Shadowing Practice: gentle reset | laundry, cleaning, & preparing for a new week - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good morning guys, happy Sunday.

Welcome back to yet another video today.

We are going to do a very chill cozy Just gentle Sunday reset.

I have a lot of stuff that I would like to do

But I'm not putting any like crazy explanations on myself Like I'm just gonna go with the flow

and just move with whatever energy I have in the moment And I'm just gonna like keep moving.

You know what I mean?

Like there is no rush I'm not like trying to like

do this big grand Sunday reset It's just going to be

like set the vibes get some stuff in order for the new week.

So Um, it is already one o'clock.

So when I say chill, I really do mean chill Like we had a very calm morning, but i'm getting up now I just like brush my teeth

and wash my face and everything and i'm just gonna stay in my pjs

and we're just gonna Prepare for next week just filled up

my little medicine container with all of my like vitamins

and my medicine and stuff

That way that's good for the week I want to work on laundry all day long

because my laundry has piled up I have clearly not been

doing a good job at doing my one little day

But I want to like reset for the new week

and try and get like back on track I also want to take time to sit down

and fill out my planner for the week I really love this planner from the daily.

This is what I use I need to get a new one

because I literally have one month left Like the last month in this planner is july

So i'm basically done with this planner

and I need a new one I like it because at the beginning of a new week, you can do like a whole weekly overview

So you can like plan out your meals make your grocery list There's like a week at a glance right here.

You can track your habits your workouts and then write like your weekly to-do list.

So I always like to sit down every Sunday and just like fill out these pages.

That way I can just kind of get an idea of what's going on in the upcoming week.

So I want to do that.

Why do you have an ice pack?

It's like this, honey.

I know, that's an ice pack for when you get boo-boos, honey.

And then this evening, I want to do just like a self-care reset.

Like an everything shower.

I want to whiten my teeth.

I really need to color my regrowth, but that means I would have to go to the store to get color for that.

So we'll see if that happens, but it's really been bothering me.

So I really want to hit that also.

She's already washed from my bed.

I just haven't put them back on yet, but Jacob's sleeping because he worked midnight last night

So he's in there sleeping I have been getting

so many questions about like living arrangements and stuff like that

And like just like what we're doing right now with the separation

and I will like answer these questions eventually I'm just not gonna do it today.

I just want to focus on like resetting

and like getting my life together And then I think for the next video we'll do a Q&A

That's an ice pack So for my next YouTube video, I think I'm gonna try and do like a Q&A

but I've already gotten comments on some of my videos of people being like, please don't let this be like your whole new identity

and what your entire page is about to be about is like single mom thing.

I've only posted like a few videos about it, but let me just say my content is literally just my

life Like I'm just sharing my life you guys every single

day what's going on like that's what my content is

And like right now this is just like what I'm dealing with

and what I'm going through So like obviously I'm sharing it, but there's still gonna be other stuff like I mean there's more to me than

that And then I'm gonna poop in my pants And yeah, and Bubba's gonna poop in his pants So anyways

We are going to And then I'm gonna poop in my pants Start on our

And then mommy got poop in the pants.

Okay.

So we're going to start on our reset.

I think I'm going to start off.

I'm going to start off with going to the laundry room and just assessing the situation in there, getting a little laundry started.

And then we'll probably knock out dishes because my sink is full of dishes

and that's stressing me out and I need that to just disappear.

And then we can go on.

Are you going to help me clean, Bubba?

Yeah.

You are?

Come on, let's go start some laundry. so eyes so so

okay it's almost two o'clock now i just started up some mac

and cheese for the boys for lunch

because i need to feed them really quickly so

that they can take their nap

so i'm going to just hit their bedroom really fast

and just do like a really quick reset

so it's clean for nap time

and then this room is like checked off last night we actually took down both cribs in here

and i bought a queen size mattress just to like stick on the floor

because if you follow me on instagram you know

that the boys do this thing where they thoroughly enjoy like ripping their bedroom apart whenever they're taking a nap, like they'll take all the crib mattresses off their cribs.

They'll literally like flip their crib over on the side and like climb all over it.

And it was just like starting to stress me out.

So I was like okay i'm done my solution to

that was take the cribs out take the crib mattresses out i just got one big queen-sized mattress

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and it's sitting on the floor now

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because they really like sleeping together a lot of the time they will like take their mattresses off their cribs

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and put them next to each other

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so they can sleep next to each other

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so i just got one big mattress

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and that's that's my solution we literally just have a big

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mattress on the floor in here now i just set it up last night put the sheets on it

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and they slept on it for the first time last night

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and they slept great i'm eventually going to get like a floor bed frame

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that way like at least is up off the floor a little bit

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but i want it to be as close to the floor as possible

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so it's easier for them to get in and out of

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but this is working i will say now

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that it's in here i'm wondering if i should just get a full size

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because it kind of takes up a lot of space like

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they really don't need this big of a mattress for just the two of them

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so i may end up buying a full size one

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and putting it in here

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and then i'm gonna use this one for my room once i do like a full makeover

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and make that room my room like in the future um

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because i think i want a smaller bed in there anyways

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because the king size takes up the entire space anyways this

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is their room currently it's not bad they just like played in here this morning

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so obviously they their form of playing is just throwing stuff everywhere

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so i'm just gonna clean it up really fast clean the mirror wipe off their little dresser um

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and vacuum i also have like the cutest pinterest board made

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right now for the boys like big boy makeover i want

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to do like monster truck slash hot wheels theme it's

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so freaking cute i will put some pictures up on the screen of like the inspiration

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that i'm going for i cannot wait to start on it i have to find them like a bed frame

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and stuff like that first but yeah it's

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so cute i can't wait to buy it this vibe like

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these hot wheels jammies like this is the vibe i want

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to do for their new bedroom yeah baby i'm making mac and cheese for you Rock and cheese and pizza rolls. so and

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she's done i also moved the toy box

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that was in here into the closet which i feel like helps a lot

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and i like went through

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and got rid of a bunch of stuff i should have filmed it

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but i did it at like nine o'clock last night

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so yeah we just have like this little thingy with their

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hot wheels backpacks like this is gonna match their new room perfectly once i get to

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that i'm gonna take down these frames once i get all new decorations

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and add all new stuff i had to move their dresser over here just

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because like the bed comes out so far it took up

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so much space

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because the dresser used to be right here against this wall you couldn't walk through it

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so i moved it over here and honestly i like it more

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because at least they have all this space in front of it to play their cute little lion

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and giraffe are still up here i think this is adorable

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this has been in the room since before they were born the only like set plan

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that i know i want to do is on this wall

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obviously i need to remove all this stuff i want to paint like a black arch

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and then put a bunch of shelves on it

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and i want to like display their hot wheels

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and like their monster trucks and stuff like

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that i'll put a picture on the screen of what i'm talking about it's

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so freaking cute and i know for sure that's what i want to do on this wall the The rest, I still have no idea what I'm doing yet, but I know that's what I want to do here.

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Also, just like a moment for how absolutely adorable these little embroidered hoops are.

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I got these from a girl on Instagram, and I'm obsessed with them.

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They have their slumberkins on them.

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They're obsessed with their slumberkins.

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So this is Honey Bear, and this is Yak, and now I can have these forever

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and just like remember how obsessed they were with their little slumberkins.

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Like they have to sleep with them every single night, and now I have like these to remember them by.

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It's so cute.

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Anyways.

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okay i just got the boys in their bed for nap time i'm gonna keep working on the house

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but my sister is actually on her way over to just like hang out for the day

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so we'll see how much more actual resetting i can do

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or if i'll just give up

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and just hang out with her for the rest of the day I'm gonna try

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and get more done but we'll see because who wants to clean

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when their sister is over and my beautiful baby niece right?

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The least I can do is to show the laundry right?

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I need to get my laundry off.

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look at how cute the boys are and their big massive bed

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they have all of this space and they're both way over here on the edge i die they're so cute

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i'm trying to hurry up

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and get the house as baby friendly as possible before they get here

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because i don't want jovi to choke on anything

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and with the boys there's just really no telling what's on

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more i feel like i've got basically everything i just need to vacuum in here really fast

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thank you

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okay is the best I should be saying thank you to me or you should be saying thank you to KK.

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Will you put this next to your brother's room?

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Hi, princess.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 185 sentences and 2118 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:51. The speaker talks at a natural 153 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/ (verb) — To set back to the initial state.
mattress /ˈmætɹɪs/ (noun) — A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed…
laundry /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ (noun) — A laundering; a washing.
pants /pænts/ (noun) — An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ (adverb) — Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
poop /ˈpuːp/ (noun) — Fecal matter; feces.
planner /ˈplænɚ/ (noun) — One who plans.
bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (noun) — A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
honey /ˈhʌni/ (noun) — A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
chill /tʃɪl/ (verb) — To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
vibe /vaɪb/ (noun) — An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
dish /dɪʃ/ (noun) — A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
vacuum /ˈvæ.kjuːm/ (noun) — A region of space that contains no matter.
adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ (adjective) — Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
meal /ˈmiːl/ (noun) — Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

start on (verb) — To criticize.
fill out /fɪl ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
sit down (verb) — To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
take up (verb) — To pick up.
check off (verb) — To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example…
come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 73 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, thingy /ˈθɪŋi/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, separation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like reset, mattress, laundry.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has piled · haven't put · I've already gotten
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should just get · should have · should be
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the cutest · The least I · the best
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	keep moving · keep working

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

Grammar in this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?

finally ORGANIZING MY NEW HOME 🏠 this was so satisfying omg