天，就堅持不下去了。經常忘記寫，有時幾天寫一次，而且內容也是貧乏，這時都感覺無法繼續(xù)寫了。但是看一看本文中講到的，成功人士都有寫日記的習慣，再想一想自己為什么要寫晨間日記，對自己有什么意義和好處。至少可以把已經發(fā)生的記錄下來，留作以后被查也可。其中的經驗和教訓更值得回味。

在一次收拾整理東西時，忽然發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己十幾年以前寫在日記本上的日記，現(xiàn)在打開一看，過去的人和事情從日歷中再次顯現(xiàn)出來。幸虧寫了日記才有了以前的回憶和記錄，感覺到真是寶貴的資料。這些是用多少時間和金錢也換不來的，它承載著過往的經歷，彌足珍貴。

除了記錄已經發(fā)生的事情，還有一項重要的作用就是計劃。俗話說：預則立，不預則廢。凡是提前計劃，就會提前做好準備。這一好處就不用多說了。

綜上所述，自己還是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的堅持下來了。即使中間有幾天沒有連續(xù)寫，但事后也會盡量補齊，最起碼把重要的人和事情計劃和記錄下來。雖然做的不是很好，但慶幸自己沒有放棄。加油，一定要做好這件事。