Is it the future that worries me? Did I hurt someone by mistake? Am I expecting too much from life? We are often stuck in these unnecessary thoughts, causing anxiety and making us weak.

What helps me escape from my sadness and depressed thoughts is cooking. I read through quick recipes, find the ones that I can connect to, and search for materials in the kitchen. Every time I cut a vegetable, it is like I am cutting off my problems. All of this not only brings me great joy, but it leads me to discover something I am good at, which I might have never tried otherwise.

Cooking can work as a treatment, which has received some scientific explanations. Mental health experts have talked about the benefits cooking and baking provide for people struggling with poor mental health. Through cooking, these people can get back control of their lives. They can bring back the feeling of joy and excitement that has been long gone from their daily lives. Julia Ohana, an active expert in culinary therapy (烹饪疗法), talked about the significance cooking holds in terms of time control, communication, and problem-solving ability. She believes all these skills combined help people become less depressed and more satisfied.

The excitement when you work on a recipe is unexplainable. You look forward to what you are going to create from your own hands. You have the power to make something great, only depending on the direction you take and your cooking skills.

Knock knock. Starting from Nov. 1, people will be knocking on doors across the country to collect personal information. But don't panic. This is for the seventh national population(人口普查).

The Chinese population census takes place every 10 years. It gathers data including name, age, ID number, gender, education, job, marital status and housing situation.

Tracking down more than 1 billion Chinese citizens is by no means easy. This year, about 7 million staff will be needed to visit homes for registration work, according to Xinhua. New methods will also be used during this census, including online information registration, application of electronic devices and big data.

Compared with previous surveys, new methods will be convenient for people who are not living where they are officially registered, as well as those who do not want to be bothered by census takers' door-to-door surveys. The new methods also reduce census takers' workload.

The data is expected to give a full picture of the population, including its size, structure and distribution and recent changes. It provides support for making national development policies.

The census has a large impact on our lives. For instance, areas with a high number of children may receive more funding for public schools. Researchers can use the results to investigate population trends in different cities. The census will help to find out the number of foreigners living in China. It can also tell how many Chinese people have moved to other countries.

However, citizens' privacy concerns could be one of the biggest challenges. Some may not be willing to give their personal information to census takers because they are worried about what the data would be used for.

There are also worries about privacy leakage among the public.

In response to such concerns, Jiangsu's pilot work zone allowed residents to upload personal data on their own through WeChat, which avoids information leakage. The data will be delivered directly to the National Bureau of Statistics through a WeChat program, the Global Times reported.

Unnila Chaudhary was already a slave when she was six. She spent almost 12 years working as a slave maid in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. She was a so - called Kamalari, one of thousands of girls from Tharu tribe (部落)sold by their parents because of financial problem. About 7 percent of the Nepali population is Tharu. They are generally poor and live from agriculture but oftentimes it is not enough. So over the centuries, a tradition has formed where daughters are sent to the city for money. For parents, this brings in additional income and one less mouth to feed. But the girls lose their childhood cruelly.

Urmila Chaudhary gained her freedom 10 years ago and has been campaigning against the tradition ever since . The Kamalari was actually banned by law in 2013 but it continues . She has even founded an organization that helps to free slaves and give them a second chance in life.

After getting her freedom back, she wanted more. She wanted a life, the life that she had always dreamed of even though she was realistic enough to know that her chances were limited. She had never gone to school but wanted to become a lawyer. So she started going to classes with much younger children but was not bothered by the surprised glances and surprising questions. At the same time, she set up her own organization to free girls from slavery ."What she has achieved is remarkable,says Irene Jung. The organizations have freed 13,000 girls in the past few years. ^uUrmila has huge sympathy. You can see it every time she talks to girls whom she freed," says Jung admiringly. She makes what seems impossible possible. She has learnt how to read and write. She speaks English and has received her high-school diploma.