You never forget how to ride a bike, but most of us forget how hard it was to learn. That’s why when adults teach children, the experience can be frustrating. 【小题1】 The fundamentals of biking are balance, coasting, pedalling (踏板) and steering (操控).

To help your child learn to balance, have her sit on the bike seat with both feet touching the ground. Then have her scoot (快速移动) the bike forwards by pushing off with her feet. 【小题2】 Show how she can coast with her feet very near the ground and how she can stop simply by placing her feet down.

【小题3】 Have her stand over the bike with one foot on the ground and one on a pedal. Before beginning, remind her how to put her feet down in order to stop the bike or regain balance. Instruct her to push down on the pedal with the first foot while placing the other foot on the other pedal just as she begins to move forward. You can place your hand on the back of the seat to reassure and steady her as soon as she is in motion, and then let go. 【小题4】

After several successful straight runs, introduce steering. Start by making her ride in large circles that give her the feel of controlling the direction of the bike. 【小题5】 Eventually, she’ll master her turns, her speed and her stops.

When she’s really comfortable riding and steering, talk about using the brakes to stop the bike. Whether that means pedal brakes or hand brakes, emphasize slowing down before braking gently.

Before you can commit to achieving a goal, you have to define what exactly your goal is. This is much harder than it may sound. It can take a lot of thought and consideration to find out what you want.【小题1】

Try free writing to come up with ideas. If you’re having trouble coming up with abroad idea for your goal, try a free writing exercise.【小题2】You may find that your brain gets more creative when you’re not forcing it to come up with ideas.

Avoid goals based on external (外部的) factors.【小题3】Otherwise, you risk getting frustrated if you can’t complete your goal because of something that’s out of your control. For example, if your goal is to be the best player on your baseball team, and someone else ends up being better than you, you won’t be able to reach your goal.

Judge if your goal is sufficiently challenging but not impossible:【小题4】You shouldn’t, however, set goals that are so difficult that you get frustrated and stop.

【小题5】It helps to set a date that you would like to achieve your goal by. This will help prevent you from putting off working on it. It will also help you track your progress by setting benchmarks (标准).

Some of the best advice I ever heard was: “Get 3 hobbies, one to keep you physically active, one to express yourself creatively, and one to make you social.” I don’t know if that’s a famous quote but it really inspires me.

Set some physical goals for yourself. Maybe it’s running a marathon, maybe it’s lifting your own body weight, maybe it’s riding a unicycle to work every morning. 【小题1】 Just having a goal that’s not immediately obtainable but gives you something to work towards will help give you some direction.

【小题2】 Maybe buy a recorder and learn to play Disney songs, or grab some paints and follow along with a famous painter, or write plays about your dreams, or build tiny furniture. Just something that requires your imagination and creation. Perhaps you’ll never learn how to play that instrument or how to paint. It’s unimportant. 【小题3】

Finding a hobby is probably the hardest one right now. I would recommend some goal-oriented video games with voice chat. I started playing VR paintball last month, which was incredibly helpful for me. You might also want to look into joining an online Dungeons & Dragons game. 【小题4】 Chatrooms and forums are fine, but you should make sure you’re using your voice, and hearing other people’s voices.

If you get these hobbies started and set personal goals for yourself in each hobby, you’ll soon start feeling more fulfilled. 【小题5】 If after about a month you don’t like one, then try switching to a different hobby in the same category. Eventually, you’ll discover something you like.