Original text from "English For Everyone"APP，The exact author is unknown.Pay tribute to the original author!
原文是一篇英语文章，来源于“人人用英语”APP里面的一篇课程，具体作者不详。向原创作者致敬！
本文是对原文进行翻译，分享给steemit网站CN区的朋友（水平有限，不周到之处请见谅）。
You know exactly what you want in life. But you can't seem to get there.
You have all these resolves. You're going to get healthy. You're going to write that book. You're going to be more present with your loved ones. You're going to start that home-based business. You're going to learn another language.You're going to be more patient and happy.You're going to get out of debt.You're going to be more organized.You're going to be a better friend.You're going to overcome bad habits.
虽然你清楚的知道自己想要什么，但是总感觉无法顺利的得到。
你曾经想做许多事，想要变得更健康、想要写一本书、想要多陪陪爱人、想要开始创业、想要学习一门外语、想要变得更有耐心和更开心、想要实现财富自由、想把事情做得更有条理、想要交到更好的朋友、想要改正不良习惯。
But the problem is: doing these is really hard. And it gets harder every day. Some days, it seems more realistic to just give up entirely. The whole taking one step forward and one or two steps backward pattern is getting old. You've been telling yourself for a long time "Today is the day!" only to fall into old ways before the day, or if you're lucky, the week, is spent.
When there's a gap between who you are and who you intend to be, you are incongruent and unhappy. You're torn, mentally exhausted, and regretful. You always slightly feel like a fraud to yourself, and probably to the people around you.
Conversely, Gandhi has said, "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
但问题是，做到这些真的太难了，而且是一天比一天难。终有一天，你会面对现实，完全放弃。你就在这种进步一天、退步两天的日子中徘徊。很长时间以来，一直在内心不断告诫自己不能再这么生活下去了。
当真实的我与理想中的我之间的差距越来越大时，情绪也会随之变得非常低落。你承受着身心疲惫和失望的双重打击。总是感觉精神萎靡、懊恼，甚至感觉自己和周围的人都被欺骗了。
甘地说过“只有当你的想法、言语、行为协调一致的时候，你才会真正的快乐。”
If you try to tackle everything wrong in your life, you'll quickly burn out and quit. It's happened many times before. Life is super busy.You don't have time to focus on a thousand different areas of your life to change. That's exhausting, and frankly, not helpful.
What is more effective than microscopically analyzing your behaviors is nailing down a "keystone" habit -- which tightly locks all of your other habits in place. Without the keystone, everything falls apart.
In his book, The Power of Habit，Charles Duhigg describes keystone habits as, "small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into other aspects of their lives."
如果试图处理妥当生活中所有的不如意，那么你也将迅速燃烧殆尽，然后就只能退而求其次。这在过去已经发生了无数次了。唉！生活真的是超级累。其实没有人可以有足够的时间，照顾到生活中的方方面面，这样做只会白白消耗精力而难以有所收获。
我们的人生都是由大大小小的习惯构成，但是确有某些习惯比其他的更重要，这种习惯叫核心习惯。因此，养成一个核心习惯就显得更具有价值。某些人在就因为在一个习惯上获得了改变，直接影响了他们的一生。
A person might start exercising once per week, and unknowingly begins eating better and being more productive at work. She begins smoking less and showing more patience with her colleagues and loved ones. She uses her credit card less, feels less stressed, and has increased motivation toward her goals.
The ingrained patterns in her brain reform and she becomes an entirely different person.
All because she started exercising once per week. You acquire one of these habits and everything in your life can change. Keystone habits spark a chain reaction of other good habits and can rapidly alter every aspect of your life.
如果我们从现在开始实践，先坚持一周的时间，会在不知不觉中发生许多改变。比如说：抽烟的次数少了，对待同事及家人也变得更加有耐心了，乱花钱的行为也有所收敛，心理上的压力也减轻了。另一方面，增加了实现个人目标的动力。头脑因此发生了彻底的转变，我们变成了另外一个人，甚至是另一个物种。
所有这些，都是因为第一个星期的坚持与刻意训练。如果养成这种核心习惯，将带来其他好习惯的连锁反应，并且能够改善你生活中的每一个方面。
Journaling daily is the most potent and powerful keystone habit you can acquire. If done correctly, you will show up better in every area of your life.
Without question, journaling has by far been the number one factor to everything I've done well in my life. The problem is, most people have tried and failed at journaling several times.
It's something you know you should do, but can never seem to pin down. After you read this post, you'll never want to miss another day of journaling again.
写日记就是一个核心习惯，它具有强大力量，就像滴水穿石一样的力量。如果运用得当，生活中的每一个方面将得到提升。
毫无疑问，日记对于生活的启示，起到了举足轻重的作用。问题是，大多数人都尝试过写日记，而且还不止一次，但都半途而废了。
虽然你深知这件事的重要性，但就是不能固定下来。在你读完这篇文章后，相信不会再想错过任何一天写日记的机会了。
Most people live their lives on other people's terms. Their days are spent achieving other people's goals and submitting to other people's agendas.
Their lives have not been consciously organized in such a way that they command every waking, and sleeping, moment of their life. Instead, they relentlessly react at every chance they get.
For example, most people wake up and immediately check their phone or email. In spare seconds, we hop on Facebook and check the news feed. We've become addicted to input. Or in other words, we've become addicted to reactively being guided by other people's agendas.
大多数人活在他人设计的框架里。他们每天按照别人设定的目标而努力。他们的生活没有根据自己意愿，有意识的组织起来。相反的，他们是根据原始的条件反射做出判断。
举例来说，多数人睡醒觉就立刻查看手机，登上Facebook找自己关心的事情，我们都已经上瘾了或者是中毒太深了。
writes in his journal for 30 minutes. He does this because while he's been sleeping, his subconscious mind has been brewing, scheming, problem-solving, and learning. So when Josh wakes up, he rushes to a quiet place and engages in a bust of intellectual and creative flow.
Creators focus on outputs rather than the general populace who focus on inputs. In their free moments, creators utilize their subconscious breakthroughs. Their days are filled with creative bursts, making them incredible at their craft.
If you want to have more creative flow in your life, stop checking your social media and email so much. Check them once or twice per day. Detach from the addiction to numb your mind and escape reality. Instead, get lost in the creative projects you've always wanted to do.
建议每天写30分钟日记。事实上，在睡觉的时候，我们的潜意识已经开始酝酿、策划、学习及解决问题。所以当睡醒后，寻找一个安静的地方 ，沉浸在想象和创造的思绪中，把所想的记录下来。
创造者相对于普通人，他们更加关注智力的产出，在现实生活中，他们每时每刻都在创作。
如果你想为生活带来更多的创造性，请减少查看社交媒体和网络信息的频率。最多每天看两次就够了，将这种欲望从内心根除掉。沉下心来，将精力投入到你一直想做的，创造性的事情上面。
Journaling has several benefits. First, journaling accelerates your ability to manifest your goals. As part of your morning creative burst, use your journal to review and hone your daily to-do list. Review and hone your life vision and big picture goals.
Secondly, journaling creates a springboard for daily recovery and generates clarity and congruence. By journaling in the morning and evening, you'll quickly see the incongruences in your life. You'll see crystal-clearly what needs to be removed and what should be included in your life. Journaling is a beautiful and powerful facilitator of self-discovery.
Last but not least, journaling clears your emotions and reduces your stress. So, how about start journaling today? You'll certainly see some fundamental changes in your life if you keep this keystone habits for a while.
写日记有几个方面的好处。首先，写日记可以快速定位自己的目标，这也是一种重要的能力。作为你早上工作的一部分，通过日记梳理出一整天的任务清单，并加以打磨、完善。温习你的生活愿景，并且使得目标更加清晰。
第二，写日记有助于恢复自己的创造力。在早上及晚上写日记，你可以迅速的看到行动的差异。你将非常清楚的看到，什么样的事情应该让步，什么样的事项应该添加到日程中去。它也可以作为自我发现的强大工具。
最后，但不仅限于此，写日记可以涤荡你的心灵，同时显著减少身心压力。
所以，你准备好了吗？如果你能够坚持一段时间在这件事情上，你会发现生活将发生根本的变化，只是因为我们养成了这个核心习惯--记录人生，改变一生。
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