I have achieved nothing.

我什麼都沒有做好。

Don't worry, you aren't the only one who feels like that.

別擔心，你不是唯一一個這樣覺得的。

The problem with achievements is that, when you set a goal, it seems like you have all the time in the world.

有關成就的問題是當你設下一個目標時，你看似擁有很多的時間。

You wanna become a millionaire by next year.

你想在明年前成為一位百萬富翁。

Not in 10 years because the idea that you have to wait for 10 years sounds ridiculous, so you will probably procrastinate and keep postponing it until the last minute but then it's going to be too late.

不是十年內，因為你覺得要等上十年的想法聽起來很荒謬，所以你大概會拖延，然後一直延後到最後一刻，但一切都為時已晚。

Remember how it was in college.

記得你在大學的時候。

You never start working on that assignment earlier no matter how many times you tell yourself that you will.

你從不早點開始做那份作業，不管你告訴自己多少次你會早點開始。

And what happens at the end of the day is that you will stay awake the entire night to finish the assignment because the deadline is the next morning.

而在那天快結束時，你會為了完成那份作業一整晚沒睡，因為明天早上就是期限了。

But unlike college, in real life, you are only accountable to yourself when you set a goal.

但不像在大學，在真實生活中，當你設下目標時，你只對自己負責。

That's why you will keep postponing them for years and time to time you will be feeling like life sucks.

這就是為什麼你多年來會一直拖延你的目標，而讓自己時不時感到生活很糟。

And you will be right.

而你將會是對的。

That's when self-discipline comes into the picture.

這時就是自律派上用場的時刻。

It's almost impossible to be hyper-productive for a long period.

要長時間保持超級有效率幾乎是不可能的。

You might be able to do it for a day, maybe two, maybe a couple of weeks, but not more than that.

你也許可以這樣做一天，或兩天，或幾個星期，但不可能再更多了。

Which means the only way to achieve a big goal is to achieve a little bit of it every single day.

意思是達成一個大目標的唯一方法是每一天都達成這個目標的一點點。

Of course, staying dedicated all the time seems impossible, but it's actually the other way around.

當然，時時刻刻都這樣努力似乎不可能，但實際上正好相反。

In fact, self-discipline is much easier than forcing yourself to be hyper-productive every other week.

事實上，自律比起強迫自己每隔一週就要做完很多事還要容易許多。

Your weekends are probably your most unproductive days because you don't have to wake up at a specific time, and if they are most of the times arranged properly planned.

你的週末也許是你最不事生產的日子，因為你不用在特定的時間點起床，若真的早起也只是因為有事先安排好的事情。

Whereas during the workdays you have to follow a routine that you already got use to which makes it easier.

反之，在工作天，你必須遵照一個你已經習慣的例行公事，而這將讓事情變得更容易。

It might seem boring to turn your life to a strict routine, but that's probably the only way to stay productive on day to day basis.

使你的人生嚴守一個例行行程也許看似無聊，但那大概是你每天保持多產唯一的方法。

Quite often you will be feeling demotivated because you are doing the same things every single day at around the same time without seeing any noticeable progress.

時不時你會覺得沒有動力，因為你每天都在一樣的時間做一樣的事，且沒有感受到任何顯著的進步。

But in a matter of a year, when you look back, that half an hour that you use to spend in the gym every night finally starts showing some results.

但過了幾年之後，當你回顧過去時，那你每天晚上花半個小時在健身房的時間終於開始呈現一些成果。

Even then you won't necessarily feel the difference because the progress has been slow and was happening throughout the year.

即便到了那個時候，你也不會真的感到有所不同，因為你進步的很慢，且是在一整年內發生的。

The only way is to look back at a picture of yourself a year ago.

唯一的方法是回過頭去看你一年前的照片。

However, Self-discipline has its own problems.

然而，自律也有它自己的問題。

The moment you deviate from your routine even a little bit, your entire day can get ruined sometimes.

當你即使只是稍微偏離你的例行公事時，有時候，你的一整天可能就毀了。

If you go to bed an hour or two later than you usually do, you can expect yourself to be quite unproductive the next day because you will wake up late and disturb your routine.

如果你比平常晚一個小時或是兩個小時上床睡覺，你可以想見你隔天會很沒有效率，因為你將會晚起然後影響到你的例行公事。

I personally have experienced that multiple times.

我個人曾有好幾次這樣的經驗。

And it's really difficult to be somewhere in the middle, you are either disciplined or not.

而且卡在中間也很難，你要不是很自律，要不就是一點都不自律。

If you are struggling to discipline yourself, I would highly suggest you to start with fixing your sleep because unsurprisingly, it's the most important factor that will affect your productivity.

如果你很難讓自己有紀律，我極度建議你開始調整你的睡眠，因為不出乎意料地，睡眠是影響你的生產力最重要的因子。

Sleep as much as you want but make sure you go to bed around the same time.

依自己的喜好多睡一點，但你要確保你在差不多的時間上床睡覺。

People often get motivated and start with everything at once and get burnt out quickly and give up, so do not make the same mistake.

人們常常在被激勵時開始一次做很多事，然後很快地被消耗殆盡並放棄，所以不要犯下一樣的錯。

Make sure you start with one habit at a time.

確保你每次都只開始著手一個習慣。

Once you discipline yourself with that then just move on.

一旦你開始這樣規定自己，那麼就繼續。

So good luck!

所以，祝好運！