E60 – Slow down

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Hello friends this episode is all about slowing down

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So please relax and enjoy the ride on our language story.

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I’m Daniel Goodson, the Language learner.

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This is my fluent podcast. (Itunes, Stitcher, spotify)

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I thought I’d do something a little different this weekend and record.

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an episode on the go about a topic which is not directly something to do with learning languages.

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Well, at least not 100%

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What I will still intecrate some language learning elements, of course.

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It’s more of a self-awareness thing.

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nist time

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Don’t forget those who are not into this.

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There will be normal episodes in the future. Don’t worry about that.

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Well, actually I went for a walk in the forest. Fortunately, I live about four minutes on foot.

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by the forest

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And several thoughts came to mind…

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…while I was walking…

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The audio quality was not very good. So I recorded afterwards.

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Although I must say the ambience noise…

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..in the background..

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…are from my recordings.

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This is incredible!

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The sound of the birds

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the chirping (frogs and toads, grasshoppers and many more animals and insects)

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And just the sound of of my foot.

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Walking on on the Leafs. They look just great.

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time is of the coronavirus in general I notice how quiet it got without the airplane noises and so on

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so often times when I go for a walk I put my noise canceling headphones on and it’s a Pity it. Really

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Why don’t you just listen to your surroundings?

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…of the nature…

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Go to the forest.

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Recharge your batteries to regain your energy.

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And it’s even more important in the age of the internet.

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I mean I find myself watching all these YouTube videos.

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And when I finished I don’t even remember.

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the first video so

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The question is, how can I learn from?

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all…

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from all of this information

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It’s no good for me. I can see that. (It’s not good for my health.)

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I’m not focused anymore. So..

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…I want you to make aware of the importance of being…

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…balanced and (not to be) rushing into things especially when it comes to learning languages.

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I mean all these promises out there in the internet.

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learning English in 3 months or in 1 month or

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in a year

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Why do we need to learn in such a short period of time? (Better: in such a rush)

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cured of time

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normally it is not necessary so (under normal circumstances)

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I try to not.

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Get overwhelmed by charging too much pressure…

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on myself. (Sorry, this sentence is probably useless – I’m stilly learning)

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If you are balanced you will also be able to..

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…learn better. I’m not saying I’m the most balanced person, but I’m working on getting closer to that goal. I have set

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myself.

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All right. Let’s go back to the forest.

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Why don’t you go to the forest or another place which is quiet and maybe bring your sticky notes or flashcards with you.

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And then just sit on the bench or on the stone.

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and learn the English vocabulary

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and just take a breath and

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Take your time.

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because

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Life has become too too fast too quick. So

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time to time we should just

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slow down

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relax

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just

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Focus

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Trying to do to become a more focused person.

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the thing is I strongly believe if you are balanced if you

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If you’re balanced, you’ll be able to be more focused and subsequently you will reach your goal earlier.

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So this just a tip. (in the sense: this is meant to be an advice)

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Self-awareness tip…

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from me and

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you will think about this and

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Thanks for tuning in.

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This was my fluent podcast. Bye, your Daniel Goodson