A New Year's resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person resolves to change an undesired trait or behavior, to accomplish a personal goal or otherwise improve their life. (Wikipedia)

New Year’s Resolution

新年心愿

The time for New Year’s resolutions is here again. But is it worth the pain to make resolutions?

又到制订新年计划的时候了。但是真的值得费心订这些计划吗？

As the New Year gets closer, it is the time for people to make resolutions. There will be promises about living a better life: losing weight, eating more healthy foods, exercising and more. The problem is that these resolutions don’t travel beyond January. Is it worth it at all?

当新年越来越近，就是人们制订新年计划的时候了。这些计划通常都是关于更好的生活的决心：减肥，吃更多的健康食品，锻炼以及其他。问题是这些决心过不了一月就被忘得一干二净，真的有必要吗？

One will agree that making New Year’s resolutions has become a formality. It doesn’t matter whether they are followed or not. It is just like eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Life goes on as usual after a resolution is made.

有人会说制订新年计划已经成为一种仪式，计划有没有执行则是次要，这就像到了感恩节就要吃火鸡一样。订计划归订计划，订完后生活还是照旧。

There is a way of living that can remove the deception of New Year’s resolution.

有一种生活态度可以消除新年计划的自欺欺人。

Be frank with yourself

对自己坦诚

There is no need of deceiving yourself. If you know very well you don’t carry out New Year’s resolutions, don’t make one at all. You give yourself too much guilty conscience by making promises that you can’t keep. It reduces your self-esteem as you turn to see yourself as good for nothing. Be frank with yourself and free your mind from the gimmick.

没有必要欺骗自己。如果你很清楚自己是不回去完成新年愿望的，那么就不要许愿望。如果你承诺了却无法做到，只会给自己太多内疚感。它还会减弱自尊，因为你会认为自己什么都不行。要对自己坦诚，把你的思想从骗人的把戏中解放出来。

Live everyday as if there is no other

把每天当做人生最后一天来过

The division of time into years and months are human. Free yourself from these artificial creations and live like a person. New Years will come and go. Nothing makes January 1 more special than May 10. They all have 24 hours. Make daily resolutions rather.

将时间分成年月日是人为的。要把自己从这些人类的创造中解脱出来，活出人的样子。新年年年都有，1月1日并不比5月10日特别到哪里去，都由24个小时构成。要下决心的话，不如下给今天。

Do the right thing once you get to know it

知道该怎么做就马上执行

You must live the best life every moment. If you know eating a kind of food is not healthy, don’t wait till New Year’s Eve before you say you want to stop eating it. Stop it immediately. Life and health knows no holiday. Doing what is good should not wait for a particular day.

你必须每时每刻过最好的生活。如果你知道吃某种食物不健康，那就不要等到新年前夜再说要把它戒了，而应立马停止。生活和健康是没有假日的，做正确的事不必等到特别的一天。

When you follow these guidelines, you will save yourself the bad feeling of not carrying out New Year’s resolutions.

只要你遵从这些方法，你就不再会因为实现不了新年计划而难过了。

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