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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. acknowledging B. discouraged C. drain D. identify
E. negative F. referring G. occurred H. pin
I. refresh J. specific K. ultimately |
Make a Wish List
Most of us know of New Year’s Resolutions, where one sets intentions for the year ahead. But too often, people make their resolutions 1 — “I will no longer eat biscuits left at my desk” — and then feel unhappy. In the cold month of January, the last thing you need is to 2 your energy further by setting up a series of battles with yourself. And if you break a resolution, you feel 3 , which is a rubbish way to start the year. What you need instead are things to look forward to.
So instead, try a wish list. This involves writing down 100 things you would like to do in the year ahead. The items can be enormous or tiny, ranging from “Climb Everest” to “buy a new pencil sharpener”. The main thing is that at some point it has 4 to you as something that you would like to do.
The key here is — write it down.
Do you feel any resistance to the ideas? If so, ask yourself why. What is wrong with 5 what you would like to do? Try not to say to yourself: “I can’t, I don’t have the money/time/energy/skills.” Just write it down. It helps to be 6 , so rather than “Get outdoors”, 7 a place you would like to visit. And take your time when creating it — a wish list is not built in a day. Think about it, polish it and 8 it.
Finally, you have your list. And what a work of beauty it is. Here are all the things that you would like to do. Remember to 9 them up where you can see them; let yourself consider how they can be accomplished. You’ll be amazed that so many of your dreams can be realized though the simple trick of writing them down and 10 to them.
