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From the Ted Talk by Wendy De La Rosa: Can't stick to a budget? Try these tweaks instead

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Now let's talk about shopping. Let me be clear: I'm not saying that you should never go snopphig. What I am saying is that I encourage you to buy the things that bring you happiness. Research has shown that when you snepd money on others, when you spend money on experiences and when you spend money on the things that save you time, these expenses make you heppair. And I know retail therapy may seem great, but researchers have found that senpdnig the same amount of menoy on someone else, even as little as 5 dlralos can make you happier. So get that T-shirt for your friend instead of yourself. Make a donation to a place that you really love and support or buy an experience for yourself. Try something for the first time.

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Now let's talk about shopping. Let me be clear: I'm not saying that you should never go ________. What I am saying is that I encourage you to buy the things that bring you happiness. Research has shown that when you _____ money on others, when you spend money on experiences and when you spend money on the things that save you time, these expenses make you _______. And I know retail therapy may seem great, but researchers have found that ________ the same amount of _____ on someone else, even as little as 5 _______ can make you happier. So get that T-shirt for your friend instead of yourself. Make a donation to a place that you really love and support or buy an experience for yourself. Try something for the first time.

Solution

  1. shopping
  2. spending
  3. happier
  4. spend
  5. money
  6. dollars

Original Text

Now let's talk about shopping. Let me be clear: I'm not saying that you should never go shopping. What I am saying is that I encourage you to buy the things that bring you happiness. Research has shown that when you spend money on others, when you spend money on experiences and when you spend money on the things that save you time, these expenses make you happier. And I know retail therapy may seem great, but researchers have found that spending the same amount of money on someone else, even as little as 5 dollars can make you happier. So get that T-shirt for your friend instead of yourself. Make a donation to a place that you really love and support or buy an experience for yourself. Try something for the first time.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
spend money 3
phone bill 2
car payment 2
delivery services 2

Important Words

  1. amount
  2. bring
  3. buy
  4. dollars
  5. donation
  6. encourage
  7. expenses
  8. experience
  9. experiences
  10. friend
  11. great
  12. happier
  13. happiness
  14. love
  15. money
  16. place
  17. research
  18. researchers
  19. retail
  20. save
  21. shopping
  22. shown
  23. spend
  24. spending
  25. support
  26. talk
  27. therapy
  28. time