Shadowing Practice: How I Plan My Week Strategically (My Full Planning System) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today I'll be sharing my full planning system, how I plan my week strategically.
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I love habits, I love planning, I love tracking pretty much everything about my life, because I truly believe that what gets measured gets managed.
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But underneath all of that, what I actually care about is protecting my energy and my attention,
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making sure that both of them go towards the things that are connected to my values, my top priorities.
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Not just random little things on my to -do list.
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Because the moment I try to do a million things, that is exactly when my attention gets scattered.
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My energy gets depleted and I start feeling overwhelmed.
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So the way I planned isn't really about being productive for the sake of it.
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It's about protecting my energy and actually giving myself room to breathe.
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Before we start, I want to remind you guys that I'm currently working on a course, the Dopamine Reset.
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So if you want to be the first one to get notified
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when it goes live you can join the waitlist by clicking the link in the description
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and now let's start with the foundation
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that everything else in my system gets built on top of
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so when you take a look at my week at my calendar
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or the app i use to you know track everything i'm doing track my habits you will notice
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that it's all connected to my big yearly goals this is
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actually the roots of my system you know where the whole system begins
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because if i start randomly creating you know micro goals for myself there's a very high chance
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that i'm gonna forget the bigger vision that i thought of
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when i was creating my yearly goals
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so right now i'm just gonna briefly go through the three tools
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that i use every single year to set my resolutions my intentions and my goals.
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And the first important tool is the list of my core values.
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Usually the website I use is called your core values list by James Clear.
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I talked about it in my newsletter a few weeks ago and I highly highly recommend it.
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I know right now I'm recording this video and it's like August, September and a lot of you might feel
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that you need to wait until January
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or maybe December to actually set your goals and think about your values
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but i always say you can always set your goals you
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don't have to wait for a specific you know month
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or day of the week you can do it right now
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if you've never tried to identify your core values your top
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five values i highly recommend doing it now the way i usually use this website every single year
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when i do my yearly reset is i basically go through all of the values and there are a lot.
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I write down everything that resonates the most and then from my list I actually choose my five core values.
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The second tool I use every single year is the Wheel of Life
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and I think this tool is probably the foundation of how I set my quarterly goals
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and how I approach my weekly intentions.
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The Wheel of Life is the super simple self -assessment tool.
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You draw a circle and divide it into slices.
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You can obviously, you know, draw it by yourself, but again, I usually use the website.
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It's completely free.
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Each slice represents a different area of your life.
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Things like health, relationships, career, finances, personal growth, fun, family, and your environment.
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And then for each slice, you rate how satisfied you are right now from 1 to 10
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and how satisfied you would like to be in the future.
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And then you connect all the dots across the slices and you see a very visual and a very honest snapshot.
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I have this example for you guys right here.
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So let's say for this person, you know, they can see by looking at their wheel of life
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that they have three areas where they have really big gaps like their physical health, their emotional well -being and their family.
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You know the gap is around three
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and what this person does next is create goals that are going to help them minimize those gaps.
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Like what can I do in my everyday life to make sure that I improve my physical health, my emotional well -being and my connection to my family.
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This is how I personally build up my goals every single year and I highly recommend this approach.
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And my final tool that I use when I set my yearly goals is my vision board.
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I literally have my vision board over here so it's you know where I usually work.
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I always see it.
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It's literally right in front of me.
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And creating a vision board is more like a fun art project for me
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because this is where I can visualize all of my goals.
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I can go on Pinterest, I can have a little, you know, date with myself, have a little bit of this fun time and actually find the pictures that I like,
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put them on the board, and then put this board somewhere where I can see it every single day.
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If you guys are interested in creating your Wheel of Life and also your own vision board, I actually have a free Canva template.
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So if you're interested, the link is in the description.
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The template walks you through the entire process, step by step.
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In general, in this video, I'll be mentioning a lot of different tools and resources, so make sure to check the description.
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Okay, so now we talked about my yearly goals and how I approach, you know, new year's resolutions and goal setting in general.
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Now we can actually zoom in and look at how I plan my week in a strategic way.
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And I want to start with my Spanish lessons because it is a true non -negotiable for me.
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I don't want language learning to be something that I get to only when I have extra time.
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I think having dedicated time every single week to actually speak to a real person has made a huge difference for me.
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And if you're just starting out, you can find a teacher who also speaks your native language and can create a safe space for you to speak,
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And because it's one -on -one, your teacher can give you real -time feedback, correcting your pronunciation or grammar right as you're speaking.
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This way you can book around your schedule, sometimes it's in the morning, sometimes it's squeezed in before dinner and you can do it from anywhere.
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Which matters to me because I work a lot and my schedule isn't always predictable.
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all right so now let's move on
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and talk about my weekly non -negotiables everything
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that i do every single week because it's connected to my long -term yearly goals.
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Again, everything I have in my weekly planning system is because of the three tools that I mentioned before.
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The three tools that I use every single year to do my yearly reset with.
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I don't just add random little to -dos to feel productive.
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I know exactly why something is in my schedule and what it is protecting.
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I think in general when we approach productivity we might think
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that it's only about your input you know your work how productive you are
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when it comes to producing something when it comes to your work
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but at the end of the day there are
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so many different values that i want to protect in my everyday life
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and the things that i do on a weekly basis are not just connected to my work Of course,
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I have certain goals and priorities that are related to that part of my life, but it's not the only thing that I'm trying to protect every single week.
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And also, I'm a human being too, and of course, I get sidetracked sometimes.
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But because I try to notice when this happens
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and analyze it by being kind towards myself without spiraling into shame and guilt, it helps me...
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come back to my priorities and to my routine way faster.
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And that is such an important mindset shift that I have learned recently.
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When it comes to productivity and like creating habits in your life, you don't have to be perfect.
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You don't have to have,
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you know, perfect discipline and willpower and always follow your routine no matter what.
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Because it's just not how we work.
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That is not human nature.
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It's completely okay that we get sidetracked.
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It's just the thing is when this happens, what are you telling yourself?
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And also when this happens, how fast can you come back to your priorities, your values, and your goals?
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What helps me a lot is realizing that productivity isn't about always being perfect.
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It's about knowing how to come back to my non -negotiables and that is it.
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Oftentimes with my non -negotiables what really helps me is time blocking those things into my calendar
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and actually creating a routine that is the same every single week because research says that people who decide exactly when,
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where, and how they will do something are way more likely to actually follow through than people who just say,
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I wanna exercise more.
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Like, what does it actually mean?
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To be completely honest with you guys, if I tell myself that I wanna exercise more, nothing will change.
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The only thing that works for me is actually time blocking those moments into my calendar.
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And that is it.
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If I wanna tell myself that I wanna record more, I do the same thing.
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I actually have to time block those moments into my calendar.
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Otherwise, what does it actually mean?
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I want to record more of what, when, and how.
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And to stay consistent, what I do is I create a routine that is fun and easy for me to follow.
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I don't say that, okay, I never exercised in my life before and now I go from zero to exercising every single day.
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I know that that is not realistic.
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What I'm probably going to do is maybe set a goal of like exercising once a week
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and then twice a week and then three times a week gradually
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and making sure that I'm actually having fun along the way.
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I really want you to understand
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that I'm only able to stay consistent with my non -negotiables because I do them in a fun and easy enough way.
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When I say easy, I mean I try to reduce the friction.
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And that is how I stay consistent.
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So now I want to walk you guys through my Google Calendar because that is where I usually have my non -negotiables.
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So the first thing that we can look at is my recording days, right? you can see monday wednesday
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and friday i usually time block those days meaning i protect the mornings
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because by trial and error i learned
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that i like to record in the morning
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when it's like the first thing
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that i need to get done of course i don't always
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record three times a week you know it depends on my projects
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and my priorities but i never have like calls or maybe appointments that I schedule for Monday,
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Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
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The second thing you can notice is I actually time block
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when I do my Spanish homework
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because I have my Spanish classes with my teacher twice a week on Tuesday and on Thursday.
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And so I know that I like to do my homework, like I like to get ready for my class and so
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that is why on Mondays and Wednesdays I do my Spanish homework.
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Again, those things are time blocked as well because I really want to protect that time.
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That time is for me.
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I love learning Spanish.
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It is connected to a very deep value I have.
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And so putting everything into my calendar just helps me so much.
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And see, like doing Spanish, I can do my Spanish homework.
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Obviously, you know, do all the exercises that my teacher told me to do
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but at the same time I can maybe like watch a found YouTube video or a series in Spanish.
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Right now I'm watching The Mexican Office and I really really like it.
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And the final thing that you can see in my calendar is everything connected to movement and working out.
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Like my non -negotiable when it comes to working out is working out three times a week.
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On Thursdays it depends.
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Sometimes I do running sometimes i do my ashtanga practice but on saturdays i always do my ashtanga yoga practice
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To be completely honest, I really like working out on Saturdays and Sundays because on those days, I like to spend my time doing something outside.
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And so if I start my day by, you know, booking a class at a studio, that already means that I have to, you know, go there in the morning.
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And then usually after my class, I go have breakfast.
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So to be honest, I also usually exercise every single Sunday, but this day is way more flexible.
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Alright, so we talked about how I like to use my Google Calendar
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and how I like to time block my non -negotiables.
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To be clear, I don't time block absolutely everything that I do every single day
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because I like to have some room and some space to breathe.
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I only time block the things that I want to see visually.
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Sometimes it's hard for me to make myself do certain things
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and if i rely on my discipline or willpower
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and i don't see those things time blocked you know scheduled in my calendar there is a very high chance
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that i'm not gonna want to do it
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so to protect my consistency i need to see everything you
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know visually there in my google calendar the second tool
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that i use every single week is my app wiko it's not live yet
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but if you want to join the waitlist to get notified
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when it's public then you can use the link in the description as well.
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Weco really protects me from over engineering my own planning
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because a lot of the weekly planning tools that I used in the past are just way too complicated.
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That's the first thing and the second thing I personally don't like streaks because when it comes to consistency, I always like to zoom out.
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And I always say that it is absolutely okay if you miss a day or two, because the most important thing is that you came back.
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But unfortunately, a lot of the apps that rely on streaks, they reward you for being perfect, you know, for having a perfect streak.
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And when something happened, and now you don't have your perfect streak, when you come back like the app doesn't really tell you
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anything right the app just tells you okay your streak now is one day yoohoo
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so that doesn't make me feel good and that is why
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when it comes to wiko i don't have any streaks
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when it comes to my habit tracker it is very very simple
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i track three habits usually reading exercise and spanish
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so i just tap like this and And we can track what I do every single day.
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I also have a brain dump area because this part of my planner is really, really important for me.
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I often get super random ideas, you know, in the middle of doing something important.
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Like, oh, I actually want to clean my shoes. Or, I don't know, I need to go and buy something
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and instead of doing it in the moment like
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while I'm doing a very important thing I just open my brain dump
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and I write it down and
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that is it I can breathe out I have these two
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areas where I can write down my top priorities for the week my three priorities this is something
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that I deeply love because it helps me stay focused you know
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and make sure that my attention is on the things
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that actually matter because I open Weco every single day and
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if I realize that it's already Thursday and I haven't done anything to get closer to my top priorities,
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I really need to, you know, reconsider my schedule and what I'm giving my attention to.
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And I also really like this area, your last week's wins.
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That's actually something that I start my planning with, you know, every single Monday in the morning,
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first I write down my last week's wins and that just makes me feel so proud of myself.
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Like I recently finished reading the book Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
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and there he talks about this feeling of shine that we experience.
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That's his word, shine.
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That warm and proud feeling after accomplishing something and this something can be extremely small.
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And so writing down my last week's wins really helps me experience this warm and proud feeling, this feeling of shine.
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And finally, as you guys can see, when it comes to my daily plans, what I basically do is I have certain things on repeat, you know, like do my Spanish homework,
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it's here as well, because I do it every single Monday, and on Tuesday we have my workout,
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my Spanish class, and stuff like that and just depends on a day i add
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add and i add something like record a new youtube video
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and when it's done i just tap on it
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and it's done also another little feature that i really like is
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that wiko builds an automatic weekly and monthly reflection for me
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so i tap here and then let's say we can look at my week and see what happened.
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I can tap through all these slides and see what happened.
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And I really like this because I can look back
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and notice if something needs to be changed instead of just running the same week on autopilot forever.
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All right guys, so I think it's going to be it for today's video.
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These are all the tools that I use every single week.
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As you can see, it's nothing too crazy.
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It's nothing too complicated.
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This system helps me protect my attention, my focus, and my energy.
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Of course, I'm a human being too, and I get overwhelmed just like every single person does.
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But I've noticed that when I see my top priorities, front and center, and they don't have to be connected to productivity,
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my top priority can be getting a massage.
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This is, for example, my top priority for this week and today is Friday and I'm going to get my massage.
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When I move slowly and consistently towards my priorities, that is when I feel genuinely calmer,
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like more grounded and more confident that I can achieve the goals that I set for myself.
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More aligned and feeling like I'm moving in the right direction that makes me feel deeply satisfied.
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Just a reminder guys, if you want to check out italki you can use the link in the description.
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They have an amazing offer right now for my audience so don't miss it.
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If you're thinking about what to watch next I highly recommend
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this video right here otherwise I'll see you in my next video.
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Ciao!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How I Plan My Week Strategically”. Este vídeo tiene 251 frases y 3546 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 21:58. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| negotiable adjetivo | /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/ | negociable |
| yearly adjetivo | /ˈjɪɹli/ | anual |
| streak sustantivo | /stɹiːk/ | raya, trazo |
| homework sustantivo | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | deberes, tarea |
| slice sustantivo | /slaɪs/ | rebanada, lonja |
| productivity sustantivo | /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ | productividad |
| reset verbo | /ɹiːˈsɛt/ | restablecer, resetear |
| satisfy verbo | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | satisfacer |
| shine verbo | /ʃaɪn/ | brillar, lucir |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| overwhelm verbo | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | apabullar, arrollar |
| sidetrack verbo | /ˈsaɪdˌtɹæk/ | desviar, distraer |
| willpower sustantivo | /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/ | fuerza de voluntad, fuerza volitiva |
| visually adverbio | /ˈvɪzju.əli/ | visualmente |
| template sustantivo | /ˈtɛm.plɪt/ | plantilla |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| write down verbo | apuntar, anotar | |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| follow through verbo | cumplir | |
| look back verbo | recordar, volver la cabeza | |
| zoom out verbo | /ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/ | alejar el zoom, quitar zoom (el) |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- It's literally right in front of me.
- Because it's just not how we work.
- It's completely okay that we get sidetracked.
- As you can see, it's nothing too crazy.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are connected · is called · are not just connected |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've never tried · has made · have learned |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | teacher who also · people who decide · people who just |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 60 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: negotiable /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/, shine /ʃaɪn/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: negotiable /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, autopilot /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: streak /stɹiːk/, slice /slaɪs/, scatter /ˈskætɚ/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, spiral /ˈspaɪɹəl/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/, visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/, zoom /zuːm/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/, oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como negotiable, yearly, streak.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.