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?????Hey，show your teeth first! Sudden changes in our lives can open up periods of free time that we didn't have previously. Lots of free time might come about through change of lifestyle, retirement, career changes, having your kids leave home, or graduating from school or college. Filling your free time with useful pursuits is a way of increasing your creativity, energy, enthusiasm, and sense of fulfillment from life. 我们生活中有些突来的变动常常会给我们带来一些之前没有预料到的空暇时间。像退休、跳槽、孩子离开家、高中毕业或者大学毕业这些变动带来的空闲积累利用起来，或许能改变我们的生活方式。在空闲时间掌握一些有用的技能，能增加个人创造力、精力、热情和生活满意度哦。 只有当你专注于利用空闲时间的时候，它才会变得有用武之地。单纯的期望空闲时间能变得高效、有创意、充实不会有任何结果，因为你根本没意识到这个过程实际是需要高效地行动的。 Your free time to be truly useful, don't allow non-free time things to bleed into it. The reason for this is that your free time is needed to refresh you and improve your energy, your creativity, and your sense of self. If you let the usual mundane activities of everyday life creep into your free time under the pretense of being 'useful,' you won't gain anything from your free time and you will have very loose boundaries between free time and the rest of your time, thereby devaluing your free time. 如果要充分利用你的空闲时间，不要把工作中的事情带进来。这样做的原因是，你的空闲时间是用来自我更新并提升精力、创造力和自我认识的。 Expandyour comfort zone. A great way to use free time usefully is to discover new things and to find out that you have dimensions to yourself that you weren't even aware of before. By stepping beyond your usual comfort zone, your free time becomes a journey of self-discovery and helps you to grow. Moreover, it helps you to stay interested by sparking your curiosity and broadening your awareness. 充分利用空闲时间的一个最佳方式就是去发现新事物，去找出你可能也没意识到的给自己设定的限制。通过踏出你的日常舒适区域，你的空闲时间会变成一个帮助你成长的个人发现之旅。更重要的是，它还会使你对世界保持好奇并且开拓你的眼界。 Turn off the TV and leave it out of your free time. Think about creative ways to use media in your free time instead. The Internet allows us to be in charge of the input that is circulated through media, providing you with ample opportunities for turning your free time into a useful means for getting out creative, practical, or informative messages that you'd like to share with the world. 关掉电视，把它远离你的空闲时间。在空闲的时候，找出几种有创意的利用新闻媒体的方法。网络让我们通过媒介输入信息，我们可以通过提供创意、实践、和世界分享，把你的空闲时间转换成有价值的时刻。 If you've already volunteered, you'll be aware of the benefits it can bring. If you have enough free time to give of your time to others in need, this can be a very fulfilling way to give back to your community or society. And even better – you get to choose what to volunteer in according to what you believe in, and what you think is most important. Search for volunteer opportunities through asking people you know who already volunteer, by searching online or in the volunteer pages, or asking people who work in places you'd like to volunteer for. Whatever your level of experience, there is likely to be a volunteer opportunity for you and with time, you can build knowledge,expertise, and reputation through volunteering and find it becomes an incredibly fulfilling experience that helps many others. 如果你做过志愿者，你就会知道它大有裨益。如果你利用你足够的空闲时间来帮助有需要的人，这会是一个你回馈你的社区或社会的非常充实的方法。 If you find your free time has been hampered by having to deal with a large house and all its maintenance and cleaning, gain more free time by removing the clutter and even consider purchasing a smaller residence. Perhaps move closer to a place where there are plenty of activities that you'd rather be doing and that are not on offer where you currently live to make up for a smaller residence. 如果你发现你的空闲时间被装修、清洁一个超大的房子完全占据了，花更多的时间先去处理掉杂物，甚至可以考虑下换个小点的住处。
School, college, university, and continued learning on-the-job are usually focused on getting us into gainful employment. Sometimes learning for the sake of learning is lost underneath all the deadlines, necessities for grades, and fears of keeping jobs. Learning within free time can be free of these constrictions and can be completely different from our chosen professional path in life, free from the usual reason of honing skills to a specific job or promotion. Always fancied yourself getting involved in archaeology, ballroom dancing, jewelry making, wilderness first aid, or hang-gliding? Use free time to immerse yourself into learning these things for the sake of learning them, without having the pressure to achieve beyond the goals you've set for yourself. 小学、中学、大学，还有在职进修通常让我们获得更好的职位。有时候为了学习而学习会迷失在各种最后通牒、分数线和保住工作的恐惧中。在空闲时间学习不受这些压力的限制，还能与我们既选择的职业道路完全不同。 Free time is an excuse to get fully involved in doing something that you consider to be a hobby or pastime. Hobbies are useful because they give you the opportunity to expand knowledge, improve skills, and to be focused, diligent, and switched on. Moreover, a hobby allows you to enjoy yourself as you immerse yourself in the intricacies of it. Be sure to reach out to others in the same hobby so that you can connect, share ideas, and brag. This is one area where showing off now and then does no harm provided it's all in good fun and you return the favor by comlimenting the efforts of others in your hobby, too. 空闲时间是全心沉浸在自己爱好里的一个借口。个人爱好非常有用，它给你机会去扩充知识领域，提升技能，专注，保持勤奋，认识新事物。 These two activities can be a burden or a major source of therapeutic unwinding and inner joy; it really depends on how you approach them and giving yourself free time to explore them will open up the possibilities for seeing them as useful and enjoyable things to do in place of a chore. 这两项活动是保持身心愉快的巨大源泉，这取决于你如何领悟这两项技能，空闲的时候不断挑战，你会发现在繁琐的家务里这是非常有用和有趣的事情。 If you haven't already got a pet, now might be a good time to get one. Pets require regular care and can help you to create free time simply because of their need and that can only be good for you, especially if you have workahlic tendencies! Look for a pet from a local animal shelter, and you'll save the pet's life and become the center of each other's world. 如果你还没有一只宠物，现在是时候有一个了。宠物需要日常看护，并且由于它们的需求能帮你创造出更多闲暇时间，这在你工作陷入死角的时候尤其重要。 Free time is the perfect time for all things spiritual because you give yourself the space to unwind, reflect, and think about the bigger picture and life's purpose. Whether or not you're religious, spiritual time is an essential part of being human, and tending to this side of yourself is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. There are many paths to learn about and acknowledge your spiritual self and you can begin by reading and learning all you can. 空闲时间是精神修行的完美时机，因为你有了让自己放松、反思、构想更大蓝图和追求的个人空间。
Finally, but most importantly, don't hide yourself away all the time when it comes to free time. Reach out to others and spend time with people you care about. Schedule regular get-togethers with friends, hang out spontaneously now and then, and catch up with family members you haven't seen for awhile to see how they're doing. Even if you're not keen on spending a lot of time socializing, build at least a small amount of it into your week to ensure that you're connecting with others in ways that are free of the constraints of time, obligations, and work/self-imposed deadlines, so that you have a chance to share ideas, have fun, and be re-energized through your connections. 最后，但是最重要，空闲下来的时候，不要一直把自己藏起来。去拜访朋友，和你关心的人在一起度过一段时光。
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