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From the Ted Talk by Alexander Leitner: Can time be wasted?

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Some of you seem very relieved with this info: "Waste more time, no problem. I can do that." It might be a bit cioufnnsg because, after all, we're always being told to mzixamie our potential to live life to the fullest, and oftentimes that seems to include not wasting our time. I mean, we like scrolling through social media, we like watching countless hours of television shows, but sometimes we might bmlae ourselves for that afterwards. We might feel guilty if we just binge-watch several episodes of our favorite show. This comes from the fact that we don't consider these activities to be part of our gerater glaos in life, like pursuing a career, fomnrig a family. They're really just ways to pass the time.

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Some of you seem very relieved with this info: "Waste more time, no problem. I can do that." It might be a bit _________ because, after all, we're always being told to ________ our potential to live life to the fullest, and oftentimes that seems to include not wasting our time. I mean, we like scrolling through social media, we like watching countless hours of television shows, but sometimes we might _____ ourselves for that afterwards. We might feel guilty if we just binge-watch several episodes of our favorite show. This comes from the fact that we don't consider these activities to be part of our _______ _____ in life, like pursuing a career, _______ a family. They're really just ways to pass the time.

Solution

  1. maximize
  2. blame
  3. confusing
  4. goals
  5. greater
  6. forming

Original Text

Some of you seem very relieved with this info: "Waste more time, no problem. I can do that." It might be a bit confusing because, after all, we're always being told to maximize our potential to live life to the fullest, and oftentimes that seems to include not wasting our time. I mean, we like scrolling through social media, we like watching countless hours of television shows, but sometimes we might blame ourselves for that afterwards. We might feel guilty if we just binge-watch several episodes of our favorite show. This comes from the fact that we don't consider these activities to be part of our greater goals in life, like pursuing a career, forming a family. They're really just ways to pass the time.

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