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hey English Learners welcome to this A1

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English listening practice video you can

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use this video to practice your

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listening and learn new words and

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phrases today we're going to talk about

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being organized this is an important

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topic if we're organized it makes our

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lives easier before we start remember to

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download my free listening Time podcast

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English the link is in the description

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below okay let's talk about being

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organized you might wonder why this is

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important well being organized helps us

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feel less stressed and More in control

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let's talk about a few ways we can be

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more organized first it's helpful to

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make lists lists are like your map for

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the day you can write down what you need

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to do like chores or homework this helps

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you remember everything and feel more

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organized and it feels great to check

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things off your list when you're done

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with them it's also important to set

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priorities this means deciding what's

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most important and doing those things

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first so you can look at your list and

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see which tasks need to be

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prioritized this helps you manage your

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time better and not feel overwhelmed

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keeping your room and your workspace

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tidy is important too imagine trying to

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find something in a messy room it's hard

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keeping your bedroom your office and

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your desk desk tidy helps you find

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things more easily it also helps you

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feel calmer and more focused another

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thing that can help you be organized is

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using a calendar this can help you

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remember important dates like birthdays

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and appointments you can write these

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things on the calendar so that you don't

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forget you can also use your calendar on

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your phone

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and set reminders there this is a

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fantastic way to stay organized and

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lastly one other tip is to plan ahead if

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you plan your next day or your next week

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you'll know what to do on those days if

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you don't have a plan you might feel

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disorganized and you might not know what

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you need to do so having a plan that you

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can follow can really help so those are

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some easy ways to keep your life

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organized every day making lists setting

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priorities keeping your space tidy using

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a calendar and planning ahead if you do

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all of this you might feel less stressed

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and More in control let's review some of

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the words in this video that I used that

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might be new for you the word chores

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refers to tasks that you do at home like

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doing the laundry and cleaning the

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bathroom the phrase check things off

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your list means that you have a list of

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tasks to do and when you finish them you

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make a mark like this on your list when

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you feel overwhelmed this means that you

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feel bad because you can't handle

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something it's too much for you the word

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tidy means organized and clean you

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should try to keep your room tidy and

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messy means the opposite this means that

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things are disorganized and not clean

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okay I hope you enjoyed this listening

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to practice your English the link is in

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the description below

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you want my training to help you

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understand fast English the link to that

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is also down below all right thank you

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for watching and I'll talk to you in the

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