New Year’s resolutions(决心) usually are like some of those promises that are meant to be broken. The word “New” in the new year, puts a lot of pressure on starting over and turning a new leaf. But you must remember you cannot just become a different person overnight when the clock strikes 12. 【小题1】. Instead of making resolutions that cause you stress, anxiety or more pain, set out this year by. Making resolutions that will encourage self-care.

To start fresh this New Year’s Day, here are a few tips setting realistic new years’ resolutions in order to avoid the burden of disappointment next year.

Choose a very specific goal

Unclear plans like “lose weight” “exercise more” or “write more” are goals with no teeth.

They are unclear plans and desires, and are very easy to explain away due to how unclear they are. 【小题2】. Such goals with a certain task, are much more doable than unclear goals.

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Once you have chosen your goals, make a very detailed plan of how you will reach that goal. Having a plan and a pathway can help you imagine your progress and won’t make you impatient for immediate results. That way you will have already imagined what progress would look like for you in say, 3 months, 5 months, 7 months or every day depending on your goals.

Get yourself a social group

In today’s social media world, it is easy to find a group of like-minded individuals interested in sharing your goal. Get yourself a social group like this. However, just as there is this bright side to having a social group, the problem is the pressure. Don’t get consumed by social media and what others are doing. 【小题4】

Accept failure and forgive yourself.

【小题5】. Accept this failure; own it and forgive yourself. Being hard on yourself will only do you more harm, so instead learn from, what went wrong and instead of quitting the resolution at the end of next year, see it through until you reach your goal.

When a week flies by quickly, maybe you can’t help asking yourself, “What did I do last week? Where did the time go?” Life seems to be out of control and soon, before we know it, we’ll become old and wonder what we’ve achieved. 【小题1】

To plan your week well, the first thing you should do is write down what is most important to you in your life. For example, what are your deepest values?【小题2】 What do you imagine yourself being and doing in 10 years from now?

It is also necessary to create a plan every Sunday evening for the following week.【小题3】 Put all of them in your schedule. It is important that you have made proper plans like going to the grocery store (杂货店) or getting something done for your work or study. What’s more, make sure that you understand things will come up suddenly.

【小题4】 You’d better print out your schedule and make it able to be seen throughout the week. Furthermore, at the end of each day, think of what you enjoyed doing. This will help you be thankful to each day and finally live a more meaningful life.

In a word, when you are at work, be at work.【小题5】 To live a successful life, you have to stay focused on what is in front of you.

Patrick Goulet used to be a bike racer, hanging out with his e-bike. Now he is retired, and he and his wife want to travel through Europe by e-bike next year. They were inspired by Garyand Rachel Corbett, an Australian couple who set the world record e-biking 27, 800 through Europe and the UK.

But his wife Claire is not a former bike racer, although she does bike everywhere in town and they do not own a car. This is where e-bikes come into play.

Patrick said, “My wife can’t do this with a record bike but with the help of an electric motor. My wife enjoys traveling with her bike to work every day but when she faces strong winds and hills she gets very disappointed. The e-bike has changed all that, no more problems with the strong winds and hills.”

Patrick’s words made me deep in thought. When younger I did a bike camping trip from Toronto Vancouver, throwing stuff away every day to lighter. The struggle against the wind on the way was the hardest thing I ever did. A motor would have changed that; it would have let me carry more stuff, in greater comfort. I imagine that e-bike camping is a different experience entirely.

Nowadays, many provinces and states start building those bike lanes because there are going to be a lot more people doing this. I am more convinced every day that e-bikes are going to get close to everyone, changing our cities and changing the world.