Are you letting bad habits rule your life? I started learning how to change habits a few years ago. Since then I've switched to a vegan diet, began exercising every day, started writing new articles every day, began waking up earlier and trying some wacky experiments to improve my life.

　　你的生活正在被坏习惯不断地侵蚀？我从几年前开始改变我的习惯，现在我已经养成以素食为主的用餐、每天锻炼身体、每天写新文章、早起等等好习惯，并且还不断尝试着新习惯来进一步提高我的生活。

　　Here are some ideas I’ve found useful:

　　这里是一些方法，我觉得可以非常有用的帮助你摆脱坏习惯：

　　1. Commit for a Month. Thirty days is all you need to make a habit change permanent. Less time than that and the new alternative might not be hardwired into your brain. More time and any failures to last are usually a failure of strategy, not duration.

　　1.坚持一个月。30天已经足够让你培养一个永久不变的好习惯了。时间太短则不能根植到你的大脑内，形成长久的习惯。若坚持时间很长但仍然失败往往是由于失败的策略，因为这时候时间的长短并不再是决定性因素。

　　2. Replace What You Lose. Your habits fulfill needs. When you suddenly cause a change, you may inadvertently cut them out. Before you make a change, write down all the benefits you currently get from your bad habit and make sure they are retained going into the new habit.

　　2.补偿你丧失的。无论习惯的好坏，你的每一个习惯都是迎合需求的。如果你突然改变其中的一个坏习惯，你便会丧失以前一些坏习惯所带来的好处。所以在开始新习惯前，写下现在的坏习惯中对你有好处的地方，在培养新习惯时就尝试把这些好处保留下来，融入新的好习惯中。