One truly bad thing about vacations: Eventually, they end. Recently, Quartz writer Jenni Avins interviewed psychologist and time-perception expert Marc Wittmann about this unfortunate truth, and Wittmann provided some useful advice for slowing down the precious few hours you have away from work. For one, he advises, rein in your Type A tendencies, and resist the urge to over-plan your travels.

假期总是美好的。然鹅，假期总是会过去的。放完假的人们常常觉得假期太短。认知心理学家Marc Wittmann认为这是典型的“假期效应”。他建议人们放缓假期脚步，更好地享受生活;放假时要避免过度计划，相反地，放慢节奏，假期会变得“更长”。

Time is a complicated phenomenon, and this is grossly simplifying things, but the gist here is this: Anything that takes you out of the moment will make the minutes feel like they’re passing more quickly. Pre-planning every last moment of your trip is nice, in a way, because it lets you go on autopilot; you don’t have to make a decision about what to do on the second afternoon of your trip, because you already know you’ve booked a harbor cruise (or whatever).

时间是一个复杂的概念，简单来说是这样的：当你不能活在当下时，会感觉时间过得很快。提前计划度假途中的每一个项目原本是明智的选择，这让你不会手忙脚乱;如果提前订好了假期第二天的观光船船票，就不用在半路上想明天要干什么。

Leaving room for spontaneity, on the other hand, means you have to think each moment through. Should you go for a walk, or have another beer? These are the important decisions that plant you firmly in the here and the now, and that makes for a trip that seems to last just a little bit longer. Alas, when on vacation – if you’re not careful – time works in the opposite way that it seems to on Tuesdays.

顺势而为，则意味着需要思考当前发生的所有事情。现在是要去散步，还是去喝啤酒?这些决定能帮助你更好地活在当下，思考当前的事情，这样假期会显得稍长一些。哎呀，一不小心，就把假期过程了星期二。