Band 6: Describe a hobby or skill you started during a difficult time in your life. You should say: - What the hobby or skill was - When and why you started it - How it helped you cope - And explain what this hobby means to you now. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I would like to tell you about a hobby that I started during a difficult time in my life, and it was about exercising. Actually, it's about running. So it happened about 3-4 years ago when I had just given birth to my son. At that time, I couldn't control my weight so well, so I got a little bit chubby, a little bit fat. It was disappointing to see myself in the mirror, and I could not fit into all of the items I had already. So I decided to start a new healthy habit, which is running, that I had never done before. So I started to run every morning at that time, and I believed that with the movement from running, I could give myself better health. So I have got many other benefits from running. The very first thing is that I feel myself more energetic. It's mainly every morning when I wake up, I feel ready for my new day. Secondly, I feel that I am more healthy compared to the past, leading to the fact that I can process data better and I can do with my strategy for a long time. Therefore, I can improve my resilience in work. So I believe that this means a lot to me because I have gained a new healthy habit which can transform my daily routine, but at the same time, it brings a lot of positive effects to my life.

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Now I would like to tell you about a hobby that I started during a difficult time in my life and it was about exercising. Actually it’s about running. So it was happened about 3-4 years ago when I just gave birth to my son for a while. At that time, I couldn’t control my weight so well, so I got a little bit obby, a little bit fat. It was disappointing. see myself in the mirror and I could not fit all of the items I have already so I decided to start a new healthy habit which is running that I have ever done before. So I start to run every morning at that time and I believe that with the movement from running I can give myself better with better health. So I have got many other benefits from running. The very first thing is that I feel myself more energetic. It’s mainly every morning when I wake up I feel ready for my new day. Secondly, I feel that I am more healthy compared to the past leading to the fact that I can process data better and I can do with my stratosphere for a long time, therefore, I can improve my resilience in work. So I believe that this means a lot to me because I have gained a new healthy habit which can transform my daily routine but at the same time it brings a lot of positive effects to my life.

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