Shadowing Practice: *aesthetic* desk makeover PART 2 ✍🏻🌿🎨 adding more to my desk space! - Learn English Speaking with Video

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My desk went from this to this and it definitely took a lot of organizing, but we are not done yet.
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Today, we're going to be making my desk space even better by adding more to the space.
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My husband doesn't know that I got this.
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So many people recommended that I get a bookshelf to put next to my desk and I finally decided to do it.
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It's so heavy and also way taller than I thought.
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It's only supposed to be like six feet tall.
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This box definitely seems like, I don't know, it's really tall.
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Maybe like eight feet.
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I'm hoping it's just the weird distribution of the wooden slabs, but I guess we'll find out.
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It's so ridiculously heavy.
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Like, what the heck?
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How is it this tall?
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This is me with my head lined up at the top of the box.
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Look how much space anyway let's get to opening okay what this is
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so tall i could have swore this was supposed to be like six feet tall
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there's no way this is six feet what hmm is
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that too tall i was just wanting like a cute little bookcase like right here
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i feel like it's kind of too late like how would i even get this back to return it
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if i wanted to the box is already open
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and this is heavy as heck okay this is a foot long ruler i guess maybe it is six
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and a half feet and i'm just really short and i
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underestimated what six
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and a half feet is huh anyway i thought
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i would put the bookshelf like right here guys
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i feel like it's gonna look bad
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i feel like it's gonna look too tall
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i love the color though the color is very beautiful maybe maybe I just commit like is
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that too tall that's so tall um I don't know how I feel about
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that there's my desk there's our couch
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I feel like it's just gonna look very random I was thinking it would be like
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that tall you're not off to a great start but maybe I should just commit
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hi mom can I ask your opinion do you think
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that this is way too tall yeah it's a bookcase okay it says it's six
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and a half feet which maybe I just understood how tall
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that is and you can tell I mean it's just tall I guess
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that makes sense
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because he's like probably I could probably reach the top of his head
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I mainly just don't want to have to figure out having to return it and getting it back because it was heavy. And I'm surprising him.
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I know, well that's like kind of the whole point.
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And because I'm surprising him with it,
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I can't even ask for his help because the idea is to have it fully set up when he gets home.
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And it would be like not as good of a surprise to have a half put together bookshelf
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and be like, hey, surprise.
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Let's see how to put this thing together.
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Hmm, apparently it's a two -person job.
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Is it really though?
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I feel like I can do it myself.
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My mother -in -law got us a tool kit for Christmas
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because she saw in my original desk setting up video that we didn't have any good tools to use.
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So now I get to try it out. That is so cool.
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I need to shark it.
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No. In the meantime, we'll do this the old -fashioned way.
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I need to spin it around.
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that was so satisfying now i need to stand it up somehow this is probably why it's a two -person drop
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Ah, tada!
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Wow, this is really tall.
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But it looks so cute.
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I do have to scoot my desk over just a little bit.
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Ta -da!
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It looks so good!
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I'm proud of myself.
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And that was pretty easy to put together too.
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Hi.
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Can we put it together?
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Yeah, do you want to see?
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Yeah.
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Oh, it's great.
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Thank you.
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It's definitely very tall.
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Now I don't know what to put on it.
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I didn't think that far.
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I'm going to put a little plant on it.
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Oh, it looks so good.
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Maybe I should go on the top one.
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Right here.
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I love it.
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Mmm.
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It's perfect.
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It doesn't need anything else.
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I'm just kidding
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Um, hmm, maybe I should wait for my husband to get to like mix and match the bookshelf
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But i'm so excited
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One of the reasons I wanted to get a bookshelf is
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because i'm trying to read more and I feel like
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if books are out in the open I'm more likely to read
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I also just think it's a good use of space because we live in a one bedroom one bathroom
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So I just want to make sure we're using up as much space as we can
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and this just adds a whole bunch of storage space I could also put my journals on it.
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I'm debating.
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I don't know.
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It would be nice to free up a little bit of desk space.
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However, I do like my journals on my desk.
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I just like how it looks as a little inspirational journal stack,
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as well as it's kind of like a film space set piece for the background of my videos.
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And I kind of don't love the idea of moving it from a bookshelf to my desk whenever I'm filming.
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Also, my husband reads a lot.
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He has a lot of books.
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So this would be perfect for that.
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And I think it would be super fun to set it up together over the weekend
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and figure out how I want to set it up
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You would not believe how long it has been since I filmed
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that last clip long enough for my hair to get noticeably longer
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Here I thought that we were going to decorate the bookshelf as a fun little weekend activity
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and then that definitely did not happen I kid you not it has been
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Months since I filmed that last clip probably over six months.
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It definitely was at the start of the year I think.
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I don't think it was last year, but it's been a hot minute.
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It's been a while.
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So much has happened since then and other things have just been our focus, our priority.
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I actually started working as a nurse since I filmed the last clip.
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I don't even know if I had my job lined up yet when I started filming this, so it must be longer than six months.
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I don't know.
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I don't remember.
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And in that time, the bookshelf has definitely become just like a little storage space dumping ground, which is less than ideal.
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Obviously we want to use it as some sort of storage space, that's the point of a bookshelf,
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but it would be nice if it looked kind of nice
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and organized and not just had our unopened mail sitting on here and other random things.
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So let's clear it off and then I think I'm going to go around to Marshall's, maybe see if I can find anything cute for it.
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Let's play a game and see what is actually currently on here as we clear it out.
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Other than this beautiful plant
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And here we have some literature.
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These are various journal articles on obstetric information.
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Just some light reading.
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These are different cards that patients have given me.
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How sweet is that?
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And would you look at that?
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We actually have some books.
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I'm going to put this up here for now because those do belong on a bookshelf.
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And we will get back to that when we actually figure out the arrangement of everything.
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We have yet another really nice plant.
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Fake plant, might I add devotional in the journal this fuel keep
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so far that's i like that i like
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that there oh gosh this is a stack of stuff
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that doesn't need to be there lots of old mail some labor delivery stuff this beautiful birthday card
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that my mother -in -law gave me back in march
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when it was my birthday this i'll have to go through this is a labor
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and delivery notebook that someone gave me when i got my job
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when i first got hired so i think that answers
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that question that i started filming this video before i got the job
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so it really has been a long time it's maybe been like eight nine months
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or so since i started filming this that's actually horrible
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but isn't this
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so cute look how sweet this is it says
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it's a good day to bring a baby into the world labor
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and delivery look on the inside isn't that
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so sweet you can pause it if you want to read it
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but i just think that is the cutest thing ever we have more mail
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and whatnot honestly a lot of this can be thrown away this is doing
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so much for my soul right now to just declutter
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this already it's looking nicer this this is actually a picture frame
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that i got
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and on top of this picture frame i have a couple different things there's the daisy nomination
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that i got i wanted to frame it
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and put it up on the bookshelf somewhere
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and then also there's a few different patient shout outs as well
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that patients wrote up for me which is just so sweet
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and thoughtful and i thought i would put
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that in the back of the picture frame just as a place to keep them all
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because i don't want to display all of those.
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I'm excited for this.
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It's really sweet.
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Random things here.
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Badge cards and then there's a little bucket.
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A little, I don't know.
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It's like a little accordion organizer.
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Documents I got when I got hired.
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Random things.
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Okay, look at how cool this thing is.
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Is that not so awesome?
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This is a 3D printed little spinny spiky thing.
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If you've ever heard about holding onto combs during labor and squeezing them, this is for that same reason.
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It's a spiky thing that you can like grip onto and I think it's way better than a comb.
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And it spins and it has a little button on top.
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It's just so cool.
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And then also you can just like wear it so you don't lose it.
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Whenever I have a baby, I want to remember to use this thing because I just think it's so cool.
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And it's just really pretty.
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Like look at all these beautiful colors it has.
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But does it belong on the bookshelf?
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That's the question and moving down here we have some brown wrapping paper more little notebooks and things
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and then right here we have like some craft supplies some twine cement glue a ribbon little hole punchers
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and then this here we have a little woven basket
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which i actually think will be pretty nice
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so i'm gonna leave it here at the bottom of the bookshelf
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i don't know what i want to put in it yet maybe i should put all of our mail
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that we still haven't gone through into this basket so
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that even if it's piling up and at least it's going into one spot.
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I feel so much better already having that decluttered.
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It just looks nicer.
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For now I think I'm gonna run two commercials and see
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if I can find anything cute to put on here as decor.
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Maybe some other baskets for things and then we also gotta add all of our books.
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I think one of the reasons that I've been procrastinating this for
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so long is because I don't really feel like I have an interior decorating bone in my body.
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Some people are so good at these kinds of things
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but personally i just don't really feel like i have an eye for it it's not my strong suit
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i'm honestly a little bit intimidated by it just a little bit
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so i'm gonna just go in low pressure low stakes
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if anything jumps out at me or
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if i really like something then maybe i'll get it we're just gonna look around
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and i'm just proud of myself for finally doing something
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because again it's been on my to -do list for far too long
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this is what i got got this little basket
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and then three of these little plants i thought these were
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so cute all of this though was literally almost 40
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which is crazy for now i feel like this is a good start.
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My problem though when looking around was
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that all of the fall stuff is out
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and I don't really want to get stuff that is only specific to one season.
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I want it to be good for year round and there wasn't a lot of timeless options.
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It was a lot of pumpkins and things like that.
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I'm not at the level of seasonal decor yet.
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I just need some decor.
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I do want to go to HomeGoods
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because I feel like I've seen some cute faith -related decor there before
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but stores are closing right now so I'm gonna have to go on another day.
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Just got to HomeGoods and I am hoping that they have some good options.
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Hopefully it's not all just vault decor.
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Take three.
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We are at Hobby Lobby.
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Hopefully this is the one I feel like I was thinking of this store all along
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and I was just like getting them mixed up in my head.
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So hopefully we find some good stuff.
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it is a new day
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and i wanted to show you what i got from hobby lobby
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i am counting it as a huge success it definitely was a store
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that i was intending to go to all along
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now i feel like we have a lot more to work with for the bookshelf starting out
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we have this cross it says he who promised is faithful from hebrews 10
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and look at this beautiful painted design on it it also has this little beaded piece to it
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so you could hang it up somewhere if you wanted to
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but i think i'm just gonna have it sitting on the shelf maybe.
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I thought it was really pretty though.
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Next we have this.
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Love is patient, love is kind.
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First Corinthians 13 4.
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I got this one because this was one of the verses
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that we had read at our wedding so I thought it would be a cute sweet little reminder of that.
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And then we have this little frame.
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I thought it's so pretty.
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It just has this little flower design on it
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and then down here is the little word rejoice with a small little cross.
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And then the last thing that I got.
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I actually wasn't sure about this at first just
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because it doesn't really match the color scheme but this is what it is.
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It's similar to this little frame.
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I thought maybe it could go together but I just really loved the verses that it had.
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It's from Psalm 100 and I just think it's really beautiful.
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I love these verses. And
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when it comes to faith decor I don't want it to come off as this like surface level faith decor
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and a lot of it can be very me -centric
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and I want it to be more christ -centric and
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so i felt like this was something
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that was a bit more deep i guess you could say
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and of the decor options
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that i saw i felt like this was maybe the best at achieving what i had in mind
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i have no idea where each thing should go
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but i'm just going to start putting things in random places
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and hope that it comes together this is too tall for this shelf
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Maybe I'll put this one here.
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Maybe I'll do this one right here. Or not.
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Maybe I'll do this.
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I kind of like these little plants in the basket.
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I don't know if I want to put them all around or if I should keep them in this basket.
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This is looking really cute so far.
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I'm not even going to lie.
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I feel like the more I add stuff though,
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the more I feel the need to rearrange things also it's quickly becoming a decorative bookshelf and not an actual utilized
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bookshelf for books.
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I also have this picture of me and my husband.
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This is from when we were dating though.
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I think it was like six months into our relationship.
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I'm like, that would be cute to put on here.
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How cute is that?
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Now I need to open this.
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Look at this frame!
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Look how cute!
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One of my patients had nominated me for a Daisy Award
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and so I thought it would be really sweet to get this framed.
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And then in the back I just put some additional thank -you notes that some other patients have given to me.
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I just thought it would be a sweet thing to add to our bookshelf to commemorate a huge, huge honor.
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This patient was so sweet.
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I think this middle shelf is the only one that it'll fit on.
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What do we think about that?
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Is that too much?
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Too busy?
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Now I'm like actually putting things on the bookshelf that make sense to put on the bookshelf.
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Firstly we have my husband's journals.
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He has the dates on the sides of them and then this is an empty one.
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Put some books in here.
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still a work in progress
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but I feel like it's looking really good
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I'm pretty impressed with myself as somebody who's not an interior decorator nor do I consider
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it one of my strengths
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I feel like it turned out pretty decently my husband has a lot of books too
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that can all go down on this bottom shelf
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and then I feel like the top shelf is maybe lacking a little bit
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I don't know I also don't know how I feel about
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this picture frame being right in the center like right in your line of vision
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but the other shelves aren't tall enough for it
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so I don't know I mean
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I could always try to rearrange some of the shelves like
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adjust the height of it what do we think does it look busy does it look cohesive
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I feel like it definitely makes the space feel homier I'm calling my mom to show her.
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Hey.
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Hi mom.
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Hey.
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Remember how I got a bookshelf a really long time ago?
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Oh yes, I do.
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I just decorated it.
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Do you want to see?
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Yes, I do.
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You have to give me your honest thoughts, okay?
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Okay.
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Oh, it looks fabulous, Carrie.
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You think so?
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Yeah, I love it.
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Fabulous, wow.
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Might need some more room for his own books.
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Yeah, that's what all bad hair is for.
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That's not so much.
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He might have hair too, couldn't he? just fabulous
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that was my ass opinion oh thanks mom do you think
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it looks too cluttered no i don't think it looks cluttered at all it looks organized as
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that my only thing was at the top i was just wondering about playing at the very top
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but i like it there too so you know it looks good
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so like up here but it might be too high i don't know i'm not the best at decorating so maybe not
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Yeah, I like it better than the other way.
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Yeah, I think it looks pretty caring.
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Thanks, Mom.
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It's later in the night.
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The bookshelf is growing on me.
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I really like it and love how it turned out.
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I might still rearrange some things here and there, but for the most part,
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I think it looks really cute and it really helps fill up the space.
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It kind of just completes the desk space a little bit more.
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But I do actually want your opinion on something regarding what to do with this wall.
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So here's a little overview of the actual desk space.
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You can see my desk and whatnot.
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Stuff underneath it kind of messy under there.
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I need to clean that up my stationery over here
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Lots of pens and then obviously the bookshelf, which we just did and then it goes right into our living room
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But the thing that I wanted to ask you is what to do with this wall
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because I feel like it looks really blank right now
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Especially with the bookshelf now nicely decorated and the stuff on the wall in the living room area
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Our little faith decor pieces here, which I love but i'm not really sure what to put up on the wall
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and what would make it look good without making it look too busy.
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Here's a picture of what my old desk space looked like
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when I lived in Virginia and I still have all of those decor pieces.
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The lights in the picture is actually out on our balcony
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but other than that I literally just have those decor pieces sitting in one of our closets
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and originally I didn't put it up here
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because I was thinking I would get some new stuff for the wall
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but it's been so long that realistically at this point I'm like am I even going to get something for the wall?
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I have thought about doing a floating shelf, but I'm not going to lie.
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That sounds really intimidating.
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And I don't even know how that works with like poking holes in the walls at apartments.
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I guess we'd have to like spackle it over and paint the walls if we ever leave, which also sounds like a lot of work,
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especially since the paint colors on our walls are not white, which I don't like, by the way.
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I wish they were white because it just makes it feel more like bright and alive in here.
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So my question to you is what should I put here?
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Should I use the decorations that we already have? and if so, in what arrangement should I do it in?
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Should I do the little leaf border around the desk area but then what should I put in the middle?
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Because if you look back at that picture, it was on a corner and I had the sun
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and the moon mirror on one side and then the other decor pieces right in the center, that pegboard and the pictures
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and I don't think I'd be able to fit all of it here and even if I could,
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I feel like that would maybe look a little too busy or should I get different things.
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I think I'm leaning towards reusing what I have just to save money, time, energy, all of that stuff.
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I just don't know exactly how I'd want the layout to be
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and then again I just don't want it to be too busy,
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too much going on on the walls because we live in a one bedroom, one bathroom.
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There's only so much you can do to make it feel like separate rooms
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and I just don't know if it would be like a lot to have this wall in the living room,
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this bookshelf, which already looks decently full
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and then a lot of stuff on the wall too like it might just be a lot
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but I'll step out of the way so
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that you can get a full look at what the wall looks like
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and then I'll just kind of pan it over here.
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This is what the entire wall looks like.
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I do really like how the bookshelf turned out but also
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if you have any input on how I can make it better please do let me know.
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed today's video.
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I really am loving how it's turning out.
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It's a good work in progress and please do let me know what your thoughts are.
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Perhaps I will be doing a part three at some point
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to figure out what the heck to do with this wall and I will see you all in my next video.
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Bye.

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15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
desk zelfstandig naamwoord/dɛsk/bureau, schrijftafel
shelf zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃɛlf/schap, rek
basket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæskɪt/mand, korf
verse zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈvɝs/vers
organize werkwoord/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/organiseren
bedroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɛdˌɹum/slaapkamer
hire werkwoord/ˈhaɪɹ/huren
belong werkwoord/bɪˈlɒŋ/thuishoren, horen
spin werkwoord/spɪn/draaien
commit werkwoord/kəˈmɪt/toevertrouwen, toewijzen
stack zelfstandig naamwoord/stæk/stapel
lobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɑ.bi/lobby
hobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.bi/hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding
daisy zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdeɪ.zi/madeliefje
notebook zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/schrift, cahier

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
figure out werkwoorduitvogelen, er achter komen
turn out werkwoorduitvallen, resulteren
set up werkwoord/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/bereiden, voorbereiden
come together werkwoord/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/bijeenkomen, samenkomen
fill up werkwoordopvullen, vollopen
find out werkwoordontdekken, onderzoeken
pile up werkwoordstapelen
throw away werkwoordweggooien

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  • My husband doesn't know that I got this.
  • Can we put it together?
  • What do we think about that?
  • Do you want to see?
  • Should I use the decorations that we already have?

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De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

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Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthas been · it's been · has happened
Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee isshould just commit · should go · should wait
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas just wanting · was thinking · was intending
Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zekerMight need · might have · might be

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De spreker gebruikt 109 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, nomination /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, nomination /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/, inspirational /ˌɪnspəˈɹeɪʃənəl/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/, badge /bæd͡ʒ/, pause /pɔːz/, squeeze /skwiːz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: basket /ˈbæskɪt/, fabulous /ˈfæbjʊləs/, stack /stæk/, craft /ˈkɹæft/, wrap /ɹæp/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, grip /ˈɡɹɪp/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, glue /ɡlu/, organizer /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als desk, shelf, basket.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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