Shadowing Practice: moving into my new apartment!! - Learn English Speaking with Video

done with my match it was a really fun one the girl i played she said she was 25

and so she could run a lot

so it was different than the other two matches i played it was with ladies who are older

so it's just a different style of play this was like way faster paced i would say

so it was really fun i did lose

but we went to a tie break in the second set

so i was playing well i think this girl was just more experienced has played many more years

but i still had fun so that's

when now let's go pack i'm back from my match i decided to actually stretch after this time

because i was so incredibly sore last time

and i was like yeah probably because i rushed to get ready

and then went to a party and had a few drinks

that was probably the worst thing for that

so today we're stretching hydrating it was like unbearable how sore i was don't want to feel

that again i probably won't now the muscles are like more

built it was really fun a fun match one more espresso shot

because i woke up at like 6 30 kind of early

for a saturday to get to my match my body right

now is like i feel good on my packing status so it's fine

the goal is to just pack the rest of the boxes i have i have three more small ones

and like five large ones

and then i'm gonna need to go back tomorrow to the store

but i think by that time i'll probably be having to go to dinner

so i'm like okay this is a good goal this is

very doable i'm glad i like split this up into different days because it's just it's tiring

with some of my sparkle stuff i'll wrap it in bubble wrap

and then also a blanket and a sheet because i have extras

so i'm like well they have to be transported to anyway

just to keep it a little more cushioned we'll see how

that works out i'm surprised how i still have energy after

that tennis match like i feel totally fine to do this right now thank god

and i'm getting like really excited now to move in to

have a real office a bathroom with a window such an

upgrade i want to make an effort to make friends in my building i forget

if i talked about this i know some people in this

building don't like hang out with them i'm not like that that friendly but in In my new building, I want to use the common areas a lot.

Start conversations.

I just think it would be so convenient to have a couple friends in the building I live in.

I don't know if that's realistic because anyone could live there.

It's possible you just don't click with anyone.

But it's a bigger building than this.

And like surely there will be some cool people there that would be fun to like hang in the hot tub with.

That's my goal.

I want to have convenient building friends.

Like does anyone that live in an apartment, do any of you guys have that?

I just would love to have that.

I missed when I lived at that townhouse.

I lived with two roommates I was friends with and then across in the neighboring townhouse we had a few friends there.

I'm like having friends in the building you live in it's the best for like spontaneous hangs

and I would just like that.

So putting that intention out there I'm gonna try to make an effort as much as you can

which is basically just saying hello to people in the elevator and the amenities areas.

I also want to make my bedroom a nice place to be because I treated this like just a place to sleep.

The curtains started falling down.

I never really fixed them.

So this time around, I'm gonna try harder.

So this is the status of things.

This is where we're leaving things for now.

I'm about to go to dinner, but I mean, it looks crazy.

I also have a swimsuit right there.

It's the kind of thing where it gets worse before it gets better.

Honestly, most of the stuff is packed.

It just looks a bit crazy in here right now, but tomorrow it's gonna be fully done.

Gonna be ready to move.

I'm getting excited now.

Before, I was like not letting myself get that excited because I was like, gotta pack everything.

But now I'm ready, I'm ready.

All right guys, it's Sunday.

So last day to get everything fully packed up.

I made a little plan of attack.

So we'll start with, you know, different sections, getting everything, the rest of the stuff out from under my bed.

So I got most of it, but not quite all of it.

So let's do it.

So here's what's under here.

It's mostly like storage bags, are actually going to be pretty handy to use i think

that's kind of it i do want to give it a

fresh vacuuming please try not to judge this ridiculous curtain setup it did at one point look good

and then they started to fall

because i basically didn't wait long enough before putting the curtains

on once i realized i was going to move i was

like i don't want to go borrow the ladder again to fix it

so i'll sleep with it looking really stupid like

that for one more night and then we'll make it look good in the new place

but let's try and get to some of this stuff

these are honestly

so nice to have for moving i used them last time

i moved just order them on amazon i'll link them

but i'm like yes now i don't have to buy more

boxes it just gets dusty though ew that's the problem with

like storing stuff under your bed is it gets dusty hopefully won't need to do

that in my new place much my robot vacuum can just take care of things

we've got the area under the bed done now we'll do

under sink area there's some stuff i gotta pack in there

my legs are kind of tired so i'm gonna sit

while i do this actually going to play tennis in a little bit.

I know, kind of crazy of me to go play tennis while I'm packing to move, but I wanted a little break, and honestly, I'm almost done.

I'll be so good and worn out after that.

I'm gonna sleep so well, probably.

I've seen my new place, but I haven't seen it without the other person's furniture, and so it's kind of hard to imagine what my furniture will look like in there.

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So I'm like, oh, this will be cool to see it empty in person, and obviously to see it with my stuff in there.

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Got all these packed up ready.

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It's so chaotic in here.

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It's crazy the same amount of stuff can just look so wild when it's not actually organized.

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Good morning, guys.

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I woke up so early on accident like 6 30 ish

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and tried to sleep a little more but it's moving day So, of course, I just woke up a little extra early the sun is streaming in here

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So pretty I made some coffee

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and then I can pack up an espresso after this the movers will get here soon Ish

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Saved a little bit of yogurt, so I have something to eat this morning It's finally time to take down these stupid curtains

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The past few days I've been feeling like whatever this move

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a little overwhelmed packing today I'm feeling weirdly sentimental like why I didn't even care

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that much about this apartment But I feel like the memories

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and stuff here I'm feeling

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so weird you guys I thought I would be like more

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excited like yay moving into the new place It's just weird

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when you move even

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if it's a nicer place It's just moving is sort of

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stressful in the way of like it disrupts your routine I don't know I'm just like feeling weird

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and I didn't expect this I think I'll feel better once I have some stuff unpacked in my new place.

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All right, the movers got everything loaded in.

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So now we head to the new place.

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Exciting.

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I haven't seen it empty, so I'm excited to see my stuff in there.

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That'll be fun.

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The movers are done.

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I can finally show you around the new place and we can start to unpack.

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Now I'm excited.

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I don't know why I was feeling weird earlier.

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I was just like, ooh.

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After a while, I felt unsure, you know, what I get in this space and feel excited

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because it is quite a bit more than I'm spending

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and already I'm like I should have done this a long

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time ago like having more space I feel like having this dedicated office space

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which really with really good lighting even the bedroom just feels

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nicer like the closets I'll show you guys not having carpet

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anywhere I really like too I do need to get a rug for my bedroom for sure

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and maybe this office room too but we have time to figure

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that out i'll give you a little tour

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so this is the living room slash kitchen as you can

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see different kind of kitchen vibe it's like dark i mean

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i would never pick with renovating house from like it's modern it's cool i like it look

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so many more cabinets i'm just freaking out over this all these drawers i know it probably doesn't look

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that big because it's still a wall kitchen but it feels way bigger

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and like it's not like in a little hallway i might get a little island like a small one

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because it's not like a huge room in here but

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that could be nice because then i could be like chopping stuff

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and looking out there then there's this little space here i have a mirror i think i'll put there

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and maybe like um maybe i'll put a shelf

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so i can like put my bag

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and stuff there's kind of space here i've seen some people put like a table i don't know

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if i want to do that they set up my couch

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which is nice so i'll add all the pillows and stuff

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and then also the media console this is one thing i'm

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not sure what this place is like the media console like

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sticks out by half an inch I don't really want to show what my view looks out to, but the balcony is bigger, and I feel like I'm actually going to use this one because it's a much quieter street.

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That was a big reason I moved, is I wanted to be on a quiet street where, to put it bluntly, there weren't people yelling and, like, leaving trash everywhere.

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It just made me nervous walking around there, even during the daytime, so I'm really glad.

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I'm, like, so thankful to live on a quieter street.

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The doors are shut, and I don't hear the outside.

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And for the past two years, just 24-7, there's like noise.

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It weirdly wore on me.

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There's a hallway.

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I'm like freaking out.

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Like I have a hallway.

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What?

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Before it was just like the bedroom right there.

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This is the first bathroom, the hallway bathroom.

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I honestly don't need two bathrooms.

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I just wanted a second bedroom.

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Really hard to find a place that has two bedrooms and only one bathroom.

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So, I mean, I'm sure it will come in handy if I have guests over.

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So we got to unpack some stuff.

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And then this will be nice to have the extra storage there.

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Across the way, we've got my bedroom, which I already have semi set up, which is nice.

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We've got a lot to still unpack.

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Really bright.

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Love the lighting.

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Love how the flooring looks, actually.

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And then the closets.

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Oh my god.

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I love roadway moving because they have the moving boxes.

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And then they like just put all that there for me already.

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And then this is so nice to have some drawers.

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This bathroom, which love the window.

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Love that it has a drawer.

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It's just easier to grab stuff when you have a drawer.

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So I can keep this countertop just fully like cleared off for the most part

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And then I already put my laundry hamper there nice

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that they have hooks too because my last place they did not kind of a fun Terrazzo tile.

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This is actually really I think this is the same one

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that I did in the palm springs bathroom So that's kind of funny on the floor.

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It's the matte one, but I did the shiny one Imagine me doing like little

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getting ready videos in here I might put some urn up on here like i'm obsessed

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and then heading into my office I have plans to make it a lot cooler looking, so stay tuned.

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But I'm just so excited to have a dedicated office space.

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I had them put the desk just a little bit away from the window

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so I can like keep a tripod there at all times.

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And then this room also has this really nice closet.

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So I'm thinking I'm going to keep my camera equipment in here.

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So that's a tour.

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I'm so excited.

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I have so much to unpack.

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It's 2 p.m.

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I've been on my feet all day.

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So I did move some stuff myself just in my car

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that I kind of wanted to just move myself So i'm like, okay, let's just go get something to eat really quick I want to go in the hot tub later

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because there's a hot tub here We have a lot of unpacking to do but yeah, what do you guys think?

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I'm really excited to have more space.

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I measured my old place actually because I was curious the square footage They never put it online.

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It was like 550 square feet is more actually typical for a studio apartment Even though it was a one bedroom, it was just tight.

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Before we pause for lunch, actually, I need to just get my bedding starting to be washed

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because obviously I want to have a really comfy bed tonight for my first night here

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same washer and dryer that i have in palm springs

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that smells really moldy it just got like musty in there

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let me ask chat gpt what i should do first chat

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gpt told me a cleaning cycle first i've heard this is

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honestly kind of normal with this style of washer the like stackable ones all We'll just wash my sheets later, I guess.

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I'm back from Trader Joe's.

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I'm getting lunch.

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Also ran into Lauren's, so that was fun.

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I love that I have a room.

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I can just put my tripod in.

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Don't have to like really put it away.

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I can just leave it set up.

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Once again, I'm just like, wow, I can't believe I, all I hear right now is my washer and dryer.

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I don't hear any street noise.

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It's amazing.

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Trader Joe's haul.

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We did stuff for the morning.

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I actually have some stuff in my fridge that I gotta go get.

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Oh, look at this weird avocado I bought.

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What happened there?

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I got flowers because I feel like that's just appropriate when moving into a new place to make it feel like home.

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So I know you can get people to like unpack your apartment for you, but I've never done that because I'm just like, I don't know, I want to put stuff where I want to put stuff.

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Have you guys done that ever?

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Maybe I'm just procrastinating getting back to editing

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because it's just nice to just shut my brain off and unpack stuff a little bit.

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My feet hurt so bad, so we're sitting, but check it out.

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Paneled dishwasher.

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Love.

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Honestly, the sitting while unpacking, kind of a hack if you get intense foot pain like I do.

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My feet, they actually hurt right now even while I'm sitting, and it's kind of on my list of things to do this year.

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Make an appointment to go to an actual foot doctor, also a skin doctor, and just a primary care doctor, just all the doctors.

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I haven't gone to the doctor in a long time.

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I feel like I should.

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Let's see how much I can get unpacked in 25 minutes.

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There's one, two, three, four, five full boxes in here.

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So let's see.

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Time's up.

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It's been 25 minutes and I actually got every box except for one.

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So let's just do that last one now in only 25 minutes.

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Not bad.

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Love how my room now feeling more put together just means the living room's even crazier, but it's mostly just the boxes.

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I need to break these down.

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I had to stop by my old place for a second to grab some stuff out of the fridge, and I need to request a bulky item pickup.

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Last thing I want to do for today before I chill is set up my coffee maker for the morning.

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They gave me an uber eats gift card $50 gift card for moving in so i'm like, okay I'll order in they gave me a bottle of wine and chocolate and stuff,

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too But i'm gonna save this for

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when I have people over I just think like when you first move into a place, that's the best time to set your good habit

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So for me no drinking randomly by myself I don't do

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that at home

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if I have people over we'll have some wine also working

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out first thing working on my laptop First thing no tiktok none of that in the morning actually deleted tiktok

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Not my account.

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I just deleted the app off my phone

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because I just found it a little bit too addicting

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But it's just way too addicting

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and I feel like it was actually affecting my motivation Has anyone else noticed that with tiktok?

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I don't want to do stuff because I want to scroll on tiktok

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and I was like this was a problem If you have that problem delete it

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ta-da

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so cozy i didn't make it perfectly i just you know

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quickly made it i have a crazy like knot in my shoulder so it's hot tub time

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kozunori is here so excited my sushi dinner

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so excited i met a couple other residents in the hot tub

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so operation make friends in my building we're working on it the hot tub area was

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so nice too i love it really loving it here

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so far seriously can't believe this morning i was feeling like

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i don't know am i gonna think it's worth it

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so far yeah i feel like i'm gonna sleep well tonight though because the moving is just a lot so

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “moving into my new apartment!!”. This video has 280 sentences and 3245 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:56. The speaker talks fast, about 192 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% 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

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
unpack verb	/ʌnˈpæk/	To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
hallway noun	/ˈhɔlˌweɪ/	A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
drawer noun	/dɹɔɹ/	An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
curtain noun	/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/	A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
mover noun	/ˈmuːvə/	Someone who or something that moves.
washer noun	/ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/	Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
closet noun	/ˈklɑzɪt/	A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
delete verb	/dɪˈliːt/	To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
espresso noun	/ɛˈspɹɛsoʊ/	A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.
townhouse noun	/ˈtaʊnˌhaʊs/	A row house or terraced house.
tripod noun	/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/	A three-legged stand or mount.
weirdly adverb	/ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/	In a weird manner.
dedicate verb	/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/	To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
dusty adjective	/ˈdʌsti/	Covered with dust.
addict noun	/ˈæd.ɪkt/	A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
fall down verb	/fɔl ˈdaʊn/	To fall to the ground. To collapse.
get back to verb		Return to (an activity)
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
look out verb		To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
put together verb		To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.
stick out verb		To protrude.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

It's possible you just don't click with anyone.
This is where we're leaving things for now.
I'll be so good and worn out after that.
I'm gonna sleep so well, probably.
Have you guys done that ever?

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 played · I've seen · haven't seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be transported · is packed · are done
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the worst · the best · the most part
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was playing · was actually affecting

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 127 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: washer /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/, dishwasher /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, sushi /ˈsuːʃi/, shelf /ʃɛlf/
Long words — get the stress right: avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, amenities /əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/

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 unpack, hallway, drawer.

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

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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