Band 7: Describe a positive change in your life. You should say: what the change was about when it happened describe details of the change that happened and describe how it affected you later in life. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I will tell a story about how I managed to deal with bad habits in my life. It happened probably two years ago. I was able to succeed in changing my life ever since because I read a book about how daily habits can affect your life in so many ways. I'm so grateful that I've changed from being a night owl to being an early bird. I was really happy about that because, at first, I didn't enjoy my daily life. I always played games for about 12 hours a day, and I never felt productive. After I managed to change my daily routine into a well-established routine, I felt more productive. Even now, I'm still happy about that because I can do so many things throughout the day without feeling unenergized or having a bad day or bad mood. Additionally, many people respect me because I'm able to control myself, even though the vast majority of people think waking up early, taking a bath at 5, and then working out in the morning is hard. That's why I was really happy that I was able to change my habits for the better.

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I will tell a story about how I managed to deal with bad habits in my life. And it happened probably like two years ago. And however, I was able to succeed to change my life ever after because I read a book about how daily habits can affect your life in so many ways. And I’m so grateful that I’ve changed from being a night owl and being an early bird. And I was really happy for that because at first I didn’t really enjoy my daily life. I always played games for like 12 hours a day and also I never felt productive. And how I felt after I’ve managed to change my daily routine into a well established routine. The first one is I feel more productive. Even until now, I’m still happy for that because I can do so many things throughout the day without being unenergized and having a bad day or bad mood. And also the second one is many people put respect on my name because I’m able to control myself even though for the vast majority of people they think waking up early and taking a bath at 5 and then working out in the morning is hard. So that’s why I was really happy that I was able to change my habit ever after.

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