maintain heavily regardless strive gathered accustomed attaining comply all fulfilling Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. Once and for (1) , Frank decided that he was going to quit smoking. In late December, he (2) a list of goals he had tried to achieve last year but didn’t accomplish: quit smoking, lose weight and drink less alcohol. Unlike the past few years, Frank was sure that he would be successful in (3) his list of New Year’s resolutions. “This year,” he told himself, “it will be different.” But by the middle of February, Frank again found himself drinking (4) , smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, and even more overweight due to the holidays. He discovered that human “steam,” or willpower, was not enough to drive his mind and body to (5) with his desire to change. (6) of how positive he had been about achieving his goals, Frank had again failed to accomplish his resolutions for the year and was back in the same destructive behavior that he was so (7) to. The same is true with most people today. Over 88 percent of Americans will make at least one “resolution” at the start of the year. Of these resolutions, the most common are: lose weight, save or earn more money, quit smoking, spend more time with family, (8) a budget, find a better job, eat better, become more organized, exercise more, and become a better person. While these are all goals that one should (9) for — with 88 percent of Americans setting out to accomplish them each year — less than 20 percent are successful in (10) success in even one of their resolutions.