In this English conversation, Kate and I talk about New Year’s Resolutions, setting goals, and our favorite things over the past 12 months.
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- I would try something that seems a little bit risky or dangerous
- I would try hang-gliding for example
- I would try something like an extreme sport maybe
- It’s a strange question in a way, isn’t it?
- It takes away the fact that we do fail at things
- You could choose anything
- I didn’t even know that was my answer
- I really have wanted to try paddleboarding for a long time
- I would like to try it more under different conditions
- It’s become popular
- It’s really popular right now
- We should try it and report back
- I’ve heard she’s really good live
- It sounds exactly like Black Beatles
- She released that song in 2017
- The last time we saw them was about 10 years ago, right?
- It will be ten years in February
- I’ve followed his career for nine years now
- Make 2020 better than 2019
- I think it sounds kinda inspiring
- A lot of times we set goals that are too radical
- We feel guilty, stressed and frustrated when we can’t reach those goals
- If you feel like you’ve got a good foundation now, that’s good
- Reach for the stars and land on the moon
- You have to change your life in order to reach it
- I’m going to stay consistent throughout the year
- You want to have that motivation to do something extraordinary
- In a way, I want to say “go for it”
- It’s often easier to keep going or to do a little bit more once you’re there
- If I go and tell myself “I’m just going to do an easy workout for 15 minted”
- I often push myself harder
- Getting started is the hardest part
- You need a goal in order to create the habit
- It goes through it step-by-step
- A sprint is where you run as fast as you can
- I’ll spend a month making videos and then after that, relaxing a little bit and easing off
- There are different areas of your life and you focus on one while keeping the others ticking over
- Radical change can be incredible
- It’s hard for you to improve your style
- I would like my style to be more eclectic and more unique
- I can’t buy pants without having stretch in them
- I don’t know how I lived in regular jeans
- They’re so comfortable
- I like going straight from work to the gym
- The roaring 20s are just so exciting to revisit
- We could make a playlist
- I wonder if the sense of humor would translate
- It does more than I thought it would
- I have always liked to see houses for sale
- How to break up with your phone (book)
- I miss being bored
- The greatest things that we do come out of boredom
- We got excited when we connected again
- I want to give up chocolate
- I bet so much has happened – it was just the same
- You can catch up later
- A quick-fire round
- I didn’t really watch anything
- That was the one I was most into
- That sounds better
- My biggest accomplishment was starting on a real-estate business
- It’s the only one we’ve watched
- Auld langs syne
- I’m feeling very nostalgic
- I’d like to predict what will happen next year but I don’t have 20/20 vision
- I think our working world will be shifting online
- Voice is going to explode to another level next year
- Artificial intelligent will come into play
- Our house is being vacuumed by a robot
- I really want a laundry machine that washes, dries, and folds for you
- It’s the putting away that is difficult
- I would say you are more of an early adopter
- It took me 45 minutes to clean that vacuum
- I had to take the wheels apart and unscrew things
- I want to gain weight (collocations)
- I want to gain experience in real estate
- I want to repeat second grade
- I want to go on vacation again
- I need more sleep
- I need more help with my business
- I need to say that my friends are really important to me
- I’ve hired a couple of people
- I want to delegate more stuff around the house
- I want to get ahead with my videos
- I would like to have a lot of curiosity about things
- We were quizzing each other
- I found myself going through the process of learning
- I could remember a pack of shuffled cards
- Go take a hike
- I would like to take a class or two
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