Lesson 3 Be Positive, Be Happy
Say Goodbye to Stress
Some ____ spend time with friends when they feel low.
Others eat special foods to feel ____.
Still ____ simply sleep for a while.
How do you deal with ____?
Here are ____ stories about people who suggest different ways.
Mina (15, Daejeon)
Sometimes my friends give me ____ by saying bad things about me, breaking promises, or arguing over small things.
When this happens, I ____ horror movies!
Good ____ movies are so scary that I scream a lot.
I guess that screaming at the top of my lungs helps me feel ____.
Also, thanks to scary scenes and sound effects, I can ____ about what bothers me.
I've ____ using this method for the past several months, and it really works.
Junho (14, Yeosu)
My uncle graduated from college two ____ ago.
He ____ with my family, and he's been looking for a job for some time.
I know that he's stressed out, but he always ____ to be positive by going fishing.
He never gets upset when he doesn't catch any ____.
He says, "While I fish, I'm so focused that I can leave ____ my worries behind.
Besides, it teaches me to be ____."
I'm sure that ____ on one thing helps us forget about something else.
Dobin (16, Seoul)
My sister, a second-year student in ____ school, has a wonderful way to stay free from stress.
She feels a ____ of stress from schoolwork, but my mother seems to like the situation for a good reason.
It is because ____ is my sister's number-one way to make life better!
When she's so stressed that her life looks gloomy, she cleans her ____.
She says, "As I ____ my room, I feel like I'm also relieving stress.
When my room looks tidy, my ____ looks brighter."
Yulia (14, Ansan)
Let me tell you what my mother does about her ____.
She feels stressed by ____ the things she has to do at work and at home.
____ she's under stress, she writes "Me Time" on her calendar.
This means she takes some time ____ for herself.
She reads a book, watches a movie, or ____ with her friends.
She says, "It doesn't really matter what I do, as ____ as it's something I like.
I've been writing 'Me Time' on my ____ for two months, and I feel much better."
____ methods will work for you?
Try some of these ideas yourself, and find your best way to say ____ to stress.