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Anti-Procrastination **This passage is actually translated from Chinese. I'd like your feedback so as to better my translation ability. So nitpick it your hardest. Original story is located here: http://www.douban.com/note/252618174/** The first time I saw him was that afternoon. I was passing my last ten minutes in the consultation room, getting a rock ready to smash my feet. Then he pushed open the door and came in. My rock was held up in the air, but I had no choice but to return it to the drawer. He looked on edge, his eyes darting uncontrollably, making me first diagnose him as a manic-depressive. I immediately pulled out the script from drawer #4 and adopted the corresponding posture and bearing. I leaned my upper half slightly forward, most importantly placing my elbows in a T-shape. This posture is said to be fastest at getting manic-depressive patients to share their troubles. I strictly adhered to these standards, and said “Hello” with the standard tone of voice. I’m not well, he said. I’m really not well. I’m here for of an important matter, an important matter relating to my personal fate. It’s almost too late. I needed to find you. You must save me. “Hm?” I hesitatingly deciphered his quickly-spoken words for a series of external symptoms but had no way of judging just what it was. This matter started with each morning three years ago. You can’t imagine how difficult mornings are for me, yet they’re incredibly simple for you all. Getting out of bed. I’m talking about getting out of bed. Just getting out of bed. For me, this is incomparably harder than Einstein discovering the Pauli Exclusion Principle… “It wasn’t Einstein.” Sorry, what did you say? “It wasn’t Einstein. It was Pauli.” You mean…? “The Pauli Exclusion Principle wasn’t discovered by Einstein. It was Pauli. Look, you already said it, sir.” Okay. But that’s of no importance. I became aware of two mistakes I made. One was cutting off the patient’s narrative, the second was carelessly calling them “sir.” This wasn’t a fine start. It could make diagnosis and treatment incredibly bothersome. But that’s how things were, so let’s hear what he has to say for the moment. ... **There's more to the story, but it's too long to put it all here.**

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The first time I saw him was that afternoon. 

 

I was spending my last ten minutes in the consultation room, getting a rock ready to smash my feet. Then he pushed open the door and came in. My rock was held up in the air, but I had no choice but to return it to the drawer.


He looked on edge, his eyes darting uncontrollably, making me first diagnose him as a manic-depressive.

I immediately pulled out the script from drawer #4 and adopted the corresponding posture and bearing.

I leaned my upper half slightly forward, most importantly placing my elbows in a T-shape.

This posture is said to be fastest at getting manic-depressive patients to share their troubles.

I strictly adhered to these standards, and said “Hello” with the standard tone of voice.

I’m not well, he said. I’m really not well. I’m here for of an important matter, an important matter relating to my personal fate. It’s almost too late. I needed to find you. You must save me.

“Hm?” I hesitatingly deciphered his quickly-spoken words for a series of external symptoms but had no way of judging just what it was.

This matter started with each morning three years ago. You can’t imagine how difficult mornings are for me, yet they’re incredibly simple for you all. Getting out of bed. I’m talking about getting out of bed. Just getting out of bed. For me, this is incomparably harder than Einstein discovering the Pauli Exclusion Principle…

“It wasn’t Einstein.”

Sorry, what did you say?

“It wasn’t Einstein. It was Pauli.”

You mean…?

“The Pauli Exclusion Principle wasn’t discovered by Einstein. It was Pauli. Look, you already said it, sir.”

Okay. But that’s of no importance.

I became aware of two mistakes I made. One was cutting off the patient’s narrative, the second was carelessly calling them “sir.” This wasn’t a fine start. It could make diagnosis and treatment incredibly bothersome.

But that’s how things were, so let’s hear what he has to say for the moment.

...

**There's more to the story, but it's too long to put it all here.**

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