So the advice that I received was an advice from my mother. She gave me that advice and so she’s a very smart and wise woman and she has gone through a lot in her life and her advices usually work in all of the situations but that one particular time I did not listen to her and I made a mistake I would say when I should have listened to her. So the advice was to know your voice. I know that it sounds basic and very simple but I believe that it’s an advice that every person should know and not only know but to comprehend it fully with your heart and the brain because in some kind of situations you think more with your feelings and maybe with your heart and you do not understand and in some situations it is the best thing to do would be to know your words and to not let your guard down and to choose things that would be best for you and not do it only because of the feelings. I did not follow it because I was in love. It was quite a hard situation, even though I’m still a teenager. I know that it wasn’t love of my life, but still it was a mistake that I quite regret doing, and if I could go back in time, I would not repeat it. I did not follow it because I was in love. I had my pink glasses on. I did not see the situation how it actually was because I had a lot of feelings for that person and I really your mind decides think that he had done for me and I think that every person should sink with his brain first before doing something.
Band 6+: Describe a piece of advice you received that you didn't follow. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - What the advice was - Why you didn't follow it And explain the consequences of not following the advice.
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So the advice that I received was from my mother. She gave me that advice, and she's a very smart and wise woman who has gone through a lot in her life. Her advice usually works in all situations, but that one particular time I did not listen to her, and I made a mistake, I would say, when I should have listened to her. So the advice was to know your voice. I know it sounds basic and very simple, but I believe it's advice that every person should know, and not only know but comprehend it fully with your heart and brain, because in some situations you think more with your feelings and maybe with your heart, and you do not understand. And in some situations, the best thing to do would be to know your words and not let your guard down, and to choose things that would be best for you, and not do it only because of your feelings. I did not follow it because I was in love. It was quite a hard situation. Even though I'm still a teenager, I know it wasn't the love of my life, but still it was a mistake that I quite regret doing, and if I could go back in time, I would not repeat it. I did not follow it because I was in love. I had my pink glasses on. I did not see the situation how it actually was because I had a lot of feelings for that person, and I really thought that he had done for me, and I think that every person should think with his brain first before doing something.
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