शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Brain Rot & Why We Can Not Focus Anymore | English Listening Practice | Daily Podcast | B1-B2 Ep.09 - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें
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Hello, dear friend.
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Welcome back to English Talks with Avey.
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Relax, listen, and improve your English.
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Hello, I am Emma.
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And I am Daniel.
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Daniel, let me ask you something.
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What was the last thing you did last night, right before you closed your eyes to sleep?
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Oh, do I have to be completely honest?
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Yes, please.
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No secrets on this podcast.
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Well, I was in bed.
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I was very tired, but I picked up my phone just for five minutes, and I opened a video app, and I started to scroll.
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Suddenly, it was 2 a .m.
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My eyes were burning, and my mind felt fuzzy.
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Fuzzy.
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That is the perfect word for it.
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You know, there is a new phrase that young people are using online for that exact feeling.
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They call it brain rot.
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Brain rot.
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That sounds kind of scary and disgusting, like a piece of fruit going bad.
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It does sound a bit dramatic, but it perfectly describes that feeling when your brain is tired,
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lazy, and bored of everything because you fed it too many 15 -second videos.
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Yeah, I know that feeling so well.
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It's a huge problem in our modern world.
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Because we have these powerful phones, we are changing how our minds work.
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Exactly.
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And that is what we are discussing today.
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We want to look at how short videos are affecting our attention span, why we are getting bored faster, and what we can do to protect our minds.
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So, Emma, did you have a specific moment recently where you realized you had brain rot?
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Oh, yes.
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It happened last Sunday, and it actually scared me a little bit.
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I had a week off from work, right?
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And since I had no schedule, I spent hours every day on my phone, watching cooking videos, dance trends,
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comedy clips, just swipe, swipe, swipe.
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It's so easy to do.
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Your thumb just moves automatically.
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Right.
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So on Sunday, I felt guilty.
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I thought, okay, Emma, enough phone time.
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Let's do something healthy and intellectual.
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Let's read a book.
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Ah, a real book made of paper.
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Yes, a beautiful novel I bought last month.
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I made a cup of tea, sat by the window, opened page one, and started reading.
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But you know, I couldn't get past page two.
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Wait, really?
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Only two pages?
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Why?
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What happened?
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My eyes were reading the words, but my brain wasn't listening.
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After three sentences, my hand automatically reached for my pocket to check my phone.
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I didn't even realize I was doing it.
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I felt so restless.
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I kept thinking, this book is too slow.
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Nothing is happening.
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Wow.
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That happens to me, too.
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It's like our brains are running at 100 miles per hour
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and a book feels like it's walking at 1 mile per hour.
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Exactly.
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As a result of those fast videos, my brain forgot how to wait.
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It was waiting for a joke or a loud sound or a visual change every 10 seconds.
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I actually have a metaphor for this.
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I think about it like food.
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Oh, you know I love food metaphors.
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You gotta tell me.
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Think of short videos like digital fast food.
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They're sweet, salty, and cheap.
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They give your brain an instant reward.
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It feels good immediately.
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Right.
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Like eating a hot, salty French fry.
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Exactly.
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But if you eat fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a whole week, What happens when someone gives you a healthy,
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homemade meal, like a bowl of brown rice and fresh vegetables?
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It tastes boring.
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It doesn't have enough salt or sugar.
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Yes, your tongue is ruined because it's used to extreme flavors.
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I think our focus is the same.
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A book, a long movie, or even a deep conversation with a friend is like that healthy meal.
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It is beautiful and good for you, but because your brain is addicted to digital fast food, it tastes boring.
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That is such a wonderful way to explain it.
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Our brains want instant reward, and we're losing the ability to enjoy slow things.
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And the effect of this is that we get bored faster in real life.
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If you're standing in line at a supermarket for two minutes, you feel angry.
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You feel bored immediately, so you pull out your phone.
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Yes, we can't just stand and think anymore.
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Despite being surrounded by a beautiful world, we're always looking down.
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It changes our relationships, too.
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Have you ever been out at dinner with a group of friends, and during a two -minute silence, everyone takes out their phones?
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Oh, it happens all the time.
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It makes me feel a bit lonely, honestly.
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We're physically together, but our minds are in different digital universes.
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Therefore, we aren't practicing the social skills we need.
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We don't know how to navigate a quiet moment or a slow conversation.
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You know, I read an article about the science behind this.
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It's all about a chemical in our brain called dopamine.
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Every time you swipe and see a new, funny video, your brain gets a tiny splash of dopamine.
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It's the happy chemical.
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So social media apps are basically dopamine machines?
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Yes.
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They are designed by experts to keep you hooked.
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And consequently, our brains become lazy.
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Why should I work hard to read a book for an hour to get a good feeling, when I can just flip my thumb and get 50 good feelings in 5 minutes?
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It makes total sense.
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But it has serious consequences.
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If we can't focus, we can't study effectively.
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We can't finish our work projects.
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We become exhausted, but we can't rest.
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That is the big contradiction.
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We think scrolling is relaxing, but it's actually overstimulating our brains.
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When you finish scrolling, you don't feel refreshed.
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You feel like your brain is full of dust.
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Brain rot.
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Yes, brain rot.
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Okay, so we know the cause now, and we know the effect.
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Let's talk about simple solutions.
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How do we fix our attention spans?
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I don't want my brain to be ruined forever.
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The good news is, our brains are very adaptable.
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You can train your focus just like a muscle at the gym.
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Really?
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So I can fix my brain?
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Absolutely.
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The first tip I tried this week is called monotasking.
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Monotasking.
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I know multitasking means doing multiple things at once, so monotasking means doing just one thing.
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Exactly.
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One thing at a time.
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When you watch a TV show, put your phone in another room.
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Don't scroll while watching TV.
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When you have lunch, just eat your lunch.
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Don't watch a video at the same time.
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By doing just one thing, you teach your brain to be present.
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That sounds simple, but I bet it's actually very difficult in reality.
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Yes, it was very hard on day one.
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I felt so itchy, but by day three, it felt peaceful.
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I actually tasted my food properly for the first time in months.
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I love that.
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My tip is something I call the 20 -minute rule for reading.
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When you open a book, promise yourself that you will read for just 20 minutes.
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No phone, no interruptions.
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Even if you are bored, you must keep your eyes on the page until the timer rings.
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Why 20 minutes?
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Because the first five or ten minutes are the hardest.
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That's when your brain is screaming for fast food.
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But if you cross that ten -minute line, your mind slows down.
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You enter the world of the book.
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Suddenly, it becomes enjoyable.
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That is an excellent advice.
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It's about passing the boredom wall.
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Yes, the boredom wall.
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Once you climb over it, the view is beautiful.
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Another tip is to create digital -free zones in your home.
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For example, no phones at the dinner table, and no phones in the bedroom.
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Oh, the bedroom one is huge.
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If my phone is next to my bed, I will look at it for sure.
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It's a guarantee.
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Me too.
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So I bought an old -fashioned alarm clock.
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Now my phone stays in the kitchen overnight.
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When I wake up, I don't see notifications immediately.
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I see the morning sun.
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It completely changes my energy for the day.
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That is a very inspiring change, Emma.
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Even though technology is wonderful for many things, like listening to this podcast, we have to set rules.
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Otherwise, the tools will use us instead of us using the tools.
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That is the core message right there.
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The more you feed your brain fast content, the less it can enjoy slow and beautiful things things.
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We need to protect our ability to think deeply.
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I agree.
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I think for our English learners, this is very relevant, too.
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Learning a language is a slow process.
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There are no 15 -second shortcuts to fluency.
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Oh, that is so true!
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Sometimes people watch a short video that says, learn English in one minute, and they think that's all they need.
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But real fluency comes from sitting with the language, listening frequently, and being patient with yourself.
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Good things take time.
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Exactly.
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If you can listen to this 20 -minute podcast today without checking your phone, you are already winning.
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You are training your focus and your English at the same time.
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That is a double win.
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Double dopamine, but the healthy kind.
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The healthy organic dopamine of learning.
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I'm really happy we talked about this today.
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It makes me feel motivated to keep my phone in the
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other room tonight me too i think my brain is ready
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for a healthy meal instead of fast food as we wrap
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up today's conversation i want to speak directly to our listener friends
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if you feel like your attention span has gotten shorter please don't feel bad
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or annoyed with yourself the apps on our phones are designed to be addictive it is a challenge
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that almost everyone in 2026 is facing but remember Remember that you are the boss of your own mind.
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You have the power to slow down.
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Today, try just one tiny change.
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Put your phone in a drawer for 30 minutes, read a chapter of a book, take a walk without headphones, or just sit quietly and let your mind wander.
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Let your brain rest.
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It works so hard for you every day.
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It deserves a break from the flashing lights and loud sounds of the screen.
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We would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
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Do you experience brain rot?
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How many hours a day do you think you spend scrolling?
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Please share your experiences in the comments section.
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Reading your comments is our favorite part of making this podcast.
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If you found this episode helpful for your English listening and your focus, please like the video and subscribe to our channel.
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Sharing it with a friend who scrolls too much would also be wonderful.
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Thank you for giving us your focus today.
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It is the most valuable thing you have.
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Well, Emma, I think it's time to close the microphones and turn off the screens.
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Yes.
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Let's go outside and look at something that doesn't have pixels.
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Sounds like a perfect plan.
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This is Emma.
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And this is Daniel.
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See you in our next conversation.
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Take care of your brilliant brains, everyone.
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Goodbye for now.
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Bye -bye.
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Avey.
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You can explore more videos here.
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Thanks.
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