Shadowing Practice: what I'm wearing, reading, & doing this summer - Learn English Speaking with Video
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you
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- Hello, you're currently outside.
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Today is like almost 80 degrees, I think it's the one that's warmest day the entire year so far and so I thought Why not just come outside.
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Just got done with work, still have a couple of hours before the sun goes down.
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I've also been stuck in my room all day so I just wanted to get outside, breathe some fresh air.
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I made a list in my journal of things that have just been bringing some joy in my life recently.
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My drink of the day is a coconut water matcha Except I did say fill about half of it.
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I was afraid it would kind of taste like pickles but thankfully it doesn't.
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Sorry if the lighting keeps changing.
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The unfortunate thing about filming outside is that I can't control the lighting.
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So apologies in advance.
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but Yeah, April was a really...
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really tough month.
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Emotionally, physically, mentally, just drained in every single aspect.
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My mom was also out of the country in Korea for about three weeks.
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of the past month and a half and so I feel like not having her around
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made things a little harder to financially, I feel like.
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I've been the most frugal I have ever been.
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Like, I really haven't traveled much since the year started.
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I've been living at home.
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Especially since I started working remote from home, I've been saving so much money on food, on transportation, which is good for my wallet,
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but unfortunately not that great for my soul.
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It's definitely been an adjustment not being able to just like do whatever I want in the week back
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when I was just working part time.
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Surprisingly, I've been really enjoying the structure of having a 9 to 5.
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I don't care what any freelancer has to say.
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Having a stable paycheck there's truly nothing like it.
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Anyways it seems kind of superficial but I just wanted to talk about some
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Things that have been bringing me joy in my life.
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Media, clothing, little comforts.
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Starting with my daily beverage.
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Ever since I started working from home I feel like I've become
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such a homebody I don't even want to leave my house to like go work from the library
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or the cafe and this is really random but this coconut water is so good but it's also so expensive.
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Unfortunately, I keep finding myself buying it because it just tastes the best.
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Starting off with clothing favorites.
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I feel like I have really cut down on my spending on clothes this past year.
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I feel like I have certain uniforms that I stick to throughout the week.
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One of those pieces of that uniform are my Repeto ballet flats.
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I'm not going to show them up close because They're honestly Pretty gross.
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I bought these when I was in Paris last year.
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These are the Camille Valley Flats from Repetto, they have like a little heel.
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I did get blisters the first
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couple times I wore them but now they are fully broken in and they're honestly so comfortable.
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I've worked at the cafe in these shoes, walked all around the city with them.
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I forget what this part is called but it's also
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pretty short and I feel like it makes the ballet flat look really elegant on the feet.
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Every time I wear them, I'm just reminded of my time in Paris, which I think makes them all the more special.
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Another favorite of mine has been this ring specifically.
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It is the San Signet ring from Lobetta.
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It's a brand that this girl I follow and her husband created.
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Her name is Daisy.
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It's made of silver and I just love it so much.
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Usually this is like the only ring that I'll wear.
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I just decided to wear this one today as well.
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Just as more picky with the things that I buy including clothes, jewelry, makeup, everything.
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I also recently bought these pajamas from EverJ.
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There's a tradition in Korea where you buy your parents pajamas with your first paycheck that you get from a job.
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I bought my entire family really nice pajamas, bought myself a pair, and these pajamas are the softest things that I have ever put on my body.
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Definitely an investment, but one that has brought me so much joy and comfort.
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Because I've been working from home, I've also just been wearing a lot more comfortable clothes.
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Even though my pajamas are so comfortable, I do try to change out of them will just feel really sloppy and not as productive.
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For example, I would change out of my pajamas into a pair of lounge pants like the ones I'm wearing right now.
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These pants are from Organic Basics and they are the second most comfortable thing
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that I could put on my body next to my pajamas.
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Thank you so much to Organic Basics for sponsoring this video.
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Even though this video is sponsored, I genuinely love every single thing I have from them.
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I'm currently wearing their underwear, one of their bralettes, and their everyday straight leg pants.
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I'm a firm believer in investing in good basics because
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It's really hard to have a good wardrobe if you don't have a good foundation to start with.
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All the tops and underwear I have from them are GOTS certified global organic textile standard
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which means they are made from at least 70 % organic fiber.
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I've also been trying to slowly transition my wardrobe into having more natural fibers and that 100 % includes my underwear.
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I honestly have to stop myself from wearing the everyday pants literally every day because they're just so comfortable, they're so flattering.
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I'm usually not someone who walks out of my house wearing sweatpants, but these I will go run errands in, I will do yoga in.
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T -shirts that I have from them are also so comfortable and lightweight.
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perfect for summer, just a really great brand for everyday basics that feel good, fit right.
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I just really love that every detail is so intentional from their design to their sourcing to even their labor practices.
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If you're interested, you can use code DOBOTROBO15 for 50 % off.
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This code is only until the end of May, so just something to keep in mind.
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Moving on to some beauty products.
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I don't have too many because I have just been using the same thing like I mentioned.
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But I do have a couple fragrances.
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The first one being Ilio from Diptyque.
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I kind of stopped wearing perfume for some reason.
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I think because I've just been at home all the time, I don't really feel the need to...
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wear fragrance since i'm like not meeting anyone
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but i recently pulled this out of like my summer stash forgot just how good this smelled
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and that i need to be wearing more perfume
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because it genuinely brings me so much joy to me this smells like a beach day sunscreen on warm skin
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just everything I love about summer.
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I bought this as a graduation gift to myself almost two years ago now
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and it just instantly takes me back to that first summer post -grad.
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Late days, long summer evenings in Washington.
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I made a short form video recently talking about
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some of my favorite summer perfumes and the specific memories I have associated with them.
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the main reason why I love perfumes.
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When you wear a specific perfume for a certain amount of time or for an experience.
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I love the fact that smelling that perfume
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can instantly take you back to that moment in a way that photos or videos can't.
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Another example is that I have this specific perfume
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that I wore a lot when I studied abroad in Italy
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and I specifically don't wear that perfume anymore because I don't want to dilute
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the connection that scent has to the memories I have studying abroad in Italy.
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It's very nostalgic and honestly a little bittersweet.
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Not even just perfumes, just - Ascent in general, I feel like so strongly correlated to different memories I have in my lifetime.
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I'll just be walking through a parking lot
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and randomly get a whiff of something that takes me back to an extremely specific
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niche memory from my childhood and I think that's so fascinating
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but anyways this is probably going to be my main perfume of the summer.
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I've also been loving this hand cream from Aesop.
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This is their resurrection hand balm, mandarin rind, rosemary leaf, and cedar atlas.
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It's a very citrus forward scent and I mainly use this when I'm working at my desk.
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Again, I love the ritual that is associated with things like perfume and hand cream.
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I will say it's not the most moisturizing hand cream.
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The one from L 'Occitane is much better for dry hands, but mainly use this one for the scent.
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I think it's really good.
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Those are pretty much all of my material favorites.
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Next, I have some media favorites.
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Starting off with shows.
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I honestly haven't really been watching movies.
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simply don't have the attention span for movies these days.
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I've been watching "The Pit" and I know I'm a little behind I know the second season is already fully out.
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I've honestly never really been like a medical show person.
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I never got into Grey's Anatomy.
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I was really into the good doctor as a kid.
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The premise of the show is that every episode is one hour of shift in the emergency room.
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The characters, the plot, the storytelling is just so good.
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It does stress me out which is the reason why I haven't finished it yet.
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I have to like take my time watching each episode.
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I can't just binge watch it but would highly recommend.
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I've also been watching scenes from a marriage.
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I just started it so it's not - I wouldn't consider it a favorite.
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The acting is already so incredible.
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I'm also quite interested in like relationship psychology so if you have any thoughts about the show
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please let me know in the comments.
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As for books, I only have a few recommendations.
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I feel like I haven't really had the bandwidth to read as much recently which has sucked.
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I've been slowly making my way through Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
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I'm almost done.
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I have like less than 100 pages left.
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I'm not even done yet but I can definitely tell this is gonna be one of my favorite books of the year.
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It's a modern retelling of the book David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
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I've never read David Copperfield but this book has been such a breath of fresh air.
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I feel like I kind of got into
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a weird rut where I was only reading like
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sad women literature which is great and all
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but sometimes it just gets too much
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and i just wanted a book with a great story interesting characters it is heartbreaking
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but also really funny written in this very raw unflinching way.
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Just a really really good story and I would highly recommend this.
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I am looking for some more like lighthearted summer reads so if you have any recommendations please let me know.
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Another favorite of mine recently has been Substack.
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I used to write a little bit, not so much anymore.
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There are a few writers that I really love.
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First, Viv Chen who writes The Mole Hill.
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I think she might be the first person who I actually started paying a subscription for because I absolutely love her style.
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I love her voice.
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Behind the paywall she has this insane curation of vintage clothes and shoes.
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that you can only access if you are a paying subscriber and I think it is Totally worth it.
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I also love Leandra Medin -Cohen who writes The Cereal Isle.
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She's been a blogger for like a really long time.
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And then I'm also subscribed to Liana Satenstein.
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I forget the name of her blog but she used to work at Vogue and
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I find her to be just like a really cool fashionable person.
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I specifically love reading it as a newsletter in my email because At the end of the newsletter,
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I'm not tempted to continue scrolling on the app or go down like a deep rabbit hole.
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I just...
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I'm done with it and I move on with my life.
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Yeah, I've been enjoying getting a lot of fashion inspiration from people who.. actually work in fashion.
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not just people on social media or Pinterest.
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Even though I'm not necessarily buying things, I think seeing a lot more varying perspectives of style, things beyond just visual aesthetics.
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Really key process in honing my own style and figuring out what it is that I like.
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Just to wrap up this video because I've been sitting here for
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so long and so many people have walked past me giving me looks like just Straight up staring at me.
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I have a few activities
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that I'm just really excited to participate more in summer One of them being cards my friends
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and I are really into playing cards
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and it's honestly like the most I fun simple activity there are a few that we always play we play idiot Kumbaya.
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There's another one we love called Dutch Blitz.
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Catch me outside playing cards with my friends on a beautiful summer day.
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It's just so fun and so wholesome and you can always just have it around with you.
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So I always have a deck of cards on me.
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I've also been getting more into climbing.
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My brother is really good at climbing.
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He has like the perfect build for it.
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I think I might invest in some climbing shoes.
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because I've just been using rentals.
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Even though I'm not that great, it's really fun, it's a really good workout.
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And last but not least, yoga.
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It's like the one thing that I'm actually consistent with physically.
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Just so good for my mental and physical health.
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Mainly do hot yoga, but I really want to do more yoga like outside in nature.
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Yeah, those are all my late spring, early summer favorites.
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Clouds have come in, the sun is starting to set so I think That is all I have time for today.
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Thank you again to Organic Basics for sponsoring this video.
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You can use my code NOBOCHOBO15 for 15 % off just until the end of May.
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I hope you guys are doing well and taking care of yourself.
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I sure am.
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trying my best to do the same.
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I appreciate you guys.
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so incredibly much.
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This platform and this community of beautiful kind people on the internet is something that I never take for granted.
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It's genuinely like one of the things that I am most grateful about in my entire life.
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Anyways my foot is like fully asleep now so I'm actually gonna go but I'll see you hopefully very soon.
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Bye!
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All of my responsibilities I feel like.
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I'm gonna be so slow.
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Context & Background
This transcript presents a personal view from an individual reflecting on their experiences and emotions during the summer. The speaker discusses their daily routine, including their work schedule, favorites items, and challenges faced over the past month. By sharing their thoughts and feelings, the speaker provides insights into how simple pleasures can bring joy amidst life’s complexities, making the content relatable for viewers who may share similar experiences. This video serves as an excellent opportunity for learners who want to practice their English speaking skills while engaging with heartfelt storytelling.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I just wanted to get outside, breathe some fresh air." - A great way to express a need for a change of scenery.
- "I've been living at home." - Useful when discussing current living arrangements.
- "I feel like I've become such a homebody." - Perfect for sharing habits or preferences in spending time indoors.
- "This coconut water is so good." - A simple expression of personal preference or enjoyment.
- "Every time I wear them, I'm just reminded of my time in Paris." - A lovely way to share sentimental experiences attached to objects.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To effectively utilize the content of this video for improving your English speaking skills, follow this step-by-step shadowing guide. Shadowing involves listening to a speaker and repeating what they say in real time, which can enhance pronunciation, rhythm, and fluency.
- Find the Video: Start by locating the video titled "what I'm wearing, reading, & doing this summer" on YouTube. This will provide the context you need for the phrases listed above.
- Listen Actively: Watch the video once without attempting to repeat the phrases. Focus on understanding the overall message and the emotional tone of the speaker.
- Break it Down: Replay small segments of the video, pausing after each sentence. This gives you time to absorb the language and structure used.
- Shadow Speak: Begin to repeat each phrase after the speaker, emulating their tone and pronunciation. Focus on phrases that resonate with you, like “I just wanted to get outside, breathe some fresh air.”
- Record Yourself: Use a shadowing app or your phone to record your attempts. This will allow you to compare your pronunciation with the original speaker, enabling you to correct any mistakes.
- Practice Regularly: Make this a daily routine by shadowing for 10-15 minutes. Consistent practice enhances your English fluency and helps embed useful phrases into your vocabulary.
Engaging with this content not only improves your English speaking practice but also gives you a glimpse into the daily life and emotions of others, enriching your cultural understanding. Happy learning!
¿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.