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by Ken Rogers

肯·罗杰斯(Ken Rogers)

通过减少阅读量来完成更多工作：过度消费的内容可能会损害您的职业，以及如何解决它 (Get more done by reading less: how over-consuming content might be hurting your career, and how to fix It)

One of my goals this year is to read less. Not that I don’t think reading is important, actually quite the opposite.

我今年的目标之一是少读书。 并不是说我不认为阅读很重要，实际上恰恰相反。

I want to read less because I consume too much content and don’t ever actually take action on any of it.

我想减少阅读量，因为我消耗了太多的内容，并且从未真正对任何内容采取任何措施。

Let me give you a few examples, maybe you can relate.

让我给你举几个例子，也许你可以联系。

I’m subscribed to multiple newsletters on varying topics like web development, design, entrepreneurship, etc.

我订阅了多个新闻通讯，涉及网络开发，设计，企业家精神等不同主题。

I eagerly consume the content from all these newsletters, and then get overwhelmed because I feel like I have to take action and try all these different things, even though I’m already in the middle of 12 different things that need my attention.

我急切地消耗了所有这些新闻通讯的内容，然后不知所措，因为我觉得我必须采取行动并尝试所有这些不同的事情，即使我已经处于需要注意的12种不同的事情之中。

I go through a similar process with books. I get excited about a new book on starting a business or web development or personal improvement. I rapidly and enthusiastically consume the book, every once in a while I even finish it, then I attempt to take half-assed action on it for a day or two until I read something else and decide I need to take action on that thing now.

我在书本上经历了类似的过程。 我为一本关于开始业务或网站开发或个人改进的新书而感到兴奋。 我什至不时地一次，每次都Swift而热情地消耗这本书，然后尝试对它进行半天的动作，持续一两天，直到我读到其他东西，然后决定现在就应该对这件事采取行动。

Never half ass two things, whole ass one thing — Ron Swanson

永远不要半屁股两件事，整个屁股一件事-罗恩·斯旺森

I have a content consumption addiction, and I’m willing to bet you do to.

我有内容消费上瘾的习惯，我敢打赌您愿意这么做。

So my goal this year is to read less, but read the things that matter, read them intentionally, and actually take action on the things they teach me, and I want to make the case for why you might want to do the same.

因此，我今年的目标是少读书，但要阅读重要的东西，有目的地阅读它们，并实际上对他们教给我的东西采取行动，我想为你为什么要做同样的事情辩护。

为什么要消耗更少的内容？ (Why Consume Less Content?)

I realize the irony of writing a piece of content telling you to consume less content, but if reading this means that you will read less of my stuff in exchange for furthering your career, I’m okay with that.

我意识到写一篇内容告诉您要消耗更少的内容的讽刺意味，但是如果读到这意味着您会读更少的我的东西以换取您的职业发展，我对此表示同意。

I also want to clarify here that I’m not telling everyone reading this that they should stop reading.

我在这里也想澄清，我不是在告诉所有阅读此书的人他们应该停止阅读。

I’m speaking to a specific group of people that suffer from shiny object syndrome like I do and have trouble sticking to projects because of it.

我是在与一群像我一样患有闪亮物体综合症且因其而难以坚持项目的人群交谈。

If you are that person, I think there’s a strong case to be made to read less, and consume less content in general. This might be reading, but it might also be podcasts, courses, and videos.

如果您是这样的人，那么我认为有充分的理由要减少阅读量，并且通常减少内容的消耗。 这可能是阅读内容，但也可能是播客，课程和视频。

Or if you’re a pro at being distracted easily like me, all of the above.

或者，如果您是像我一样容易分心的专业人士，那么以上所有内容。

I have ambitious goals to start my own business and live a life of independence using my web development skills.

我的雄心勃勃的目标是开始自己的事业并利用我的Web开发技能过独立的生活。

Unfortunately I have zero self control and am pretty bad at focusing.

不幸的是，我的自我控制能力为零，专注力很差。

Part of being a web developer means we have to be pretty tuned in to the internet and many, if not most of us are addicted to learning and consuming content.

作为Web开发人员的一部分意味着我们必须精通Internet，如果不是大多数人，我们中的许多人都沉迷于学习和消费内容。

On the surface, this seems like a good thing, but it needs to be tempered.

从表面上看，这似乎是一件好事，但需要加以调整。

We want to learn as much as we can and obsessively consume content, at our own peril if we don’t learn how to control it.

如果我们不学习如何控制内容，我们将学习尽可能多的内容，并沉迷于消费内容，这将自担风险。

One thing I’ve realized over the past few years of working like crazy but actually accomplishing very few of my goals is that without the ability to focus, we won’t get very far, if anywhere.

在过去的几年里，我疯狂地工作但实际上却实现了很少的目标，这是我意识到的一件事，就是如果没有专心的能力，即使有任何地方，我们也不会走得太远。

As I’ve reflected on why I get so distracted so easily and so often, I realized that a major contributor to it was content consumption.

当我思考了为什么我如此容易如此频频分散注意力时，我意识到导致内容消费的主要原因。

I realized something really sad the other day. I’ve been a web developer for about 5 years now, have consumed countless courses and tutorials, and yet my online presence and portfolio is shamefully bare.

前几天，我意识到有些事情很难过。 我从事Web开发已经有5年了，消耗了无数的课程和教程，但是我的在线业务和投资组合简直是可耻的。

The reason is, again, a lack of focus and overconsumption of content.

同样，原因是缺乏重点和内容的过度消费。

I see a cool course come out, or a tutorial that utilizes some fancy new tech, and all of a sudden I’ve spent 5 hours trying to get some new random app working, while never actually completing anything meaningful.

我看到了一个很棒的课程，或者是一个使用了一些新颖技术的教程，突然之间，我花了5个小时试图使一些新的随机应用程序正常工作，而实际上却从未完成过任何有意义的事情。

Okay great, we’ve figured out that the problem is overconsumption of content and lack of focus on one project at a time, now what do we do about it?

好的，我们已经发现问题是内容消耗过多，一次又没有专注于一个项目，现在我们该怎么办？

I think the solution can be broken down into two rules, at least to start with.

我认为解决方案至少可以分为两个规则。

规则1-不要使用任何无关的内容 (Rule 1 — Don’t Consume Any Unrelated Content)

This means articles, books, podcasts, videos, courses, etc. Unless it is directly related to your current project, it’s off limits.

这意味着文章，书籍，播客，视频，课程等。除非与您当前的项目直接相关，否则它是不可用的。

A drastic step? Maybe. But a necessary one, at least right now.

迈出大步？ 也许。 但是是必要的，至少现在是这样。

I’m subscribed to all kinds of design and development-related newsletters, and inevitably one or seven of them will link to a tutorial or tech that has recently come out that I can’t resist trying.

我订阅了各种与设计和开发相关的新闻通讯，其中不可避免地会有一到七个会链接到我无法忍受尝试的最新教程或技术。

I’m willing to bet that just this one step will make a big difference.

我愿意打赌，这一步将产生很大的变化。

I also have a bit of an addiction to business and productivity books. I read so many of them that I never actually take the time to act on what I’m reading.

我对商业和生产力书籍也有些上瘾。 我读了很多书，以至于我从未真正花时间对正在阅读的书采取行动。

And then there’s podcasts.

然后是播客。

At least for now, until I learn how to control myself better, I’ll be avoiding consuming any of this content unless I am doing research for a current article or development project.

至少到目前为止，除非我正在为当前文章或开发项目进行研究，否则在我学会如何更好地控制自己之前，我将避免使用任何这些内容。

规则2 –一次一个项目 (Rule 2— One project at a time)

I’m committing to not starting a new side project until I’ve finished the one that I’m working on right now.

我承诺在完成我现在正在研究的项目之前，不要开始新的副项目。

For example, right now I am very interested in serverless apps built using Vue, so I’m building a calorie and macronutrient tracker using Nuxt, GraphQL, and Netlify.

例如，现在我对使用Vue构建的无服务器应用程序非常感兴趣，因此我正在使用Nuxt，GraphQL和Netlify构建卡路里和常量营养素跟踪器。

I’m going to finish this project before starting on any others.

在开始其他项目之前，我将完成该项目。

This one project at a time rule could apply to courses and tutorials as well.

一次这个项目的规则也可以应用于课程和教程。

The crux of the rule is this:

规则的症结在于：

I can’t start another project/course/tutorial until I have the finished product from this one up on GitHub.

在我从GitHub上获得此项目的最终产品之前，我无法启动另一个项目/课程/教程。

The main goal with implementing these two rules is to stop getting distracted so I can actually product meaningful things.

实施这两个规则的主要目标是停止分散注意力，以便我可以实际生产有意义的东西。

My hunch is that following the first rule will make following the second much easier, since usually when I jump to a new project it’s because I read something about some other tech I want to be using.

我的直觉是，遵循第一个规则会使遵循第二个规则变得容易得多，因为通常当我跳到一个新项目时，这是因为我了解了一些我想使用的其他技术。

实践方面 (The Practical Side)

However, I’ve gone from saying I have horrible discipline and self-control to making a blanket statement that I’m simply just going to start sticking to these rules.

但是，我已经从说我有可怕的纪律和自控能力，转为发表笼统的声明，说我只是开始遵守这些规则。

Real life is rarely so simple.

现实生活很少如此简单。

Inevitably, we make commitments like this and find ourselves falling back into old habits almost immediately.

我们不可避免地做出这样的承诺，并发现自己几乎立即陷入了旧习惯。

We unsubscribe from newsletters only to find ourselves subscribed again a week later.

我们取消订阅新闻通讯只是发现自己在一周后再次订阅了。

We say we will finish the book we are on only to hear about another one that we are just sure will be the most important thing we need to do, so we put it down and start the other one.

我们说我们将完成我们正在读的书，只是听到我们确信这是我们需要做的最重要的事情，因此我们放下书并开始写另一本书。

We start a project and then get sidetracked because this other tech stack is what we should really be focusing on right now.

我们启动了一个项目，然后陷入困境，因为我们现在应该真正关注的是其他技术堆栈。

Rinse and Repat. Ad Infinitum.

冲洗并重新拍打。 广告无限。

So, how can we make sure we actually stick to these rules and start building a meaningful development portfolio?

因此，我们如何确保我们确实遵守这些规则并开始建立有意义的开发产品组合？

I believe the answer lies in changing our habits.

我相信答案在于改变我们的习惯。

For example, I have an RSS reader installed in Chrome, and multiple newsletters subscribed to in my email.

例如，我在Chrome中安装了RSS阅读器，并且在电子邮件中订阅了多个新闻通讯。

Usually, the first thing I do in the morning is catch up on my reading.

通常，我早上要做的第一件事就是阅读。

6 hours later I realize that a good chunk of the day is gone.

6小时后，我意识到一天的大部分时间已经过去了。

Almost every time, the days I have no new content to read are the days I get the most done.

几乎每次，我没有新内容要阅读的日子就是我干得最多的日子。

So I’ve removed my RSS reader and unsubscribed from all of those newsletters.

因此，我删除了RSS阅读器，并取消了所有这些新闻通讯的订阅。

The next step is to replace that bad habit in the morning with a good habit.

下一步是将早晨的不良习惯换成良好的习惯。

In Atomic Habits, James Clear talks about the idea of habit stacking.

在《原子习性》中，詹姆斯·克莱尔(James Clear)谈到了习惯堆积的想法。

It’s the idea that you start off with one small habit each morning, and then finishing that habit cues a new one, and so on and so on.

这个想法是，您每天早晨从一个小习惯开始，然后结束这个习惯，暗示一个新习惯，依此类推。

My current habit stack for my work day looks like this:

我目前在工作中的习惯堆栈如下所示：

• Get to desk
  上桌
• Unpack bag and take off coat
  打开包装袋，脱下外套
• Fill up water bottle
  加满水的瓶子
• Make cup of coffee
  冲杯咖啡
• Open Skype
  打开Skype
• Check Help Desk tickets
  查看服务台门票
• Focused work
  专注的工作
• Check email at 10:00 AM
  在上午10:00检查电子邮件
• Workout (Mon, Wed, Fri)
  锻炼(周一，周三，周五)
• Meditate
  幽思
• Make protein shake
  摇动蛋白质
• Eat lunch
  吃午餐
• Focused work
  专注的工作
• Check email again at 12:30 PM
  下午12:30再次检查电子邮件
• Focused work
  专注的工作
• Check email and assign tomorrow’s tasks at 2:30 PM
  检查电子邮件并在下午2:30分配明天的任务
• Current learning project/article at 3:00 PM
  当前学习项目/文章，下午3:00
• Pack up bag
  收拾包
• Leave work at 4:00 PM
  4:00 PM下班

You should tweak this habit stack to your own personal needs and schedule, but the idea is that as soon a I get to work, I complete a few small tasks, which triggers starting another task.

您应该根据自己的个人需求和日程安排调整此习惯，但是想法是，一旦我开始工作，我就完成了一些小任务，这触发了开始另一项任务。

I’m starting a new routine of writing one new article and releasing it every Friday. My learning projects and articles will be related, so whatever my current project is is what that week’s article will be about.

我正在开始编写新文章并在每个星期五发布的新例程。 我的学习项目和文章将相关，所以无论我当前的项目是那一周的文章。

Right now my learning project is getting my content consumption under control, so that’s what I’m writing about.

现在，我的学习项目正在控制我的内容消费，所以这就是我正在写的内容。

Next, I’ll be working on creating and integrating good habits into my workflow, so I’ll be writing about how developers can use habit formation to improve their skills and career next.

接下来，我将致力于创建良好的习惯并将其整合到我的工作流程中，因此我将撰写有关开发人员接下来如何使用习惯养成来提高其技能和职业的文章。

少读。 多做。 (Read Less. Do More.)

The root cause of my lack of robust portfolio was my content consumption, so I’ve decided to read less, but read more purposefully. And, most importantly, take action on what I am reading.

我缺乏强大的产品组合的根本原因是我对内容的消费，因此我决定减少阅读，但要有目的地阅读。 而且，最重要的是，对我正在阅读的内容采取行动。

Right now that’s Atomic Habits.

现在，这是原子习惯。

1. Only articles, tutorials, podcasts, courses, and books directly related to what I’m currently working on.
   只有与我目前正在从事的工作直接相关的文章，教程，播客，课程和书籍。
2. No starting a side project until I’ve finished one.
   在我完成一个副项目之前，不要启动它。

I’m willing to bet there are a lot of other developers out there that struggle with shiny object syndrome. If you do, take a look at your content consumption habits and see if reading less would help you get more accomplished.

我愿意打赌，还有很多其他开发人员都在为闪亮对象综合症而苦苦挣扎。 如果您这样做了，请查看您的内容消费习惯，看看是否减少阅读量可以帮助您获得更多的成就。

Hey I’m Ken. I design and code web applications. I also write guides, essays, rants, and manifestos for developers and designers on Medium. If you want to keep up with my writing and get notified when I write something new, you can sign up right here or subscribe via RSS. You’ll get one email every once in a while when when I write something new, that’s it. You can also send me email at ken@kenrogers.co if you have a question, comment, piece of hate mail, or just want to say hello. Thanks for reading ?

嘿，我是Ken。 我设计和编写Web应用程序。 我还为Medium上的开发人员和设计师编写了指南，论文，言论和宣言。 如果您想跟上我的写作并在我写新东西时得到通知，则可以在此处注册或通过RSS订阅 。 当我写新东西时，每隔一段时间就会收到一封电子邮件，仅此而已。 如果您有任何问题，评论，仇恨邮件，或者只是想打个招呼，也可以通过ken@kenrogers.co给我发送电子邮件。 谢谢阅读 ？

翻译自: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-case-for-reading-less-f2c1661da7d2/

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