Hi, welcome to the Effortless Acquisition Podcast.

Hi, welcome to the Effortless Acquisition Podcast.

Today's topic is relax.

Relax.

Do as I say, not as I do, my dad. Learning English should be fun. If it isn't, you're learning the

wrong way. Half the fun of traveling they say is the journey.

Well that's how we feel about learning languages.

Steve Kaufman.

When training for my first marathon, I sometimes became stressed. My life would get very busy.

Perhaps I had a lot to do at my job, or maybe my social life became busy.

Whatever the reason, there were times in which my time and

energy were committed to other things and I couldn't train the way I wanted to. I would

miss training days. Other days, I'd go running, but I'd feel tired. I would

run quite slowly.

the worst weeks were when I missed a long run,

the most important run of the week.

At such times, I'd get stressed and run. the most important run of the week.

At such times, I'd get stressed and worried.

I'd think, I'm not going to make my goal.

I'm missing training days.

This isn't good.

I've got to run more. I've got to train harder. The busier I got the more I worried

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