Reading Glossary “A Hectic Life Downsized” (Unit 4, page 46) executive: someone in charge of a company spacious: with a lot of space juggle: many things at the same time increasingly: more and more deserved: should have contribute: participate in or donate time to help inspired: interested; excited stressful: that makes one nervous or anxious non-profit: whose purpose isn’t to make money significant: large salary: the money one is paid for work in control of her life: able to decide how to spend her time be involved in: participate in downsizing: making smaller and less complicated daily routine: activities performed every day values: the ideas or concepts one believes are important stretching yourself too thin: doing so much you can’t anything well aren’t consistent with: don’t support delegate: assign tasks to others guard: protect struggling with: trying to something you can’t easily hire: choose and pay someone for a job commit yourself: agree to something firmly: clearly and definitively Summit 2, Second Edition Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use