15種方式讓你在年成爲更好的自己(多圖)
We rolled up our sleeves and combed through the Styles archive of 2015, sorting through the many tips and tricks scattered throughout our stories. On subjects like what you wear (and what you wear under that), what you consume and how you love, here are some ideas for improving your existence in the coming year.
我們捲起袖子在2015年紐約時報國際生活版面的資料庫裏仔細翻找，從文章中整理出了許多貼士和竅門。關於穿什麼（以及再裏面一層該穿什麼）、吃什麼、怎麼愛，以下是一些可以在來年給你帶來改善的想法。
1. Wear comfortable underwear.
1.穿舒適的內衣。
"I only wear granny panties," said Julia Baylis, 22, part of a new generation of women saying no to the thong. Mayan Toledano, 27, added: "What's sexy for us is being natural and comfortable."
“我只穿祖母式內褲，”22歲的茱莉亞·貝里斯(Julia Baylis)說，她是拒絕丁字褲的新一代女性中的一員。27歲的馬伊安·托勒達諾(Mayan Toledano)補充道：“對於我們來說，自然舒服纔是性感。”
2. Drink coffee.
2.喝咖啡。
"It's one of the biggest sources of antioxidants in the American diet," said Dan Buettner, a longevity expert (who also does not say no to red wine with dinner).
“在美式飲食中，咖啡是攝取抗氧化劑的主要來源之一，”養生專家丹·比特納(Dan Buettner)說（此外他也不反對在正餐中喝紅酒）。
3. Stare into the eyes of someone you love (or want to love) for exactly four minutes.
3.跟你愛的人（或你想愛的人）四目對視四分鐘。
Not two. Not three. Four. "Two minutes is just enough to be terrified," said Mandy Len Catron, the author of a Modern Love column on the exercise. "Four really goes somewhere."
不要兩分鐘。不要三分鐘。四分鐘。“兩分鐘只夠把人嚇着的，”在一篇“摩登情愛”(Modern Love)專欄中提出這個方法的曼迪·蘭·卡特隆(Mandy Len Catron)說。“四分鐘纔有點意思。”
4. Don't ghost.
4.別玩消失。
Meaning don't break up with someone by simply disappearing from their lives (and their phones). One day it could be you on the other end of that unanswered text.
就是說，不要用人間蒸發的方式來從某人的視野中（及其手機上）消失無蹤。說不定哪天就輪到你來發出那些得不到回覆的短信。
5. Be nice to babies.
5.對小寶寶好一點。
Even if they're screaming on a plane. Nyfesha Miller became a social media star after taking care of her seatmate's bawling infant on a flight earlier this year.
哪怕他們會在飛機上尖叫。今年早些時候，奈菲莎·米勒(Nyfesha Miller)在飛機上對鄰座一個哭鬧的嬰兒倍加呵護，一時間成爲社交媒體上的明星。
6. Dress in a way that makes you feel powerful.
6.選擇讓你感覺有力量的穿着。
"If you feel good in your clothes," said the tennis champion Novak Djokovic, "it affects you psychologically somehow."
“如果這身衣服讓你感覺良好，”網球冠軍諾瓦克·德約科維奇(Novak Djokovic)說，“那它就是對你的心理造成了某種影響。”
7. If you divorce, play nice.
7.好合好散。
And maybe you'll even be able to pull off the unthinkable: the post-divorce family vacation.
也許你可以嘗試做成這件難以想象的事：離婚後一家人去度假。
8. Toss the cigarettes.
8. 扔掉香菸。
Even if "quitting smoking is the khakis of existence," as the writer Choire Sicha put it. "But also? I feel like anything could happen," he added. "Unencumbered, naked and glassy, I feel perilously close to a dozen superfun midlife crises. I could move to anywhere before I even knew I had done so."
儘管作家柯爾利·西卡(Choire Sicha)說，“戒菸就是選擇一個卡其色的人生”。“但同時呢？我又覺得一切都可能發生，”他接着說。“了無牽掛，赤條條、光溜溜，我感覺自己正無限接近一系列超有趣的中年危機。我可能自己還沒反應過來就搬到另一個地方去住了。”
9. Get a pet.
9. 養個寵物。
It may be true that you can't really cure depression, you can only get better at living with it. But Sadie the kitten seemed to help one depressed man.
抑鬱也許的確無法根治，你只能想法跟它更好地相處。但養一隻叫憂憂的小貓似乎對一個抑鬱的人是有幫助的。
10. Take on a seemingly impossible task.
10. 選擇一項看似不可能完成的任務。
When you feel as if you've hit rock bottom, maybe it's time to challenge yourself — just as "Fat Guy Across America" Eric Hites did when he decided to bike across the country.
當你覺得自己墜到了谷底時，也許可以給自己來點挑戰——比如像“橫穿美利堅的胖子”埃裏克·海茲(Eric Hites)那樣，騎上自行車橫穿整個國家。
11. If you would like to keep your marriage together, stick it out.
11. 如果你想保住自己的婚姻，堅持住。
It may help to consider the maxim that the Modern Love writer Ada Calhoun recalled: "Life is suffering — and yet."
也許可以借鑑一下“摩登情愛“作者阿達·凱爾胡恩(Ada Calhoun)憶起的一句格言：“人生即苦難——不過。”
12. Put sex first.
12. 性愛優先。
To save a relationship that seems in danger of running aground, try something new in couples therapy: tackling bedroom issues before diving into the rest of it.
要拯救一段面臨擱淺的感情，試一個夫婦心理諮詢新方法：先處理臥室裏的問題，然後在考慮別的。
13. Make sure you are the boss of your electronic devices.
13. 你的電子設備你做主。
Rather than the other way around. Try instituting a few rules for when you do (and don't) use your phone.
別受它們擺佈。在什麼時候使用（和不使用）手機方面制定一些規則。
14. Relish the phrase 'I'm too old for this.'
14. 享受“我太老了，這個不適合我”這句話
"There is also something profoundly liberating about aging: an attitude, one that comes hard won," wrote Dominique Browning. "Only when you hit 60 can you begin to say, with great aplomb: 'I'm too old for this.' This line is about to become my personal mantra."
“變老還包含一種深刻的解放：獲得一種得來不易的態度，”多米尼克·布朗寧(Dominique Browning)寫道。“只
15. Be generous to those who have helped you.
15. 寬宏對待那些曾經幫助你的人。
Like the father who invited his daughter's stepfather to join the wedding procession on the big day.
比如像這位父親，邀請女兒的繼父一同走入女兒的婚禮隊伍。
