(ESL learners – click on the bolded words to see explanations and notes. Try the exercise at the bottom after! 🙂 ) How much time can you spend agonizing over two words? The answer may both surprise and amuse you. If you are or know a translator, you will know that this time can go up to…
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You Have To Start To Be Great
(ESL learners – click on the bolded words to see explanations and notes. Try the exercise at the bottom after! 🙂 ) A few days ago, I was in a car, driving back from Milan to Genova after spending 6 days in New York. I was terribly jet-lagged (my brain thought it was 6 in the morning),…
How to Stop Wasting Time
(ESL learners – click on the bolded words to see explanations and notes. Try the exercise at the bottom after! 🙂 ) Hello, fellow procrastinator. This is not your average “how to” post. I’m not going to tell you to read emails while brushing your teeth, buy agendas or download calendars. I’m not going to…
“It’s not about what you want to do, it’s about what you have to do”
(ESL learners – see bottom of page for explanations and notes. Try the exercise at the bottom after! 🙂 ) Whenever I’m faced with some kind of daunting task, I think back to Germany. In 2016, I spent almost 4 months there on an internship which had me doing all kinds of tasks I never thought the…
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