为什么周一会影响周日的欢乐呢?

为什么周一会影响周日的欢乐呢?

Is there a single word that motivates us more than "weekend"?

有一个词比“周末”更能激励我们吗?

It's like the promise of a sweet hereafter following what seems like a lifetime of toil.

这就像承诺一个甜蜜的来世，跟随一个看似一辈子辛苦的工作。

It's the spring in our step that gets bouncier with each passing day — until by Friday, we're practically bumping our heads against the ceiling.

随着时间的流逝，我们的脚步越来越轻快，直到周五，我们的头都快撞到天花板了。

We spend a lot of time on our days off thinking about our days on. (Photo: Praepisut Peechapat/Shutterstock)

Just thinking about it now might even get that timer ticking. Three days until the weekend. Two-and-a-half days after lunch.

现在想一下甚至可能让计时器滴答作响。离周末还有三天。午饭后两天半。

The trouble is the weekend is a rip-off. You think you're getting 48 hours of unconditional downtime, but reality takes a hefty discount. In fact, it takes most of Sunday.

问题是这个周末被人占用了。你以为你有48小时的无条件停机时间，但现实却给了你很大的折扣。事实上，它占据了周日的大部分时间。

Sure, it's free time. But it isn't free of that confounded clock. And the mounting stress of an incoming Monday can erase any joy you might wring from a Sunday evening.

当然，这是自由时间。但它并不是没有那个该死的钟。即将到来的周一带来的越来越大的压力会抹去你可能从周日晚上挤出的任何快乐。

That feeling is so prevalent among the Monday-to-Friday crowd, there's even more than one name for it: the Sunday Scaries, Sunday Fear Syndrome or the more clinical dimanchophobia.

这种感觉在从周一到周五的人群中非常普遍，甚至有一个以上的名称:“周日恐惧”、“周日恐惧综合症”或更临床的“恐高症”。

Going from a countdown to the weekend to a countdown to Monday can be difficult. (Photo: Natasa Adzic/Shutterstock)

Another survey of more than 1,000 people found that 81% experience anxiety on Sundays. The anxiety increases as it gets later in the day.

另一项针对1000多人的调查发现，81%的人在周日会感到焦虑。随着时间的推移，焦虑感也会增加。

It seems for most people, Sunday is no holiday at all. And it may all come down to the same essential problem: We can't stop thinking about tomorrow.

似乎对大多数人来说，星期天根本就不是假日。这一切都可以归结为同一个基本问题:我们不能停止思考明天。

Even worse, we may develop some downright unhealthy coping strategies for that transition from weekends to Monday. Some might resist — staying up late, milking every minute of a fleeting Sunday. Or worse, we might try to cram in too much "rest and relaxation" in the form of pina coladas and other mind-numbing distractions.

更糟糕的是，为了从周末过渡到周一，我们可能会制定一些完全不健康的应对策略。有些人可能会抗拒——熬夜，在转瞬即逝的星期天里分分秒秒地挤时间。或者更糟的是，我们可能会试图以果汁饮料和其他让大脑麻木的干扰物的形式，塞进太多的“休息和放松”。

But why should Monday cast such a long and fearful shadow on our lives?

但为什么周一会给我们的生活投下如此漫长而可怕的阴影呢?

Maybe it's because the counter is reset, and the weekend, or happiness, seems at its furthest point.

也许是因为计数器被重新设置了，而周末，或者幸福，似乎在最遥远的地方。

You don't want any unsettled Friday business hanging over the weekend. So clear the deck, tie up loose ends. And, despite your urge to run into the forest and live on blueberries starting at 5 p.m. sharp, finish whatever job you're working on.

你不希望周五有任何悬而未决的事情拖到周末。所以清理甲板，把松散的末端绑起来。尽管你很想从下午5点整开始跑进森林，吃蓝莓充饥，但还是要完成手头的工作。

Maybe we should spend a couple of those precious Sunday hours watching "Groundhog Day" again.

也许我们应该在宝贵的星期天花几个小时再看一遍《偷天情缘》。

Remember that highly quotable classic in which Bill Murray is forced to experience the same day over and over again?

还记得比尔·默里被逼着一遍又一遍经历同样的一天的那句经典名言吗?

Another day, another forecast. (Photo: Sony Pictures)

Well, this is Groundhog Life. It's the same week over and over again. But Murray, through his character Phil, breaks the cycle by seizing the day. He learns to play piano. He does good things for people. He embraces his job. And, he falls in love.

这就是土拨鼠的生活。一周又一周。但是默里，通过他的角色菲尔，抓住了这一天，打破了这个循环。他学习弹钢琴。他为人们做好事。他欣然接受了自己的工作。然后，他坠入爱河。

Ultimately, he transforms his day into one that he wouldn't mind living over and over again.

最终，他把他的一天变成了他不介意一遍又一遍生活的一天。

Maybe we could all learn a lesson from Phil — and learn to seize the week, rather than just the weekend.

也许我们都可以从菲尔身上学到一课——学会抓住这一周，而不仅仅是周末。