self-improvement. self-help. alienate. challenges. low-point. junkies. addict. coaching. wildly optimistic. grievance. self-esteem. the key

self-improvement

make yourself or an aspect of yourself better without assistance from others

self-help

solving your problems without having to ask others for assistance

alienate

isolate a person from familiar people and places; make a person feel he or she is not part of a group

challenges

difficulties or problems

low-point

the most difficult time in a person's life

junkies

addicts - this is a slang phrase usually applied to people addicted to illegal drugs

addict

someone with a physical and emotional need to consume something

coaching

training to perform or work better

wildly optimistic

positive beyond what might seem realistic

grievance

a feeling you have a right to be annoyed because something unfair happened and you did not get what you deserved

self-esteem

feeling of being happy with your own personality and abilities

the key

most important thing

Life-long learning

· an intensive course: a course that offers lots of training in order to reach a goal in as short a time as possible

· to keep up with your studies: to not fall behind

· to learn something by heart: to memorize it

· a mature student: a student who is older than average and who has usually returned to education after a period at work

· tuition fees: the money paid for a course of study

· to have the learning ownership: to realize one’s responsibility for studies

· to implement some go-to learning tools – to use alternative ways of learning information (podcasts, blogs, songs etc.)

· learning goals – purposes of learning process

II. Articles to read:

· What are positive and negative emotions and do we need them both?

https://positivepsychology.com/positive-negative-emotions/

· Improving ourselves to death (self-help industry phenomenon)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/improving-ourselves-to-death

· Life long-learning (actually, it’s a long-read, sorry, but here you can pick up plenty of ideas)

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000127667

· Again about life-long learning (numerous data for proofs):

file:///C:/Users/79231/Downloads/CEREF_Vol.8_No%202_Glabicka.pdf

· Is anxiety a new epidemic of the 21 century?

http://mnnews.today/aurora/october-2016/13290-is-anxiety-the-disease-of-the-21st-century-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/

III. Telescopic topic:

https://prezi.com/p/qdfqfxpgxf7s/