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Idiom: (Stuck) in a rut
Many of us feel we are stuck in a rut.
When you are in a rut, each day feels just like the one before, and nothing new or exciting ever seems to happen.
When you are in a rut, the best thing to do is to turn over a new leaf.
The beginning of the New Year is also a time for new beginnings.
I know it doesn’t make sense to begin new things in the depth of winter, but things are the way they are.
January 1 is a great time to begin something new in the West.
Trying new things makes life exciting.
Even changing our brand of ketchup or watching a different news program could help spark change and get us out of a rut.
Don’t begin 2018 in a rut.
It’s time to turn over a new leaf and spark a change in your life.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is simple and easy to read.
It’s likely to be understood by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 90.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.