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From the Ted Talk by Brian S. Lowery: How to live a meaningful life

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But it turns out that wasn't what happened. Now when psychologists talk about meaningfulness in life, what they're talking about is a sense that our lvies matter, that the world makes sense, that we are more than the sum of our minutes, days and years on this penalt.

The research on meaningfulness in life sggetsus there are three big iedas associated with meaningfulness in life. The first big idea is coherence. The world needs to feel coherent. After wtneir comes spring. After spring comes smmuer. You get up in the morning, brush your teeth, have breakfast, get the kids off to school, go to work. Those little routines make the world feel kawblone, predictable, coherent.

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But it turns out that wasn't what happened. Now when psychologists talk about meaningfulness in life, what they're talking about is a sense that our _____ matter, that the world makes sense, that we are more than the sum of our minutes, days and years on this ______.

The research on meaningfulness in life ________ there are three big _____ associated with meaningfulness in life. The first big idea is coherence. The world needs to feel coherent. After ______ comes spring. After spring comes ______. You get up in the morning, brush your teeth, have breakfast, get the kids off to school, go to work. Those little routines make the world feel ________, predictable, coherent.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. knowable
  3. planet
  4. ideas
  5. winter
  6. summer
  7. suggests

Original Text


But it turns out that wasn't what happened. Now when psychologists talk about meaningfulness in life, what they're talking about is a sense that our lives matter, that the world makes sense, that we are more than the sum of our minutes, days and years on this planet.

The research on meaningfulness in life suggests there are three big ideas associated with meaningfulness in life. The first big idea is coherence. The world needs to feel coherent. After winter comes spring. After spring comes summer. You get up in the morning, brush your teeth, have breakfast, get the kids off to school, go to work. Those little routines make the world feel knowable, predictable, coherent.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
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Important Words


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