Shadowing Practice: living alone in NYC: perfect summer day, rooftop vibes, reorganizing my apartment, & city night out! - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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hello you guys welcome back to my channel another day another vlog
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hello you guys welcome back to my channel another day another vlog
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so we are starting this vlog outdoors
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because i'm actually headed to best buy to pick up a new camera it's this camera
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that i've wanting for the longest time by the way it is literally like 95 degrees out
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and i wore all black i'm burning Okay,
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it's my first time using this camera guys.
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What do you think?
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It's so cute.
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And I feel like the quality looks really good too.
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This is what it looks like from the outside.
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It's so tiny.
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I love that it's like so small and compact, but it also has like this little stand so you can just put on a table like this.
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We're taking the new camera out for a little spin.
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I'm actually headed to the gym now to go get some free endorphins.
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It really helps not looking at working out as like a chore.
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Now I see it as a way to just get free, like feel good hormones.
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guys i'm getting in one of those moods always during like
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mid-year i get into these moods where i just want to
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rearrange my space a little bit just change things up kind of like a physical and mental refresh for myself.
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So I'm actually gonna move my couch from this wall to the window.
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I feel like this view is gorgeous and we need to do her justice more.
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And I feel like putting the couch against this view will just look...
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I'm gonna have my boyfriend and my brother help me out with that because this is not really a one-woman job.
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What do you think?
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I kind of love this new couch setup.
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The view being right here.
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I kind of love it.
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What do you guys think?
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Comment down below.
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The cats seem to like the new setup too.
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Hello.
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In the spirit of doing a little mid-year refresh, I really want to clean out my closet.
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This is how she's looking like right now.
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I just want to reorganize her a little bit more
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and get rid of anything that doesn't really align with me for the rest of the year.
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Things that I don't need that I can donate.
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And I kind of like to do this type of refresh every mid-year.
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I like to go through my closet, any old products that I use, things in my desk drawer that I just don't need or use.
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And here's a sign to join me.
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Do a little mid-year refresh of your space.
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I am for sure getting rid of this top because...
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This is for sure not going to fit me anymore.
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Thank you.
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Welcome to my bathroom with my two cats because they follow me everywhere.
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The reason why I'm showing you guys my bathroom, there's a reason, okay?
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Part of this like mid-year reset refresh, I wanted to kind of just redecorate, reorganize my bathroom.
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As you can tell, I honestly didn't put much thought into organizing it.
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I currently don't even have a shower curtain right now.
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So yeah, my bathroom's kind of in need of a refresh moment.
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I bought a few new things to kind of refresh this bathroom a little bit Let's do it!
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okay i just finished reorganizing my bathroom i'm in love it's
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just it's very subtle changes probably only I can notice but it just looks so much better
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so you guys your girl's about to head out by the
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way I'm wearing my signature shade this is the Huda Beauty
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liner in honey beige I've been using this liner for years okay
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and she's my favorite for a reason
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and my YSL Rouge candy glaze in the color 15 this
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is my go-to lip combo like whenever you see anything on my lips it is most likely this
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but yeah anyway I'm getting ready to grab lunch with my girl Gina.
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So Gina is actually a subscriber.
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The last time I was in Korea, we actually met.
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She literally hit me up on Instagram and was like, do you want to meet up, grab some food?
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And I was like, yes, I would love to meet one of you in Korea.
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So yeah, since then we just kept in touch
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and I told her if she's ever in New York to let me know.
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And so she's here.
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I'm excited to see her.
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I haven't seen her in so long.
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We're gonna grab some lunch.
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I also have my baby suits underneath this.
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We're gonna hit a rooftop pool.
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And the fact that I met her through YouTube is just wild to me.
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Let's go.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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Good girl.
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We're heading to Jersey to visit my parents.
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So obviously we got to bring Miss Pika.
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We're currently in Jersey at a local park.
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I brought Miss Pika here.
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You know, living in the city, we don't get to be in nature that much.
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This is so nice.
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Seeing all this grass, the breeze, fresh air.
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Pika and I are city girls.
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We're not used to this nature,
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so it's nice to be here so a little
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update for you guys it's officially been a week since i
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launched my very first Business the day-by-day journal a bunch of you have already bought a journal
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which if you have thank you so much for your support I'm
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so excited for you guys to receive your journals I had this idea of doing a giveaway for the people
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that are part of the day-by-day family Which if you're not already following the day-by-day Instagram and being part of the fam.
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What are you doing?
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Okay?
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What are you doing?
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Go follow us right now a huge giveaway with not just a journal
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But a bunch of different things basically all the things
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that I love and I know that you guys will love
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So your girl just finished making a list of all the things
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that I'm planning to get for you guys so yeah let's go buy some stuff for this giveaway
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When I tell you I want shopping, I want shopping.
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You guys have no idea how excited I am to show you the things
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that I got for this giveaway because it is literally everything that I love with my whole heart and soul.
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By the way, shopping for you guys was 10 times more fun than shopping for myself.
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I genuinely had such a great time shopping around for everything.
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Okay, the first thing I'm going to show you guys, she's the big guns, okay?
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Three, two, one.
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Yes, you see that right, okay?
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AirPods Max.
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But not just one, we got two.
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Because there's gonna be two giveaway winners for the Day by Day Journal.
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Those of you who are already real ones know I wear my AirPods Maxes religiously, okay?
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I wear them to work out, on my hot girl walk, while I'm editing, everything, okay?
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This baby right here, these headphones, chef's kiss.
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And I got this like silver white one because I thought it was so gorgeous.
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I'm so excited for the giveaway winners to get these.
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And then next up, Stanley Cup.
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This is the cream colored Stanley Cup, which hold up.
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This is mine so you know we could all be matching.
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I love this thing.
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Okay, it keeps my water so cold
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And since this is like humongous the size of my head I actually drink
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so much more water and everything else I got was more beauty related.
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You guys already know I got to make sure you guys are smelling right.
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I got the Sol de Janeiro fragrance cherry rosa if you want to smell divine
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Delectable okay and get compliments that you smell good wherever you go This is it.
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I made sure to get one of my favorite lip balm
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It's the lip butter bombs from summer Friday in the shade vanilla This stuff makes your lips buttery smooth and you know, we love a color matching moment and to go along with
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that pink theme I got these two face masks from dr. Jart.
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Also, you guys know I love my wellness-y stuff
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So I got ice rollers feels so nice to like massage on your skin
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And of course the pink one to stay on theme
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and then you guys know I love my hair stuff my hair clips headband All that stuff.
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So I got these these are cream colored hair clips from
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lululemon Okay I just had to add these in there
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because I love them some animal headbands for skincare makeup All
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that good jazz and then last
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but not least some cute little hair clips I literally love everything
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that I got for this giveaway that has all my faves from wellness stuff beauty So yeah, if you want to be entered into this giveaway make sure you follow my Instagram
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and the day by day Instagram I'm gonna have all the details for the giveaway in my description box
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and yeah I'm so excited for the giveaway winners to get their goodies
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I think I like this dress up.
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Yeah.
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Hello.
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Hello.
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Ashley's here visiting from Miami.
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Our friend Lex is DJing at Mr. Purple.
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It's a cute little rooftop.
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I'm excited.
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I'm excited too.
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Let's go.
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Me and the boys.
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We're going on a little sunset run.
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I'm going to go to the next video.
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you guys that run i was sweating
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so much it literally looked like i took a shower all the sweat literally dried on my body
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but earlier i literally looked like i walked through a rainstorm
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but yeah that feel good endorphins thing
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that you get after you work out is
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so real you guys working out getting daily movement in it's literally a half to just feel
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so much better No matter how your day is going
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or what you're going through It is so true when they say getting daily movement genuinely is a mood booster And yeah, the day I started looking at daily movement
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and working out as a cheat code to get those feel-good hormones My life has changed the way
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that I feel right now.
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I feel so good.
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I'm like I need to do this more often I always tell myself.
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Oh, i'm gonna start running outside often and then I don't do it again for another month And i'm gonna be honest.
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I'm tired of my own bullshit I'm tired of telling myself i'm going to do something
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and then I don't follow through I genuinely want to start running outside often
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So I know you guys gonna hold me accountable in my vlogs
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if I'm not running outside Feel free to call me out in the comments, okay?
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And here's your sign if you said that you're gonna do something
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that you really want to do But you need that extra push to actually follow through.
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Let me be your push, okay?
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We are going to push each other But yeah, your girl's gonna go on a little rant because I have time today And I want to talk to you guys, you know, the past six months like the past year of 2024 I
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have been going through it I honestly haven't been in a slump this bad in a minute
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and I briefly opened up about it in one of my other vlogs
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But I didn't go into detail basically this past year was really really difficult for me mentally physically Emotionally, I was dealing with a lot of health issues.
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So basically I was dealing with chronic fatigue
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So I would literally wake up exhausted even after getting like
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nine hours of sleep My hair was starting to fall out
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so much acne all over my face extremely bloated all the time like super uncomfortable bloating Even
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when I wouldn't eat anything and then finally I got my blood tested
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and I was diagnosed with PCOS And then I was hit with hives
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So I was getting hives all over my body and basically
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that was my life for the past six months
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And I just started feeling better a month ago and when you're not physically healthy Mentally, I just struggled.
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I was in such a bad place
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and I was in such a big slump and my skin I was so insecure about it.
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I didn't want to go outside.
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I didn't want to see people I didn't want to vlog
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or film or make content You guys probably would have never known because I tried really hard to cover it up, but I was going through it Okay,
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I basically snowballed myself deeper and deeper into it by feeling bad for myself and feeling so much anger Frustration, but things started to get better once I got diagnosed
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and then I was working with a doctor to help fix my symptoms Started taking medications
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and I finally started to feel in control of my life a little bit more
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And now i'm starting to see the lights where I believe
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I went through all this health stuff to help me learn how to appreciate Things more
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and not take things for granted that we don't really think about every single day
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But also going through this stuff made me realize it is
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truly the little things It's not about having everything in your life in control
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because you can't it's about having self-trust and trusting yourself So
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when I say I'm gonna do something I get it done
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if I say I'm gonna go work out I go work out
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when I say I'm gonna wake up at a certain time I wake about a certain time
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and it's those little things that is honestly what I've realized Helped me mentally so much, especially when I was going through all this health stuff.
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I'm not gonna lie I just started doing this last month those other months.
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I was down bad.
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Okay.
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I was feeling bad for myself I didn't work out.
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I was very inconsistent.
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I was staying in my house all day I wasn't really consistent on YouTube.
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I let myself feel bad for a while
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But now it's like it's go time I could either choose for this to be a lesson
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that will grow me and push me farther
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Or I could let it be what makes me give up
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and fail Now I realize how important the little things are
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And doing things out of your comfort zone Like going on a run even
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when you are not really a runner Trying new hobbies Like it's those little things I realize
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that make us happy
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and make us feel more fulfilled I hope this little pep talk helped It helped me
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And if you're going through it right now for whatever reason I feel you
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and I'm here for you And we're here to support each other And I love you guys
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I'm taking a right to John Adley I'm looking forward to seeing my eyes when I go to the end
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This engaging video offers a unique window into everyday life in New York City, showcasing personal experiences that are relatable and rich with vocabulary. By practicing speaking along with the speaker, you immerse yourself in a natural conversational style, which is crucial for IELTS speaking practice. The video covers a variety of topics such as reorganizing a living space, workout motivation, and the simple joys of summer days, providing ample context for language learners to expand their vocabulary and fluency.
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- "I kind of love this new couch setup." - This phrase includes the colloquial use of "kind of," which softens the expression of opinion. It’s a great way to sound more natural in conversations.
- "I want to freshen up my space." - Here, the phrase "freshen up" is used to convey a desire for change or revitalization. This idiomatic expression is useful when discussing home decor or personal organization.
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