For reading in Chinese, please scroll down to the end of the English text.

For international readers, allow me to explain: I am an American but I have lived in China since 2004. My city of Chongqing, often abbreviated as CQ, is pronounced Chong Ching to rhyme with Wrong Ring. CQ is a megacity of 30 million people in south-central China, on the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam.

(May 2020. From the 18^th-floor homestead.)

Last week, I was watching my wife using the TV remote control to click rapidly through the channels to decide what looked most interesting; she was spending only a couple of seconds on each program. I observed the flashing kaleidoscope of offerings for a minute and was thinking about the range of programs. (I was also impressed with her manual dexterity and wondered if that dubious channel-flicking skill might also be related to a short attention span.) All the different programs made me aware of the incredible diversity in lifestyles we humans have developed in different regions and historical periods.

My second thought, though, was there were simply too many channels to choose from. Too many programs were trying to attract her attention. The sheer number of viewing possibilities was overwhelming. Plus, underlying all the channel flicking was the implied message that she might be missing something even better and more interesting than her current choice. (In internetspeak, it is called FOMO, Fear Of Missing Out.) What was supposed to be a good thing – a wide range of programming to fit any need, any interest, and any mood – has, instead, become challenging and unsettling and demanding too much decision energy before you receive any entertainment. I left my wife and retreated to my home office but the number of choices presented by the computer and its internet access was even greater than those offered by cable television.

Upon reflection, I believe we have too much information besieging us every day. Sadly, due to the ongoing pandemic, the current flood also includes too much misinformation (casually inaccurate or intentionally malevolent) to sift through and too much wild speculation. Likewise, too much time is spent in browsing through the latest news – even though recent experience has taught us we cannot depend on the latest news to still be true tomorrow. Too much stimulation, too many notices, too many decisions. Too much time is spent on the latest minidrama, AKA the crisis du jour. Too much!

It seems that, no matter how carefully I plan, a constant stream of interruptions prevents me from concentrating fully on my chosen activities. Whatever happened to: Plan your work, then work your plan? Or KISS: Keep It Short and Simple. Can you relate to my plight? Is my dilemma also your dilemma?

Today, with even more information, misinformation, and distractions flying through the digital air, the need for reducing our input and controlling our environment has become increasingly important, almost urgent. I just finished an excellent book, Indistractable, by Nir Eyal. In it, he discusses the subtle psychology behind the addictive deluge of notifications, announcements, and messages – plus many other distractions and interruptions – which prevent us from concentrating on the things we have deliberately chosen to do. Then, he suggests a number of steps we can take to reclaim our working time and space. Reflecting on the book, I was reminded of an article I wrote last year in the pre-Covid-19 era.

(October of 2019)

The Low-Communication, Low-Information Diet

“I am on a Diet”. Thus, the famous American food writer and teacher James Beard began one of his articles. Gaining weight is an occupational hazard for a cooking school teacher, restaurant consultant, and writer of cookbooks and food magazine articles. But, at 300-plus pounds, health problems forced this chronically overweight bear of a man to change his eating habits of a lifetime. James Beard used that dramatic opening statement to begin stressing the use of seasonings and variety to replace his beloved salted, sauced, and fat-laden foods. Why should I begin this article with a reference to James Beard? Because I, too, am going on a diet. Only, in my case, I am reducing my intake – not of calories – but of communications and information. Too much information and too much communication are clogging my mental arteries.

I have an internet friend, Liz Huber, who is a High-Performance Coach in London. From her website, www.refinedlife.io, Liz helps entrepreneurs achieve their top business goals with clarity, confidence, and focus. Often, her ideas are also very relevant to those of us on a quest for a simple life with improved quality of life and reduced stress.

In a recent article, “How to Get More Done by Communicating Less”*, Liz stated:

Research shows that the average office worker spends around 23 hours per week in meetings and receives 121 emails per day. That’s a lot of time spent on merely communicating what to do, when to do it and how to do it. Without actually doing it. One could argue that some of these office workers never actually get around to doing anything because they are stuck in the never-ending emails — meeting — emails — meeting loop.

I am a writer and blogger. Writers work largely alone. (Publishing is another matter.) Yet, even I get 20-50 emails, calls, and text messages in a typical day – every day. Plus, managing information and instructions between me and my two publishing assistants is also time-consuming and draining. I am not the office worker Liz described but I often find myself feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of information, opportunities, communications, and choices I am confronted with each day.

Several times in the past couple of years, I have seen statements by highly successful people in different fields who state that they deliberately keep their phones turned off throughout the morning so they can do their work without disturbance or distraction. Mornings are for creative work, they say, and afternoons are for production and communication. I have a friend who works on his computer every day but John rarely turns on his cell phone.  If you want to communicate with John, you send an email and make an appointment to phone or meet. Be patient; he will get back to you. But he refuses to let himself be interrupted during his working time. (I am so jealous!)

Yes, I know the argument about the possibility of missing something important by not being available. I have used that reasoning myself to keep my phone turned on and to maintain constant internet access on my computer. If your work or family responsibilities require you to be available instantly, I can understand. But how many times have you had a genuine emergency that required your immediate attention? Honestly, how many times? Is it really justified to subject yourself to the digital flood in order to be available for dealing with such a remote possibility?

Mostly though, what I am talking about is your discretionary time, the times when you can choose to turn off your phone and internet access. If you think of how much time is wasted with trivial conversations, news fluff articles, details of the latest celebrity scandals, and other internet flotsam and jetsam, it is shameful. Even the matters that really are relevant or useful can almost always wait a few hours while you do some actual work.

And, additionally, think of the psychological benefits. Instead of spending your days responding to the latest-and-loudest interruptions, you have the wonderful sense of controlling your own life. You are choosing when to be available rather than constantly reacting to an endless series of incidents – spending the day “putting out fires”, we used to call it. Additionally, you greatly increase the amount of meaningful work you can process; that is a good thing as well.

I should warn you, however, that going on Liz’s Low-Commo, Low-Info Diet has a couple of side effects which you should anticipate. It is a big change and our systems have a tendency to resist changes.

1)  Turning off your phone and internet connection is, for most of us, going to result in a lot of unaccustomed silence. Like being alone in the middle of a forest, you will hear the crickets chirping. In fact, it may be uncomfortably quiet. You may be tempted to reconnect merely to have a brief contact with someone. (Thus, you will be the one who is interfering with someone else’s work.) It will probably take some time to get used to working in silence.

2)  Don’t expect the people around you to cooperate or even understand. Rather than support your efforts, some people will think it is amusing to find ways to interrupt you. Some L-C, L-I dieters find that wearing headphones and listening to white noise, quiet background music, or my personal favorite “river music” nature sounds – helps to minimize audible distractions. A few find their work environment is inherently distracting – like when my wife and son constantly distract or disturb me while I am working at my desk. My solution has been to make the lovely Chongqing Library (only a 15-minute bus ride from my home) my second office. But there is also a set of park benches very near my building, surrounded by lovely trees and shrubs for a feeling of semi-privacy.

3)  When I began reducing my phone and internet access time, I actually felt a little anxious. Even though this withdrawal and the accompanying greatly reduced level of stimulation was my choice and was irrefutably a good thing, the change aroused some fears. My imagination goes quite out of control as I visualize missing an important phone call or email, an emergency summons to my son’s school, or someone needing my input before they can continue with their work. Then, there is FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), the internetspeak term for wondering what new and exciting developments I am not aware of because of my voluntary hermitage.

If you decide to try Liz’s Low-Commo, Low-Info Diet, you should expect – like a food diet – to be a little uncomfortable at first. But, you will probably find (as I already have) that the satisfaction of getting more work completed – work that is truly important and valuable – and of having a sense of control is a small price to pay for temporary discomfort. James Beard not only stayed on his diet and lost weight, he found other unexpected benefits. His health and energy level were vastly improved. He lived a number of years after he adopted a more reasonable food plan. And, as a writer and teacher, he uncovered a whole new vein of topics related to his new food worldview.

And what about you? Are you ready to give up the unnaturally high level of stimulation and distraction we have become accustomed to? Are you ready to take control of your work time? What would happen if you stopped trying to micromanage other people and let them just do their work? How much time would you save if you didn’t spend vast amounts of time in communicating in excruciating detail? Perhaps some of you reading this article will someday write a thank-you note to Liz Huber about how her proposal changed your life.

As always, your comments and stories are welcomed. (I’ll check them in the afternoon. In the morning, I am offline.)

(May 2020 again.)

Now more than ever, I feel a need to walk away from the noise, the madness, and the drama that never ceases. To parody an ancient hippie phrase: I want to turn off, tune out, and drop out. Subsequently, to follow Liz’s admonition, I am going back to a low-information, low-communication diet.

Concerning personal productivity, it is impossible to get into the zone – AKA as the flow state – when you are dealing with the unending interruptions from the outside world. However, this issue goes beyond mere production; it involves our quality of life – because there is no quality of life when you are frazzled, anxious, and stressed by too many distractions in your environment.

Here are some possibilities that, depending on your personality, commitments, and surroundings, could greatly increase your output of meaningful work and, at the same time, allow you to enjoy some peace and quiet:

One man carefully designed his workspace to almost completely eliminate outside stimulation. He made his office in a windowless room with a single, dim light barely sufficient for writing in a simple notebook on his small desk. Then, he left clear instructions that he was not to be disturbed while in his office. Working alone in his dark, silent office, he would sit and think – brainstorming by himself, as it were – of his current project or problem, making notes for action steps later. This is an extreme example but it worked for him. Other people might adopt this hermitlike workstyle but would use a small voice recorder or headset mic. Instead of writing on paper, they use a digital device to speak and record ideas for later transcription and action. (One caveat is that the devices must be unintrusive.)

However, many might find a complete absence of sensory input to be disquieting. They would feel more comfortable working from a coffee shop, a park bench, a library, or a similar area where there is some motion and human interaction. But they must be minimal – just enough that they don’t feel anxious about the lack of stimulation. Today, we must also allow for the restrictions of pandemic-necessitated social distancing. These venues are still possible but the range is not as great as previously.

Einstein famously said, “I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand.” Einstein may have been thinking about the endless stream of meetings and conversations we are subjected to in modern times. Between messages (direct and digital), notifications and updates, and the sheer amount of social media fluff, it is amazing that any work gets completed. Authorities like Nir Eyal and Liz Huber stress minimizing time spent in meetings with others. Yes, we must meet for agreeing upon action steps, responsibilities, and deadlines, but then work separately or in very small groups.

Turn off your internet access – don’t let it have access to you. If that is not feasible, make a firm personal commitment to only act on the incoming messages that are truly important enough to override your day’s plan. If they are of secondary importance, relegate them to later – after you complete your primary tasks. When those secondary-level notices arrive, make a note, file it, and then return your focus to your interrupted task. Still, we should remember that research shows it takes lots of time to recover your focus after it has been disturbed by an outside distraction. Best solution: set aside blocks of time and have a place where you are simply not available to be disturbed – either digitally or F2F.

In many ways, working from home is ideal despite the current resistance by some people to this idea. Undoubtedly, part of their reluctance is because it is associated with the stay at home/shelter in place restrictions necessitated by the pandemic. We naturally resent what is forced upon us, whether it be a stay at home order or a teacher’s required reading list. However, it is indisputable that working at home means you can have greater control over your work environment. You eliminate travel time from home to work, and you have greater control over who can access you while you are working. In your home space, you can consciously fashion your work environment to minimize distractions and maximize productivity.

In addition to the greater productivity of working at home, there are the benefits of solitude. Gordon MacQuarrie, my favorite North Woods philosopher, wrote, “There is much to be said in behalf of the solitary way… It lets people get acquainted with themselves. Do not feel sorry for the man on his own. If he is one who plunges into all sorts of work, if he does not dawdle, if he does not dwell upon his aloneness, he will get many things done and have a fine time doing them.”

Plus, in these pandemic days, it is safer to be working from home.

What about you? What can you do to put yourself on a Low-Information, Low-Communications Diet? And how would it affect your productivity and, ultimately, your quality of life?

*https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-get-more-done-by-communicating-less-d1fbab7219b

重温低信息、低通信量的饮食之道

(2020年5月，来自18楼的家常菜)。

上周，我看着妻子用电视遥控器快速点击频道，决定什么节目看起来最有趣；她在每个节目上只花了几秒钟的时间。我观察了一分钟的万花筒式的节目闪动，思考着节目的范围。(我也对她的手脚灵巧留下了深刻的印象，我想知道这种可疑的频道切换技巧是否也与注意力短小有关。) 所有不同的节目都让我意识到我们人类在不同地区和历史时期所形成的生活方式的多样性。

不过，我的第二个想法是，可供选择的频道实在是太多了。太多的节目想吸引她的注意力。节目的数量之多，让人目不暇接。此外，在所有的频道翻来覆去的背后，隐含着一个信息，那就是她可能会错过一些比她目前选择的更好、更有趣的节目。(用internetspeak来说，它被称为FOMO，Fear Of Missing Out。)本来应该是一件好事–广泛的节目范围，以适应任何需求、任何兴趣和任何心情–但在你接受任何娱乐之前，却变成了具有挑战性和不安，并要求你在接受任何娱乐之前，付出太多的决定精力。我离开了妻子，退到家里的办公室，但电脑及其上网方式所带来的选择比有线电视所提供的选择还要多。

仔细想来，我相信我们每天都有太多的信息围困着我们。可悲的是，由于这场大流行病的持续蔓延，目前的信息洪流也包括了太多的错误信息（随意的不准确或故意的恶意），让我们无法筛选，也让我们有太多的胡乱猜测。同样的，太多的时间都花在浏览最新的新闻上–尽管最近的经验告诉我们，我们不能依赖最新的新闻明天仍然是真的。太多的刺激，太多的通知，太多的决定。太多的时间都花在了最新的迷你剧上，又名危机四伏。太多了!

似乎，无论我如何精心计划，源源不断的干扰让我无法全神贯注地投入到自己选择的活动中。不管发生了什么。计划好你的工作，然后执行你的计划？或者KISS：Keep It Short and Simple。你能体会到我的困境吗？我的窘境是否也是你的窘境？

今天，随着更多的信息、错误信息和分散注意力的信息在数字空气中飞舞，减少我们的输入、控制我们的环境变得越来越重要，几乎是迫在眉睫。我刚刚读完了Nir Eyal写的一本很好的书《无法分心》。在这本书中，他讨论了让人上瘾的通知、公告和消息–再加上许多其他的分心和干扰–背后的微妙心理学，这些东西让我们无法专注于我们刻意选择的事情。然后，他建议我们可以采取一些步骤来夺回我们的工作时间和空间。反思这本书，让我想起了去年我在科维德-19之前的一篇文章。

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(2019年10月)

低沟通、低信息量的饮食习惯

“我在节食”。于是，美国著名美食作家、教师詹姆斯-比尔德（James Beard）的一篇文章开始了。对于一个烹饪学校的老师、餐厅顾问、烹饪书籍和美食杂志文章的作者来说，发胖是一种职业病。但是，300多磅的体重，健康问题迫使这个长期超重的熊掌柜改变了他一生的饮食习惯。詹姆斯-大熊用这句戏剧性的开场白开始强调用调味料和品种来代替他心爱的盐渍、酱料和富含脂肪的食物。我为什么要在这篇文章的开头提到詹姆斯-大胡子？因为我，也在节食。只是，在我的情况下，我在减少我的摄入量–不是卡路里，而是沟通和信息。太多的信息和太多的交流都堵塞了我的精神动脉。

我有一个网友Liz Huber，她是伦敦的高效能教练。在她的网站上，www.refinedlife.io，Liz帮助创业者们实现他们的最高商业目标，让他们清晰、自信和专注。通常情况下，她的想法对我们这些追求简单生活、提高生活质量、减少压力的人也很有借鉴意义。

Liz在最近的一篇文章《如何用更少的沟通完成更多的工作》*中指出。

研究显示，平均每个上班族每周花在会议上的时间约为23个小时，每天收到121封电子邮件。那是大量的时间只花在沟通要做什么，什么时候做，以及如何做。而没有实际去做。可以说，这些上班族中的一些人从来没有真正地去做任何事情，因为他们陷入了没完没了的邮件–会议–邮件–会议的循环中。

我是一名作家和博客作者。作家们基本上都是一个人在工作。(出版是另一回事。)然而，即使是我，在典型的一天中，每天也会收到20-50封电子邮件、电话和短信。此外，管理我和我的两个出版助理之间的信息和指示也很耗费时间和精力。我不是Liz所描述的那种办公室工作者，但我经常发现自己每天都会被大量的信息、机会、沟通和选择压得喘不过气来。

在过去的几年里，我看到过几次不同领域的成功人士的发言，他们说他们在整个早上都会刻意把手机关机，这样就可以在不被打扰或分心的情况下完成工作。他们说，上午是为了创造性地工作，下午是为了生产和交流。我有一个朋友，他每天都在电脑前工作，但约翰很少打开手机。 如果你想和John沟通，就发个邮件，约好电话或见面。要有耐心；他会回复你的。但他拒绝让自己在工作时间被打断。(我好羡慕啊!)。

是的，我知道有一种说法，就是不在现场就可能错过重要的事情。我自己也曾用这个道理，保持手机开机，保持电脑持续上网。如果你的工作或家庭责任需要你即时可用，我可以理解。但是，有多少次你遇到了真正的紧急情况，需要你立即关注？说实话，有多少次了？为了应付如此遥远的可能性而让自己置身于数字洪流中，真的有道理吗？

大多数情况下，虽然我说的是你的自由支配时间，也就是你可以选择关闭手机和上网的时间。如果你想想有多少时间是被琐碎的对话、新闻杂文、最新的名人丑闻细节，以及其他互联网上的垃圾和垃圾信息所浪费，那是可耻的。即使是真正相关或有用的事情，几乎都可以在你做一些实际工作的时候等上几个小时。

另外，再想想心理上的好处。你不用整天对最晚和最晚的干扰做出回应，而是有了控制自己生活的美妙感觉。你可以选择在什么时候有空，而不是不断地对一连串的事件做出反应—-我们习惯上把一天的时间都花在 “救火 “上，我们习惯上称之为 “救火”。此外，你大大增加了你可以处理的有意义的工作数量；这也是一件好事。

然而，我应该警告你，采用Liz的低康莫、低信息量饮食法会有一些副作用，你应该预料到这一点。这是一个很大的变化，我们的系统有抵制变化的倾向。

1）关掉手机和网络连接，对我们大多数人来说，会导致很多不习惯的安静。就像一个人在森林中，你会听到蟋蟀的鸣叫声。事实上，它可能会让人感到不舒服的安静。你可能会被诱惑着重新联系，只是为了与人短暂的接触。因此，你会成为干扰别人工作的人），可能需要一些时间来习惯在安静中工作。

2）不要指望身边的人配合你，甚至是理解你的工作。有些人会觉得很有趣，非但不支持你的努力，反而会想办法打断你的工作。一些L-C、L-I减肥者发现，戴上耳机，听白噪音、安静的背景音乐，或者我个人最喜欢的 “河流音乐 “自然界的声音–有助于减少听觉上的干扰。少数人发现他们的工作环境本来就会让人分心–比如当我在办公桌前工作时，妻子和儿子不断地分心或打扰我。我的解决方案是把可爱的重庆图书馆（离我家只有15分钟的公交车车程）作为我的第二办公室。但在我的大楼附近也有一组公园长椅，周围有可爱的树木和灌木，给人一种半隐秘的感觉。

3）当我开始减少电话和上网时间时，我其实有点焦虑。尽管这种戒断和随之而来的刺激程度大大降低是我的选择，而且无可辩驳地说是一件好事，但这种变化还是引起了我的一些恐惧。我的想象力相当失控，因为我想象着错过了一个重要的电话或电子邮件、儿子学校的紧急传唤、或者有人需要我的意见才可以继续工作，我的想象力就会失控。然后，还有FOMO（Fear Of Missing Out），也就是internetspeak术语，指的是由于我自愿隐居的原因，不知道有什么新的、令人兴奋的发展。

如果你决定尝试Liz的低康莫、低信息量饮食，你应该期望–就像食物减肥一样–一开始会有点不舒服。但是，你很可能会发现（就像我已经发现的那样），完成更多的工作–真正重要和有价值的工作–以及有一种控制感的满足感，对于暂时的不适感来说，这只是一个小小的代价。James Beard不仅坚持节食减肥，还发现了其他意想不到的好处。他的健康和能量水平得到了极大的改善。他在采用更合理的饮食计划后，活了好几年。而且，作为一名作家和教师，他发现了与他的新饮食世界观相关的全新的话题。

而你呢？你准备好放弃我们已经习惯了的不自然的高度刺激和分心了吗？你准备好掌控你的工作时间了吗？如果你不再试图对别人进行微观管理，让他们只做自己的工作，会发生什么？如果你不再花大量的时间在繁琐的细节沟通中，你会节省多少时间？也许你们中的一些人在读到这篇文章后，有一天会给Liz Huber写一封感谢信，讲述她的建议如何改变了你的生活。

一如既往，欢迎大家的评论和故事。(我下午再去看，早上我下线了，我下午再去看)。

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(2020年5月又到了)。

现在，我比以往任何时候都更觉得有必要远离喧嚣、疯狂和永不停歇的戏剧性的东西。套用一句古老的嬉皮士的话：我想关掉、调出、退出。随后，为了听从Liz的告诫，我又回到了低信息、低沟通的饮食习惯。

关于个人的工作效率，当你面对来自外界无休止的干扰时，是不可能进入状态–又名流动状态–的。然而，这个问题不仅仅是生产问题，它涉及到我们的生活质量–因为当你被环境中太多的干扰所困扰、焦虑和压力所困扰时，你的生活质量就没有了。

这里有一些可能性，根据你的个性、承诺和环境的不同，可以大大提高你有意义的工作产出，同时也能让你享受到一些宁静。

有一个人精心设计了他的工作空间，几乎完全消除了外界的刺激。他把自己的办公室布置在一个没有窗户的房间里，只有一盏昏暗的灯光勉强够他在小桌子上的一个简单的笔记本上写字。然后，他留下了明确的指示：在办公室里的时候，不能让人打扰他。他一个人在黑暗、安静的办公室里工作，他就会坐下来思考—-自己一个人集思广益—-对当前的项目或问题进行头脑风暴，然后做笔记，以便以后的行动步骤。这是个极端的例子，但对他来说却很管用。其他人可能会采用这种隐士式的工作方式，但会使用一个小型录音机或耳机麦克风。他们不在纸上写字，而是用数字设备说话，记录下想法，以便以后转录和行动。(有一点要注意的是，这些设备必须是无干扰的)。

然而，许多人可能会觉得完全没有感官输入会让人感到不安。他们会觉得在咖啡店、公园长椅、图书馆或类似的地方工作更舒服，因为那里有一些运动和人与人的互动。   今天，我们还必须允许大流行的社交疏远的限制。这些场所还是可以的，但范围已经不像以前那么大了。

爱因斯坦著名的说：”我爱的是人类。我不能忍受的是人。” 爱因斯坦可能一直在思考现代社会中我们所面临的无休止的会议和对话流。在信息（直接和数字）、通知和更新，以及大量的社交媒体上的繁杂信息之间，任何工作的完成都是令人惊讶的。像Nir Eyal和Liz Huber这样的权威人士强调尽量减少与他人会面的时间。是的，我们必须开会商定行动步骤、责任和最后期限，但要单独或以非常小的小组为单位进行工作。

关掉你的互联网接入–不要让它接触到你。如果这样做不可行，那就做出一个坚定的个人承诺，只对传入的信息采取行动，这些信息确实重要到足以凌驾于你一天的计划之上。如果它们是次要的，那就把它们降到以后–在你完成主要任务之后。当那些次要的通知到达时，做一个记录，将其归档，然后将注意力回到你被打断的任务上。不过，我们应该记住，研究表明，在你的注意力被外界干扰后，需要大量的时间来恢复你的注意力。最好的解决办法是：预留出一些时间块，并有一个根本无法被打扰的地方–无论是数字或F2F。

在许多方面，尽管目前有些人对这种想法有抵触情绪，但在家工作是最理想的。无疑，他们不愿意的部分原因是，这与大流行病所带来的居家/避难所的限制有关。我们自然会反感被强加给我们的东西，不管是宅在家里的命令，还是老师的必读书单，我们都会反感。然而，在家里工作意味着你可以对工作环境有更大的控制力，这是不争的事实。你省去了从家里到公司的旅行时间，在工作时，你可以更好地控制谁能进入你的工作空间。在家里的空间里，你可以有意识地塑造你的工作环境，尽量减少分心，最大限度地提高工作效率。

除了在家工作可以提高工作效率之外，还有独处的好处。我最喜欢的北林哲学家Gordon MacQuarrie写道：”有很多话可以代表独处的方式………..它可以让人认识自己。不要为他自己的人感到遗憾。如果他是一个投入到各种工作中去的人，如果他不磨磨蹭，不纠结于自己的孤独，他就会做很多事情，而且做得很好。”

而且，在这个大流行的年代，在家工作比较安全。

那你呢？你可以做什么来让自己处于低信息、低通信量的饮食状态？它将如何影响你的工作效率，并最终影响你的生活质量？

*https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-get-more-done-by-communicating-less-d1fbab7219b