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From the Ted Talk by Guy Winch: How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

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My patient Sally is a good example. Sally was given the promotion of a lifetime, but it came with a price. She was no longer able to pick up her daughter from socohl every day, and that broke her haert. So she came up with a plan. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Sally left work elray, picked up her deugthar from school, played with her, fed her, bathed her and put her to bed. And then she went back to the office and worked past midnight to catch up. Only, Sally's rumination jruaonl indicated she spent almost every minute of her quality time with her daughter ruminating about how much work she had to do.

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My patient Sally is a good example. Sally was given the promotion of a lifetime, but it came with a price. She was no longer able to pick up her daughter from ______ every day, and that broke her _____. So she came up with a plan. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Sally left work _____, picked up her ________ from school, played with her, fed her, bathed her and put her to bed. And then she went back to the office and worked past midnight to catch up. Only, Sally's rumination _______ indicated she spent almost every minute of her quality time with her daughter ruminating about how much work she had to do.

Solution

  1. early
  2. heart
  3. daughter
  4. school
  5. journal

Original Text

My patient Sally is a good example. Sally was given the promotion of a lifetime, but it came with a price. She was no longer able to pick up her daughter from school every day, and that broke her heart. So she came up with a plan. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Sally left work early, picked up her daughter from school, played with her, fed her, bathed her and put her to bed. And then she went back to the office and worked past midnight to catch up. Only, Sally's rumination journal indicated she spent almost every minute of her quality time with her daughter ruminating about how much work she had to do.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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spent ruminating 2
anxiously worrying 2
physical boundary 2
productive forms 2

Important Words

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  2. bed
  3. broke
  4. catch
  5. daughter
  6. day
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  10. heart
  11. journal
  12. left
  13. lifetime
  14. longer
  15. midnight
  16. minute
  17. office
  18. patient
  19. pick
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  21. plan
  22. played
  23. price
  24. promotion
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  26. quality
  27. ruminating
  28. rumination
  29. sally
  30. school
  31. spent
  32. thursday
  33. time
  34. tuesday
  35. work
  36. worked