Band 7: Describe a habit you have that you think is unusual. You should say: What the habit is, when you started it, how often you do it, and explain why you think it is unusual and whether you would recommend it to others. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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One of my habits that I can think of off the top of my head is imagination, or sometimes you could say it might be over-imagination. So I just imagine non-existent scenarios involving my life, and it's like a progression of events. I follow the story in my head that nobody knows about for sometimes months. So I would just make up a scenario that never really happened and think about it, think of realistic situations that could arise in that story about my life, and then just go on about it for weeks. I have been doing it for at least 20 years, since I was a little kid. I have been doing it, and I do it every day almost whenever I get free time, especially when I get done with my work or any project that I'm doing or finishing any story. I would just go up to my room and start circling around the room and thinking of the fictional ways my life could have been if something different happened or if I made a different decision. I don't recommend it to everyone because I think it is a bit time-consuming and doesn't yield any positive changes in your life, but I think it could be quite beneficial for script writers or storytellers to have this sort of imagination. What I find hard about my habit is that I have this tendency to think up scenarios, but I don't have the capability of putting it into proper words and making something out of it. So I would definitely not recommend it to everyone. I think people who are fictional writers could relate to me in this.

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One of my habit that I can think on top of my head is imagination or sometimes you can say it might be over imagination. So I just imagine non-existent scenarios involving my life and it’s like a progression of events. I follow the story in my head that nobody knows about for sometimes months. So I would just make up a scenario that never really happened and think about it, think realistic situations that could arise in that story about my life and then just go on about it for weeks. I have been doing it for like at least 20 years since I was a little kid. I have been doing it and I do it every day almost whenever I get free time especially when I get done with my work or any project that I’m doing or finishing any story. I would just go up to my room and start circling around the room and thinking of the fictional ways my life could have been if something different happened or if I made a different decision. I don’t recommend it to everyone because I think it is a bit time-consuming and doesn’t yield any positive changes in your life but I think it could be quite beneficial for script writers or story tellers to have this sort of imagination. What I find hard about my habit is that I have this tendency to think up scenarios but I don’t have the capability of putting it into proper words and making something out of it. So I would definitely not recommend it to everyone. I think people who are fictional writers could relate to me in this.

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