Bucket List: Ideas for writing it

Skydiving, going around the world or starting your own business... all these things we'd like to do "before we die" pile up in a corner of our heads. And then, as time goes by, we start to regret not having achieved our dreams or goals...

To make your plans a reality, many psychologists attest to the usefulness of writing a list to start a new dynamic within yourself. Writing this list, called a Bucket List, is exciting, and allows you to get to know yourself better. To help you write it, here are ideas that may awaken your own dreams. Get inspired, formulate your wishes and make the great decision to make them come true. You can use the article How to create a Bucket List to help you write it.

Go on a long bike ride
Long-distance cycling
Dog sledding in Lapland
Participate in the festival of colours in India
Cross a desert by camel
Roadtrip in Iceland
Horseback riding in the pampas of Argentina
Floating in the Dead Sea
Celebrate St Patrick's Day in Ireland
Take a gondola ride
Seeing rice fields
See the Northern Lights
See penguins in their natural habitat
Cycling in the Netherlands
Picking rice
Digging for gold in the Yukon
Sending a message to the sea from the North Pole
Treading on grapes during the harvest
Seeing a sunset in the desert
Dive into a cenote
Set foot on the equator
Sleeping in a hut over the water
Taste parmeggiano cheese in Italy
Explore Quebec
Discovering Tibet
Discover the steppes of Mongolia
Climb an active volcano
Try to spot the Loch Ness monster in Scotland
Climb Kilimanjaro
Touch the glaciers in New Zealand
Sailing on Lake Titicaca
Explore the Amazon jungle
See the midnight sun in Norway
Visit a redwood forest

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Star gazing with a guide
Build a hut
Sleep in a yurt
Take photography classes
Doing humanitarian missions
Canyoning
Learning a dance with my partner
Make fire with wood, flint
Building a raft
Harpoon fishing
Sleeping in an igloo
Learning to sew
Taking a mud bath
Keeping friends
Telling your loved ones you love them
Diving under the ice
Riding a steam train
Raising dogs
Experience eco-volunteering
Eat pizza in Italy
Tango dancing in Argentina
Party in Las Vegas
Visit Yellowstone Park
Experience the Thai Festival of Lights
Walk a little piece of the Great Wall of China
Attend the Rio carnival
Visit the Taj-Mahal
Throw tomatoes at the La Tomatina festival in Spain
Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain in Rome
Cross the USA from east to west
See the Kremlin
Visit Easter Island
Party in Cancun
Crossing Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Cross Australia in a van
Travelling through South America on two wheels

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Writing a children's book
Writing a short story and entering it in a competition
Go paragliding
Go skydiving
Go surfing
Take a hot air balloon ride
Open a shop
Open a restaurant
Open a gîte
Hitchhiking
Start a family
Go scuba diving
Start my own business
Change someone's life
Learn to rescue
Get a boat licence
Get a motorbike licence
Attend a flying lantern release
Volunteer in an association
Plant a tree
Learn a language
See an aurora borealis
Give a lecture
Sleep under the stars on a beach
Set foot on each of the continents
Go skydiving
Bungee jumping
Have my own show
Learn a musical instrument
Keep a diary
Run a marathon
Climb Mont Blanc
Go on an expedition to the North Pole
Learn to draw
Buy a bus and refurbish it
Live like a shepherd
Make a film
See a geyser
Take a bath in a natural pool
Teaching abroad

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Ep 132: Expresiones para call center/servicio al cliente en inglés.

 En el día de , tenemos un tema que es muy solicitado por los oyentes del podcast en youtube. Y es sobre las expresiones para call center, esas frases que necesitas para ir desde cómo responder la llamada, ofrecer asistencia, dar respuesta a la resolución del problema y terminar la llamada Y eso vamos a hablar hoy.

Este tema del vocabulario para call center si que ha sido muy pedido y considero que es un tema que sera de mucha ayuda, dado que en esa área tanto tu como yo, llevamos muchos años de experiencia, pero antes de iniciar con nuestra tema vamos a escuchar la frase del dia, the quote of the day:

 
One customer well taken care of could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising. – Jim Rohn

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Empecemos con algunas frases Para darle la bienvenida al cliente: 

Thank you for calling customer service. My name is starlin. May I have your name please? 

Algunas compañías piden que digas el nombre de la compañía al abrir la llamada, ejemplo: Thank you for calling ATT, May I have your name please? 

Seguimos con Frases alternativas para ofrecer ayuda: 

How can I help you? ¿Cómo puedo ayudarle?

What can I help you with today? ¿Cómo le puedo ayudar hoy?

Si tienes que  hacer esperar a un cliente, estas expresiones te serán de ayuda: 

A veces, antes de solucionar el problema de un cliente tendrás que hacer alguna comprobación y probablemente hacerle esperar, si es así, estas frases te ayudarán:

Are  you able to hold for a moment while I check on that? ¿Puede esperar un momento mientras lo reviso?

I’ll check and be right back. Lo reviso y vuelvo.

Cuando regreses no olvides darle las gracias por esperarte

Thanks for waiting Mr. Smith. Gracias por su espera Sr. Smith.

Si no entiendes a un cliente, que dices? 

Es posible que en un momento dado, no entiendas a un cliente. Tranquilo no te pongas nervioso, si eso sucede pídele que te lo repita:

I’m sorry but I didn’t understand you exactly. Lo siento, pero no lo entendí exactamente.Could you repeat that, please? ¿Puede repetir eso por favor?

Could You say that again? ¿Puedes decir eso otra vez?

Y si llegan las quejas, que debes decir? 

Los clientes acuden en muchas ocasiones a los servicios de atención al cliente cuando tienen alguna queja. ¿Cómo debes responder? En este caso, el cliente espera que tú le des soluciones a su problema, por lo que tu vocabulario debe ser muy positivo:

I will be more than happy to assist you… Estaré más que feliz de ayudarle.

I completely understand your situation… Puedo entender perfectamente su situación…

What can I do for you right now is… Lo que ahora mismo puedo hacer por usted es…

I assure I will try my best… Le aseguró que haré lo mejor que pueda…

Seguimos con expresiones  Para terminar la interacion con el cliente: 

Para cerrar la llamada, luego de que le has dado una resolución al cliente, puedes usar las siguientes expresiones;

Is there anything else I can assist you with today? 

Anything else I can do for you? 

Si el cliente dice no, terminas la llamada diciendo algo como: 

Thank you for calling customer service. Have a good day/Have a great day. 

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Únete a una comunidad con tus mismo intereses y practica tu inglés.

Desde los inicios de los tiempos los seres humanos hemos necesitado la comunidad para fortalecernos y crecer juntos y eso no ha cambiado, el ser humano es un ser social y la socialización en torno a un tema de interés común te ayudara a aprender mas rápido, es por esto que te recomiendo que busques una comunidad con tus mismos intereses para que puedas practicar tu inglés, socializar, aprender y compartir lo que sabes, eso de verdad que ayuda mucho.

En EnglishwayRD creemos que la comunidad es importante para el aprendizaje y por eso tenemos nuestro club de inglés en Whatsapp. Únete y comparte y aprende en comunidad.

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Starlin santos

Co-fundador de englishwayrd, host del podcast englishwayrd. Profesor de ingles con mas de 5 años de experiencia en la enseñanza del idioma inglés. TEFL certified.

Thomas martinez

Co-fundador de englishwayrd, host del podcast englishwayrd. Profesor de inglés certificado con 4 años de experiencia en la enseñanza del idioma ingles y mas de 1o años en el aprendizaje de inglés. TEFL certified.

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High - The Chainsmokers - Lyrics - Letra y video

Letra en inglés y Vídeo de la canción, High - The Chainsmokers

Lyrics:

Woah, woah
So far, so good
Mhmm, mhm, mhm, yep

Why? You only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that it’s gonna change, but it never does
Why? You'll only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that shit's gonna change, but it never does

Tell me that you're gonna change
Then act like this instead
I'm too old to want somebody who's always switching up their friends
I can’t make you love me but at least you could pretend
Scripts gonna leads to fifths until I'm fucked out of my head
You play the same old songs I know that you’re different in your Air Force Ones
Filling my prescription I could bite your tongue
Like I got an addiction yeah
You always say this shit’s gonna change, but it never does

Why? You only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that it’s gonna change, but it never does
Why? You'll only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that shit's gonna change, but it never does

I know it’s my fault I pick up your phone call
When it’s half past one and you’re halfway drunk
You say you love me and it sounds so dumb
But you're the only one I can run away from the same old songs
I know that you’re different in your Air Force Ones
Filling my prescription I could bite your tongue
Like I got an addiction yeah
You always say this shit’s gonna change, but it never does

Why? You only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that it’s gonna change, but it never does
Why? You'll only say you love me when you're high
It's like we go through the same shit every night
Oh why, oh why?
You always swear that shit's gonna change, but it never does

#TheChainsmokers #High #TCS4

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Boys Don’t Cry - Anitta - Lyrics - Letra y video

Letra en inglés y Vídeo de la canción, Boys Don’t Cry - Anitta

Lyrics:

Sometimes I call you when I can’t sleep
Alone
Now you keep asking me what that means
Oh no

In your feelings
I can feel it your in your feelings
You won’t admit it but
That’s why I push you away from me

Cause I know I know
It drives you crazy
Try to tame me
But nobody’s taking control all over me

Ooh baby baby you be talking tough
But your boys can’t get enough
When the girls don’t need your love
Who says boys don’t cry

Ooh baby baby you just outta touch
Cause your boys can’t get enough
When the girls don’t need your love
Who says boys don’t cry

Sometimes you call me when you’re too drunk
Oh God
Then you start telling me I’m the one
I’m not
In your feelings
I can feel it your in your feelings
You won’t admit it but
I thought that we was just having fun

Cause I know I know
It drives you crazy
Try to tame me
But nobody’s taking control all over me

Ooh baby baby you be talking tough
But your boys can’t get enough
When the girls don’t need your love
Who says boys don’t cry

Ooh baby baby you just outta touch
Cause your boys can’t get enough
When the girls don’t need your love
Who says boys don’t cry

Who says they don’t cry
Who says they don’t cry
Who says They don’t cry

Who says boys don’t cry

#anitta #boysdontcry

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Cómo usar Can y Could - Verbos modales

Gramática Inglesa - English Grammar - Recursos Educativos en inglés

Can y could son modales que se utilizan para expresar diferentes matices de posibilidad.

CAN

1 - En primer lugar, el modal can significa lo que uno es capaz de hacer o lo que uno sabe hacer.

Por ejemplo:

• I can play the piano. Puedo tocar el piano.
• I can climb the mountain. Puedo escalar la montaña.

2 - En segundo lugar, el modal can significa lo que se puede hacer.

• You can leave now if you like. Puedes irte ahora si quieres. - Es una especie de permiso.

3 - El tercer significado del modal can es expresar lo que puede ocurrir, lo que es posible. También en este caso se trata de una forma de posibilidad.

Por ejemplo:

The weather can be very bad in this town. El tiempo puede ser muy malo en esta ciudad

En resumen: El primer significado de can, en la forma afirmativa, es expresar diferentes tipos de posibilidades.

Can't o cannot = can en forma negativa

1 - La forma negativa del modal Can se utiliza para expresar lo que no somos capaces de hacer o no podemos hacer.

CAN'T es la contracción de CANNOT. Ambos significan exactamente lo mismo y pueden utilizarse.

Por ejemplo: I can speak French, but I can’t or I cannot speak Japanese. Sé hablar francés, pero no sé o no puedo hablar japonés.

2 - Los modales CAN'T o CANNOT se utilizan para expresar lo que está prohibido.

Por ejemplo: Sorry, you can't go through. Lo siento, no puedes pasar. (No puedes, está prohibido).

3 - Expresar lo que no es posible.

Si me dicen algo que parece realmente increíble, puedo responder:

This cannot be true. Esto no puede ser cierto.

COULD

El modal could puede representar el tiempo pasado de can o el condicional de can.

1 - Uso del modal could en el sentido condicional de can

Ejemplo: I could play the piano, if I had one. Podría tocar el piano, si tuviera uno.

2 - Uso del modal could en el contexto del tiempo pasado

Ejemplo: I could speak Japanese but I stopped practicing, so I can’t anymore. Podía hablar japonés, pero dejé de practicarlo, así que ya no puedo.

La diferencia entre "¿can...?" y "¿could...? :

Cuando se habla en forma interrogativa con CAN o COULD, se puede utilizar para hacer una petición, para expresar una consulta. Por ejemplo, si digo "Can you call me?", estoy preguntando ¿Me puedes llamar? Sin embargo, también es posible decir, Could you call me? ¿Cuál es la diferencia? Es una diferencia en el grado de cortesía.

*** NUNCA utilizamos el modal Can en el tiempo futuro, es decir, nunca diremos "I will can". WILL es un modal y CAN es otro modal y no pondremos dos modales uno tras otro.

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• Adjetivos Posesivos en Inglés - Possessive adjectives
• ¿Cómo aprender inglés fácil y desde casa?
• Plural de los sustantivos en inglés
• Many more, a lot more y Much more. Usos en inglés
• ¿Qué son los phrasal verbs en inglés? Los más usados
• Cómo expresar opiniones en inglés
• Uso de whose en inglés - Pronombres relativos
• Who, which y that - Pronombres Relativos en inglés
• Was going to - El futuro en el pasado
• DO y MAKE en inglés ¿Cuáles son las diferencias?
• Cuándo usar Since, For, Ago: ¿Cuáles son las diferencias?
• The Gerund - El gerundio en inglés
• El Imperativo en Inglés - Imperative
• El comparativo y el superlativo en inglés
• Preguntas con WH-Questions 01 - What, where, why, who
• Preguntas con WH-Questions 02 - When, Which, Whose, How
• Cómo expresar cantidades en inglés
• Adjectives - Los Adjetivos en Inglés
• Uso de some / any acompañando nombres contables/incontables
• Modal verbs - Verbos modales en inglés
• El tiempo futuro en inglés
• Present Perfect Progressive - Presente perfecto progresivo
• Present perfect - El presente perfecto inglés
• Pretérito progresivo o continuo en inglés
• Simple past - El pretérito o pasado simple en inglés
• Presente continuo - Forma Afirmativa - English grammar
• Presente continuo - Forma Negativa
• Puntuación en inglés - All about punctuation in English
• Los verbos Auxiliares en inglés - Auxiliary Verbs
• Verbos irregulares en inglés, la lista que debes conocer
• Cómo decir la fecha en inglés - How to say the date in English
• Construir frases simples - To build a simple sentence
• Nombres contables e incontables en inglés
• Presente continuo - Forma Interrogativa
• Cómo Preguntar y decir el precio en inglés

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Dictates in English - Textos para dictados en Inglés - 06

Recursos educativos en inglés. Textos en inglés, idóneos para dictados y traducciones. Ideal para aprender inglés, practicar vocabulario, pronunciación y mucho más, de una manera divertida.

The Man and His Two Wives

In the old days, when men were allowed to have many wives, a middle-aged Man had one wife that was old and one that was young; each loved him very much, and desired to see him like herself. Now the Man’s hair was turning grey, which the young Wife did not like, as it made him look too old for her husband. So every night she used to comb his hair and pick out the white ones. But the elder Wife saw her husband growing grey with great pleasure, for she did not like to be mistaken for his mother. So every morning she used to arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black ones as she could. The consequence was the Man soon found himself entirely bald.

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

The Nurse and the Wolf

‘Be quiet now,’ said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her lap. ‘If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf.’

Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the side of the house and waited. ‘I am in good luck to-day,’ thought he. ‘It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I haven’t had for many a long day.’ So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry, and the Wolf came forward before the window, and looked up to the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the dogs of the house came rushing out. ‘Ah,’ said the Wolf as he galloped away,

‘Enemies promises were made to be broken.’

The Tortoise and the Birds

A Tortoise desired to change its place of residence, so he asked an Eagle to carry him to his new home, promising her a rich reward for her trouble. The Eagle agreed and seizing the Tortoise by the shell with her talons soared aloft. On their way they met a Crow, who said to the Eagle: ‘Tortoise is good eating.’ ‘The shell is too hard,’ said the Eagle in reply. ‘The rocks will soon crack the shell,’ was the Crow’s answer; and the Eagle, taking the hint, let fall the Tortoise on a sharp rock, and the two birds made a hearty meal of the Tortoise.

Never soar aloft on an enemy’s opinions.

The Two Crabs

One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand. ‘Child,’ said the mother, ‘you are walking very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself, to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side.’

‘Pray, mother,’ said the young one, ‘do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you.’

Example is the best precept.

The Ass in the Lion’s Skin

An Ass once found a Lion’s skin which the hunters had left out in the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his native village. All fled at his approach, both men and animals, and he was a proud Ass that day. In his delight he lifted up his voice and brayed, but then every one knew him, and his owner came up and gave him a sound cudgelling for the fright he had caused. And shortly afterwards a Fox came up to him and said: ‘Ah, I knew you by your voice.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

The Two Fellows and the Bear

Two Fellows were travelling together through a wood, when a Bear rushed out upon them. One of the travellers happened to be in front, and he seized hold of the branch of a tree, and hid himself among the leaves. The other, seeing no help for it, threw himself flat down upon the ground, with his face in the dust. The Bear, coming up to him, put his muzzle close to his ear, and sniffed and sniffed. But at last with a growl he shook his head and slouched off, for bears will not touch dead meat.

Then the fellow in the tree came down to his comrade, and, laughing, said ‘What was it that Master Bruin whispered to you?’

‘He told me,’ said the other,‘Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch.’

The Two Pots

Two Pots had been left on the bank of a river, one of brass, and one of earthenware. When the tide rose they both floated off down the stream. Now the earthenware pot tried its best to keep aloof from the brass one, which cried out: ‘Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you.’‘But I may come in contact with you,’ said the other,‘if I come too close; and whether I hit you, or you hit me, I shall suffer for it.’

The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

The Four Oxen and the Lion

A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they fell a-quarrelling among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in a separate corner of the field. Then the Lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end of all four.

United we stand, divided we fall.

The Fisher and the Little Fish

It happened that a Fisher, after fishing all day, caught only a little fish. ‘Pray, let me go, master,’ said the Fish. ‘I am much too small for your eating just now. If you put me back into the river I shall soon grow, then you can make a fine meal off me.’

‘Nay, nay, my little Fish,’ said the Fisher, ‘I have you now. I may not catch you hereafter.’

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.

Avaricious and Envious

Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts’ desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy. So to punish them both, Jupiter granted that each might have whatever he wished for himself, but only on condition that his neighbour had twice as much. The Avaricious man prayed to have a room full of gold. No sooner said than done; but all his joy was turned to grief when he found that his neighbour had two rooms full of the precious metal. Then came the turn of the Envious man, who could not bear to think that his neighbour had any joy at all. So he prayed that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by which means his companion would become totally blind.

Vices are their own punishment.

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A Song of Peace for Kids - Canciones día de la Paz en Inglés

A Song of Peace for Kids

Canciones para Niños en Inglés: Día de la paz - Songs for Children in English: Peace's Day

PEACE
There is a way that we can live and peace is the way
P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E
And peace is the way
PEACE is shaking someone’s hand and being a good friend
Clap E-A-C-E, Clap E-A-C-E, Clap E-A-C-E
And being a good friend
PEACE is dancing to the beat and having fun together
Clap, clap A-C-E, clap, clap A-C-E, clap, clap A-C-E
And having fun together
PEACE is sharing your nice smile and spreading lots of sunshine
Clap, clap, clap C-E, clap, clap, clap C-E, clap, clap, clap C-E
And spreading lots of sunshine
PEACE is choosing not to hurt and playing safe together
Clap, clap, clap, clap, E, Clap, clap, clap, clap, E, Clap, clap, clap, clap, E
And playing safe together
PEACE is helping with our hands and being kind to others
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap clap
And being kind to others
There is a way that we can live and peace is the way
P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E
And peace is the way

Canciones para niños en inglés para el día de la paz. Ideales para favorecer el aprendizaje del idioma, adquirir vocabulario, practicar la pronunciación, etc.

Más Canciones infantiles en inglés - Día de la paz - Peace's Day

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Ep 131: Principales holidays en estados unidos.

 En el día de hoy tenemos un tema que es muy importante y se trata de los principales días festivos que se celebran en Estados unidos.  Este tema es importante especialmente debido al hecho a que tenemos una gran cercanía con los Estados Unidos y el inglés qué aprendemos esta principalmente por este, lo más natural es que también conozcamos cuales son sus días festivos.

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun. – Randy Pausch

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Thanksgiving Day: El Día de Acción de Gracias en Estados Unidos se celebra el cuarto jueves de noviembre. El Día de Acción de Gracias les da a los estadounidenses la oportunidad de planificar un fin de semana largo de cuatro días. Se celebra desde 1621 marcando la llegada de los puritanos a Massachusetts. El Día de Acción de Gracias es el día con mayor consumo de alimentos del año. Le sigue el Black Friday que marca el inicio de la temporada de compras navideñas y se ha convertido en el día de compras más concurrido y el día con mayor facturación minorista del año en Estados Unidos.

Independence Day: Como este es un feriado federal, no sólo las escuelas y bibliotecas estarán cerradas, la mayoría de las oficinas federales y estatales estarán cerradas y no habrá entregas de correo el Día de la Independencia. Independence day es el día más patriótico y celebrado con entusiasmo de todos los días festivos de Estados Unidos. Habrá desfiles, barbacoas, picnics y fuegos artificiales en todo el país. Es un feriado federal y también un feriado en los 50 estados y otros territorios de los Estados Unidos el 4 de julio. En ese día de 1776, se firmó la declaración de independencia. Los ciudadanos disfrutan de los desfiles y planean picnics y fuegos artificiales.

Martin Luther King Day: La gente rinde homenaje al reverendo Martin Luther King, un afroamericano que luchó contra los derechos civiles. Se observa el 15 de enero de 1986. Cada año, el tercer lunes de enero (lunes 18 de enero de 2021), Estados Unidos honra el nacimiento, la vida y el sueño del Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Como este es un feriado federal, no sólo las escuelas y bibliotecas estarán cerradas, la mayoría de las oficinas federales y estatales estarán cerradas y no habrá entregas de correo el Día de Martin Luther King, Jr.

President ‘s Day – Washington’ s Birthday: El cumpleaños de Washington, también conocido como el Día de los Presidentes, es un feriado federal que se celebra el tercer lunes de febrero. Sin embargo, los registros muestran que el cumpleaños de George Washington es el 22 de febrero. Es un día festivo en los EE. UU. En recuerdo de los presidentes anteriores. No obstante, muchas empresas abren como de costumbre y muchas tiendas realizan ventas en el cumpleaños de Washington. Muchos servicios de entrega, excepto la Oficina de Correos, tienen un servicio regular, y muchos, pero no todos, los sistemas de transporte público operan en horarios regulares. Algunas escuelas cierran durante toda la semana por un receso de mediados de invierno.

Memorial Day: Es un día festivo el cuarto lunes de mayo para honrar a los muertos. El Día de los Caídos es un día festivo. Es un día libre para la población en general, las escuelas y la mayoría de los negocios están cerrados. Es tradicional enarbolar la bandera de los Estados Unidos a media asta desde el amanecer hasta el mediodía. Mucha gente visita cementerios y monumentos, especialmente para honrar a los que han muerto en el servicio militar. Muchos voluntarios colocan una bandera estadounidense en cada tumba de los cementerios nacionales.

Easter: La Pascua en los Estados Unidos se celebra tanto de manera religiosa como secular. En muchas comunidades, el aspecto cristiano de la festividad, honrado por Passion Plays y servicios de la iglesia, se combina con visitas del Conejo de Pascua, desfiles y la caza de huevos rellenos de dulces. ¿Cuándo es Pascua? La fecha exacta de Pascua depende del calendario lunar. Cae el primer domingo después de la luna llena que sigue al equinoccio de primavera, lo que lo sitúa en algún momento entre finales de marzo y mediados de abril de cada año.

Christmas Day: El 25 de diciembre se celebra el cumpleaños de Cristo decorando las casas con estrellas, luces y árboles de Navidad. Es una fiesta religiosa para la comunidad cristiana. Muchos estadounidenses, especialmente los cristianos, irán a la Iglesia para celebrar el nacimiento de Jesús en Navidad. Muchas iglesias tienen servicios y eventos especiales de Villancicos en los que se cuenta la historia de la Navidad.
A la gente en Estados Unidos le gusta decorar el exterior de sus casas con luces y, a veces, incluso con estatuas de Papá Noel, muñecos de nieve y renos. ¡Algunas galletas y un vaso de leche a menudo se dejan como bocadillo para Papá Noel en Nochebuena!

New Year Day: El 1 de enero se celebra como día de año nuevo. Es una fiesta donde la celebración comienza la noche anterior. La gente festeja, se divierte y se desea un feliz año nuevo.
La mayoría de las festividades de Año Nuevo comienzan el 31 de diciembre (víspera de Año Nuevo), el último día del calendario gregoriano, y continúan hasta la madrugada del 1 de enero (día de Año Nuevo). Las tradiciones comunes incluyen asistir a fiestas, comer comidas especiales de Año Nuevo, hacer resoluciones para el año nuevo y ver exhibiciones de fuegos artificiales.

Halloween: Cuando eras niño, todo se trataba de dulces. Y todavía lo es, solo de un tipo diferente.
Halloween en los EE. UU. Comprende disfraces exagerados, casas llenas de esqueletos y linternas de calabaza, truco o trato, casas embrujadas, fiestas callejeras y desfiles desde Los Ángeles a Nueva York. Cada ciudad le da su propio giro a los clásicos.

Valentine ‘s Day: En muchos lugares, el Día de San Valentín es para parejas, solo para el amor romántico. ¡No en los Estados Unidos!
En los Estados Unidos, el Día de San Valentín es un gran evento en las escuelas. En la escuela primaria, los niños intercambian tarjetas de San Valentín. Cada niño hará una caja especial y cada estudiante de la clase pondrá una pequeña tarjeta de San Valentín en la caja de todos los demás niños de la clase.

Los adultos también intercambian regalos y tarjetas de San Valentín con familiares y amigos.

St. Patrick ‘s Day: El Día de San Patricio se celebra oficialmente el 17 de marzo de cada año, aunque es posible que las celebraciones no se limiten a esta fecha. El significado del 17 de marzo es que se dice que es la fecha de la muerte de San Patricio a finales del siglo V.
San Patricio es el santo patrón y apóstol nacional de Irlanda. Se le atribuye la exitosa difusión del cristianismo por toda Irlanda, de ahí la celebración cristiana de su vida y su nombre.

Mucha gente usa una prenda de vestir verde durante el día. Las fiestas que ofrecen comida y bebidas irlandesas teñidas de color verde son parte de esta celebración. Es un momento en el que los niños pueden disfrutar de los dulces y los adultos pueden disfrutar de una «pinta» de cerveza en un pub local. Muchos restaurantes y pubs ofrecen comida o bebida irlandesa.

Labor Day: El Día del Trabajo es un feriado legal que se celebra el primer lunes de septiembre en los Estados Unidos, Samoa Americana, Guam, Puerto Rico, la Zona del Canal y las Islas Vírgenes. Es un día libre para la población en general, las escuelas y la mayoría de los negocios están cerrados.
Existe la tradición de no vestirse de blanco después del Día del Trabajo. Este paso en falso de la moda se remonta a finales de la época victoriana. El Emily Post Institute explica que el blanco indica que todavía estás en modo de vacaciones, por lo que, naturalmente, cuando terminó el verano, también lo hizo el vestir de blanco.

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What characterises inner beauty?

"It's the inner beauty that counts. Who hasn't heard this sentence while doubting their looks? We talk a lot about inner beauty without really knowing what it is, as if it were elusive. What characterises inner beauty? How does it benefit us and others? How can we take care of it?

What is inner beauty?

There is no precise definition of inner beauty because it encompasses so many things. We all have a part of inner beauty in each of us because we are born with it. Inner beauty is the image that we have of ourselves and that we reflect to others. It is not the image we project through our physical appearance alone, but the image we project through our inner self. These are all the qualities that make us good to ourselves and to others:

• Listening ;
• Empathy;
• Generosity;
• Understanding ;
• Trust in oneself and in others;
• Solidarity;
• Love of self and love for others;
• Kindness.

Inner beauty encompasses so many important aspects of feeling good about oneself and others that it is difficult to live without it. This is why it is often said that physical beauty is not everything. The rest comes from inner beauty.

How to take care of your inner beauty?

To take care of your inner beauty, it is necessary to go and meet yourself and your inner self. If we want others to find us beautiful inside and out, we must first of all love ourselves. Self-confidence is the essential element that gives us access to our inner beauty. The problem is that not all of us have access to it because of a number of factors that can undermine our confidence and self-esteem. People with low self-esteem and lack of confidence develop defence mechanisms that are incompatible with inner beauty. The child is not basically vicious. Unfortunately, education and certain painful life events can rob us of this capacity to love ourselves and others. So how can we rediscover this inner beauty? By going to meet ourselves. This is not a simple process for everyone because no one taught us how to do it. In fact, from a very young age, we are taught to go towards others but never to go towards ourselves. How can we do this? "To take care of our inner beauty requires a psycho-corporal work which aims at making us aware of our capacities and all our facets in order to regain our self-confidence.

Taking care of yourself

The more you take care of yourself, the better you feel and the more you are able to take care of others and thus share your inner beauty. In concrete terms, this means listening to our physical and mental needs: eating well to feel better in our body, resting when we are tired, taking it easy when we feel stressed, doing sport to release tension, going to the hairdresser when we want a change, redoing our wardrobe when we are tired of our clothes, etc. Finding balance means listening to everything that can relax a person's body and mind, and which, by cause and effect, will help maintain or develop their beauty.

By regaining your self-confidence

The anchoring exercise. This consists of concentrating on a pleasant situation each time negative thoughts pollute your mind and make you doubt. To identify this pleasant moment, sit down in a quiet place and close your eyes. Concentrate on your breathing and recall a positive memory from your life. Relive it in your mind with all the details that make it up. This will make you feel good and valued. Then, whenever your confidence is challenged in the future, you will think of that positive memory. It will be your resource as an anchor to silence those sentences that have paralysed your actions.

By responding to your emotions

To repress your emotions is not to accept who you really are. Putting them at a distance only maintains an unhappiness, a real enemy of inner beauty. We think we are protecting ourselves by avoiding feeling or expressing, but in reality we are hurting ourselves. Stop running away from your emotions. When anger, stress or sadness overwhelm you, welcome them! Our minds and bodies make us feel them for a reason: to help us move forward. For example, when you are angry, settle down with abdominal breathing. Go to meet that anger to find out what it wants you to say. Anger arises when a need has not been expressed,. Identifying that need and doing everything you can to meet it will relieve that anger.
If you make a habit of doing this introspective exercise every time you are in a difficult situation, you will be better able to manage your negative emotions and, above all, to get rid of them so as not to pollute your inner beauty.

The more you feel in tune with yourself, the more receptive others will be to your inner beauty.

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Autophobia: what is the fear of being alone?

A characteristic of our hyper-connected age, autophobia etymologically means "fear of oneself" in Greek, with its two roots auto (self) and phobia (fear). In practice, this phobia means a morbid fear of being alone. It is both a fear of the self and of loneliness, and is experienced by sufferers as a fear of dying, having a panic attack, or feeling suicidal.

What is autophobia?

Being alone from time to time is necessary and sometimes desired in our daily lives. Many people do not like to be alone, but for a small number of people, the discomfort of being alone is pathological and manifests itself in serious physical and mental disorders. Doing everything to avoid loneliness, they sometimes go so far as to surround themselves with people or activities they do not like to avoid facing themselves. Suffering from low self-esteem, these people are said to have a depressive attitude and a tendency to build a "dream" life to cope with the expectations of others.

This anxiety disorder affects both men and women and is rooted in a potential abandonment wound.

How do autophobes feel?

The person with this disorder has an intense and irrational fear of being alone, either now or in the near future. Their primary objective is to avoid being alone at all costs, which means surrounding themselves at all costs, all the time. If, at certain moments, the autophobic person does not succeed in doing this, he or she feels an immense uneasiness, with anguish, anxiety and unreasonable fear. Dysfunctional thoughts appear, such as the belief that danger is imminent, that no one will come to their aid if they need it, that they could die, by an external accident, but also by the fear of having suicidal desires.

At the physiological level, several symptoms may appear:

• Palpitations;
• Dizziness;
• Malaise;
• Tachycardia;
• Sweating, etc.

How autophobes act

At the behavioural level, these people tend to seek approval from others, and are afraid of being rejected and ignored. They have a morose, sometimes depressive attitude. Shunning loneliness as much as possible, they are often anxious and unnatural with others, since they are always dependent on their presence.

These people usually build a dream life for themselves, to conform to the expectations of society and those around them. Today's social networks therefore encourage the appearance of such imaginary and perfect life scenarios, by constructing a perfect "false self" that conforms to the expectations of those around them.

Daily life is greatly impacted, both socially, personally and emotionally, as well as professionally. Such a person is described as autophobic when these symptoms persist over time, at least for a few months.

Origins of autophobia

The roots of autophobia are often hidden in a major abandonment wound, most often in childhood:

• an oversight at the crèche, in the supermarket, in a public place ;
• or a lack of listening;
• a lack of consideration for the child's feelings, leading him or her to believe wrongly that he or she is uninteresting, unlovable or even bad.

Autophobic people often perceive their environment as insecure and lacking in understanding and empathy. Finding oneself with oneself is then a source of suffering, since one finds oneself considered as unappreciated, unloved and unvalued.

Our era also favours the appearance of such anxiety disorders, by allowing people with "perfect" profiles to appear on social networks, physically or socially, and where the competition and the race for "likes" is tough and directly measures social or personal success. Having a smartphone with you at all times, allowing you to be in constant contact with other people, suggests that few people today can really bear to be alone and connected to themselves.

What treatments are available?

Fortunately, there are treatments available to help people with autophobia. There are personal development programmes, which allow one to work on self-esteem, self-affirmation or even narcissistic construction, which are extremely undermined in this pathology.

Of course, one can also call upon psychoanalysis, in individual therapy, which will complete the introspective research on the roots of this malaise, by exploring the causes in childhood, in the link to the parents, the first "others" perceived by the child.

It is also necessary, with the help of a therapist or a coach, or through activities such as meditation or yoga, to relearn how to listen to oneself, to connect with oneself, to look at oneself in a mirror and to learn to know oneself.

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Self-discipline linked to asceticism: Its benefits

Asceticism is a discipline of life that consists of exercising one's will against natural tendencies of the body or the mind. Self-discipline is said to make one happier. But why? And how can we achieve more self-discipline?

What is asceticism?

Asceticism comes from the Greek word askésis, which was originally part of the sports vocabulary and refers to the demanding lifestyle adopted by athletes: diet, sleep, exercise, etc.

Asceticism implies renunciation and deprivation. It is a discipline of life. It is about imposing discipline on oneself (self-discipline) and thus exercising one's will against natural tendencies of the body or the mind. Meditation and fasting are thus ascetic practices.

This exercise of the will and discipline of life remains mostly in measure and balance. There are more extreme ascetic practices with mortifications and penances.

Self-discipline linked to asceticism: Its benefits

Self-discipline is the ability to resist impulses to achieve one's goals.

Many American psychologists and coaches have written that self-discipline makes you happy.

Self-discipline and self-care can lead to more positive emotions and general satisfaction with life.

Self-discipline allows you to give up habits that make you unhappy (eating too much sugar, staying up too late...).

Moreover, being able to delay the satisfaction of some of one's needs simply in order to achieve certain goals leads to a real feeling of self-control and this makes one happy!

How to develop more self-discipline?

Willpower works like a muscle. Self-discipline can therefore be developed like a muscle. With practice, it becomes easier to resist impulses.

Developing new habits (food, activity, method) to achieve your goals is the essence of self-discipline. It takes a little over two months to automate a new behaviour. Once it's almost automatic, you don't need to do anything else.

To motivate yourself, think of the benefits of your new lives, not the constraints!

Meditation for more self-discipline

Meditation increases willpower. This has been proven by science. A study conducted by an Italian neuroscientist has shown, for example, that people who meditated regularly for 8 weeks had strengthened the part of their brain responsible for self-control.

So to resist impulses more easily, meditate!

For example, you can practice a simple meditation exercise called mindfulness breathing.

Sit comfortably with your hands on your thighs, eyes open or closed.

Concentrate only on your breathing. Be aware of the movement of your chest and belly as you breathe, and the air that comes in and out of your nostrils. When your thoughts drift away, gently return to your breathing.

Start with a 1 minute exercise to begin with, then gradually increase to a 2 or 3 minute exercise.

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What is an asocial or antisocial person?

An asocial or antisocial personality is a personality disorder. Its symptoms can be more or less severe. It is difficult for someone close to the person to do anything about it because the antisocial person is not aware that he or she has a problem and manipulates others.

What is an asocial or antisocial person?

The asocial or antisocial personality (also known as dyssocial personality or sociopath) is a personality disorder characterised by an indifference to or rejection of social norms and cultural codes and a chronic transgression of the rights and personhood of others.

There is an older term still in common use for the sociopath with a serious pathology or thought disorder: psychopathic personality.

The main criterion for an antisocial personality is the person's limited ability to feel human emotions, whether it is their own emotions or those of others. Researcher Hare explains that what they lack "are all the qualities in a human being to live in social harmony".

The main characteristics of the asocial or antisocial personality are the following

the person is unable to experience emotions and to guess those of others:

• rejects social norms
• has a tendency to cheat and lie
• acts impulsively and is unable to plan her actions
• is irritable and aggressive
• unable to maintain a stable job and a stable relationship
• is not remorseful for the abuse of another person
• disregard for their own safety and the safety of others

The main psychiatric complications of this disorder are drug abuse.

The causes of antisocial personality are unknown but genetic, biological and environmental factors are suspected. Childhood abuse is thought to be involved.

It is interesting to know that antisocial manifestations are present from childhood. They are manifested by severe anger, aggression towards other children and animals, and early opposition to parents.

This personality disorder is relatively common in men it affects 3% of men compared to 1% of women.

Asocial: how to get out of it?

An asocial or antisocial personality requires a long therapy combining psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapies, antidepressants and psychotropic drugs.

It is a difficult disorder to treat and treatments are aimed at reducing aggression and impulsiveness, mainly to prevent legal problems.

How to help an antisocial relative?

People who are antisocial rarely seek help on their own because they think they are fine. It is often the justice system that forces them to see a therapist.

Asocial personality is diagnosed like other personality disorders using the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM5), published by the American Psychiatric Association.

It is difficult to help an antisocial loved one because antisocial personalities are manipulative and unaware that they have a personality disorder.

R.I. Simon describes sociopaths or antisocials as "predators". Other researchers explain that psychopaths "use charm, manipulation, intimidation and violence" to control others and get what they want. Hare explains that with the lack of conscience and empathy, they will go after what they want, breaking social norms without guilt or remorse.

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Anthropophobia: all about the fear of people

Anthropophobia, also known as relationship phobia, is a pathological fear of people and their company. This fear manifests itself in a desire to avoid society, a morbid fear of people and their presence.

Considered a pathological form of shyness, the word anthropophobia comes from the Greek "anthropo" meaning man, and "phobia" meaning fear.

How to recognize an anthropophobe?

Anthropophobia is therefore an obsessive fear of others, felt in a totally irrational way (like all phobias). Individuals with anthropophobia feel a great deal of anxiety and psychological anguish when someone approaches them or when their personal and intimate space is violated. These people therefore isolate themselves much more than normal people.

When a person tries to make contact with an anthropophobe, the latter feels great physical discomfort, which may involve certain compulsions to keep the disturbing person away.

Anthropophobia is a pathological form of shyness, particularly affecting adolescents, but it is often transient. It is characterised by :

• severe blushing ;
• Increased anxiety in the company of others;
• dizziness;
• or difficulties in expressing themselves.

This phobia can quickly become insurmountable for adolescents who withdraw into themselves in the face of this unexplained fear. For them, this phobia can evolve into a school phobia and thus an inability to follow their courses at school and to relate to other students.

What are the causes of anthropophobia?

Anthropophobia can be explained by trauma from a past event or by genetic factors. Trauma often occurs in childhood or through subsequent humiliation in a group.

Emotional disorders in the past, stressful situations in a group, etc., can be the cause of this fear of people, but these causes are often well hidden and buried, leaving only the iceberg of the obsessive fear of others visible.

What are the consequences for everyday life?

What an anthropophobe shows to those around him or her is first of all an exacerbated shyness of an autistic form. The individual prefers the relative pain of isolation to the unbearable pain of facing the group and other people. Withdrawal into oneself is then inevitable. Moreover, the anthropophobe is caught in a vicious circle: the more he isolates himself, the more he is stigmatised by others, who characterise him as asocial, the more he feels rejected by the group and is pushed into isolation.

As for the physical symptoms, they are numerous and still lead him to hide them and isolate himself:

• blushing ;
• constant anxiety;
• dizziness ;
• and sometimes eye problems;
• or even anxiety attacks and spasmophilia.

What are the treatments for anthropophobia?

The same methods can be used as for many phobias:

1. cognitive-behavioural approaches, in particular Ericksonian hypnosis and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming);
2. if the individual knows the origin of his or her phobia (known trauma), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be used to treat it;
3. psychoanalysis can be a saving grace for the individual who is totally unaware of the origins of his phobia.

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is concerned with the way humans function in a given environment, according to their behavioural patterns. Using certain methods and tools, NLP will help the individual to change their perception of the world around them. This will change their initial behaviours and conditioning, operating in the structure of their worldview. In the case of a phobia, this method is particularly suitable.

As for EMDR, meaning desensitisation and reprocessing through eye movements, it uses sensory stimulation through eye movements, but also through auditory or tactile stimuli. This method allows the stimulation of a complex neuropsychological mechanism present in each of us. This stimulation allows us to reprocess moments experienced as traumatic and not digested by our brain, which can be at the origin of very disabling symptoms, such as phobias.

Antropophobia is not misanthropy

These two words are often associated or confused. But they mean two very different things. Misanthropy is a moral and philosophical position, with a hatred of humanity, in a totally rational and conscious way. Physical symptoms are almost absent, except for the isolation that may result.

There is no phobia in misanthropy, unlike anthropophobia, in which the fear of others is irrational, experienced as an unexplained anxiety.

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Aquaphobia: Why am I afraid of water?

Aquaphobia comes from the Latin "aqua" meaning "water" and the Greek "phobia" meaning "fear". It is a common phobia. It is characterised by a panic and unreasonable fear of water. This anxiety disorder, sometimes referred to as hydrophobia, can be disabling in everyday life, and in particular can interfere with the sufferer's leisure activities. A person suffering from aquaphobia will often not be able to get into the water, even if they have feet, and being near water will be an ordeal.

What is aquaphobia?

Water phobia is an uncontrolled fear and aversion to water. The anxiety disorder manifests itself in large bodies of water such as an ocean or a lake, but also in watery places that are under human control such as swimming pools. In some severe cases, the aquaphobic person is also unable to get into a bathtub.

Aquaphobia manifests itself to different degrees in different patients. But it should not be confused with a simple feeling of insecurity because one cannot swim or does not feel comfortable when one is not on foot, for example. In fact, in this type of case, it is a legitimate apprehension and not an aquaphobia.

Causes of aquaphobia: why am I afraid of water?

The reasons that can most often explain the panic fear of water in adulthood, are most often related to a psychological trauma dating back to childhood:

• An accidental fall into the water ;
• a drowning in the child's environment
• a memorable story overheard during a meal;
• or a parent with aquaphobia.

Often the trauma occurs when the child does not yet know how to swim, which further increases the feeling of insecurity and loss of control. Being pushed into a swimming pool at a young age or holding one's head under water for a long time as a child's "game" can sometimes leave traces in adulthood.

The symptoms of aquaphobia

Disproportionately high levels of anxiety in the vicinity of water indicate that a person is suffering from aquaphobia:

• The idea of being confronted with swimming or going out to sea on a boat puts you in a state of high anxiety;
• When you are near water, your heart rate increases;
• You have tremors;
• Sweating;
• Buzzing;
• Dizziness;
• You are afraid of dying

For some aquaphobics, the simple fact of being splashed or hearing the splash of water can trigger a state of acute stress, leading the person to decline all water-related activities.

Swimming pool courses to overcome aquaphobia

Lifeguards offer courses for adults adapted to the different degrees of aquaphobia in order to overcome the fear of water. These small group sessions are also open to people who simply want to become more comfortable in the pool.

Each participant, accompanied by a professional, will be able to tame the aquatic environment at his or her own pace thanks to breathing, immersion and floating techniques. Over the course of the lessons, some aquaphobes will be able to put their head under water and overcome their fear of depth.

Contact your local swimming pool or town hall to find out if there are any swimming lessons or aquaphobia courses near you.

What treatments are available for aquaphobia?

Cognitive behavioural therapy can also be effective in gradually improving tolerance to stressful situations and reducing the level of anxiety linked to fears.

Psychotherapy can also be useful in understanding the origin of the phobia and thus succeed in overcoming it.

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Chinese New Year - 1 February

Chinese New Year. The event, also known as the Lunar New Year, heralds the beginning of the Year of the Water Tiger. 

Chinese New Year 2022 will occur on Tuesday 1 February 2022. Often referred to as the "Lunar New Year", this celebration is actually honoured in several Asian countries, and for several days. It is also known as Spring Festival or Tet Festival in Vietnam. This new lunar cycle, comes after the winter solstice.

Is this a good sign for the year 2022? Calmness, balance and distance in judgements will be the main qualities to cultivate throughout the Chinese New Year 2022. Synonymous with unexpected changes and surprising developments, but also with tension and rebellion, the Tiger could mean that you will have to give your best to significantly improve your standard of living. The Water Yang element honours maturity and deep emotions as it is a symbolic element of temperance. Consequently, human relationships will gain in depth, objectivity and transparency. The year will end on January 21, 2023, to be followed by the Water Hare on January 22, 2023.

When does Chinese New Year fall in 2022?

The date of the Chinese New Year changes every year because it is based on the lunisolar calendar. This corresponds to the first new moon of the year. The date is determined in the Chinese city of Nanjing, at the Purple Mountain Observatory. In 2022, the date of the Chinese New Year is Tuesday, February 1.

What is the Chinese New Year sign in 2022?

Each new lunar year has its own Chinese horoscope. Gone is the Metal Buffalo, we move on to a new animal, the Water Tiger. The Water Tiger, the third animal of the Chinese zodiac, is "courageous, impulsive and supportive". This animal associates easily with the Horse and the Dog, but very badly with the Monkey. The Tiger's equivalent European astrological sign is Aquarius.

Which animal is associated with you?

In the Chinese calendar, each year is associated with one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, represented by animals, which return in a cyclical manner every 12 years: rat, buffalo, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig. The new year is also linked to one of the five cosmogonic elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water.

To find out your element in the Chinese horoscope, birth years ending in 0 or 1 are Metal, 2 or 3 are Water, 4 or 5 are Wood, 6 or 7 are Fire, 8 or 9 are Earth.

Lunar New Year: a year shorter than the solar year

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year? As the Chinese New Year festivities get into full swing on 1 February 2022, the official date of the Lunar New Year, the question may be asked. While drumming and dragon parades are part of the folklore, the evolution of the name of the event is still unknown to the general public. However, this change in wording is not insignificant... The first explanation is the choice of date for the event, which changes every year.

The globalisation and the mixing of cultures that these celebrations have brought about can also help to understand this evolution. The Chinese New Year is no longer celebrated only in China, but also in many Asian countries where the Middle Kingdom has a major influence.

So why the change of date? The Chinese calendar is called lunisolar, which means that the months are not set according to the annual cycle of the Sun, as in the Gregorian calendar, but according to the regular cycle of the phases of the Moon. As a result, the date of the Chinese, or lunar, New Year varies from one year to the next on our calendar. In order to prevent the seasons from drifting, the lunar calendar must be regularly readjusted to the solar calendar...

To better understand this, it is important to know that the 12 lunar months have a duration of about 354 days, which gives us months of 29.5 days, i.e. 11 days less than in the solar calendar. Every three years, a 13th lunar month is added in order to make the lunar calendar correspond to the solar calendar, and thus avoid this famous unwanted drift of the seasons. The years do not all have the same number of days, but the Chinese New Year always occurs between January 21 and February 20 in the Gregorian calendar. And according to the lunar cycle, the event arrives precisely on the second new moon since the winter solstice. As with all the beginnings of the Chinese months, the Lunar New Year is the first day of a new moon.

In which countries is Chinese New Year celebrated?

Contrary to its name, Chinese New Year is not only celebrated in China on the Asian continent. It is celebrated in several Asian countries: in Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei. A tradition that dates back more than 4,000 years, Chinese New Year is celebrated for a fortnight until the day before the Lantern Festival on 26 February.

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Unconditional love: what is limitless love?

Unconditional love is a way of loving the other person entirely, of accepting him or her as he or she is, without reserve and with his or her faults and qualities. This love is often cited as the love we reserve for our children, so rare does it seem to be to be able to offer such love to a person, within a couple. What is love without limits? Is it beneficial? What are the risks of imbalance?

How can we define unconditional love?

First of all, there are several types of relationships in which love can be expressed:

• parent-child relationships
• brother-sister relationships
• couple relationships

In all these relationships, two kinds of love can occur: conditional love and unconditional love.

In conditional love, you give your love in "exchange" for something, consciously or unconsciously. This may be a perceived extraordinary quality in the other, or material comfort, or affection, attention, time spent. The quality of this love is much lower than that of unconditional love, since here, love is "monetised", even by unspoken words. Much of the beauty of love, which is normally free and without expectation of return, is lost.

In unconditional love, one gives one's love without any limits or expectations of return. It is much more difficult to apply, but much richer to live and fulfilling. It is about accepting the other person as a whole, with their faults and qualities, without trying to change them. We can love someone for their intelligence, their kindness, their generosity... But loving this person unconditionally also allows us to love their unattractive stoutness, their propensity to remain slumped on the sofa, or their little daily obsessions. When you love someone unconditionally, you are much more forgiving, even of bigger problems, such as infidelity, or other moral faults.

This is generally the love that we have for our child throughout our lives, but it can exist between a man and a woman in a couple.

It is a love that is absolute, devoted, intense and can hardly be broken. It is a romantic love. Nothing is expected in return, and therein lies the beauty and purity of this love. However, there can be suffering in this lack of limits, especially if the loved one abuses this unconditional love.

What are the limits of unconditional love?

How can we love unconditionally without suffering?

Psychiatrists and psychologists seem to affirm that unconditional love towards a person who is not one's child would reflect a lack of love and self-esteem. Indeed, to forgive a person everything without limits and to want to fulfil all his or her needs without asking for anything in return shows a deep disrespect for oneself.

Love without limits is then very destructive, since there are no barriers to guaranteeing respect for one's own esteem, one's person. When we allow the other person to make moral mistakes or treat us badly, without distancing ourselves from them, we show them a devaluing image of ourselves. By letting the blatant reasons for breaking up in love pass in the usual cases, we unconsciously send this message to the other person: "Do me all the bad things you want, I'll always stay with you. This type of relationship is very unhealthy and often turns into a perverse relationship between the persecutor and the persecuted.

What balance should be given to unconditional love?

Without necessarily entering into a perverse relationship, there will always be an imbalance in a couple's relationship when one of the two people loves unconditionally, while the other does not.

This asymmetry will lead to suffering on both sides: the one who loves more intensely will suffer from not being loved at the same level; the one who receives unconditional love will suffer from being "smothered" by the other's love, from being the only source of contentment.

There is then dependence, and the beginning of the destruction of the relationship, when the unconditional lover is unable to grow and find other fulfilments outside the relationship.

To remain balanced, a couple must therefore love each other equally and respect each other's independence.

Our brains are initially designed to love unconditionally. And this is what happens at the beginning of a love relationship: it's passion, we are in the absolute, the purity of the bond, we literally "take" the other person completely, even his or her small defects. Then, a few months or years later, our "rational" brain takes over, and if we can't stand our partner's now very visible flaws, we break up.

On the other hand, long-lasting love affairs show us that, even when we see the other person's faults, we are indulgent towards them, and sometimes even have tenderness for them. However, the limits are clear: our brains make sure that the other person does not overstep the mark. A moral fault that is too serious would lead to a break-up.

Unconditional love is therefore a stage to be lived and crossed in a couple, a spark that allows the beautiful beginnings of a love. But to live a healthy and balanced love, this love must evolve, thanks to communication, empathy and respect.

How to get out of unconditional love?

Those who remain in the state of unconditional love remain in a very infantile state: they refuse to grow up, and to evolve in their way of loving. Indeed, to become dependent on the other person by offering him or her all of one's devoted and loving being, resembles the devotion of a small child to his or her parents, without whom, he or she cannot manage.

The unconditional lover must then work on himself, possibly in therapy, in order to dive into introspection on the level of his childhood, or to redefine his needs and his lacks in love. One then learns, by coming out of unconditional love, to have mature exchanges with others, to communicate, and to love without invading or smothering the other in a love without freedom or shared fulfilment.

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