洗心革面策略:如何制定新年目標
Instruction 1
Be realistic by setting achievable goals. Winning the lottery, for example, is out of your grasp。
現實點，制定可達成的目標。像中彩票這種事可不是你自己能把控的。
Instruction 2
Describe your resolutions in specific terms. Instead of "I don't want to be lazy," opt for "I want to exercise regularly" or "I will cut down on my television watching."
制定具體的目標，不要說“我不想再那麼懶惰了”，而說“我要堅持鍛鍊”或者“我要減少看電視的時間”。
Instruction 3
Break down large goals into smaller ones. For instance, commit to losing weight by resolving to join a gym and improve your eating habits。
把大目標分成小目標。例如，把減肥的計劃分成決心去體育館和改善飲食習慣。
Instruction 4
Find alternatives
to a behavior that you want to change, and make this part of your resolution plan. So you want to quit smoking but you smoked to relax yourself? What other forms of relaxation are available to you?
爲你想要改變的行爲尋找“替代品”，並且將此作爲你的決心計劃之一。比如你想要戒菸，可是吸菸可以讓你放鬆自己，那麼就想想還有什麼其他可以令你放鬆的事情吧。
Instruction 5
Above all, aim for things that are truly important to you, not what you think you ought to do or what others expect of you。
最重要的是，你要把那些對你真正重要的事情作爲目標，而不是那些你認爲自己應該做或者其他人希望你做的事。
