【推荐1】This year, why not think of Earth Day as being like New Year’s Day?     1     Make a plan to do things differently and do something for our mother Earth. Keep on doing one of these for a year and see how it affects your health and the world.

Send your kids out to play. Sign up for the 1,000 hours challenge, where families accumulate (积累) 1,000 hours of outdoor play in a year.     2    Your children will be happier, healthier, and more connected to nature.

Learn how to cook five easy main dishes well. By promoting your kitchen skills and developing some of your own recipes, you won’t be so much interested in take outs and all the related packaging waste.    3    

    4     Download the Poshmark app onto your phone or visit the ThredUp website before ordering new clothing or shoes online. There are so many companies that there’s a good chance that you’ll find exactly what you need. Visit Facebook Marketplace, local exchanging sites, and more to find what you need in your daily life.

Walk or bike, don’t drive.    5     It will require making time adjustments, but if you view that time as an investment in mental and physical health, it’s not so hard to schedule. If you can sell a car, you might be able to justify purchasing an e-bike, which makes low-carbon travel even more accessible and fun.

【推荐2】Let’s be friends!

If you feel that making friends as an adult isn’t as easy as it used to be, you’re right. Though it becomes increasingly difficult, healthy friendships make a difference in our life. They can help us age better, deal with stress and live longer lives.     1    

Be optimistic

In a 2022 study, researchers found that people who received an unexpected communication, such as a small gift felt more grateful than the senders thought. Not surprisingly, a positive attitude can help us make friends.     2     If we think we’re going to be liked, we will become more likable.

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“Write down the names of three to five people you know but would like to be closer to,” suggest experts. Then reach out to each of them: Send a text message, a shared photo, or an article that make you think of them. See if a small action might make a deeper connection.

Branch out

    4     Nobody gives you all you need. Just a few good mates can make all the difference. A 2020 Study found that those with three to five close friends had higher levels of satisfaction with life.

Practice

After the pandemic (疫情), many of us forgot how to socialize.     5     In a 2022 study, participants were required to talk to strangers every day for a week. And what do you know? In the end, people were less worried and more confident.

【推荐3】Do You Have a Positive Attitude?

Who would you rather hang around with? Someone who always acts in low spirits? Or someone who manages to see the good around him，even when things aren't always going great?     1    

Having a positive attitude can help you in many ways.     2    Your friends will definitely appreciate you more if you see the silver lining rather than just the dark clouds!

    3    The less pressure you feel, the better you will feel overall. So if you've been feeling tired, put on a happy face and you just might feel better soon.

But how can you have a positive attitude when life is hard? It's more than just turning life's lemons into lemonade.     4    But it's worth it.

A positive attitude doesn't mean ignoring life's troubles. It just means looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on the bad in things. Sometimes your attitude can make all the difference.

Identify (识别) those areas of your life that might not be going so well.     5    Focus on one at a time and think of ways you can find the positive in things.

【推荐2】I count myself among the polyglots who know several languages! I grew up speaking only French and started learning English in middle school, then German, then Latin and Ancient Greek, then Italian... and I never stopped, I have studied 21 languages to date- some for decades and others for just a few months.     1    

Tip 1: Practice consistently

In my experience, setting aside 15 minutes a day for practice is more efficient for acquiring a language than doing a single three-hour block once a week, especially if you’re not an advanced speaker. Think of it like the compounding principle of wealth:     2    

Tip 2: Record yourself

    3    . Sometimes I just talk about whatever topic I want, other times I record myself while I’m on the phone, or I ask a friend if 1 can record a conversation we’re about to have. On the one hand, listening to those recordings allows me to feel proud of what I can do in the language.    4    , get stuck in the middle of a sentence, or not understand something that’s being said to me, and then to really zoom in on the issue. Listening to the recordings benefits me a lot.

Tip 3: Be compassionate

Being kind to yourself while learning, a language will do some magic for you! There are many ways to apply self-compassion to learning: for example: Remember that it takes time to build both accuracy and comfort using the language, so set realistic goals. Be patient if you don’t reach those goals as quickly as you were hoping! Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t sound how you’d like after one, two or even 15 years.    5    , which hinders your progress. Welcome any mistakes and use them to improve. Don’t compare yourself to other learners. There is room for all at the language-learning table!