Are you a procrastinator（拖拉者）？It's a common problem． And it can be harmful， as previous research has shown that people who procrastinate have higher levels of stress and lower well-being， reported the Asoociation for psychological Science in the US． But a new study has found a way to deal with problem： Be more connected to your future self．
Psychologists think that each person believe that they are really two people： "Present Me" and "Future Me"． "people act as if they perfer their current selves" needs and desires to those of their future selves，" wrote pyschologists Neil Lewis and Daphna Oyserman．
Oyserman and Lewis decided to try to find a way to make "Present Me"imagine exactly how "Future Me" would feel the night before a big paper was due， though "Present Me" hadn't started yet． They made "Present Me" think about a far-off event as a number of days away， not months or years．
Thinking about events in this way meant that something like a friend's wedding seemed 16.3 days sooner when considered in days rather than months and 11.4 months sooner when considered in months rather than years．
The researchers also tried to find out whether people would take action sooner if they were told a certain event was happening in X days rather than years． For example ， participants imagined they had a newborn child， and that the child would need to go to college in either 18 years or 6570 days． The researchers found those in the "days"condition planned to start saving four times sooner than those in the"years" condition．
So if you think of your life in days instead of years， you may get things done quicker．



What did Oyserman and Lewis intend to do through their study？ ______

A. To work on a solution to test if someone is a procrastinator．
B. To find out whether human beings usually have two different characters
C. To discover procrastinators are more likely to have a lower sense of well-being
D. To prove it's helpful to connect our current selves more with future selves．

The underlined part "this way"in paragraph 4 refers to " ______ "

A. setting up tough deadlines
B. following schedules strictly
C. counting in smaller units of time
D. imagining how your future self will feel

What helps prevent people from procrastinating？ ______

A. Comparing their future selves with present selves
B. Considering their current selves" nees and desires．
C. Thinking about far-off events in days rather than years
D. Marking important events on a calendar as a reminder

What does the passage mainly talk about？ ______

A. A way to get things done in time．
B. The harmful effects of procrastinating
C. The reason to overlook future needs and desires
D. The way to reduce stress and improve happiness