2022-07-07

一项调查发现，目前每个工作日中14%的时间竟然被用于“上网闲逛”。在各国的办公室里，员工在上班时间查看社交媒体网站、网上购物、阅读新闻、浏览八卦等已很常见。人们为什么会养成“上网闲逛”的习惯呢？这个习惯怎么改？

Time to own up. When you're sitting at your computer, do you work solidly all day? Or do you allow yourself to become distracted now and again… to open a few extra tabs, check social media, read a spot of news, browse1 the latest fashion trends, maybe catch up on some celebrity2 gossip, and look at some…

Stop! You're 'cyberloafing'. The unwieldy word is a combination of 'cyber', which means 'related to computers', and 'loafing', which means 'relaxing in a lazy way'. We do it, and we do it a lot. A study from the University of Texas suggests we are guilty of this form of procrastination3 for 14% of our working day. On a Friday afternoon, I expect it's more than that. 

I'll admit to indulging in the odd bout4 of cyberloafing myself. In fact I've already done it in the course of writing this story. OK, more than once.