Whether its science-backed strategies or feel-good platitudes, we all need some extra motivation when it comes to our New Year's resolutions. To get you closer to your goals this year, we combed through popular Reddit and Quora threads to create this list of hacks that people swear by, along with a few of our own. We hope it can help you improve and transform your life in 2018.
无论有没有科学依据，我们都需要一些额外的动力来完成年度目标。为了让你更接近今年的目标，我们整理了一些Reddit和Quora用户的回答，结合我们的看法为你呈上一份热乎乎的清单~希望可以帮你打造一个全新的2018年。
This strategy is also known as "eating the frog".
这种理论还可以称为“活吞青蛙”！
Procrastination is a hard habit to kick, but learning how to "front-load your pain", as Reddit user ParallaxBrew puts it, can be a great place to start: "That thing you feel crappy about? That thing you're dreading? That is exactly the thing you need to do."
ParallaxBrew（Reddit用户）
“拖延”是一个很难改掉的习惯，但“预先给自己施压”是一个很好的开始。你觉得蹩脚的东西、你害怕的东西，反而正是你需要去做的。
As Reddit user RevMen suggests, "practice choosing discomfort" whenever you're faced with a daunting task or tough decision, and it'll become easier over time.
RevMen（Reddit用户）
面对艰巨的任务或艰难的决定时，多选择高难度任务或超出舒适区的决定，这样，过一段时间也就没有那么难了。
One way to save more in the new year.
嗯，可以省钱......（嘘......）
This visualization exercise by Reddit user Willwait can help you figure out which one you'd rather have — the item or the cash — and cut down on impulse purchases.
Willwait（Reddit用户）
这样的权衡可以让你清楚自己到底想买东西还是想存钱，而且还可以减少冲动消费。
You can also try converting the item's cost into its value in time, according to Reddit user VerifiedMadgod. Just calculate how many hours you'd have to work in order to buy that item, and consider whether it's worth that amount of time.
VerifiedMadgod（Reddit用户）
可以把买东西要花的钱折算为时间价值，也就是计算你需要工作多少小时才能买得起，再想想值不值得。
Start with the snacks you choose.
从选择零食开始！
"Bring a healthy snack to work," Reddit user jumamillion suggests. "If you're looking for a snack but don't feel like eating the one you brought, you're not hungry, you're bored.You might also just be thirsty, in which case you can try drinking a cup of water and waiting five minutes to see if you still want a snack."
Jumamillion（Reddit用户）
去工作的时候拿点健康的零食。如果你四处搜刮零食，却不想吃自己带的东西，这就说明你根本不饿只是觉得无聊。也可能你只是口渴，那就去喝杯水，等五分钟，看看你还想不想吃零食。
That said, healthy eating plans are not a one-size-fits-all solution. Studies suggest that the most important factor to look for in a diet is a routine you can actually enjoy and maintain. That means you may need to try a few different eating plans before you find one that works for you.
也就是说，健康的饮食计划并不是一成不变的解决方案。研究表明，饮食规律中最重要的一点是你可以“快乐地坚持”。多尝试几个不同的饮食计划，找到适合自己的。
A new way of thinking about success.
这是一种对成功的新思考。
Instead of comparing yourself to others, Reddit user Henniferlopez87 suggests, compare yourself to where you were one or two years ago: "Whether it's fitness or finance, use that as motivation for your own goals."
Henniferlopez87（Reddit用户）
不要老拿自己和别人比较，要和一两年前的自己比较。不管是健身还是个人财务，都可以当作自己的动力。
"It's not about making a comparison and always feeling good," Reddit user StoppedLurking_ZoeQ clarifies. "It's more a tool that you use throughout your life which is much better than looking at successful happy people and comparing yourself to them."
StoppedLurking_ZoeQ（Reddit用户）
这无关比较，也无关让自己感觉良好。在你一生中，与其和成功、快乐的人比较，这样和自己比较更好。
Quora user Charles Faraone suggests asking yourself "Why?" before making any decision that could affect your life, health, and happiness. "Ask yourself why you're eating foods that might not be healthy for you," Faraone writes. "Why you're doing things the way you're doing them. Why you're avoiding doing what you know you should be doing. It's an amazingly simple approach with huge potential payoffs."
Charles Faraone（Quora用户）
有些决定会影响你的生活、身心，那做决定之前先问问自己为什么。为什么要吃对身体不健康的食物？为什么要这样处理事情？为什么要逃避那些本来属于你的责任？这些问题看起来很简单，实则收益颇丰！
As Reddit user nonosnusnu puts it: "There is a visible difference between not working out at all and doing 15 push-ups every day. Don't think working out only works if you spend 3 days a week in the gym. There is a wide gap between not working out at all and doing 5-10 minutes every day. You can see that difference and you can feel it."
nonosnusnu（Reddit用户）
比起从不锻炼，每天做15个俯卧撑会给你带来惊人的改变。别以为只有每周在健身房里泡三天才算是运动。不锻炼和每天运动5-10分钟之间的差距很大，只要你能坚持，就能看到自己的改变！
It only takes a few minutes to complete.
每天只要几分钟就可以完成了。
This habit can help make you more relaxed, healthy, and happy, Reddit user HaveAGrandDay says. In fact, research has shown that the practice of gratitude can change your brain for the better, increase your goodwill toward others, help reduce depression, and more.
HaveAGrandDay（Reddit用户）
这个习惯可以让你心情放松、身心愉悦。事实上，研究表明感激可以改变人的大脑、对他人更加友好，还有助于减少负面情绪。
Just sitting for a few minutes every day, focusing on your breathing, and drawing your attention to the present can dramatically improve your life. It sounds too good to be true, but research has shown that meditation can help reduce stress and negative emotions, improve your memory and emotional control, and literally change your brain for the better.
只需每天静坐几分钟，调整呼吸、着眼当下，你的生活将大大改善。这听起来好像是夸夸其谈，但研究表明冥想可以减轻压力、消除负面情绪、提高记忆力、增强情绪控制力，从而改变你的大脑。
This "one-minute rule" can help you become more productive, author Gretchen Rubin told Business Insider. She explained: "Accomplishing all those small, nagging tasks makes us feel both calmer and more energetic because we're not dragged down by the accumulated weight of a mass of tiny, insignificant tasks."
格雷琴·鲁宾认为“一分钟法则”可以提高工作效率。她解释说：“做完这些琐碎的事情可以让我们更平静、更有活力，因为这样一来，我们就不会被那么多微不足道的事情拖累了。”
"I save up all of my $5 bills and deposit them quarterly into my savings account, which I do not touch at all," Reddit user zotopia says. "When I need the money really bad, I will use the $5 bills I have not deposited. But once the bills go into my savings, they are no longer an option."
zotopia（Reddit用户）
我把所有的5美元钞票都存起来，按季度存入账户，然后就不会再用了。如果我急需这笔钱，可以用还没存进去的钱，但是，只要钱存进账户就不会再用了。
Do you have any good ideas to make your life better?
Source: Business Insider
Editors: Zhang Xi, Li Lanyan(intern)