I paid less attention to things and I gave less meaning to what’s happening around me. Not to say that I’m out of touch, but you know, whenever you keep on minding everything, suddenly everything becomes your business. And of course that would affect you so much and it would affect you negatively. I realized that when for one instance, I was, I rode an Uber, a Grab, and the Grab driver was, he wasn’t in a good mood. And that instantly affected me because why are you not in a good mood. Like, it’s such a nice day. Why are you not in a good mood? So that affected me so much. And I became, I went out of the mood because of that. And then when I went home, I realized, why did that affect me so much? Because after that experience, I suddenly became grumpy all day. And when I came home, I realized that That’s such a simple thing. That shouldn’t have been affected by that. And as I was scrolling through TikTok, I saw one post that I shouldn’t be putting meaning to almost everything that happens to your life. Everything, everyone has their life going on and the world doesn’t revolve around you. And that just hit me so much that I realized, right, not everything revolves around me. And I don’t think everything that’s happened is because of me. I just have to internalize and, you know, reflect about what’s happening in my life. Because if I keep on thinking that I’m the reason for everything, then that would just ruin my mood every single day. There’s a lot more to the world than being sad and negative. Let’s just be more… …neglectable, maybe?
Band 7+: Describe a small but positive change you made in your life recently. You should say: - What the change was - When you made the change - What motivated you to make the change And explain how this change has affected your life.
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I paid less attention to things and gave less meaning to what's happening around me. Not to say that I'm out of touch, but whenever you keep minding everything, suddenly everything becomes your business. Of course, that would affect you so much and negatively. I realized that when, for instance, I rode an Uber, a Grab, and the Grab driver wasn't in a good mood. That instantly affected me because I wondered why he wasn't in a good mood. It's such a nice day. So that affected me a lot, and I became out of the mood because of that. When I got home, I realized, why did that affect me so much? After that experience, I suddenly became grumpy all day. When I came home, I realized that it was such a simple thing that shouldn't have affected me. As I was scrolling through TikTok, I saw a post that said I shouldn't put meaning into almost everything that happens in my life. Everyone has their life going on, and the world doesn't revolve around me. That hit me so much that I realized, right, not everything revolves around me. I don't need to think that everything that happens is because of me. I just have to internalize and reflect on what's happening in my life. If I keep thinking that I'm the reason for everything, then that would ruin my mood every single day. There's a lot more to the world than being sad and negative. Let's just be more... neglectful, maybe?
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