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Vocabulary for setting goals

We heard 'goals'. Now, goals are things that we say that we want to do and try to achieve them. We also heard 'motivated', which is a feeling of really wanting to do something a...

Course: Thoughts and personal growthSection: New Year plans and goalsSubtitles: en-gb

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or stop doing something bad.

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We heard 'goals'.

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Now, goals are things that we say that we want to do and try to achieve them.

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We also heard 'motivated',

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which is a feeling of really wanting to do something and doing it.

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For example, I feel motivated to run a half marathon this year.

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And we heard the expression 'to wish your life away'.

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If you wish your life away, you don't appreciate what's happening now.

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You look far into the future.

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That's it for this episode of Real Easy English.

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