Let's start off by talking about
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Currently I just graduated,
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so I'm in between things.
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I am finding work at this point.
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I'm really interested
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in like, the startup industry,
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there are some startups
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that I'm looking to work with as of—
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in the moment, right now.
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So that's just what, like,
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this next chapter holds for me.
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I really feel strongly about philanthropy
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and education specifically,
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so I imagine myself living in between,
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like, different places in India.
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like, philanthropic
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You know, it's kind of like,
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I don't know, I couldn't choose.
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was something different.
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I would watch, like, a really fun TV show
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and, for example, Suits
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“Oh, I'm going to be a lawyer.”
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And I was convinced.
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And then I would watch a really fun movie
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like Devil Wears Prada and...
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I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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So it was many different things
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when I was younger.
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Now let's talk about reading.
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if it’s necessarily my favorite,
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but there is this book
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called The Secret Garden
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that I remember reading in my class
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in the fourth grade,
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and I'm categorizing it
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as my favorite book
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because it just meant a lot to me,
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because there were really nice descriptions
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about like, the scenery,
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and that really got me into reading.
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So I think for the heartwarming purpose,
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it's definitely my favorite book
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when I was younger,
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but it's just the book
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that started my love
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for reading in general.
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I did a lot of reading.
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I did a lot of reading
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that was more literary works
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and it made me realize,
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“Oh, I don't like it.”
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I'm also not a fan of novels,
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but what I am a fan of is
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more fiction or self-help
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especially that I'm getting older
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and I want to incorporate
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habits into my life.
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There's this book I read
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called Daisy Jones & the Six
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and it was just a really fun book.
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and I think people who are into fiction
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would really love that book.
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It was adapted into a series after,
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so definitely recommend that one.
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Now let's talk about drinks
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Okay, there's so many options.
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Particularly in my family,
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we have a weird mix of things,
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but in my country we usually have, like,
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or we have normal sodas,
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but we put some masala in it,
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which is like some spice
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to kind of give it that extra like kick.
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So that's really common.
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we put like, for example, Coke,
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we put a little bit of vanilla ice cream.
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And I think it also has to do with
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like, different places in India
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But in my family it's staple.
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when I don’t, I can feel the
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like, adverse effects immediately.
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I drink water every single day.
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But it's so hard because
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like, in the hurry of everything,
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Okay, so I have phases in my life.
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Like, sometimes coffee
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just tastes too good,
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but I'm really caffeine sensitive.
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after having very, like,
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so if I have coffee, it's a decaf.
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But I really love tea
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for, like, different purposes.
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So like, camomile before sleeping
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or green tea to detox.
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I think it's also like, culturally,
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accustomed to being like,
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“Can I get you some tea?”
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So, definitely tea.
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coffee is always available if you want.
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But it’s a special request.
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Now let's talk about the weekend.
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So I think it depends on how the week has gone.
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If it’s a good week,
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you know, weekend can go any which way.
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a very crucial point,
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or part of my routine
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is like, cold plunging or sauna.
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I really try and prioritize that
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because it helps like,
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my anxiety fade away.
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I really love exercising,
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that's a crucial part as well.
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And just meeting friends and family,
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I think I carve out time
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specifically for that because
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the weekdays can get so busy.
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Like, most mornings are
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like, they begin very lazily.
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And when it comes to lazy weekends,
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I don't really thrive on lazy weekends
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because then I kind of fall into like,
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So I try to be lazy enough
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I definitely think so.
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I think that the more
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I'm using a lot of energy during the week,
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and maybe doing tasks
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that don't give me energy
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that are more draining,
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I will need time to recuperate,
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like, during the weekends.
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I’m a little bit forced to do things I’m not...
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Particularly happy about,
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I think, the more lazy weekends I need.
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I had to do something in a hurry
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was quite recently.
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I think around a month ago
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I moved out of where I was living
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and it was in a different country.
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So what that meant is
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I had to pack my whole life
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into two suitcases,
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since I was moving back home,
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The reason it was all left to the last minute
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was because I had just went on a trip
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with my boyfriend to Mexico.
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So I had around a week
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once I came back from that trip
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to pack up everything,
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where all my mattresses would go,
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where my couch would go,
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and get rid of everything.
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it was quite an anxiety inducing experience for me,
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even though this doesn't seem like it,
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And so when I had to
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kind of gather everything,
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it felt very last minute,
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even though I had a week
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and I think till the last hour
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like, to go to the airport,
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I was packing things up,
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but thankfully I had a really—
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a really good group of friends
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that were with me blasting music,
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made it like a really fun,
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enjoyable experience,
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and I think that really helped
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also get some momentum to pack.
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Otherwise I was feeling
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really lazy about it.
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I left some things behind.
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But my friends went back to my apartment,
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helped me get rid of it, so...
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It was definitely a team effort.
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It takes a village.
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We've been discussing an occasion
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when you had to do something in a hurry,
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and we're going to talk about
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time management, arriving late,
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managing time, things like that.
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Thought about this question a lot
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because I feel like
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I've been victim to this situation
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a lot of the times.
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on how much it happens
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with the same person.
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But I think there's obviously
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some unforeseen circumstances
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I would say that if you can avoid it,
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because time is really limited
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and you want to kind of extend respect
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Show them, you know,
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“I care about your time.”
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So it's always best to—
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I personally think, try and arrive on time.
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What I said before,
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bleeds into this answer a little bit, because
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I think it’s depending on
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how recurring is your situation.
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If there's a certain circumstance
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that happens every morning, maybe,
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that has to take care of your child,
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then I think the company should allow
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situation to happen
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and not give such extreme consequences.
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I think they should be more
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accepting and understanding.
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But I think if it's just because,
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you know, you've been waking up late
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Even though I would,
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personally, I would be like “it's okay.”
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I think, you know, time is money,
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especially nowadays,
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in like, this corporate
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capitalistic world.
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So unfortunately, it makes sense
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for companies to reprimand.
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But I would say, not too much.
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Now let's talk about managing study time.
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I would say shorter chunks.
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I'm also saying this understanding
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the era we are in now where
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short form media has also influenced,
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like, how we consume information
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and what works best for us.
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So I think more than
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“what should people do?”
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would be most productive for them.
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maybe like, having little breaks in between
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kind of motivation.
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“Okay, let me finish this chapter
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and then I'll have like a chocolate.”
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So I think that would be really good.
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I recently went to this,
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like, virtual VR experience
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where I was learning about the Titanic
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by, like, a VR headset and this...
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like a really fun experience.
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It was date night for me,
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but I learned so much.
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And my first thought
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after that experience was
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“I can have fun and learn.”
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And I felt like my mom, being like,
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“You can have fun and learn.”
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they both can go hand-in-hand,
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especially nowadays,
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because there's so many
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different things available for you
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how you consume information.
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So yeah, I think so.
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Well done. That’s the end of Part three
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and the end of the speaking test.
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