Vocabulary

• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• in a rut: Stuck in a monotonous routine; lacking variety or progress.
• pull yourself together: To calm down and regain control of your emotions
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• look back: To think about past events
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• sense of accomplishment: A feeling of pride and satisfaction from achieving something.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• picking out: To choose or select one item from many
• take it slow: To proceed at a relaxed and unhurried pace.
• wind down: To become quiet or calm, after activity
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• turn off
• free up: To make something available for a particular use.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• have to: Must do
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• against all odds: Despite having very little chance of succeeding.
• check out
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• mental: Concerning the mind
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• tiny: Very, very small
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
• clutter: To fill with disorderly mess of things
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• click: To work well with someone or something
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• insignificant: Being very small or unimportant
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• replace: To use instead of something else
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• rut: Deep track, made by the wheels of vehicles
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• snapshot: A photograph, especially an informal one
• bedtime: Time you go to bed