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Word of the Day: Momentum
Momentum is a physical force that keeps you moving in a forward direction.
Regarding people, it can be similar to desire determination, which comes from within ourselves.
As we can see with my example of Hiroshi, his enthusiasm ran out of steam.
Hiroshi lost his internal momentum, desire, and determination to live and study in Boston.
To get a more solid idea of what I mean, think about jumping over a gap.
When you stand still and try to jump over the gap, you cannot jump very far.
However, if you run and then jump, you can get over the gap.
By running, you have built up momentum, or a head of steam, and increased the force that will help you move forward.
Of course, you will gradually lose momentum and move slower and slower as you run out of steam.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 70.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.