Shadowing-Übung: If You Don't Change Your Life, Nobody Will 🔥 English Conversation | Easy Podcast - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Mr. English Channel, where learning English is easy and fun.
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I'm Emily.
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Hello Emily.
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Hi everyone.
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It's so awesome to be here with you all today for another great chat.
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How are you doing this morning, Paul?
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You look like you have a ton of energy today.
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I really do.
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I actually woke up super early today and went for a long walk outside before breakfast.
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Oh, wow.
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An early morning walk?
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That's definitely new for you.
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It really is.
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I usually just drink my coffee and stare at my phone in the morning, but I decided to change my routine a little bit today.
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I love that.
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How did it feel to finally do something different?
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Honestly, it felt amazing.
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The air was cool, the neighborhood was quiet, and it just gave me a really positive feeling for the rest of the day.
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That's awesome.
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You know, it's funny you mentioned changing your morning routine today.
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It actually fits perfectly with what we are going to talk about.
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Oh, really?
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What are we talking about today?
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Today, we're talking about making changes.
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Because the truth is, if you don't change your life, nobody else will do it for you.
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Wow, that's a very powerful statement.
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And it's something we all really need to hear sometimes.
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Exactly.
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And if you stay with us until the end of this conversation, you'll learn some extremely natural ways to talk about your daily habits
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and how to explain the new goals you are working on.
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I think that's super helpful, because talking about our habits and routines is something we do in English every single day. For sure.
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So what made you decide to take that walk this morning?
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Was it a sudden idea?
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Kind of.
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I realized last night that I was just doing the exact same thing every single day.
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Wake up, look at the screen, go to work.
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I felt a little bit stuck.
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I totally understand that feeling.
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When we do the exact same thing every day, it's very easy to feel stuck in a loop.
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Yeah, exactly.
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And I kept waiting for something to magically change.
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I thought, maybe tomorrow I'll just wake up with more energy.
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But tomorrow is always just another day.
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That's the big trap, right?
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We always say we will start tomorrow.
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Or we tell ourselves we will start on Monday.
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The famous Monday.
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Everything is supposed to start on a Monday.
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Diets, exercise, saving money, cleaning the house.
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Yes, but Monday comes and we just do the same old things.
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That's why I love that you just woke up today and went for a walk.
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You didn't wait for a special day.
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Thanks.
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It wasn't a massive change, just a 20-minute walk around the block, but it made me realize that I'm the only person who can actually change my morning.
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That is the whole secret right there.
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If you want a different result in your life, you have to do something different.
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Nobody is going to come to your house and push you out the door.
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Imagine if someone did that.
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Someone just knocks on your door at 6 in the morning and says, Hey Paul, it's time to change your life.
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Let's go.
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That would be pretty funny.
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But it's not real life.
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In the real world, we have to be the ones to take that very first step.
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Definitely.
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Taking that first step is usually the hardest part.
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What about you, Emily?
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Have you ever made a lifestyle change like that?
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Oh, definitely.
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A few months ago, I realized I was eating at restaurants or ordering takeout way too often.
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It was bad for my health and really bad for my wallet.
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Oh yeah, eating out all the time gets expensive so fast.
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You don't realize how much you are spending until you check your bank account.
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It really does, and I kept complaining about it to my friends.
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I would say, I really need to save money, but then I would order a pizza two hours later.
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We all do that.
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It's so much easier to just tap a button on your phone
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and order food when you retired after a long day of work.
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Exactly.
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But one day, I just looked at my monthly expenses and said, Okay, Emily, if you don't stop doing this, nobody is going to save your money for you.
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So, what did you actually do?
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Did you just stop eating out completely?
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I decided to start small.
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I told myself I would only cook dinner at home from Monday to Thursday.
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On the weekend, I allowed myself to relax a bit and order food.
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That's a great idea.
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Starting small is usually much better than trying to change everything in one single day.
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Yeah, it really works.
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When you try to change your entire life all at once, it's just too difficult.
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You get stressed out and give up after a week.
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I know that feeling perfectly.
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I tried to go to the gym every single day last year.
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I think I lasted about four days.
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See?
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That's way too much pressure.
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You went from zero days at the gym to seven days.
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That's a huge jump for anybody.
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It was a terrible idea.
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My body was so sore I couldn't even walk up the stairs comfortably.
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I completely gave up on fitness for a month after that.
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That's exactly why your 20-minute walk this morning is perfect.
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It's a small change, but it's a real step in the right direction.
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I think so, too.
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It builds your confidence.
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When you do one small thing successfully, you feel like you can do another small thing tomorrow.
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Absolutely.
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It creates a new habit.
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And habits are really what build our lives.
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Our life is essentially just a collection of our daily habits.
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That is so true.
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If you have good habits, you generally have a good life.
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But bad habits can just drag you down and make you feel tired all the time.
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And a lot of times we stay with our bad habits because they are very comfortable.
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We really love our comfort zone.
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Oh, the comfort zone is a beautiful place.
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The couch is soft, the TV is on, the pizza is warm.
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Yes, it feels incredibly safe.
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But nothing grows in the comfort zone.
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If you want to learn something new or improve yourself, you have to leave it.
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learning a new language, for example.
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Watching videos in English, practicing listening, trying to speak — it takes real effort.
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It's not always completely comfortable.
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Exactly.
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But if you do it consistently, it starts to feel normal.
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Speaking of habits, if you are enjoying this conversation, making a habit of watching our videos is a fantastic idea.
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Oh, that's a perfect habit to start today.
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Make sure you subscribe to the channel, give this video a like, and leave a comment below.
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It really helps us out a lot.
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Yes, please do.
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And maybe share this episode with a friend who is also trying to change their life and improve their English.
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You guys can grow together.
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That's a wonderful point.
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Doing hard things with a friend makes it so much easier.
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You can remind each other to keep going when things get tough. For sure.
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But ultimately, even with a great friend supporting you, you still have to do the work yourself.
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Nobody can learn English for you.
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Right.
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A teacher can show you the words and a friend can practice with you, but your own brain has to do the heavy lifting.
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That reminds me of a great phrase we used earlier in our chat.
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You said you felt stuck in a loop.
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Yeah.
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Getting stuck is a terrible feeling.
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It basically means you are not moving forward in life.
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You are just staying in the exact same place every day.
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It's a very common everyday expression.
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We use stuck when a car is in the mud and can't move, but we also use it for life situations.
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Right.
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Like, I'm stuck in my job, or I'm stuck in this bad routine.
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It just means you really need a change.
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And then we used another great phrase.
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We talked about how important it is to start small.
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That's probably my absolute favorite advice.
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Start small simply means you don't do a massive change.
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You just do a tiny, easy change first.
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Like your short morning walk, or me deciding to cook at home just four days a week instead of seven.
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It makes the goal actually possible.
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Exactly.
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And another phrase that goes beautifully with that is take a step.
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We mentioned taking the first step.
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Taking a step just means taking action.
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It's the physical movement toward your goal rather than just thinking about it.
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Yeah, you can't just think about walking outside.
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You actually have to put your shoes on and take a step out the front door.
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It's all about leaving that comfort zone.
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That's another great expression we used quite a bit today.
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The comfort zone is that situation where you feel completely safe and you don't have to work hard or feel nervous.
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It's warm and cozy, but it completely stops you from changing your life.
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You really have to push yourself out of it to see results.
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I feel like sometimes people use strange phrasing when they try to talk about these life changes in English, though.
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That's very true.
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Sometimes the grammar gets a little confusing when we translate directly from our native language in our heads.
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For example, someone might say, I make a new life.
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I understand what they mean, but it sounds a bit unnatural, right?
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Yeah, it sounds a little too dramatic for an everyday conversation.
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Instead of, I make a new life, native speakers usually just say, I'm making a change.
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I'm making a change.
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That sounds so much better.
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It's simple, and it sounds very real and conversational.
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Definitely.
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Another one I hear fairly often is, I have to exit my comfort.
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Oh, right.
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We don't usually use the word exit like that.
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It's much more natural to say, I need to step out of my comfort zone.
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Exactly.
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Step out of my comfort zone.
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It uses that word zone, which is the natural way Americans say it.
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And what about when people say, I want to break my bad things?
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That always sounds a little funny to me.
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Yeah.
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We usually call those bad things habits.
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So we naturally say, I want to break a bad habit.
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Right.
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You don't break a bad thing, you break a habit.
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Like breaking the habit of watching too much television before bed.
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It's so much smoother when you use the natural conversational words.
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It makes you sound very confident and relaxed.
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Let's actually put these words into a real situation.
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Imagine two friends are having coffee and one of them wants to change their career.
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Oh, I like that scenario.
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I'll be the friend who is unhappy with work and you can give me some solid advice.
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Perfect.
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I'll start us off.
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Hey, Emily.
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You look a little tired today.
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Is everything going okay at work?
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Honestly, no. I do the exact same thing every day, and I'm just so bored.
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I really feel stuck in this job.
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That's tough to hear.
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Have you thought about looking for a new position somewhere else?
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I think about it all the time, but I'm just scared to make a change.
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My current job is easy, and it's my comfort zone.
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I totally get that.
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But you know, if you don't change your life, nobody will.
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Why don't you start small?
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Start small?
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What do you mean by that?
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You want me to just look at one job posting a day?
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Exactly.
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Just take a step.
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Spend ten minutes tonight looking at companies you like online.
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You don't have to quit your job today job today.
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You're right.
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Ten minutes isn't too hard.
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I really need to break this habit of just complaining and doing nothing about it.
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That's the spirit.
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Once you take the very first step, the second step is always a little bit easier. And seen.
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That was a really natural way to use all of those common expressions together in a normal chat.
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It really was.
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And it shows that you can talk about serious life choices without using super complicated formal English words.
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That's the main goal.
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We want you to sound like a real person having a real conversation with a good friend.
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So, to everyone listening today, what is one small step you can take right now?
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Let us know down in the comments.
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Yes, we would absolutely love to read about your small changes.
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Don't wait for tomorrow, and please don't wait for Monday.
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And remember to subscribe to the channel and like this video
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so we can keep making these fun conversations for you every week.
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Thank you so much for hanging out with us today.
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Have a great week making changes, and we'll see you in the next episode.
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Bye, everyone.
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See you next time.
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