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28
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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I wasted an entire day on a recent trip to Seoul.
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I → waste → Seoul
I woke up late, strolled the streets until I found a promising patisserie and sat there for far too long reading my book.
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I → wake → book
I browsed shops without buying anything and people-watched in a park.
As the day wore on I felt increasingly … itchy.
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I → browse → park
Shouldn’t I have booked a day tour?
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I → book → tour
Wouldn’t that restaurant my friend recommended have been better than this random ramen place I ended up in?
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I → recommend → place
Had I really flown all this way only to spend the whole morning reading a book?
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I → fly → book
Looking back, though, I think that restlessness was the point.
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restlessness → look → ?
By the time departure day rolls around, we’ve read every top 10 list and watched enough reels to identify the best croissant in Paris.
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we → roll → Paris
But in our quest to make the most of every precious day, we can optimise the joy right out of a holiday.
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we → make → holiday
The irony is that no one waxes lyrical about the fact they made their 2.15pm timed entry to the museum.
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they → wax → museum
They talk about the tiny wine bar they stumbled into after getting caught in the rain, or the great couple they met after missing a train and having to hitchhike instead.
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they → talk → train
That doesn’t mean abandoning planning altogether, though.
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That → mean → planning
I recently neglected to book a hotel in Tibet and ended up having a rather stressful conversation with Chinese authorities at 9pm because of it.
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I → neglect → it
It just means loosening the grip on your colour-coded itinerary.
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It → mean → itinerary
Just because a city offers 17 museums and three markets doesn’t mean you need to see them all before lunch.
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you → offer → lunch
Leaving space in your itinerary for lingering over a second coffee can be a much more enjoyable way of spending your time.
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Leaving → leave → time
If you’re travelling for longer than a few days, schedule buffer days.
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you → travel → days
These are gloriously commitment-free stretches of time with no agenda beyond being in the place you’ve travelled all this way to see.
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you → travel → place
And when that restless voice pipes up to ask whether you’re making the most of your trip, ignore it and go right back to talking to that stranger you just met.
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you → pip → stranger
Meals, too, deserve breathing room.
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Meals → deserve → room
By all means book the restaurant you’ve been dreaming about for months, but leave a few dinners unplanned.
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you → book → dinners
Ask your taxi driver where they eat, or follow the locals into that unassuming noodle shop.
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they → ask → shop
Sometimes the local recommendation is just average, and sometimes a “wasted” day is exactly that.
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day → waste → ?
Occasionally, though, the thing you almost didn’t have time for becomes the highlight of a trip.
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you → have → trip
That day in Seoul, I kept waiting for the guilt to pass, the nagging sense that I should be seeing or doing more.
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I → keep → more
Instead, what eventually shifted was my understanding of what making the most of a trip actually means.
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making → shift → trip
Sometimes it’s giving yourself permission to do less, notice more, and just be where you are.
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you → give → more
That’s a souvenir worth bringing home.
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That → ’ → ?
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