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8.Establish small habits to create new traditions for your family.
8.把一些小习惯变成家里的惯例
"Happy families often have some special weekend activity that everyone loves but no one has to plan each time," Vanderkam writes.
凡德卡姆写道：“幸福的家庭总有一些特殊的周末活动，每个人都会自发参加，十分热衷，无需特别安排。”
It could be as simple as making pancakes or taking a stroll on a Sunday evening.Whatever you'd like to implement, make it a ritual.Soon they will become traditions, and traditions become comforting memories, which are proven to boost happiness.
这可以简单到是每周日晚上一起做煎饼或者散个步。把你喜欢做的事养成一个习惯吧。很快就会变成一个惯例，慢慢的就会增加很多温馨的回忆，提升幸福感。
9.Set aside specific hours for down time, and turn off your phone.
9.给自己几个小时来放空，关掉手机
It's important to schedule down time, because otherwise you may never unplug.Like siestas in Spain, you don't necessarily need to sleep and may choose to watch a movie or read.The time is meant to relax.
安排自己的空间非常重要，否则你永远都无法真正放下电子产品。就好比西班牙的午休，你不需要真的睡觉，也可以看一部电影或读一本书。主要的目的在于放松。
10.Be sure to make plans for Sunday night so you don't sit around stressing about your job.
10.别忘了给周日晚上做计划，免得自己陷入工作焦虑
Planning something for Sunday nights is an easy way to avoid stressing about work in anticipation of Monday.That can happen even when you like your job, but for people who don't like their jobs, Sunday night stress can be draining and sad.
周日晚上做个计划能有效避免周一工作即将来临的恐慌焦虑。哪怕你喜欢工作你也会害怕周一，更何况对于那些不热爱工作的人而言，周日焦虑症真的会让人沮丧和抓狂。
To combat this, Vanderkam suggests scheduling something during these hours because it extends the weekend and keeps you focused on the fun to come, rather than the next morning.
要想摆脱这个魔咒， 凡德卡姆建议把这个时间段安排一些事，这能延长周末让你集中精力享乐而非担忧周一。
11.Keep chores, errands, and busy work to a minimum on your days off.
11.把那些小事、琐事和忙碌的工作在休息的时间中降到最少
There are always things you have to do, but keeping chores to a minimum on the weekends is really important.
总有事情要你去做，但周末的时候就把做这些事情的时间降到最少吧。
Finishing chores shouldn't be central to your weekend because they often expand to fill available time.Instead, try to do a chore each day during the week.If that's not possible then set aside small windows of time during the weekend.For example, set a half an hour on a Friday night between dinner and when you watch a movie to put away the laundry, or 20 minutes between your piano lesson and bike ride on Saturday morning to empty the garbage.
处理琐事绝对不能成为周末的核心，因为它们往往会充斥在你所有的空闲时间。相反，试着每天都做点琐事，如果没空的话，那就在周末抽一小部分时间出来专门处理。例如，周五晚餐之前抽出一个小时，清洗因为看电影迟迟未开洗的衣物;又或是在钢琴课和骑单车中的二十分钟空隙里去倒个垃圾。
Setting small amounts of time will motivate you to get chores done quickly.
空出这些时间段能激励你快速做完琐事。
12.Make sure to unplug completely for at least a few hours.
12.几个小时彻底“断电”时光
Have a tech "Sabbath" day — or at least a few hours on the weekend when you unplug from your email and professional life.
来个电子设备”安息日“吧--至少一周抽出几个小时的时间不去管你的邮件和工作。
Although it becomes harder to do that with smartphones and demanding careers, Vanderkam recommends hiding your mail icon on your phone during your "Sabbath," so you are not even tempted to click on messages that spill into your inbox.You may not be able to completely avoid working on the weekends, but you can at least carve out a few hours.
智能手机在手，要做到这个真的非常困难，加上职业生涯时不我待。凡德卡姆建议在”安息日“的时候隐藏手机的邮件提示，这样你就不会忍不住去点击邮箱里的新消息。也许你无法完全避免在周末处理公事，但你至少可以给自己几小时的假期吧。
13.If you live to be 80, you'll have 4,160 weekends in total, so don't let any go to waste.
13.如果你活到80岁，就会有4160个周末，所以不要再浪费啦!
Four thousand weekends isn't all that much.It's very easy to feel overwhelmed and simply do nothing (or meaningless things).But by falling into that trap, Vanderkam points out you may miss the best parts of your own life.
四千个周末其实并不多。很容易就会在无所事事中度过(或做的都是无意义的事情)。凡德卡姆指出，如果陷入这样的循环， 你会错过生活最精彩的部分。
Too often people don't think about what they'd like to do and wind up living constrained versions of life, doing little tasks on a to-do list.
大多数时候人们不会去想自己喜欢做什么，只会过着局限的生活，根据待办清单去完成任务。
Vanderkam says, "What the most successful people know about weekends is that life cannot happen only in the future.It cannot wait for some day when we are less tired or less busy." So start with this weekend and do something.
凡德卡姆说：“大部分的成功人士对于周末的认识是：生活不只存在于未来。我们不能等到哪一天不那么累不那么忙。” 所以从这周开始做点不一样的事情吧。
