四个tips帮你坚持新年志向，迎接新的自己

At some point in your life you've probably heard the adage, "Wherever you go, there you are".
你一生中某个时刻大概会听到这句格言："身在，心在。"
Lots of people think that they can magically improve their lives just by moving to a new city, or finding new friends, or quitting their jobs to become a full-time digital nomad and travel all the time.
很多人觉得他们可以通过搬去一个新的城市，找到新的朋友，或者是辞掉工作，成为全职数字游民（自由职业，或是在家坐班的人群），可以到处旅游，改善生活。
And sometimes they're right.
有时候他们是对的。
Sometimes your environment or the people around you really are holding you back, and they are the reason why you're unhappy or unable to get anything done.
有时候所处的环境或者是周围的人确实在阻碍你进步，他们是你不快乐或者是不成功的原因。
But more often than not, you make this big change, you find yourself in your new surroundings and you're dealing with the exact same problems.
但是通常的情况是，你做出了巨大的改变，你身处新的环境当中，但是你要面对的却是完全相同的问题。
And that's because you can't run away from who you are.
那是因为你根本没有摆脱原来的那个自己。
You can't run away from your own shortcomings, your bad habits, your tendency to commit to way to many things.
你无法逃离原来的缺点，坏习惯，处理事情的方式。
Whether you find yourself waking up in suburban Colorado or a beach in Bali, these things remain with you, unless you work to confront them and change them.
不管你是到了科罗拉多的郊区，还是巴厘岛的沙滩，这些事情都会一直跟随着你除非你试着去克服它们，改变它们。
Wherever you go, there you are.
不管你在哪里，你还是你。
And the same applies to when.
同样的情形也适用于时间。
The new year isn't some exotic destination that's going to solve all of your problems.
新年并不是什么奇异世界，能够解决你所有的问题。
You won't magically gain limitless discipline or a stress-free schedule, just because your phone's lock screen says 2020 instead of 2019.
你不会突然一下变得极端自律，或者得到轻松的日程安排，就因为你的手机锁屏显示的是2020而非是2019。
Oh, and those distracting Instagram notifications won't go away either unless you turn them off.
那些烦人的ins通知也并不会消失，除非你自己把它给关闭了。
In fact, believing that next year will somehow be different is nearly the same as believing that you'll get stuff done more efficiently next week.
事实上，相信明年会有不同和相信你在下周能够更有效率地完成事情基本是一样的。
In both cases you are assuming that your future self will somehow have more time, more energy, more motivation.
在这两种情况下，你都是在假设未来的那个自己会有更多时间，更多精力和动力。
How?
怎么能够呢？
Well, somehow.
可能出于某种原因可以吧。
In fact that very question is something that future you will be better equipped to answer, right?
其实关键问题是未来的你将会更加自如地处理那些事情，对吧？
There is a difference though.
还是有所不同的。
Unlike a new week, the new year holds a certain psychological significance.
和新的一周不同，新的一年有一定的心理方面的意义。
Even though we know logically that dates are just arbitrary markers, there's still something special about January 1.
即使我们知道理论上日期不过是随意的标志，然而1月1号这一天还是有点不同的。
There's a feeling of a new beginning in the air, and this feeling, this psychological significance gives most of us a motivational boost that we don't get at any other time of the year.
会有一种全新开始的感觉，这种感觉，这种心理意义会给我们大多数人一种一年中的其他时间都不能给予我们的激励。
But, this is a fleeting boost.
但是，这种激励是转瞬即逝的。
It's a caffeine high.
就像咖啡因上头了一样。
So instead of tricking yourself into believing that it'll stick around and finally push you into getting into better shape than Rocky, while also meditating, and taking cold showers, and practicing piano three hours a day, every single day without fail, until you gain the respect and adoration of every single person in your city, and are buried with the key to that city, instead respect it for what it is.
不要欺骗自己相信它会一直存在，相信它最后总会敦促你把身材练得比"洛奇"还好，同时还要冥想，洗冷水澡，每天练三个小时钢琴，从不间断，直到你获得你城市里所有人的尊重和敬仰，变成对这座城市具有非常意义的人，还是尊重它本身的样子吧。
It is a temporary boost of motivation.
这是非常短暂的激励而已。
And you can either burn through it, starting something that you won't stick to, or you can use it intelligently and start building some long term habits.
你可以鸡血上头把它一次性燃尽，做一些你并不会坚持下去的事情，或者，以一种更加机智的方式利用它，开始养成一些长期的目标。
So, assuming that you want to do the later, here are four things you can do to make sure that it actually happens.
所以，假设你想要做到后者的话，有四件事情你需要保证做到。
First, get started now.
首先，现在就着手去做。
The anticipation of the New Year itself is powerful.
对于新年的期待本身是非常具有力量的。
If you can't go to the gym today, you can at least do some pushups at home.
如果你今天不能去健身房，至少可以在家里做几个俯卧撑。
If you can't practice piano for two hours like you want to, well you can still practice for 15 minutes.
如果你不能像预想的那样练习两个小时钢琴，你还是可以练习十五分钟。
Remember, that the psychological significance of the New Year is powerful.
记住，新年的心理意义非常具有力量。
And in multiple ways, including the fact that it can trick us into believing we're going to have more time once January 1 rolls around than we really will.
而且有不同的作用方式，包括它可以欺骗我们去相信1月1号到来的话，我们会比实际拥有更多的时间。
And think about it, if you don't have two hours today to practice, and you didn't have two hours a day last week, or the week before, what's so special about the week after January 1st.
想象一下，如果你今天没有两个小时的时间练习的话，你上周每天也没有两个小时的时间，上上周也是的，那么1月1号的下一周又有什么特殊之处呢。
You're probably going to have the same exact limitations unless you take drastic action.
除非你采取强有力的行动，你很有可能还是受到相同条件的限制。
So start today with the time and the resources you have and keep that pattern going into the new year.
所以从今天就开始吧，利用你拥有的时间和资源，将那种模式延续到新的一年。
Secondly, set a resolution for a week time scale, not a year time scale.
第二，定一个时长为一周的目标，而不是一年的目标。
So instead of, "I'm gonna go to the gym every single day next year", say, "I will go to the gym and work out every single day for one week".
不要说"我明年每天都要去健身房"，要说的是"我下周每天都要去健身房锻炼"。
Then if you're successful, keep it going onto the next week.
如果你成功了的话，那就将其延续到下一周。
And if you're not, scale it back a bit.
如果没成功的话，那就把标准降低一点。
In other words, start small.
换句话说，从小处开始。
Again, that psychological significance of a new year brings a lot of motivational energy with it, but it's for starting, it's not gonna last long term and you can't rely on it.
再说一次，新年的心理意义携带着很多激励的能量，但是只适用于刚开始的时候，它并不能够长期地持续，你也不能依赖于此。
So instead set a small-scale goal that has a more limited, realistic time scale and prove to yourself that you can stick to it.
要定一个小一点的目标，在有限的、更加现实的时间轴上，向自己证明你可以坚持的。
Use that energy to have one good week.
利用那个力量开启另一周。
Three, you're not going to succeed if your health habits are broken right now.
第三，如果你目前的健康习惯不好的话，你是不会成功的。
And this is something that I often need to hear, so if you're a creative person like me or you have a lot of career goals, don't make those more ambitious than they currently are if right now you're not sleeping enough, or if you haven't had time to go to the gym or exercise lately, or if your diet's all out of wack.
我经常需要听到这句话，如果你是一个像我一样非常具有创造性的人，或者是拥有很多职业目标的话，如果你现在的睡眠时间已经不够了，不要让野心升级了，还有如果你最近没有时间去健身或者去锻炼，你的饮食非常紊乱的话。
And I know you've probably heard this a million times because I have too, and I wish that I was the kind of person who could just hear this once and then take it to heart forever, but I know myself.
我知道你可能已经听了很多遍了，因为我也是这样的，我希望我是那种听了一次就永远牢记于心的人，但是我了解我自己。
I get tunnel vision when it comes to my art goals, my career goals, my creative goals, and my health is often the first thing that I'll sacrifice.
当涉及我的艺术目标、职业目标、创作目标的时候，我的视野就非常狭窄，我的健康就经常是我首先会牺牲的东西。
It's kinda weird, right?
有点奇怪，对吧？
Our health and our time are kinda the first things we'll throw to the wayside whenever we get another kind of goal.
当我们拥有其他的目标的时候，我们的健康和时间是我们会首先丢弃的东西。
And when it comes to money or perceived career progress, we're often unwilling to budge.
当涉及到金钱或者是职业发展的时候，我们通常都不愿意让步。
But you can't make optimal progress without a body and a brain that are in full working order.
但是没有运转正常的身体的大脑的话，是没有办法取得最好的进步的。
So, this year, work to change that.
所以，今年试着去改变吧。
If your health habits aren't where they should be, they should be the first things that you focus on.
如果你的健康习惯不好，那么这就应该成为你首先需要关注的事情。
Finally, number four, track your progress, including any failures.
最后，第四点，记录你的进步，包括失败。
Be specific about your failures, if something derails you, make a note about it so you can analyze it and be sure to avoid that particular failure trigger in the future.
明确你的失败，如果某件事情让你脱轨了，那就记录一下，这样你就能够进行分析，在未来避免那些失败。
Now of course these aren't the only things you need to do to stick to your habits in the new year, but again the key here is starting small.
当然了，这并不是所有的在新的一年坚持习惯需要做的事情，关键是要从小事做起。
If you can just manage to put these four things into action, getting started now, operating on a smaller time-scale, prioritizing your health, and tracking your progress and your failures, then you'll have a much more successful new year.
如果你能把这四点付诸实践的话，从现在开始，让时间轴缩短一点，把健康放在首位，记录你的进步和失败，那么你在新的一年里一定会更加成功的。

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