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From the Ted Talk by Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

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So top six regrets — the things we regret most in life: Number one by far, education. 33 percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education. We wish we'd gotten more of it. We wish we'd taken better andvgtaae of the education that we did have. We wish we'd choesn to study a different tiopc. Others very high on our list of regrets include career, romance, parenting, various decisions and cceoihs about our sense of self and how we spend our leisure time — or actually more specifically, how we fail to sepnd our leisure time. The rninameig regrets pertain to these things: finance, family issues unrelated to romance or penanrtig, health, friends, spirituality and community.

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So top six regrets — the things we regret most in life: Number one by far, education. 33 percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education. We wish we'd gotten more of it. We wish we'd taken better _________ of the education that we did have. We wish we'd ______ to study a different _____. Others very high on our list of regrets include career, romance, parenting, various decisions and _______ about our sense of self and how we spend our leisure time — or actually more specifically, how we fail to _____ our leisure time. The _________ regrets pertain to these things: finance, family issues unrelated to romance or _________, health, friends, spirituality and community.

Solution

  1. topic
  2. chosen
  3. choices
  4. remaining
  5. parenting
  6. advantage
  7. spend

Original Text

So top six regrets — the things we regret most in life: Number one by far, education. 33 percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education. We wish we'd gotten more of it. We wish we'd taken better advantage of the education that we did have. We wish we'd chosen to study a different topic. Others very high on our list of regrets include career, romance, parenting, various decisions and choices about our sense of self and how we spend our leisure time — or actually more specifically, how we fail to spend our leisure time. The remaining regrets pertain to these things: finance, family issues unrelated to romance or parenting, health, friends, spirituality and community.

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Important Words

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