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I'm trying to journal every single day

and I've been doing it not perfectly for about three weeks

and it's all because I read this book called Mind Your Body.

It's like a self -help book about the connection between chronic physical symptoms

and the nervous system and it is truly like eye -opening.

She talks about how many people experience like stress,

anxiety, IBS, fatigue, burnout, migraines, so many symptoms and like chronic pain

that is all kind of caused by unresolved emotions and trauma and just like dysregulated nervous system.

I highly recommend you to read this book.

It's honestly so interesting and she gives you the tools to heal and to like regulate your nervous system.

I just quickly wanted to tell you guys about this book

because I was listening to a podcast

and the host was explaining her kind of personality or her as a person like perfectionist, people pleaser,

overachiever, hypervigilant and I was like oh my goodness that's me

and she talked about this book so I immediately went online

and I bought it I read it within a couple of days

and I was just like blown away

so that's why I wanted to tell you guys but now I'm gonna do my journal speak

breakfast is served we're having some sker with stewed apples

and homemade almond butter and here is the bread

that i just baked and some eggs and cappuccino i actually haven't had a homemade cappuccino in probably over three months.

We've always just had iced coffee so I'm excited for some cappuccino.

Thank you.

okay we're gonna go into the city to run some errands i have a little crafty project project

that I'm gonna do tomorrow

and I want to go to Muji buy some notebooks I'm gonna explain everything tomorrow

or maybe I should show you guys so you know what I'm trying to buy

um but I wanted to show you guys my outfit so I'm wearing my leather boots my Levi's shorts and

this wool sweater even though it is pretty warm outside

but i think we might be meeting our friends tonight

so i'm just kind of ready if we're going to be doing

that because it's going to get colder today or like later today okay

so this is the crafty project

that i'm going to be doing tomorrow i think i've been

waiting for a couple of months to do this i don't know why

but I'm really really excited because now I've gotten more

and more into journaling so I really want to make the traveler's notebook

and Helge bought this leather at a leather store for me in Madrid

and I have some appliances here some elastic cords something I will get into this tomorrow

but anyways I'm missing some notebooks to put into the traveler's notebook so I'm gonna go to Muji to buy those

we of course had to buy some snacks from muji we bought some pecans pecans

and almonds coated with milk chocolate

and kombucha i got this pink yuzu we usually always by this one the ginger one super good

but i was feeling a bit adventurous

good morning we are getting ready to go out

because it is beautiful weather today and it is a saturday

so we're gonna go out with our friends

that we hung out with yesterday we're gonna go to like the harbor where you can sunbathe, dip into the water and everything.

Henke is making breakfast and then we're off to go hang out in the sun.

I'm gonna bring my book with me.

I am reading the yesteryear.

I've been reading this for probably two months now.

It's been a very slow read for me I haven't been

consistent at all I've kind of gotten out of the routine of reading

which I'm really like annoyed about

but I think like this book is not helping with it

I don't know like how I'm enjoying it to be honest

I get it's gonna start reading East of Eden we accidentally bought like a small copy

so it's kind of like dense and the letters are quite small

but anyways it's like a pocket book but I am

so excited to read this book once he finishes and

when I finish this one I feel like I have

so many books

that I want to read I have to get back into

the game Matilda is very curious what we're having for breakfast

hey girl hey girl i wanted to show you guys what i'm wearing this is like a cargo mini skirt

we have yana's black tank top and then this is helge's bag and my sunnies

I'm gonna make a smoothie with some blueberries, banana, Thank you.

skir i actually just started buying skir i've always bought like greek yogurt

but i recently just started buying this one

and skir is literally from iceland

so i feel like even though this is not an icelandic brand

but i feel like i'm supporting iceland

and also with some i'm not gonna add this to my smoothie though

but this is icelandic fish jerky so this is actually Helge's grandpa

that makes these so

when we go to Iceland we usually bring a few bags of these home

because it is literally packed with protein and it is actually really good.

I mean it kind of like it's very fishy but I'm just so used to it.

I grew up eating fish jerky so it's very normal for me.

We call it harfiskur and we like to put some butter on it.

I'm going to show you.

It's kind of funny.

You guys might think it's a little bit disgusting.

I don't know.

I was trying to add some seeds into my smoothie because you can't really taste them.

So I add some hemp seeds and I'm also going to add pumpkin seeds.

I bought like a big jar of pumpkin seeds.

I think it's really good to sprinkle on food even though I almost always just forget about it

but apparently it's really high in magnesium.

So I'm going to add these.

you guys might think this is weird i totally understand that i mean fish with butter

but trust me this is the best way to eat it oh my goodness

okay guys this is how i'm gonna spend my afternoon i'm gonna get crafty

and finally make my very own traveler's notebook these are the things

that i bought from muji yesterday i bought some pens

and these notebooks i don't think i'm gonna show you guys in detail like the process

because i'm doing this for the first time

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and i feel like i should get like a hang of it

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and then eventually i would want to make another one i

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bought this like charm from vintage it's actually a necklace

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but i thought i could use it like in front of my journal i will show you guys later

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but yeah I'm just gonna have a good time put on some cozy music

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and get crafty I feel like it's been a really long time since I've been crafty like this

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and I'm honestly like really excited

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okay guys i did not expect this to be so tricky

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because i've watched a bunch of videos and i feel like everyone makes this

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so effortlessly i have to admit i've been struggling quite a

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bit first of all i don't think this is necessary i printed this out to like have the references

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and stuff but i honestly think it's just easier to measure i used a black pen i tried to use like

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pencil and i also tried to use like white coloring paint

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but it didn't work so i used this pencil

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and then i saw like another video i mean

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so like you can see

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that this is almost for this like this reference is kind of this

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but then i saw some other videos

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and people recommended to like have enough space over here

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so you can you know have enough of like notebooks in here

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and i had drawn this line

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so i can't really undo it i tried to put some rubbing alcohol on it

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but it didn't work so but thankfully this is just on the inside

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but I just know

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that this is gonna annoy me now it's time to add the eyelets I'm gonna do the silver ones

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And I think it's going to look pretty good with this dark brown color.

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I was able to insert the eyelids.

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It was a little bit tricky to begin with, but once I got the hang of it, it was really easy.

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And I think these are so nice.

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They're very small and I love the silver now we just need to add the elastic cord

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and what color should i go with i feel like i

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immediately know what color i want to pick i'm gonna go

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with this one the turkeys how do you say it in

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english in icelandic we say turkeys let's move on to the last step

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oh my goodness can't believe that it's almost done this is so annoying

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well guys this is the finished notebook i am really happy

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how it turned out it took me probably two to three

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hours to make it i mean it's also my first time i had to put double cord

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because it's too thin so it's not strong enough to hold the notebook

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so next time i'm definitely gonna buy a thicker one

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and also i wish i would have put this hole a little bit higher up

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because of the charm because it kind of drags it down a little bit

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and also just for like the proportions it would have looked a little bit nicer up here

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but other than that i think the colors go really really nicely together

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and i'm going to show you how it looks on the inside okay

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so this doesn't look good i'm like really sad about this um next time i will definitely buy a pencil

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that you can use on leather oh so annoying

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but thankfully it's on the inside and here are the notebooks

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that i bought at muji yesterday i don't know i was like i didn't really know what i was picking

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but i think this one is going to be the main journal

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when i'm journaling every day

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and then maybe like the small one for like to -do lists

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and yeah i will figure out the setup later on i'm just

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so excited to start journaling in this one

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but helgi has started making pasta for dinner we've been making

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like vodka pasta with a little bit of twist to it

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so we have like fresh cherry tomatoes

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and then we use ground beef to get a little bit extra protein in there

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and canned tomatoes

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and cream I guess it's not vodka pasta anymore I mean

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we don't even put vodka in there we've never done

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that I don't know why it's called vodka pasta but anyways it's like one of our comfort foods so

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We'll be right back.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 162 sentences and 1886 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:49. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
notebook noun	/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/	A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.
seed noun	/siːd/	Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
leather noun	/ˈlɛðɚ/	A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier…
pasta noun	/ˈpɑ.stə/	Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
vodka noun	/ˈvɑdkə/	A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
goodness noun	/ˈɡʊdnəs/	The state or characteristic of being good.
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
cord noun	/ˈkoɹd/	A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
pencil noun	/ˈpɛnsəl/	A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
iceland noun		A land or region of icy terrain.
chronic adjective	/ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/	Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
charm noun	/t͡ʃɑɹm/	An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
tricky adjective	/ˈtɹɪk.i/	Hard to deal with, complicated.
tomato noun	/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/	A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
blow away verb	To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
figure out verb	To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go out verb	To leave, especially a building.
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.
turn out verb	To end up; to result.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been doing · I've been reading · i've been struggling
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't had · We've always just had · i've been

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 93 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, sunbathe /ˈsʌnbeɪð/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/
Long words — get the stress right: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, cappuccino /ˌkæpəˈt͡ʃinoʊ/, adventurous /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/, effortlessly /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like notebook, seed, leather.

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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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