find words from the passage which convey a meaning similar to the following words phrases
1.firm decisions ( para 1 )
2.put together ( para 1 )
3.overwhelming (para 1 )
4.unchanging( para 1 )
5.stumbling block( para 2 )
6.restricted(para 2 )
7.with great zeal( para 2)
8.very tired( para 3 )
9.give me away( para 3)
10.ward off(para 3 )
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the new year is a time for resolution.mentally at least most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts for the year.the same old favourite recur year in years out with monotonous regularity.we resolve to get up earlier each morning eat less find more time to play with the children do a thousand and one jobs about the house be nice to people we don't like drive carefully and take the dog for a walk every day.past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.if we remain deep-rooted liars it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
most of us fail in our efforts at self improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.we also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolution to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways .a ware of these pitfalls this year I attempted to keep my resolution to myself.i limited myself to two modest ambitions to do physical exercise every morning and to read more every evening.an all night party on new years eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolution on the first day of the year but on the second I applied myself assiduously to the task.
the daily exercise lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up.the self discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable.nevertheless I managed to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found into uncomfortable position,i sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted conditions.it was this that betrayed me.the next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance.that was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good hummouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.however my enthusiasm waned the time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero.by January 10th I was back to where I had started from.i argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work.resisting the hypnotizing effect of television I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book.one night however felling cold and lonely I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.that provide to be my undoing for I soon got back to the old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.i still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading in fact I have just bought a book entitled how to read a thousand words a minute.perhaps it will solve my problems but I just haven't had time to read it.
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