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Somewhere between childhood and now, we learned how to measure our lives in milestones.
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First day of school, last day of school, first job, first promotion, marriage, house, kids, you know the list.
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And it can feel really overwhelming when we're not ticking those boxes when we're supposed to.
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It can feel like everyone is moving forward and we're just falling behind.
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Recently, I've been thinking a lot about how we define success
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and what that looks like now versus what I thought it would look like a couple years ago.
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And it made me realize that this is something I should probably revisit every so often because as life changes,
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the way we measure it sort of has to change too.
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So there's that anyways i'm having family over tomorrow
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and i'm pretty excited it's our first big family gathering in a
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while i have a couple of things
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that i need to get done today before that happens um it's a
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that is a plan that is the plan for today i try so hard to grow
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like a flower out of concrete And I,
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I try so hard for you to know that I go for you,
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my love
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This train of thought first happened
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when I was thinking of ways I had measured progress throughout my life When I was a kid, I did sports.
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I would measure it by medals or moving up in lessons But after graduating, I stepped away from competing,
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and I was at a sudden loss as to why I felt the way that I did.
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And at the time, I didn't realize that I had lost the main indicator of my measure of progress, and subsequently, success.
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It got me thinking, maybe all of us have these markers we lean on without even noticing.
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And when they disappear, it can feel like the ground has shifted beneath us.
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But realizing this allowed me to look at things differently, and reevaluate what progress and success look like now, in relevance to my life currently.
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If you keep measuring your current life with a definition you picked up at 16 or 21, it's going to feel like you're falling behind, even when you're not.
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So when things start to feel off, it's easy to assume something's wrong, without realizing the definition you're using might just be outdated.
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Oftentimes we feel behind because we're not where we think we should be at this point in time.
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But what we don't see is that where we're at now is preparing us for what's ahead.
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making your own way in the world is exciting you know what you want and you're going for it
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but when everyone around you seems to be following a clear -cut path it's really hard not to wonder
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if you're the one doing something wrong
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I remember in the early years of pursuing YouTube I was always wondering why it just wasn't happening for me yet.
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It was frustrating and to add to my already growing doubt, I had friends that were already moving on with the next chapter of their life.
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It felt like everyone knew their path
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and I was still trying to find my way
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but there was something in me that wanted to stay the course and so I pursued the path and looking back now,
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everything I learned along the way was so necessary and contributed in some form to what I do today, even if it felt like a detour at the time.
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The more I think about it, the more I think that 8 billion people can't be on the same path, right?
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Like how would that work?
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We're all different, we can't all like the same things, or hit the same milestones at the same time.
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Some get married young, some never want to at all, others become nomads and call the world home, some are happy building a quiet life as hometown heroes.
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You're allowed to choose your own adventure.
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Not just once, but over and over and over again.
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I find that we often feel behind because we have this idea of how something should have been.
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But seldom does it happen like that.
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And I think that's where a lot of the doubt comes from.
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Not knowing whether we're stuck, or just standing at the edge of a new idea of what success looks like.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “For those feeling behind in life”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: measure, path, success, progress, moving. Deze video bevat 47 zinnen en 733 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:01. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 122 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| milestone zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/ | mijlpaal, mijlsteen |
| detour zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdi.toɹ/ | omleiding, omweg |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| frustrate werkwoord | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustreren |
| overwhelm werkwoord | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | overweldigen, overmannen |
| seldom bijwoord | /ˈsɛldəm/ | zelden |
| outdated bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/ | verouderd, achterhaald |
| relevance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɛl.ɪ.vən(t)s/ | relevantie |
| tick zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɪk/ | teek |
| hometown zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ | vaderstad, geboorteplaats |
| indicator zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ | richtingaanwijzer |
| disappear werkwoord | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | verdwijnen, verzwinden |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 21 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, you're, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, outdated /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als milestone, detour, excite.
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.