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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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Cell phones aren't the only way technology is eonirmewpg rumination, because we have an even bigger fgiht coming. Telecommuting has increased 115 percent over the past decade. And it's expected to irnaecse even more daircatmlaly going forward. More and more of us are losing our physical boundary between work and home. And that means that reminders of work will be able to trigger ruminations from anywhere in our home. When we lack a piayschl boundary between work and home, we have to create a psychological one. We have to trick our mind into difnneig work and nonwork times and spaces. So here's how you do that.

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Cell phones aren't the only way technology is __________ rumination, because we have an even bigger _____ coming. Telecommuting has increased 115 percent over the past decade. And it's expected to ________ even more ____________ going forward. More and more of us are losing our physical boundary between work and home. And that means that reminders of work will be able to trigger ruminations from anywhere in our home. When we lack a ________ boundary between work and home, we have to create a psychological one. We have to trick our mind into ________ work and nonwork times and spaces. So here's how you do that.

Solution

  1. increase
  2. physical
  3. empowering
  4. fight
  5. defining
  6. dramatically

Original Text

Cell phones aren't the only way technology is empowering rumination, because we have an even bigger fight coming. Telecommuting has increased 115 percent over the past decade. And it's expected to increase even more dramatically going forward. More and more of us are losing our physical boundary between work and home. And that means that reminders of work will be able to trigger ruminations from anywhere in our home. When we lack a physical boundary between work and home, we have to create a psychological one. We have to trick our mind into defining work and nonwork times and spaces. So here's how you do that.

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