I spent the entire day trying to write-to no avail-when my time would've been better spent simply reading or doing something else I enjoy.

我花了一整天的时间想要写点什么东西-完全没用-或许把这些时间用在一些简单的阅读或者做一些自己喜欢的事上会更好。

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Each animal viewed several nine-second video clips of other chimpanzees either yawning or doing something else.

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Every person in a gas line or a food line could be doing something else with his or her time.

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Email is the same way: Work on a draft while doing something else, go back a time or two and voila!

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