Shadowing Practice: resetting my life for spring (getting back on track) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hey guys, it's Syd.

Welcome back.

Let's cut to the chase.

I feel like a wreck.

I have never felt so out of control of my own life than I have the past week.

Mostly because I came out with like a new launch for my jewelry brand, so I've been so busy.

This morning I woke up and I was like, I need a reset day.

Especially like a spring reset.

I think spring is the perfect excuse for me to do a whole like reset day.

First, I need to get out of my apartment before I spiral about everything.

Alright guys, I'm here.

I'm basically back home.

It feels so weirdly empty finishing something that you've been working on for so long.

I've been working on this jewelry brand launch for a year and now that it's out and done Obviously i'm so happy, but I don't know like what to do with myself

So i'm here to kind of like get myself back on

track to kind of just write out what i'm gonna do today I feel like my mind is

so all over the place If I don't write stuff down I get distracted with things

that I really don't need to be doing I think I

need a grocery shop a little bit I also need to desperately clean

and deep clean my apartment I really just needed to leave my apartment though

and be around people and I already feel much better.

Forgot to film my coffee before I drank it.

Sorry about that. as i was out

and about walking i remembered the crucial part of myself carotene

is getting a bagel um not really i just saw a pop of bagels

and had to have some i love bagels and this place and then

headed to the grocery store to get just a few things I needed restocks of.

I made a pit stop for bagels.

I ended up getting a couple groceries just to like restock some things.

I just threw those in the fridge.

Wow I look pale.

Okay so I need to self tan as a part of this reset.

Anyways now that I'm home I'm gonna stop procrastinating and get to business.

I need to clean.

I'm considering blurring out my bed because I don't want you guys to be concerned about the stains.

It's my my self-tanner i swear i swear it is the girls

that self tan out there you understand it's kind of just

like you have to accept it uh anyways i do need

to wash my sheets i'm gonna wash my duvet cover too

which i hate doing i didn't make my bed this morning

because i knew that i was gonna be washing my sheets not

because i was lazy actually you know what i'm feeling vulnerable this is what my pillow looks like.

How does this happen and why is it pink?

Update.

Laundry is in.

Now I have to tackle my bedroom floor.

Things just start to accumulate.

The problem is once there's a pile, it's gonna grow.

I cannot like start and form a pile because then at that point I'm already doomed.

And unfortunately I've been having a lot of piles recently.

I hate these piles.

I hate going through piles because then I have to be decisive.

Like, is this something I'm keeping?

Is this something I'm donating?

What am I doing with it?

I don't know. So.

the past two weeks since i've been working

so much on this jewelry launch i have not gone to the gym i don't think once not

that i'm a gym rat like at all

but i definitely usually go a few times a week i'll go to like a class

or something and i haven't because i've just been like too overwhelmed

and like busy to even think about going to the gym it's kind of funny the things

that you cut out when you're stressed.

And the gym is usually like one of the first things to go.

So I was like thinking I should probably make a comeback today.

I really don't want to go, but I know I'll feel so much better after.

So I figured while my laundry's going, I should use this time to my advantage.

Delayed gratification is an amazing thing.

I did not want to go.

And now I'm so happy that I did.

Anyways, I had a little snack.

I jumped in the shower.

I have my comfy clothes on and I have some bad news.

It looks like I didn't make any progress.

Things are looking worse before they get better.

Oh, this is all of my laundry on the floor.

My floor is clean, I promise.

So not only do I have to fold all those clothes, but I also have to do the dreaded task of putting my fitted sheet on my bed.

I would rather do anything else than put my fitted sheet on my bed.

Like, I'd rather run a marathon.

Better late than never.

Oh, do I have food in my teeth?

Whenever I clean my room, it always takes at least triple the time than I originally estimate.

I don't know if I just have like a bad gauge of time or if I'm just like hopefully optimistic, but it looks so much better.

I already feel so much more at peace.

Like there's just no better feeling than a clean room.

I just want to sit in my room and stare at it.

I'm such a visual person.

Like I need to have my space clean in order for my mind to feel clean.

I already feel like 10 times better.

I think I just want to chill the rest of the night.

I feel like I was pretty productive today.

As I was cleaning, I kind of gathered this bag together.

I get sent so much stuff.

I literally, it feels like Christmas for me every day.

I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

And I just know that someone else out there deserves this 10 times more than me.

I don't need any more stuff as much as I love Mario Badescu.

So I thought, you know what?

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Why don't I just pick one of you guys to give this to?

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I won't go through everything, but some highlights, face spray, Mario Badescu face cleanser, their neck cream, niacinamide cream, hyaluronic moisturizer, eye cream, just a few of the things.

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To enter, I just want to make it easy.

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Comment below the best piece of advice you've ever received.

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I'm really asking that because I'm curious.

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Also write your Instagram handle, so that way I can message you and pick the winner.

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Anyways, I'm really here because I figured it was time to do another advice session.

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You guys know the drill.

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If you follow me on Instagram and message me, I pick someone and it's totally anonymous.

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I never say who sent me the DM

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and I just kind of like do my best to like help answer it or just like give my two cents.

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What made you decide to live so far away from your family and friends?

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Was it hard?

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Do you have any advice or things you live by so you don't get overwhelmed with anxiety being so far away?

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I specifically wanted to answer this question because it's been something I've been really, honestly like struggling with.

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As some of you guys know, I'm from Minnesota and I didn't initially decide to like move away to get away from my family

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or friends It was more of a consequence of just where I wanted to live, was not by them.

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I haven't lived by my family in six years now.

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I was in California and now I'm living in New York.

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I thought it would get easier as I got older and to be honest it has not.

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I don't know why I thought it would get easier

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but every time I leave them like after a visit I

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feel like for the next two three days I am really really sad.

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It takes me like a good week to kind of like get out of that funk.

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I think whenever I find myself feeling like anxious about it and sad about not being close to them, I remember first of all that I can FaceTime and I'm like so grateful that FaceTime exists.

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I think about like 30 years ago when that wasn't an option.

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I also try to remind myself to feel grateful for the fact

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that I miss my family

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because I know there's a lot of people who don't have good relationships with their family members

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and I'm so lucky to like be in the position to miss them.

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It just means that I love them and I have such a great relationship with them.

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So I found it's a bit more of my perspective.

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And I think the biggest thing too is whenever I leave them or we separate, I try to already have the next trip planned to see them.

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So that way it's a little bit less hard because I know exactly when I'm gonna see them next.

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But yeah, I mean, to be honest, sometimes it's hard and I'm not gonna like pretend that it's totally easy because it's definitely not for me.

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I have plenty of nights where I like honestly get so sad and I just miss being close to them.

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I also feel like weirdly guilty for leaving my family.

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I don't know if anyone relates to

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that the older I get I just feel wrong for not living by them My family doesn't make me feel like that.

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They support me living my life, but I don't know.

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I feel so Guilty about it on that note.

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I'm gonna do some skincare Well, I just did skincare but i'm gonna put on my red light mask

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and I think i'm gonna watch the game Just a cute

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little I just want a cute little cozy night for myself alone

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this is me looking absolutely insane in my red light mask

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i watched the minnesota timberwolves is honestly just like such a nice relaxing way to end my reset

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but i'm sorry guys you already know what i'm about to

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say i forgot to do an outro i just wanted to say love you guys thanks

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so much for watching and

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if you've like supported my jewelry brand ophelia i just wanted to say thank you

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so much it means the world and i just love you guys

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and i feel so grateful i'll see you in my next vlog bye guys

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 151 zinnen en 1798 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:45. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 184 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

pile /paɪl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — stapel. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/ (werkwoord) — herinitialiseren, terugstellen. To set back to the initial state.
sheet /ʃit/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — blad. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — sieraad. Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — dankbaar. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
mask /mæsk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — masker. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
laundry /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — was. A laundering; a washing.
cloth /klɒθ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — doek, kleed. A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — slaapkamer. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
wash /wɑʃ/ (werkwoord) — wassen, spoelen. To clean with water.
anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bezorgdheid, ongerustheid. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — nieuwsgierig. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
chase /t͡ʃeɪs/ (werkwoord) — achtervolgen, achternazitten. To follow at speed.
delay /dɪˈleɪ̯/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vertraging, oponthoud. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — gestoord, waanzinnig. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

end up (werkwoord) — belanden, terechtkomen. To bring to a conclusion.
put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (werkwoord) — aantrekken, opzetten (headgear). To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — wakker worden, ontwaken. To stop sleeping; to awake.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 79 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: cloth /klɒθ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, wash /wɑʃ/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, anonymous /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/, optimistic /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

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

Grammatica in deze video

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

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	you've been working · I've been working · I've been having
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	have never felt · I've been · have not gone
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep	the luckiest · the best · the biggest
Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is	should probably make · should use

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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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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Grammatica in deze video

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