Band 7: Describe an activity you usually do that wastes your time (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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When it comes to wasting time, the activity that immediately comes to mind is using TikTok. It's one of the most popular platforms globally, with millions of users worldwide. I use TikTok regularly, and according to my phone's app usage monitor, I spend about 3 to 4 hours a day scrolling through videos. Most of the time, I use TikTok for entertainment. It provides a wide variety of videos that align with my interests, such as fashion, cuisine, and even product reviews. These videos are captivating, making it hard to put my phone down. While I spend a lot of time on TikTok, I still consider it a guilty pleasure because it's a huge waste of time. It eats up many of my productive hours, and I don't learn much from it. Most of the content is entertainment and advertising, and the constant advertisements on TikTok can be quite annoying. To make matters worse, I find myself procrastinating on my studies just to scroll through TikTok, which is detrimental to my academic progress. In the future, I hope to change this habit and adopt a healthier lifestyle, such as reading books or exercising. These activities would not only benefit my physical health but also my mental well-being.

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When it comes to this topic, the activity that springs to my mind is suffering TikTok. It’s one of the most popular platforms in the world. With millions of people using it worldwide. I do TikTok on a regular basis. And according to my phone monitor’s app, I used TikTok for about 3 to 4 hours a day scrolling through the videos. Most of the time, I use TikTok for entertainment you know, it provides me with a wide variety of videos that matches my references such as fashion, cuisines, to, um, uh, feel reviews. Which are really captivating and you it’s really hard for you to put your phone down. Although I spent a lot of time using TikTok, I still find a guilty pleasure, you know, because it really waste of time, uh, as it have takes up many colors productive hours of me, um, I couldn’t learn much uh, knowledge in, um, on TikTok because most of the time is for entertainment and advertising and also sometimes the advert the constant advertisement on TikTok really gas on my nerve. And to make matters worse, I found myself procrastinate my studying just for scrolling the TikTok and it’s quite, um, detrimental for my study. And, um, so in the future, if I haven’t had a chance, I would like to change my habit and adopt some healthier lifestyle such as, um, reading books or, uh, doing some exercises because it will not only be healthy for my physical health, but also for my mental health.

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