完成新年計劃雙語閱讀Didyouusherinthenewyearbygoingtothegym,eatingahealthymeal,startinganewbook,ortellingalovedoneyouappreciatetheirpany?Oneweekintothenewyear,areyoustilldoingthesethings,andhowconfidentareyouthatyoucankeepupthesegoodhabits?你可曾在新年伊始主動去健身房鍛煉、吃一頓健康的飯菜、開始讀一本新書、或是感謝愛你之人的陪伴？新年第一周已經過去了，你還在堅持做這些事情嗎？你是否有信心能將這些好習慣一直堅持下去呢？ManyofusmakeNewYear’sresolutionsthatwegiveuponalltooeasily.AordingtoTheWallStreetJournal,arecentsurveyshowsmorethan40percentofthosepolledfailedtokeepupwiththeirNewYear’sresolutionsinxx.許多人在制定了新年計劃后，很容易悉數放棄?！度A爾街日報》最近的調查顯示，在xx年，40%的人都未能完成自己的新年計劃。AnotherstudyofNewYear’sresolutionsshowsasteepdropoffinhowlongthey’rekeptup.Seventy-sevenpercentoftheresolversstudiedmadeitthroughafullweek,whereas55percentstuckwiththeirgoalsforamonth.ByJune,only40percentofthosewhohadmadeaNewYear’sresolutionwerestillstickingwiththegoal.另一項調查顯示，隨著時間的流逝，能夠繼續堅持的人數驟降。堅持一周的人數約為77%，而能夠連續一個月完成目標的人就只剩55%；等到年中（6月份），還在堅持自己新年計劃的人就只剩下40%了。Whyisitsohardtostickwithagoodhabit?AlexcisSpencerLopez,alifecoachandtherapistbasedinArizona,US,sayswearegoingaboutourNewYear’sresolutionsallwrong.WritingonnewswebsiteQuartz,shesayswearealwaystryingtochangethesymptoms—whetheritislosingweightorquittingsmoking–insteadofaddressingtheheartoftheproblem.Lopezsaysweneedtoresolvetomakebetterresolutions.為什么堅持一個好習慣如此之難？阿勒克斯斯賓塞洛佩茲是美國亞利桑那州的治療師兼人生導師，她認為我們對新年計劃的看法大錯特錯。在Quartz網站上，她寫道：不論是減肥還是戒煙，我們總是致力于改變表面現象，卻并沒有解決問題的本質。她認為，我們需要一份更好的計劃表。Lookinsideyourself審視自我Weallwanttoovereunhealthyhabits.AordingtoLopez,unhealthyhabitsarewhatwedotodistractfromunfortableemotionsthatwedon’tknowhowtodealwith.人人都想戰勝壞習慣。而在洛佩茲看來，我們養成壞習慣，只是為了逃避無法解決的情感不適。Resolvingtostopthedistractingbehaviorwithoutfirstfindingoutwhat’smotivatingitisdoomingyourselftofailure,shesays.Lopezsaysyoushouldresolvetoreconnectwithyouremotionalselftofindoutwhat’sdrivingyousothatyoucanmakeaconsciousdecisiontochangeyourbehavior.她還說：如果沒有找到形成壞習慣的真正原因，只是一味想要改掉壞習慣，那我們注定失敗。因此，你應該重新審視自己的情感，了解真正令自己陷入其中（壞習慣）的原因，如此才能做出理智的決定，洗心革面。Soundsliketherewillbealotofsoul-searchinginvolved.Ohwell,ifyoudon’twanttomakethingstooplicated,simplysetanattainablegoalforyourself.Typically,peoplefailtosticktotheirgoalsbecausetheirresolutionsaretoodemandingorunrealistic,likemittingtolosing20kilosorquittingplayingvideogames.如此說來，我們似乎需要進行大量自省。如果你覺得這樣做過于麻煩，也可以從實現眼前的目標開始。通常人們無法堅持自己的目標，大都因其過于困難或是不切實際，比如減肥20公斤，或是戒掉電腦游戲。AordingtoexplanatoryjournalismwebsiteVox.,expertswhostudygoal-settingallagreethatthemoremanageablegoalsaretheonespeopleactuallysueedatattaining.解釋性新聞網站Vox.研究目標制定的專家們就一致認為：易于掌控的目標大都是人們真正能夠完成的目標。Anotherbenefitofsettingattainablegoalsisyoucanalwaysuptheante.Thepersonwhomitstolosing2kilosandsueedscansetanothertargettoloseabitmoreweight.Butthepersonwholoses2kiloswhilemittedtoshedding20kilosissti