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邁向30歲心靈物語：Never leave that till tomorrow,which you can do today——Benjamin Frankin

        今天去食堂打包時遇到了一個外國同學，去的路上開始攀談起來。這種時節，我們這種身份，當然少不了扯到論文上去。他說他論文剛寫了1萬字，聽到我的進度，開始羡慕起我來。然後我們談到了“拖延”這個問題……我們都是深受“拖延”其害的人，順理成章就聊起了這個個話題。話說，我們多麼羡慕可以每天按部就班，然後定時完成，還寫出一定水準論文的人啊！見到這樣的人，我們幾乎都把對方當神了……膜拜之後，又默默回房扮演那條“拖延蟲”的角色。說著說著，我突然想起了之前看Grey's Anatomy的情節，一個令我很印象深刻，有關“大腫瘤”的比喻。同學猛點頭說他記得，a giant tumor的畫面太震撼！（兩條拖延蟲是躲在房裡看美劇才寫不出論文的嗎？）

        就這樣一回房間我就找出這集美劇重溫一篇，看看是否可以給惰性難馴的自己一點震撼教育。
        A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world secret of his success. 'Never leave that till tomorrow',he said,'which you can do today'.

        This is the man who discoverd electricity. You'd think more of us would listen to what he had to say.
        I dont know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of pain, fear of rejection. Sometimes,the fear is just of making a decision. Because, what if you're wrong?What if you're making a mistake you can't undo?

        Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true. Tht, by the time the pain of not doing a thing gets worse than the fear of doing it, it can feel like we're carryng around a giant tumor.