6步科学晨间重启法（全天提升专注力、缓解压力、改善情绪！）

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This is a I Heart podcast Guaranteed Human Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose.

今天我们要聊的是如何在早上8点前重新编程你的大脑。

Today is about how to reprogram your mind before 8AM.

我想和你们分享我找到的最实用、有科学依据的晨间习惯，而且我亲自尝试过。

I want to share with you the most practical science backed morning routine that I could find and I actually tried myself.

这里有一件事，没人告诉过你关于你的早晨。

Here is something nobody tells you about your morning.

从你睁开眼睛开始的前六十到九十分钟，在神经学上是你全天最具可塑性的窗口期。

The first sixty-ninety minutes after you open your eyes is neurologically speaking the most programmable window of your entire day.

你的大脑实际上处于一种不同的状态。

Your brain is literally in a different state.

它正从θ波和α波模式——也就是催眠疗法中使用的频率——过渡到你全天都将处于的清醒β波状态。

It is transitioning out of theta and alpha brainwave patterns, the same frequencies used in hypnotherapy, into the waking beta state you will spend the rest of your day in.

而我们大多数人是如何利用这个窗口期的呢？

And what do most of us do with that window?

我们把它交了出去。

We hand it over.

我们拿起手机，浏览着别人的优先事项、别人的愤怒、别人的精心策划的高光时刻。

We pick up our phone, we scroll through someone else's priorities, someone else's outrage, someone else's curated highlight reel.

于是我们疑惑，为什么一天还没开始，就感觉自己落后了。

And we wonder why we feel behind before the day has even started.

今天，我想分享我找到的最实用、最简单、真正可实现的晨间习惯。

Today I want to share the most practical, simple, genuinely achievable morning routine I've found.

这是我亲自试过的。

One that I tried myself.

这个习惯完全建立在神经科学和同行评审的研究基础上。

One built entirely on neuroscience and peer reviewed research.

我向你保证，这里没有凌晨四点的冰浴，也没有需要修道院式训练的两小时仪式，只有六个微小却令人惊讶的、基于科学的步骤，总共只需约四十五分钟。

And I promise you, there's no ice baths at 4AM, no two hour rituals that require monastic training, just six small surprising science backed steps that take about forty five minutes total.

而且任何人都能从明天开始，包括夜猫子。

And that anyone, night owls included, can start tomorrow.

我喜欢每一个步骤的原因在于。

And here is what I love about each one.

它们在生物学层面都有明确的作用原理。

There is a clear reason why it works at a biological level.

当你理解了这些机制，就不需要依赖意志力了。

When you understand the mechanism, you are not relying on motivation.

你是在与大脑合作，而不是与它对抗。

You are working with your brain, not against it.

让我们开始吧。

Let's get into it.

我知道早晨是我们所有人都难以应对的时刻，我也想坦诚地说，我自己也曾为此挣扎。

I know mornings are something we all struggle with, and I want to be honest, I have struggled with them as well.

对我来说，早上醒来时充满活力并不容易。

It's not easy for me to wake up energized and early.

有时候，我就是想赖在床上。

Sometimes I want to stay in bed.

有时候我也想刷手机，结果真的就去刷了。

Sometimes I want to scroll too and end up doing that as well.

因此，我花了很大功夫培养这些习惯，它们彻底改变了我的感受。

And so I've worked really hard on developing some of these habits that have changed the way I feel.

我希望你一整天都感到准备充分、精力充沛。

I want you to go through your day feeling ready, energized and prepared.

我发现，当我们做一些事情时，实际上却得到了相反的效果。

And I have found that when we do certain things, we actually end up doing the opposite.

那么，让我们从今天我要说的最具争议的观点开始。

So let's start with the most controversial thing I am going to say today.

在早上按贪睡按钮，是你能为大脑做的最糟糕的事情之一。

Hitting the snooze button is one of the worst things you can do for your brain in the morning.

原因如下。

Here is why.

当闹钟响起时，你的大脑正在完成最后一个睡眠周期，通常是快速眼动睡眠（REM），这个阶段对记忆巩固和情绪处理至关重要。

When your alarm goes off, your brain is finishing its final sleep cycle, usually REM sleep, the phase critical for memory consolidation and emotional processing.

当你按下贪睡键，再迷糊九分钟或九次时，你的大脑会启动一个全新的睡眠周期，而这个周期根本不可能完成。

When you hit snooze and drift off for another nine minutes or nine times, your brain starts a brand new sleep cycle that it cannot possibly finish.

你实际上是在把睡眠切割成毫无意义的碎片。

You are essentially fragmenting your sleep into useless chunks.

关于睡眠惰性的研究——这是对你醒来后那种昏沉、迷糊状态的科学术语——表明，贪睡造成的睡眠碎片化会加剧认知功能的下降。

Research on sleep inertia that's the scientific term for that groggy, disoriented fog you feel after waking, shows that fragmented sleep from snoozing actually worsens cognitive function.

我们说的是反应变慢、记忆力受损和执行功能降低。

We are talking about slower reaction times, impaired memory, and reduced executive function.

在那额外的几分钟里，你并没有得到休息。

You are not getting rest in those extra minutes.

你是在制造神经系统的混乱。

You are creating neurological confusion.

由大脑中一个微小区域控制的生物钟接收到相互矛盾的信号，这种昏沉感可能会持续数小时。

The internal clock, controlled by a tiny brain region, gets conflicting signals, and the grogginess can linger for hours.

那你应该怎么做呢？

So what do you do instead?

我要和你分享一件事。

I am going to share something with you.

这有点奇怪，但我希望你试试。

It's a little weird, but I want you to try it.

我想让你尝试一种叫做‘未来的你正在呼叫’的闹钟。

I want you to try something called the future you is calling alarm.

我从来不喜欢‘闹钟’这个词，因为我们一想到闹钟就会联想到火警。

Now I've never loved the word alarm because we think about alarms as a fire alarm.

当有警报、有危险时，想象一下你是在被电击中以从危险中惊醒。

When there's an alert, when there's some danger, imagine you actually shocking yourself to wake up out of danger.

但试试‘未来的你正在呼叫’吧。

But try the future you is calling.

睡觉前，录一段十到十五秒的语音备忘录，假装你是六个月后的自己。

Before bed, record a ten-fifteen second voice memo pretending you are you from six months in the future.

甚至可以是那个早晨的你。

It could even be that morning.

别用那些空洞的励志话，要奇怪地具体，带点戏剧性。

Not motivational fluff, make it oddly specific and slightly dramatic.

比如，嘿，是我。

For example, Hey, it's you.

我正站在你梦想的生活的厨房里。

I'm literally standing in the kitchen of the life you wanted.

别按贪睡键，今天就是让我走到这一步的日子之一。

Don't hit snooze, today is one of the days that got me here.

而且，你还是讨厌匆忙的早晨。

Also, you still hate rushed mornings.

对吧？

Right?

这只是一个例子。

That's just an example.

把这段录音设为你的闹铃。

Set that recording as your alarm.

这就是为什么这个方法有效。

And here's why this works.

你的大脑不会预料到这是你自己的声音。

Your brain doesn't expect your own voice.

它打破了自动模式。

It breaks the autopilot.

未来的你引发的是好奇，而不是抗拒。

Future you creates curiosity instead of dread.

它将起床重新定义为时间旅行，而不是义务。

It reframes waking up as time travel, not obligation.

你可以把手机放在卧室外面，只有当你站起来走到手机旁时，才能听到消息的结尾。

And you can put your phone outside your bedroom and only allow yourself to hear the ending of the message if you stand up and walk to it.

我觉得这个例子最有趣的地方在于，我们完全在欺骗大脑。

What I find fascinating about this example is that we are completely tricking the brain.

对吧？

Right?

我们通常以为必须强迫自己起床。

Usually think we have to force ourselves out of bed.

我们通常得想办法激发那种能量。

Usually we have to find a way to get that energy.

当你早上听到自己的声音说：现在起床对我们来说意义重大。

When you hear your own voice in the morning that says, it would mean so much for us to wake up right now.

因为如果我们现在起床，我们真的会很开心，猜猜为什么？

Because if we wake up right now, we'll actually be really happy because guess what?

你脑子里有个声音在告诉你：睡吧，睡吧，睡吧。

There's a voice in your head telling you go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep.

而我们内心的力量不足以与之抗衡。

And we're not strong enough to fight it in our head.

所以闹钟替你做到了这一点。

And that's why the alarm does that for you.

对吧？

Right?

让闹钟用你自己的声音告诉你，你想要起床的理由、你想要拥有的精彩一天、你想要打造的人生。

Having an alarm that's your voice telling you the reasons you want to wake up, the amazing day you want to have, the life you want to build.

通过这种方式鼓励你，实际上是将那种强大的、充满动力的、有意识的声音外化，在潜意识接管之前就发挥作用。

To encourage you specifically is actually allowing you to externalize that powerful voice, that motivated voice, that conscious voice before the subconscious takes over.

潜意识在说：继续躺着吧，按一下贪睡按钮，再多睡一会儿。

The subconscious is saying, just lie in, hit the snooze button, sleep in more.

这没关系。

It doesn't matter.

不会有什么影响。

It won't make a difference.

那时你的有意识思维已经关闭了。

And your conscious mind at that time is switched off.

它没有能力进行反击。

It doesn't have the ability to fight back.

所以，用你的有意识思维来创建一个有意识的闹钟。

So use your conscious mind to create a conscious alarm.

我也希望你认真考虑，如果需要的话，把闹钟移到房间的另一头。

I also want you to seriously consider moving your alarm across the room if you need to.

站起来这个动作会引发血压变化，向你的大脑发出清醒的信号。

The physical act of standing upright triggers a blood pressure change that signals wakefulness to your brain.

但语音提醒才是关键。

But the voice note alarm is key.

这是一个微小的决定，却能形成巨大的习惯。

It's a micro decision that becomes a macro habit.

第二步。

Step number two.

现在你需要让阳光照进你的眼睛。

Now you want sunlight in your eyes.

免费的药物。

The free drug.

这可能是整个清单中影响最大的一件事，而且完全不需要你付出任何成本。

This might be the single most impactful thing on the entire list and it costs you absolutely nothing.

在醒来后的前三十分钟到六十分钟内，到户外让眼睛暴露在自然阳光下十到二十分钟。

Within the first thirty-sixty minutes of waking up, get outside and expose your eyes to natural sunlight for ten to twenty minutes.

我知道这听起来好像很长。

Now I know that sounds like a long time.

你可以边喝早咖啡，边在户外做点小运动，或者边走边打电话，但最好别在窗后，也别戴太阳镜。

You could have your morning coffee, you could do a small workout outside, you could pace and take a phone call if you wanted to, not through a window ideally, not through sunglasses.

在户外，让光线直接照射到你的视网膜上。

Outside with the light hitting your retinas.

以下是科学原理，真的非常有趣。

Here is the science, and it is genuinely fascinating.

你的眼睛里含有专门的细胞，称为内在光敏视网膜神经节细胞（ipRGCs），它们几乎与视觉无关。

Your eyes contain specialized cells called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells or IPRGCs that have almost nothing to do with vision.

它们的功能是检测环境光线，并将计时信号直接发送到我之前提到的大脑主时钟区域。

Their job is to detect ambient light and send timing signals directly to the part of the brain that is the master clock I mentioned earlier.

这个信号会同时产生多种作用。

That signal does several things simultaneously.

首先，它会引发一次健康的皮质醇激增。

First, it triggers a healthy pulse of cortisol.

不过别紧张，皮质醇常被误认为是压力激素。

Now before you panic, cortisol gets a bad reputation as the stress hormone.

但早晨的皮质醇觉醒反应与长期压力导致的皮质醇完全不同。

But the morning cortisol awakening response is not the same thing as chronic stress cortisol.

多项同行评审期刊的研究表明，这种自然的晨间激增在醒来后约三十到四十五分钟达到高峰，能提升警觉性、支持免疫功能，并为全天的情绪状态奠定基础。

Research published in multiple peer reviewed journals shows that this natural morning surge, which peaks about thirty-forty five minutes after waking, promotes alertness, supports immune function, and sets the emotional baseline for your entire day.

大约百分之七十七的健康人群都会经历这种反应，而光照会使其向更积极的方向增强。

About seventy seven percent of healthy people experience this response, and light exposure amplifies it in the right direction.

其次，同样的光信号会告诉松果体开始十四小时的褪黑素生成倒计时。

Second, that same light signal tells your pineal gland to start the fourteen hour countdown to melatonin production.

这意味着早晨的阳光不仅能帮你清醒，还能直接为今晚的优质睡眠做准备。

That means morning sunlight doesn't just help you wake up, it directly programs better sleep tonight.

这看似是一次十五分钟的散步，实则是一笔二十四小时的投资。

It's a twenty four hour investment disguised as a fifteen minute walk.

第三，这一点让我很惊讶：对办公室职员的研究发现，那些在中午前获得更强烈光照的人，仅仅五天后在认知表现测试中的得分就显著更高。

Third, and this one surprised me, research on office workers found that those who got significantly more bright light exposure before noon scored substantially higher on cognitive performance tests after just five days.

五天！

Five days!

西北大学的一项独立研究发现，那些在白天较早时段获得大部分光照的人，体重比那些在较晚时段才获得光照的人更低。

And separate work from Northwestern University found that people who got the majority of their light exposure earlier in the day had lower body weight compared to those who got light later.

所以，这里有一个实用的建议：醒来后外出散步十到二十分钟。

So here is the practical step: Walk outside for ten-twenty minutes after waking.

可以把这个习惯和喝咖啡、遛狗，或者只是站在门廊上结合起来。

Combine it with your coffee, your dog walk, or just standing on your porch.

在阴天，你仍然能获得多得多的照度。

On overcast days, you are still getting significantly more lux.

这是任何室内灯光都无法提供的光照强度单位。

That's the unit of light intensity than any indoor light provides.

如果你醒来时天还是全黑的，可以使用一台10,000 lux的光疗灯，将其置于与眼睛齐平的位置，照射二十到三十分钟。

If it is pitch dark when you wake up, use a 10,000 lux light therapy lamp positioned at eye level for twenty-thirty minutes.

在窗边时别戴太阳镜。

And skip the sunglasses during the window.

普通眼镜和隐形眼镜没问题，但你的眼睛需要完整的光谱光照。

Regular glasses and contacts are fine but your eyes need that full spectrum light input.

当然，别为了强调这一点而直视太阳。

Obviously don't stare directly at the sun just to point it out.

但光照非常重要。

But light exposure is huge.

它能帮助你睡得更好。

Helping you sleep better.

它能帮助你更清醒地醒来。

It's helping you wake better.

它能帮助你拥有更好的精力。

It's helping you have better energy.

我知道你在想什么，杰伊，我怎么才能获得这十到二十分钟呢？

And here I know what you're saying, Jay, how do I get ten to twenty minutes?

我明白。

I get it.

即使你只能从一两分钟开始。

Even if you can start with one or two.

如果你能从一两分钟开始，这将对你的生活产生巨大影响，我希望你能试一试。

If you can start with one or two minutes, it will make a huge difference in your life and I hope you'll give it a go.

第三步：90秒的冷水刺激。

Step number three, The ninety second cold shock.

我向你保证，不会让你在凌晨4点泡冰浴，但请继续听下去。

I promise you no 4AM ice baths, but stay with me.

在你跳过之前，我不会让你去泡二十分钟的冰浴。

Before you skip ahead, I am not going to tell you to take a twenty minute ice bath.

我会告诉你一件更简单的事情，而且从神经科学的角度来看，也更有趣。

I am going to tell you to do something much simpler and honestly, much more interesting from a neuroscience perspective.

在你正常淋浴结束时，把水调成冷水，持续60到90秒。

At the end of your normal shower, turn the water to cold for sixty to ninety seconds.

就是这样。

That's it.

在接下来的六十到九十秒内，你的身体会发生以下变化。

Here is what happens in your body during those sixty to ninety seconds.

冷水会激活你的交感神经系统，即战斗或逃跑反应，从而引发去甲肾上腺素和肾上腺素的快速释放。

Cold water activates your sympathetic nervous system, the fight or flight response, which triggers a rapid release of norepinephrine and adrenaline.

这些神经递质正是负责警觉性、注意力和情绪提升的物质。

These are the same neurotransmitters responsible for alertness, attention, and mood elevation.

这本质上是一种天然的兴奋剂。

It's essentially a natural stimulant.

但更有趣的发现是关于冷暴露之后发生的变化。

But the more interesting research is about what happens after the cold exposure.

一项关于冷水浸泡的研究发现，仅仅十五分钟的冷暴露后三小时，皮质醇水平和负面情绪评分都显著降低。

A study looking at cold water immersion found that cortisol levels and negative mood ratings were both measurably lower three hours after just fifteen minutes of cold exposure.

因此，最初的刺激让你清醒，但后续效应实际上是让你一整天的早晨都保持更平静、更有韧性的心态。

So the initial shock wakes you up, but the downstream effect is actually a calmer, more resilient baseline for the rest of your morning.

这是一个非常引人注目的发现。

And here is the really compelling finding.

一项针对每周进行两到三次规律性冷水暴露持续十二周的人群的研究显示，仅仅四周后，他们对冷水的皮质醇反应就显著降低。

Research on people who did regular cold exposure just two-three times per week for twelve weeks showed that their cortisol response to the cold dropped significantly after only four weeks.

身体已经适应了。

The body has adapted.

但关键的是，研究人员相信这种适应具有普遍性，意味着你的身体也可能更擅长应对其他压力源的皮质醇反应：工作压力、人际关系压力、日常生活中的混乱。

But critically, researchers believe this adaptation generalizes, meaning your body may also become better at managing cortisol responses to other stresses: work stress, relational stress, the daily chaos of life.

你实际上是在训练你的神经系统，使其反应不那么敏感。

You are essentially training your nervous system to be less reactive.

还有一个让我着迷的神经学角度。

There is also a neurological angle that fascinates me.

你的皮肤上冷感受器的密度远高于热感受器，尤其是在面部，每平方厘米可能有十个或更多的冷感受点，而热感受点只有两个左右。

Your skin has a significantly higher density of cold receptors than warm receptors, especially on your face, where you might have 10 or more cold sensing spots per square centimeter for every two warm sensing ones.

冷水作用于面部会通过所谓的潜水反射激活迷走神经，使你的神经系统转向副交感神经模式。

Cold water on your face activates the vagus nerve through what is called the dive reflex, which shifts your nervous system toward the parasympathetic mode.

这就像一个重置按钮。

It is a reset button.

以下是实用步骤：在你常规的温水淋浴结束时，将水温调至冷，坚持停留六十到九十秒。

Here is the practical step: At the end of your regular warm shower, turn the dial to cold and stay in for just sixty-ninety seconds.

专注于在不适中缓慢而稳定地呼吸。

Focus on breathing slowly and steadily through the discomfort.

如果冷水淋浴感觉太强烈，可以先从用冷水泼脸和后颈三十秒开始。

If a cold shower feels too extreme, start with just splashing cold water on your face and the back of your neck for thirty seconds.

即使这种部分接触也能激活迷走神经并引发去甲肾上腺素反应。

Even that partial exposure activates the vagus nerve and triggers a norepinephrine response.

逐步增加强度，目标不是受苦。

Build up from there, the goal isn't to suffer.

目标是通过有控制的短暂不适来重塑你的压力耐受能力。

The goal is controlled, brief discomfort that rewires your stress tolerance.

我现在一直在尝试所有这些方法。

Now I've been trying all of these out.

早晨的语音闹钟对我来说效果非常好。

The voice alarm in the morning worked incredibly well for me.

关于晒太阳，我还没能坚持十到二十分钟，但哪怕只做一到两分钟也好。

To sunlight, I haven't been able to do ten to twenty minutes, but even just doing the one to two minutes.

我刚开始测试这套方法时，曾经连续三十天每天坚持十到二十分钟。

I did ten to twenty minutes when I first tested this out for like thirty days.

我的日程越来越忙，所以我现在至少会争取一到两分钟的直接日光照射。

My schedule has got busier, so I'm trying to do one to two minutes at least of direct sun exposure.

而这一个，六十到九十秒，简直是改变游戏规则的突破。

And this one, the sixty to ninety seconds is an absolute game changer.

这些方法全部都是免费的。

These are all free.

你不需要下载任何应用程序。

You don't have to download an app.

你也不需要学习任何新东西。

You don't have to learn anything new.

第四步，运动七分钟，而不是六十分钟。

Step number four, move for seven minutes, not sixty.

关于晨间习惯，最大的一个误区是，你需要完成一整场健身房训练才能获得运动带来的神经化学益处。

One of the biggest myths about morning routines is that you need a full gym session to get the neurochemical benefits of exercise.

其实不需要，研究已经证明了这一点。

You don't, and the research proves it.

美国运动医学学院发表的一项研究验证了如今被称为‘七分钟锻炼’的训练方式——这是一种由12个自重动作组成的高强度循环训练，每个动作30秒，中间有短暂休息。

A study published by the American College of Sports Medicine validated what is now known as the seven minute workout, a high intensity circuit of 12 body weight exercises, thirty seconds each with brief rest intervals.

研究结果表明，这种短时间的运动足以引发显著的心血管和代谢益处，在多项指标上可媲美更长时间的中等强度运动。

The findings showed that this short burst of activity was sufficient to trigger meaningful cardiovascular and metabolic benefits, comparable in several measures to much longer moderate intensity sessions.

但我想让你从大脑的角度重点关注这一点。

But here is what I want you to focus on from a brain perspective.

当你早晨活动身体时，你不仅仅是在燃烧卡路里。

When you move your body in the morning, you are not just burning calories.

你从神经层面正在做四件事：第一。

You are doing four things neurologically: one.

你正在增加流向前额叶皮层的血流量，这是负责决策、规划和冲动控制的大脑区域。

You are increasing blood flow to the prefrontal cortex, the seat of decision making, planning, and impulse control.

这是你大脑在睡醒后最慢才完全激活的部分，而运动能加速这一过程。

This is the part of your brain that is slowest to come fully online after sleep and movement accelerates that process.

二。

Two.

你正在促使脑源性神经营养因子（BDNF）的释放，这本质上是神经元的肥料。

You are triggering the release of BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor, which is essentially fertilizer for your neurons.

BDNF促进新的神经连接的形成，并强化现有的神经连接。

BDNF promotes the growth of new neural connections and strengthens existing ones.

它是学习、记忆和认知灵活性最重要的分子之一。

It is one of the most important molecules for learning, memory, and cognitive flexibility.

三，你正在让大脑充满内啡肽、血清素和多巴胺，这三种是调节情绪的关键神经递质。

Three, you are flooding your brain with endorphins serotonin and dopamine, the trifecta of mood regulating transmitters.

这不仅仅是感觉良好。

This isn't just feeling good.

这些化学物质会直接影响你之后数小时内的专注力、动机和情绪调节能力。

These chemicals directly affect your capacity for focus, motivation, and emotional regulation for hours afterward.

第四。

And four.

身体活动，尤其是户外进行时，会创造神经科学家所说的视觉流动状态。

Physical movement, especially if done outside, creates a state that neuroscientists call optic flow.

当你走路或跑步时，视觉世界从你身边流过，会激活大脑中降低杏仁核活性的回路，而杏仁核是你负责威胁检测的中心。

When you walk or run and the visual world streams past you, it activates circuits in your brain that reduce activity in the amygdala, your threat detection center.

这是散步感觉如此平静的原因之一。

It's one of the reasons walking feels so calming.

这不仅仅是锻炼，更是视觉处理的过程。

It's not just the exercise, it's the visual processing.

以下是实际的步骤。

Here is the practical step.

进行七分钟的自重运动。

Do seven minutes of bodyweight movement.

俯卧撑、深蹲、弓步、开合跳。

Push ups, squats, lunges, jumping jacks.

任何能让你心率加快的运动。

Anything that elevates your heart rate.

如果你想要结构化的安排，可以搜索‘科学七分钟锻炼’，它是免费且广泛可用的。

If you want structure, search for the scientific seven minute workout and it is free and widely available.

如果七分钟觉得太多，那就从三分钟开始。

If seven minutes feels like too much, start with three.

想穿睡衣做也没关系。

Do it in your pajamas if you want.

入门门槛应该几乎为零。

The barrier to entry should be almost zero.

你不是在为马拉松训练。

You are not training for a marathon.

你是在告诉你的大脑：新的一天开始了。

You are telling your brain that the day has begun.

我一直觉得，我们长期以来对必须完成一整套锻炼施加了太多压力。

I think for so long we have just put so much pressure on needing an entire workout.

我知道你在想什么，杰伊，七分钟能有什么用？

And I know what you are thinking, Jay, what's seven minutes gonna do?

让我告诉你它能带来什么。

Here's what it's gonna do.

它会给你能量和动力，让你做到十四分钟、三十分钟，甚至愿意投入更多时间。

It's gonna give you the energy and the motivation to do fourteen minutes, to do thirty minutes, to try and invest more time.

我认为，作为人类，我们容易陷入完美主义的心态。

I think as humans, we get into this perfectionist mentality.

非此即彼。

It's either or.

我要么就做一次完美的锻炼，要么就什么都不做。

I'm either going do an amazing workout or nothing at all.

我意识到，只要出现并完成一次简单的锻炼，就能为我们带来继续做更多事情的能量。

And I've realized that showing up and doing a simple workout is what gives us energy to do even more.

第五步。

Step number five.

大脑倾倒日记，这是我个人变化最大的一步。

The Brain Dump Journal This is the step that changed the most for me personally.

也是我认为大多数人低估的一步。

And it is the one I think most people underestimate.

写日记。

Journaling.

但不是你可能以为的那种方式。

But not in the way you probably think.

我不是在说写日记。

I am not talking about keeping a diary.

我不是在说每天早上写三页自由联想的内容，尽管那很棒。

I am not talking about writing three pages of stream of consciousness every morning, although that is amazing.

我指的是一个具体、有结构的五到十分钟的练习，它有数十年的同行评审研究支持。

I am talking about a specific, structured, five-ten minute practice that has decades of peer reviewed research behind it.

这项基础性研究来自德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的心理学家詹姆斯·彭尼贝克。

The foundational work comes from psychologist James Penbaker at the University of Texas at Austin.

他的研究聚焦于他所称的‘表达性写作’，证明了仅用短短十五到二十分钟写下自己的想法和情绪，尤其是压力相关的感受，就能显著改善心理健康和身体健康。

His research on what he called expressive writing demonstrated that writing about your thoughts and emotions, particularly stressful ones, for as little as fifteen-twenty minutes produces measurable improvements in both mental and physical health.

我们谈论的是血压降低、肝功能改善、免疫力增强以及就医次数减少。

We are talking about reduced blood pressure, improved liver function, stronger immune response, and fewer doctor visits.

这些效果都来自写作！

From writing!

加州大学洛杉矶分校的神经影像研究帮助解释了其中的原因。

Neuroimaging research from UCLA helps explain why.

表达性写作能激活前额叶皮层，同时抑制杏仁核的活动。

Expressive writing activates the prefrontal cortex while simultaneously dampening activity in the amygdala.

因此，将混乱的情绪体验转化为有条理的语言，实际上是在重新平衡你的理性大脑与恐惧大脑之间的关系。

So the act of translating chaotic emotional experiences into structured language literally rebalances the relationship between your thinking brain and your fear brain.

而且情况还会更好。

And it gets better.

研究表明，坚持写日记的人皮质醇水平最多可降低23%。

Research has shown that regular journaling practice can reduce cortisol levels by up to 23 in consistent practitioners.

一项针对重度抑郁症患者的研究发现，仅进行五天的表达性写作后，抑郁评分就有显著改善。

A study on people with major depressive disorder found significant improvements in depression scores after just five days of expressive writing.

一项对20项随机对照试验的荟萃分析证实，写日记是治疗焦虑和创伤后应激障碍的有效辅助干预手段。

And a meta analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials confirmed that journaling is an effective adjunct intervention for anxiety and PTSD.

我还觉得特别有趣的是。

Here is what I also find fascinating.

发表在《正念》期刊上的一项研究发现，每天早晨仅花十分钟进行正念日记的人，自我控制力更强，全天更不容易放弃其他习惯。

A study published in the journal Mindfulness found that people who practice mindful journaling for just ten minutes each morning showed greater self control and were less likely to abandon their other habits throughout the day.

因此，写日记不仅帮助你处理情绪，还能强化自律所需的神经基础。

So journaling doesn't just help you process emotions, it strengthens the neural infrastructure for discipline itself.

我知道你在想什么，杰伊：我该写些什么呢？

And I know what you are thinking Jay, what do I write about?

也许我没什么可写的。

Maybe I won't have anything to say.

也许我会迷失或卡住。

Maybe I will get lost or stuck.

我发现，即使只是尝试记住自己的梦境，也是一个绝佳的起点。

I found that even just trying to remember my dreams was an incredible place to start.

我记得我只是写下早晨的感受——无论我是疲惫、沮丧，还是担心某事，这都很有帮助。

I remember just writing about how I felt in the morning whether I was tired, upset, worried about something was just useful.

它不必完美。

It didn't have to be perfect.

它不必是需要上交考试的作业，这难道不奇怪吗？

It didn't have to be something that I'd have to hand in for an exam or and it's weird isn't it?

我们怎么都把自己训练得以为写作就像考试，必须表现得完美无缺。

How we've all programmed ourselves to think like when you're writing it's like it's a test, it's an exam, it's going to be amazing.

没人会读到这些。

No one's ever going to read this.

这是写给你自己的。

It's for you.

以下是实际步骤：每天早上花五到十分钟手写。

Here is the practical step: Every morning, spend five-ten minutes writing by hand.

是的，手写很重要，因为 handwriting 会激活与打字不同的运动和认知回路。

And yes, by hand matters, because handwriting engages different motor and cognitive circuits than typing.

回答三个简单的提示：一。

Answer three simple prompts: one.

今天我真正感激的是什么？

What am I genuinely grateful for today?

感恩日记本身就有大量证据表明，它能提升积极情绪并对抗抑郁思维模式。

Gratitude journaling has its own body of evidence for boosting positive effect and counteracting depressive thought patterns.

二。

Two.

今天我最需要完成的单一重要事情是什么？

What is the single most important thing I need to accomplish today?

这迫使你进行优先级排序，并激活前额叶皮层进行规划。

This forces prioritization and activates your prefrontal cortex for planning.

三。

Three.

我需要从脑海中清除的一个想法或担忧是什么？

What is one thought or worry I need to get out of my head?

这是表达性写作的部分。

This is the expressive writing piece.

你正在将侵入性想法外化，使它们不再占用工作记忆。

You are externalizing intrusive thoughts so they stop consuming working memory.

你正在 literally 释放认知带宽。

You are literally freeing up cognitive bandwidth.

三个问题，五分钟，重启说它有效。

Three questions, five minutes, the reset says it works.

第六步：延迟刷屏，保护你的第一个小时。

Step six: Delay the scroll Protect your first hour.

最后这一步可能最容易理解，但也最难真正做到。

This last step might be the simplest to understand and the hardest to actually do.

这可能是最重要的一步。

And it might also be the most important.

在醒来后的前六十分钟内，不要查看手机，不要收发邮件，不要浏览社交媒体，不要看新闻。

Do not check your phone, no email, no social media, no news for the first sixty minutes after waking up.

以下是为什么这一点从神经科学的角度来看如此重要的原因。

Here is why this matters so much from a neuroscience perspective.

还记得我提到过，醒来后的第一个小时，你的大脑处于高度可塑的状态吗？

Remember that I mentioned your brain is in a highly programmable state in the first hour after waking?

从睡眠到完全清醒的过渡，涉及大脑波从θ波和α波向β波的转变。

The transition from sleep to full wakefulness involves a shift from theta and alpha brain waves to beta.

在这一过渡期间，你的大脑对外部信息异常敏感。

During that transition, your brain is exceptionally receptive to external input.

它正在为一整天形成情感和认知框架。

It is forming the emotional and cognitive framework for the entire day.

当你一醒来就立即查看手机时，你正在对你的神经化学产生非常特定的影响。

When you immediately check your phone, you are doing something very specific to your neurochemistry.

每个通知、每封邮件、每条社交媒体动态都会引发微量的多巴胺释放，这是一种与寻求奖励行为相关的神经递质。

Every notification, every email, every social media post triggers micro doses of dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with reward seeking behavior.

但这种多巴胺并不是来自成就感的满足感，

But it is not the satisfied content dopamine of accomplishment.

而是源于对新鲜感的不安渴望。

It is the restless craving dopamine of novelty seeking.

你正在大脑最具可塑性的窗口期，训练它变得反应性而非有意识地主动。

You are training your brain in its most impressionable window to be reactive rather than intentional.

研究表明，早上一醒来就查看邮件和社交媒体会增加压力水平，分散注意力，降低你后续进入深度专注工作的能力。

Research has shown that checking email and social media first thing in the morning increases stress levels and fragments attention, reducing your ability to enter deep, focused work later.

你本质上是在自己尚未确立个人基调之前，就让他人的情绪议程——他们的邮件、帖子和新闻周期——决定了你一整天的情绪基调。

You are essentially letting other people's agendas, their emails, their posts, their news cycles set the emotional tone of your day before you've had a chance to set your own.

而且这种影响会累积放大。

And there's a compounding effect.

神经科学家安德鲁·休伯曼曾多次强调，在一天的最初几小时里保持自身心理框架的重要性。

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman has talked extensively about the importance of staying within your own mental frame during the first hours of the day.

当你拿起手机时，你就走出了自己的心理框架，进入了他人的世界。

When you pick up your phone, you're stepping out of your frame and into everyone else's.

来回切换的认知成本是真实存在的。

The cognitive cost of switching back is real.

这被称为注意力残留，研究表明，即使你把手机放下了，它仍会损害你对下一项任务的专注力。

It's called attention residue, and research shows it can impair your focus for the next task even after you've put the phone down.

此外，推迟摄入咖啡因还有一个较少人知道的好处，这与上述步骤相辅相成。

There is also a lesser known benefit to delaying caffeine, which pairs well with this step.

如果你太早喝咖啡，就会干扰身体自然的清除过程，导致你 later 更容易感到疲惫。

If you drink coffee too early, you interfere with that natural clearance process and you are more likely to crash later.

将第一杯咖啡推迟六十到九十分钟，意味着咖啡因会在你身体真正需要它时发挥作用，效果更持久，也不会出现剧烈的下滑。

Delaying your first cup by sixty to ninety minutes means the caffeine hits when your body actually needs it, and the effect lasts longer without a harsh drop off.

具体做法是：睡前把手机放到另一个房间。

Here is the practical step: put your phone in another room before bed.

或者至少，把手机屏幕朝下并关闭通知，直到你完成前五个步骤。

Or at minimum, keep it face down with notifications silenced until you have completed steps one through five.

用一个便宜的闹钟代替手机闹钟。

Use a cheap alarm clock instead of your phone alarm.

如果你需要循序渐进，可以先从延迟十分钟、二十分钟、三十分钟查看手机开始，逐步延长。

If you need to ease into this, start by delaying your phone check by just ten minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes and build from there.

用晒太阳散步、活动身体、写日记来取代刷屏。

Replace the scrolling with your sunlight walk, your movement, your journaling.

用有意图的行为代替无意识的反应。

Fill the space with intention rather than reaction.

如果你喝咖啡，不妨尝试在醒来后等待六十到九十分钟再喝第一杯。

And if you are a coffee drinker, experiment with waiting sixty-ninety minutes after waking before your first cup.

我向你保证，下午的你会感谢现在的你。

I promise your afternoon self will thank you.

非常感谢你的收听。

Thank you so much for listening.

我知道你可能无法从明天开始就完全做到这六个步骤。

I know that you might not be able to do all six of these steps starting tomorrow.

选择其中一个能带来改变的，等你适应后，每周再增加一个。

Choose one that makes a difference and add one every week after you feel comfortable with the one you have implemented.

我希望这能改变你的早晨。

I hope this transforms your morning.

我希望它能让你重新夺回你的时间和精力。

I hope it lets you retake back your time and your energy.

我迫不及待想看到你用这份 newfound 的韧性创造出什么。

And I can't wait to see what you go on to create with this new found resilience.

谢谢你的收听。

Thank you for listening.

我们很快再见。

I'll see you soon.

非常感谢你收听这场对话。

Thank you so much for listening to this conversation.

如果你喜欢这次对话，你一定会喜欢我和亚当·格兰特关于‘不适感是成长的关键’以及如何释放你潜在能力的对谈。

If you enjoyed it, you'll love my chat with Adam Grant on why discomfort is the key to growth and the strategies for unlocking your hidden potential.

如果你知道自己今年想要更多、成就更多，现在就去看看吧。

If you know you want to be more and achieve more this year, go check it out right now.

你今天设定了一个目标。

You set a goal today.

你在六个月后实现了它。

You achieve it in six months.

当目标达成时，你几乎会感到如释重负。

And then by the time it happens, it's almost a relief.

但你却感受不到意义和目的。

There's no sense of meaning and purpose.

你其实早有预料，如果没实现，你反而会失望。

You sort of expected it and you would have been disappointed if it didn't happen.

这是iHeart播客。

This is an iHeart podcast.

百分百真实人性。

Guaranteed Human.