Band 7: Describe a goal you recently achieved. You should say: - What the goal was - What steps you took to achieve it - How long it took you And explain how achieving this goal affected you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, thank you for the question. I recently achieved one of the most difficult goals for me, and one of the most time-consuming goals was to learn to play the guitar. It took me around 2-3 months, and the duration between those periods was quite challenging. I won't lie; it made me nervous because I thought I would never learn to play the guitar. I learned to play guitar from a close friend. He suggested that playing this instrument would really make me happy and help me express my inner voice. I also watched different tutorials on YouTube, which boosted my confidence and made me believe that I could learn this skill. Trying some easy sample songs really helped a lot. I think that the guitar is one of the most difficult instruments to play, and learning it has been an amazing and wonderful achievement for me. Achieving this goal has filled me with a lot of joy. I won't lie; it was somewhat nerve-wracking. I learned to play guitar for my own enjoyment, but it can also be useful at times, especially when my friends and I jam together on weekends. We can sing songs and play guitar, creating a great vibe of entertainment.

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Well, thank you for the question. I recently learned one of the most difficult goal for me and one of the most time consuming goal for me was to learn to play guitar. It almost took me around 2-3 months and the duration between those periods was kind of heck with it. I really won’t lie. It really made me nervous because I thought I would really learn to play the guitar. I learned to play guitar from a close friend. He suggested me that playing this instrument would really make me happy and I would kind of learn to play my inner voice. I also watched YouTube, different tutorials that obviously boosted my confidence to think that I can learn this thing and also trying some easy sample songs really helped a lot. I really think that guitar is one of the most difficult things to play and like learning this is really amazing, really wonderful job for me. I think this achieving this goal has made me a lot of as feel me with a lot of joy. I am not gonna lie it was kind of not not racking. I learned to play guitar for my own use but also it can be useful some other times to movie specific when me and my friends jam up once in a while or during the weekends. We could sing a song and play guitar. Edwikana said a vibe of entertainment.

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