做一个新年计划 新年

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Make Your New Year’s Resolutions

In December, there are parties being held at work, for the organizations with which you are affiliated (v.隶属于), at the homes of your family and friends, and in various other locations. As we attend each party, we overindulge in（放纵） things like drinking, merriment, spending, and eating. When the end of the month rolls around（流逝）, the festivities begin to wrap up（结束）and we’re faced with the one last hooray for the year as we attend our New Year’s Eve party.

As the talk begins of what your resolution may be, you start to think of all the things that you’ve done over the past month. Your pants might be fitting a little too tight now, or you may be thinking of the organization（此处解释为空间布置 space management/moving things around）that is needed in your home as you try to figure out a new place to put all the wonderful gifts you’ve received. In that wave of desperation, a New Year’s Resolution is formed and uttered from your lips in front of your family and friends.

As January is brought in with gusto, we awake to a new day, a new year, and a new resolution. Every resolution begins with the same passion year after year; and unfortunately, year after year by the time February rolls around, that passion is replaced with apathy（n.失去热情和兴趣）.

Let’s start by looking at what makes a good resolution. New Year’s Resolutions should be S.M.A.R.T goals. They should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. If you try to establish a goal that results in a gradual change, you will be much more likely to succeed than if you try to position yourself within a goal that requires a drastic（adj.激烈的，猛烈的） change. For example, resolving to eat healthier by cutting out your nightly bag of chips would hold a higher rate of success than resolving to eat nothing but health food from now on.

     12月份，在你所在的公司，还有家和朋友处，以及其他各种地方都会举行形形色色的派对活动。当参加这些派对的时候，我们就会过度沉迷于喝酒、狂欢、消费和暴饮暴食。随着月底的临近，庆祝活动也快进入尾声，我们参加最后一次派对即新年晚会。
      当交谈始于你的新年计划可能是什么，你就会开始回想过去的一个月做了什么。现在你的裤子可能穿起来有点紧了；或者你在考虑家里哪些位置需要腾出，以便你能找到新的地方安放你收到的那些精美礼物。在一阵绝望中，一个新年计划就这样诞生了，你还当着家人和朋友的面亲口宣布了这个计划。
      由于一月份带来了满腔热情，我们意识到这是新的一天，新的一年，并且需要一个新的计划。于是，充斥着同样的热情，每个计划年复一年的开始，不幸的是，到了每年的二月，热情已经不再。
       现在让我们来看一下怎样才能制定一个合理的计划。新年计划应该是一些“聪明”的目标。它们必须是具体的、可评估的、可实行的、现实的并且是及时的。如果你确定的目标是逐渐改变现状，那么就比迅速达到您的目标更有可能获得成功。举一个例子，如果我们从现在开始决心在晚上不吃薯条而是只吃得健康些，那么取得成功的概率将比不吃任何东西仅吃健康食品大的多。

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