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From the Ted Talk by Bevy Smith: How to discover your authentic self -- at any age

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Who am I at my core? At my core I’m looking to authentically connect with people. I don't like a cursory, you know, inacrietotn, and I do not believe in networking. I like an authentic connection. I’m also cuuoirs and I’m adventurous and I’m kind and I’ve got big dreams.

How am I being pvreeeicd? Well, y’all know the nickname, Bitchy Bevy ... so, duh. But here’s the problem. There’s a lot of power in that poersna, and I actually really enjoyed it for a time, you know, because you can make a lot of money being a bitch, especially in fhsiaon.

(Laughter)

But it’s also incredibly lonely and isinoltag, and I didn’t want to live that life anymore. And so I decided to cnaghe my life. And I left all of that alone. I really did, like, just change my sriipt. And leaving fashion obviously helped. And when I did that, all of a sudden, I let Little Brown Bevy out to play.

Open Cloze


Who am I at my core? At my core I’m looking to authentically connect with people. I don't like a cursory, you know, ___________, and I do not believe in networking. I like an authentic connection. I’m also _______ and I’m adventurous and I’m kind and I’ve got big dreams.

How am I being _________? Well, y’all know the nickname, Bitchy Bevy ... so, duh. But here’s the problem. There’s a lot of power in that _______, and I actually really enjoyed it for a time, you know, because you can make a lot of money being a bitch, especially in _______.

(Laughter)

But it’s also incredibly lonely and _________, and I didn’t want to live that life anymore. And so I decided to ______ my life. And I left all of that alone. I really did, like, just change my ______. And leaving fashion obviously helped. And when I did that, all of a sudden, I let Little Brown Bevy out to play.

Solution


  1. isolating
  2. change
  3. interaction
  4. persona
  5. fashion
  6. spirit
  7. perceived
  8. curious

Original Text


Who am I at my core? At my core I’m looking to authentically connect with people. I don't like a cursory, you know, interaction, and I do not believe in networking. I like an authentic connection. I’m also curious and I’m adventurous and I’m kind and I’ve got big dreams.

How am I being perceived? Well, y’all know the nickname, Bitchy Bevy ... so, duh. But here’s the problem. There’s a lot of power in that persona, and I actually really enjoyed it for a time, you know, because you can make a lot of money being a bitch, especially in fashion.

(Laughter)

But it’s also incredibly lonely and isolating, and I didn’t want to live that life anymore. And so I decided to change my life. And I left all of that alone. I really did, like, just change my spirit. And leaving fashion obviously helped. And when I did that, all of a sudden, I let Little Brown Bevy out to play.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
brown bevy 5
late bloomer 3
bitchy bevy 3
extended grace 3
color brown 2


Important Words


  1. adventurous
  2. anymore
  3. authentic
  4. authentically
  5. bevy
  6. big
  7. bitch
  8. bitchy
  9. brown
  10. change
  11. connect
  12. connection
  13. core
  14. curious
  15. cursory
  16. decided
  17. dreams
  18. duh
  19. enjoyed
  20. fashion
  21. helped
  22. incredibly
  23. interaction
  24. isolating
  25. kind
  26. laughter
  27. leaving
  28. left
  29. life
  30. live
  31. lonely
  32. lot
  33. money
  34. networking
  35. nickname
  36. people
  37. perceived
  38. persona
  39. play
  40. power
  41. problem
  42. spirit
  43. sudden
  44. time