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“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” - John Lennon
　　"現實總是留給想象極大的空間"-----約翰 列儂

How many times have we told ourselves in complete earnestness, “I'm going to be more organized and productive from now on.”？ Or that the diet starts tomorrow? Or that we're going to make a real effort to exercise now?
多少次我們曾堅定地對自己說"從現在開始我要活得更有規劃，更有成就"?從明天起開始減肥？或者開始努力鍛鍊身體？

Only to have that enthusiasm fizzle away, and all our best intentions come to nothing?
那種熱情是否很快就消失了，而我們的目標也完全沒有實現呢？

It's the most common thing in the world （besides bacteria） — the honest and fervent desire for self-improvement, followed by inaction or giving in to temptations, followed by guilt or giving up. Bridget Jones captured it best, writing her constant resolutions into her diary. “Will definitely go to the gym this afternoon.” Only to be followed by a binge of pastries followed by drinking and smoking.
世界上最常見的事莫過於，當初誠摯而熱烈地追求自我發展目標，而後卻由於懶怠和經不住誘惑而放棄，最終內疚不已。布麗琪特對此體會最深，她在日記中經常寫到自己的決定“今天下午一定要去體育館”，然而最終卻以狂歡派對，喝酒，抽菸取而代之。

We're all Bridget Jones. It happens to the best of us. It's inertia at work, mixed with a bit of laziness as well as the very human trait of giving in to desires despite all the good intentions in the world.
我們都是布麗琪特。儘管我們有很多美好的目標，但由於在工作中的慣性，懶惰，和對誘惑的妥協，這類事情常常發生在我們身上。

1. Get moving, a bit at a time. Inertia is beat only by movement. Once you get going, momentum builds up and inertia is no longer a factor. So the key is to get started, and you do that not by trying to go from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, but by trying to go from 0 to 5mph in a day or two. That's doable. It's all about baby steps. Once you get going, you're golden.
採取行動，每次進步一點。唯有行動可以擊敗慣性。一旦你行動起來，動力就會源源而來，慣性也不再成爲問題了。所以關鍵在於着手開始幹，這並不是說你在五分鐘內重複60次，而是說要努力在一兩天內重複5次。這只是第一步，一旦你開始行動，你就成功了一半。

2. Be accountable. Laziness, the second culprit, is beat by a bit of public pressure. We all get lazy from time to time （or, to be more honest, all the time）, and there's nothing wrong with that. But to beat laziness, we must apply a bit of pressure, in the form of accountability. There's nothing wrong with a little pressure, as long is it's not overdone. Pressure is a motivating thing, especially when it's positive. Positive pressure includes encouragement from family or friends, an online forum, a help group in your neighborhood, or the readers of your blog.
責任心。 懶惰是防礙我們實現目標的第二罪犯，社會壓力可以擊敗它。我們總是時不時地變得懶惰（更確切地說，或者總是很懶惰），這也沒什麼錯誤的。但爲了克服懶惰，我們必須藉助因責任感而產生的壓力。有適度的壓力是很好的，只要沒有過火就行。壓力可以激勵人，特別是積極向上的壓力。積極的壓力包括來自於家庭，朋友，網絡論壇的鼓勵，鄰里之間和博客讀者的幫助。

3. Ignore failures — giving in to temptation is OK. We will always give in to temptation. Plan for it, accept it, move on. There's no need to beat yourself up.
忽視失敗------承認誘惑。我們常常經不住誘惑，那麼請計劃一下，並接受它，然後繼續努力。沒有必要讓自己痛苦。

4. Motivate yourself. Most importantly, you want to really want it. It's not enough to feel pressure to do something — you have to really desire it. I mean, really desire it, not just think it's something you should do, or that you'll be a better person for doing it. If pressure gives you the push toward your goal, motivation gives you the pull.
自我激勵-----最重要的是你確實想這樣做。僅僅有壓力是不夠的，你必須真正需要它，我是指真正地渴望，而不是簡單地認爲你該這樣做，或者這樣做你會更好。如果說壓力給了你追求目標的推力，那麼動機則賜予你拉力。