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Facing Pressure (面对压力)

She worked until two every night for six months. Then her body made the decision for her.

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面对压力

去年qùniánxiàbànniánde(possessive)压力yālì特别tèbié
In the second half of last year I was under enormous pressure.
公司gōngsīyǒu一个yīgèhěn重要zhòngyàode / dì项目xiàngmùshì负责fùzérén
The company had an important project and I was leading it.
nà / nèibànnián几乎jīhū每天měitiāndōu加班jiābāndào晚上wǎnshangshídiǎn以后yǐhòu
For those six months I worked past ten almost every night.
回到huídàojiā还要háiyāo继续jìxùzuò常常chángchángliǎngdiǎncáishuì
I'd carry on at home and often didn't get to bed until two.
以为yǐwéi自己zìjǐ可以kěyǐ坚持jiānchí下去xiàqu
I thought I could keep it up.
可是kěshì身体shēntǐxiān不同bùtóngle / liǎo / liào
But my body disagreed first.
yǒutiān早上zǎoshang起床qǐchuángde / dì时候shíhou忽然hūrán觉得juédetóuhěnyūn / yùn
One morning I got up and suddenly felt very dizzy.
医生yīshēngshuō睡眠shuìmiántàishǎo / shàoràng至少zhìshǎo休息xiūxiliǎng星期xīngqī
The doctor said I was badly short of sleep and told me to rest for at least two weeks.
gāng开始kāishǐ休息xiūxide / dì时候shíhou特别tèbié习惯xíguàn
At first I found resting extremely uncomfortable.
zǒng觉得juéde自己zìjǐzài浪费làngfèi时间shíjiān
I kept feeling I was wasting time.
后来hòulái慢慢mànmàn发现fāxiàn休息xiūxi以后yǐhòu做事zuòshì反而fǎn'érgèng / gēngkuàile / liǎo / liào
Then I gradually noticed that after resting I actually worked faster.
现在xiànzàigěi自己zìjǐ定了dìngletiáo规矩guīju晚上wǎnshang十一shíyīdiǎn以后yǐhòukàn / kān工作gōngzuòde / dì消息xiāoxi
Now I have one rule for myself: no work messages after eleven at night.
项目xiàngmù最后zuìhòuànshí完成wánchéngle / liǎo / liào
The project was finished on time in the end.
终于zhōngyú明白míngbainéng长期chángqīzuò下去xiàqude / dìcáijiào努力nǔlì
And I finally understood that only what you can keep doing counts as effort.

Words to notice

压力yālì
Pressure (stress - burden)
加班jiābān
Working overtime
身体shēntǐ
Body (health)
休息xiūxi
To rest
调整tiáozhěng
Adjusts (revision)
平衡pínghéng
Balance
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