At the beginning of the month, a student promises herself that she will read thirty pages in English every evening. She enjoys the first two evenings, but a busy school week soon makes the plan difficult to follow. By Friday, she has missed several sessions and feels that she has already failed at the entire project. She chose the target on a quiet weekend without considering the time she would have on ordinary weekdays. 読書をやめる代わりに、最低限読む量を少なくし、それ以上は余裕があれば読むことにできるでしょう。 例えば、課題が多い週には、寝る前に2ページ読むことが現実的な出発点になるかもしれません。 On a free afternoon, she could read a whole chapter without creating a new requirement for every future day. If she repeatedly avoids even the smaller task, she might need to choose a different book or a different time. Keeping a brief record of what made reading easier or harder could give her useful information for making those changes. 役立つ目標は、次の行動の指針となり、状況に合わなくなったら見直せるものであるべきです。