I’d like to share some positive but small change I’ve made to my daily routine actually recently. So this change I’d like to talk about is I started reading books every night before going to sleep. I started reading books when I noticed that my sleep shadow got really worse and I couldn’t sleep at night. I was always having an anxiety, I was really stressful, I was always checking my social media, textings, watching some short videos. and I couldn’t just resist to stop doing this. It was quite difficult for me. I was doing some researches on how do I stop watching some videos on TikTok or just to stop stressing at night. And my YouTuber suggested that I should start reading books and it was really hard for me since I’ve never ever finished a single book in my life. I was never really consistent with any habits I tried to apply in my new life. And so it was really hard for me. But since I started trying to be consistent, it became much easier for me. I started reading books every night. I finished two books already. Of course it was not really easy to implement, but yet I still could implement with it.
Band 7+: Describe a positive change you made to your daily routine. You should say: - What your routine was like before - What prompted you to make the change - What the new routine is And explain how this change has benefited you.
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I'd like to share a small but positive change I've made to my daily routine recently. The change I'd like to talk about is that I started reading books every night before going to sleep. I began reading books when I noticed that my sleep quality had worsened, and I couldn't sleep at night. I was always feeling anxious and stressed, constantly checking my social media, texting, and watching short videos. I couldn't resist the urge to stop doing this. It was quite difficult for me. I did some research on how to stop watching videos on TikTok and how to reduce my stress at night. A YouTuber suggested that I should start reading books, which was really hard for me since I had never finished a single book in my life. I was never consistent with any habits I tried to adopt. So, it was really challenging for me. However, since I started trying to be consistent, it became much easier. I began reading books every night and have already finished two books. Of course, it was not easy to implement, but I managed to stick with it.
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