Conditionals

Fill in the gaps correctly: (1) I think you were very rude to her. If I ... (be) you I ... (apologise). (2) Sorry, she's not here at the moment. If I ... (see her) I... (tell) her you're looking for her. (5) If you ... (be) in my situation, what ... (do)? (6) If you ... (not smoke) so many cigarettes, you ... (not cough) so much. (7) You would find it much easier to get up in the morning if you ... (go) to bed earlier. (8) If she ... (not find) a job in that office, she ... (not meet) the man she finally married. (9) Today's offer: if you .. (buy) two cheeseburgers, you ... (get) one free. (10) If I ... (not get) up late I ... (not miss) the train, and if I ... (not miss the train I not be late for work. (11) If it ... (start) raining I ... (not go) to the beach this afternoon. (12) We ... (not be) in this position now if you ... (save) your money instead of spending it.

Planning

A gap year can be anything from spending a month or so in one destination to an entire year away backpacking and travelling around the world.  Some people might opt for work on a volunteer project with animals, children or within a community, whilst others may choose to find paid work abroad simply as a means to make their gap year cash go further on their travels.

The gap year

Perhaps the only common link between the many different activities, duration and destinations of gap year or career breaks is that everyone who takes one seems to come back saying it was the best decision they ever made.

Gap Year!

A gap year (also known as year abroad, year out, year off, deferred year, bridging year, time off and time out) is a year during which students take time off and do something other than schooling, such as travel or work. The gap year is most commonly taken after secondary school and before starting university.

decisions!

How important is to make the right choice?

Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are and the more options we have, the harder they get. As it happens, our brains are fairly binary. They can react very quickly when presented with two options, especially when one’s clearly better. Stand here and drown in the rising waters or jump onto that big rock and be safe? Easy choice. When presented with more options, though, we choke up. Jump onto the rock or climb the tree? We don’t know which is clearly better, and research shows that most people will not choose at all when presented with several equally good options. Practice, experience, and rules of thumbs can help us to make those split-second decisions (for example, “When in doubt, go left” has done pretty well for me so far). Fortunately we don’t normally face immediate, do-or-die decisions – we usually have the luxury of working through a decision.

Balance work and home life

Positively Leanna Cruz Editorial Director The topic of balance is still at the forefront of the most progressive companies. They know that balance is critical to employee contentment, engagement, productivity and success. Even the best employees cannot focus when there is a critical family matter occupying their thoughts. There is no mother of father who would not rather be at their child’s school assembly to see them receive a scholastic award. No one can go full speed, every day without taking a long break or vacation from work. Yet, many believe that their career advancement means they must work first for their employer and place their personal life second. But completely sacrifice your personal life for the sake of a career will cause distractions affecting your work.

Double and Proportional Comparative