Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• feel stuck: To feel unable to progress or change a situation, often leading to frustration or helplessness.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• wall in: To surround something tightly with walls or barriers.
• at least: As a minimum
• to some extent: Partially; not completely.
• ahead of the game: Being well prepared or in an advantageous position.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• important: Having power or authority
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• notification: Act of giving formal or official information
• reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• personalize: To make personal or more personal