第二步：精读重点段落

（Tips: 双击文中单词可以查释义并加入你的生词本哦）

第二段：
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."

• tackle vt. 处理
• nail down 锁定
• keystone n. 基础/主旨/基本原则

第三段：
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.

• ingrained adj. 根深蒂固的／彻头彻尾的
• reform vt. 改革／变革
• acquire vt. 习得／取得／获得
• a chain reaction 连锁反应
• alter vt. 改变／更改

第四段：
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.

• potent adj. 有效的／强有力的
• pin down 确定

（Tips: 双击文中单词可以查释义并加入你的生词本哦）

第一段：
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.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."

• resolve n. 决定要做的事情
• present adj. 在场的
• incongruent adj.不一致的/不协调的
• regretful adj.后悔的/遗憾的
• fraud n. 骗子

第二段：
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."

• tackle vt.处理
• nail down 锁定
• keystone n.基础/主旨/基本原则

第三段：
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.

• ingrained adj.根深蒂固的／彻头彻尾的
• reform vt.改革／变革
• acquire vt.习得／取得／获得
• a chain reaction 连锁反应
• alter vt. 改变／更改

第四段：
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.

• potent adj. 有效的／强有力的
• pin down 确定

第五段：
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.

• submit to 服从于／屈从于
• agenda n.日程
• command vt. 命令／指挥／控制
• input n.输入

第六段：
On the other hand, Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, wakes up and immediately 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.

• brew vt.酝酿／酿造
• scheme vt. 计划／策划
• utilize vt.利用／使用
• numb vt.使麻木

第八段：
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.

• hone vt. 磨练／训练／提高
• generate vt. 产生／使形成
• incongruence n. 不一致／不协调
• facilitator n.促进者／推进者