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How to Stop Failing in Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution(决心)

We have an embarrassing confession: Our New Year’s resolutions for 2024 are nearly identical to those we made for 2023. 1． We would exercise more, use social media less, rise earlier, eat healthier, write more, learn to meditate(冥想)…

But a few weeks in, as January’s cold changed into the warmer days of February, we seemed to have largely failed. 2． Our warm beds held us tighter when the alarm went off for our morning jogs. And, well, meditation never had a hope.

Will we suffer the same failure this year? Absolutely not. But how this time?

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Look over your notes and determine what items on it are most important to you. Don’t take too long choosing; often it’s the things that come to you straight away that have the most meaning for you personally.

Create “systems”.

Systems are the ways that you carry out a larger goal. You need to break down large goals into smaller actions that can are easier to carry out. 4． you may get confused and thus change your mind frequently on the ways to accomplish them. This is the purpose of creating systems.

Ask for others’ support on these goals throughout the year.

If possible, team up and visit the gym or shop at the health food store together. Ask them to speak up if you slip and order a Diet Coke instead of a water, 5． People who tell others about their goals are more likely to accomplish them, maybe it’s because they have extra support they need, or because they’re afraid of being embarrassed if they don’t accomplish them.