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0:01 It's 7:00 AM before your eyes are even fully open, your hand is already reaching for your mobile phone, and by 7:05, you 0:12 have already opened three apps, read the news, and consumed a lot of stress. Does that sound like you? 0:22 I'm Oliver and welcome back to the Easy English Podcast, the best place to practice your English listening skills, all 0:32 while learning new vocabulary, phrases and practising your pronunciation. We live in a world that often 0:41 treats busy as a badge of honour, something that is good. 0:46 It is good to be busy if you aren't rushing around here and there doing things you feel like you're feeling or falling behind. But being successful isn't 0:58 always about being busy and moving the fastest. 1:03 And in fact, it's just as important to make sure that we take the time and start to slow down. 1:12 Today we're going to explore this topic and we're going to look at stepping away from the hustle and explore how slow 1:23 living can really improve your life and it can actually make you more productive, more fluent in English, and especially most 1:34 importantly, more happy. So as always, what I like to do in these episodes is to 1st teach you some key vocabulary 1:43 for today's lesson and then we will move to our main topic. 1:48 Make sure if you've been listening for a while, as many of you have been, that you're following or subscribe to the podcast and you turn on the notifications bell beside so 2:00 that you get notified when there's a new episode every week. But generally, we have a new episode every Monday. Thank you all for your support. 2:11 Let's go to our key vocabulary for today's episode. 2:16 We have some great vocab today, some really great words and phrases. And our first word that I want you to listen for is intentionality. 2:27 Intentionality. And this means the quality of being done on purpose or by design. 2:34 So if something was created with intentionality, it was created intentionally. It was by design. 2:43 It was meant to happen that way. Our second phrase today is to savour. To savour, and this is a verb, 2:53 to savor means to enjoy or appreciate something completely. 2:58 Usually we associate this with time. 3:01 So when you enjoy something completely and entirely and you're taking your time to enjoy it, you're not rushing it. 3:10 Our next word is hustle. To hustle and to hustle, it generally means to act quickly, to work hard and with energy. 3:21 And often sometimes it can mean to work a lot. 3:26 So for to work lots and lots with intense energy. 3:31 This is more of a modern word. I would say it's definitely on informal language in terms of how it is used. 3:40 It is used informally. But this is 1. 3:43 We're going to hear a little bit in today's episode, so listen out. Our fourth word today is to unplug. To unplug, a great verb here. 3:54 And to unplug means to disconnect from technology or social media. So when we say to unplug, we we 4:02 could also mean to disconnect from work or the world around us. And our final one here, fulfilling. Fulfilling and fulfilling is an 4:12 adjective, and it means making someone satisfied or happy because of fully developing their character or abilities. 4:22 So, for example, spending time in nature is often much more fulfilling than scrolling through Instagram. 4:32 I think we can all probably agree on that point. 4:37 Excellent. Those are our words. 4:39 Those. That is the key vocabulary for today. Remember, if you want to get access to the full transcripts of every Easy English episode 4:48 and bonus episodes each week, as well as stories, transcripts, 4:55 flip cards and PDFs for each main episode, you can subscribe and follow on the Easy English Patreon. 5:04 You can find the link in the description on every episode and you can support for a fee every month. 5:11 I really, really appreciate all of my patreons and the support that you give me. Thank you very much for 5:19 supporting the show. OK so in the past having a lot of free time was a sign of high status. 5:28 It was for wealthy or let's say rich people. 5:32 But in fact today in modern society, it can sometimes be looked at the opposite way. If we tell people, you know, I 5:43 am so busy, I'm so busy because we want to often feel or be perceived as important and full of tasks where needed in 5:54 society, in everyday life. And this is the heart of what we might call hustle culture that exists today. 6:01 I particularly see this content being targeted at young men a lot. And as a young man myself, of course, I see a lot of this content as well. 6:14 And sure, it is great to tell people that you have to work hard, keep working, never give up. 6:21 But it is equally important to understand that there can be a hidden cost to this speed, to this intensity, and to that 6:32 work. When we're always rushing around, our brains stay in a state of high stress. 6:40 And I know that I have been in that position many, many times in my life, especially recently. You know, when you're in high 6:49 stress, you do start to feel it after a period of time. 6:54 And this high stress, it can affect our ability to focus, it can affect our ability to think clearly, it can affect how deep 7:04 our conversations are. So for English learners, perhaps being too busy sometimes can be the enemy of progress. 7:13 With language learning, if you're always rushing to the next lesson or the next vocabulary list, you're never 7:19 giving your brain the time to actually absorb and learn what you've already taken in the input that you've already had. 7:29 So looking at that stress, you know, if we are working all the time, and I'm sure you've been in this position too, where maybe things are very stressful at work. 7:41 You have some tasks that you need to complete and you haven't yet done them because you've been working on something else. 7:48 And in the back of your mind, those tasks are still there. 7:52 You know that you need to do them and it's bothering you, but maybe you don't have enough time. 7:58 And probably in this scenario, you know, you find it hard to relax, to properly relax and rest, and it carries that 8:08 feeling of stress with you. If that sounds familiar, don't worry, it is absolutely normal. And it's something that I am 8:16 very guilty of myself. So when I have a big list of tasks, I always, I'm trying to clear them, as many tasks 8:25 completed as I can before work is over or before the weekend. 8:31 But I always know in the back of my head there's something else to do, and it can make it very hard to unplug from that stress, 8:41 from that work. One positive from this is it's probably a good sign that you're working hard and that you actually care about what you're doing. 8:51 If you didn't care, you wouldn't feel stressed. 8:54 So why then does slowing down, becoming less busy feel so difficult for us? Well, it's actually because of 9:04 the chemistry in your brain, the neurochemistry. 9:10 Every time we check a notification on our phone or we do a quick task or we complete something and work, our brain 9:18 releases a hit of dopamine. We get that chemical that feel good, reward chemical in our brains and we can become a 9:27 little bit addicted to feeling that progress to feeling productive to doing things even if we're not actually really 9:35 achieving anything that is very, very meaningful. 9:39 But slow living is about breaking this cycle. 9:44 It's about moving from that high stimulation, you know, lots going on to high significance. And by reducing the speed of our 9:55 daily lives, we lower our cortisol levels, our stress levels, and allow our prefrontal cortex, so the front of our 10:04 brain, the part that is responsible for complex language like language learning and our logic to function well, to 10:15 function at its best. Basically, what I'm saying here is that you will learn English better if you slow down and stress less. And I don't think that's a 10:25 groundbreaking opinion. I think it makes a lot of sense. 10:29 OK, so let's take a quick break for our Listener Spotlight. 10:33 If you're new, the Listener Spotlight is a place where I ask you questions and you answer for next week's episode. 10:41 And in the Listener Spotlight, I read your answers to the previous week's questions. Last week we had an episode 10:50 about stop saying I think in English. 10:54 So teaching you how to express your opinions in different ways, in stronger ways. And I asked some of you to give 11:04 examples, to try and use some of these phrases to create your own sentences. And I had a lot of really great comments and I'm going to read a few. 11:14 I had a great comment from Hanneko and she said, hi Oliver. 11:19 I'm convinced that this episode will help improve my English skills. I'll try not to rely too much 11:27 on, I think, and we'll try to use alternative expressions instead. Thank you very much. 11:35 Thank you very much, Hanniko. That was an excellent comment and a great example using. I'm convinced that is a fantastic phrase. So excellent. 11:46 Good job. I had another great comment. 11:48 This was from Asia and she said I'm convinced that strength training is underestimated. People often choose cardio 11:58 training to lose weight or stay in shape. 12:02 Thanks to strength training, you can avoid broken bones and reduce stress on your joints because your muscles are stronger. Excellent comment. 12:14 Completely agree. That is a fantastic way to express your beliefs on fitness and another great phrase with 12:23 I'm convinced. Again, excellent use of that phrase. Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments. We had some comments as well from people telling me that they understood almost everything in 12:35 the episode, that they really enjoyed it. 12:37 So I just I appreciate hearing your thoughts and opinions so much and I appreciate all of the love in the comments. 12:44 Thank you very much for supporting. 12:46 Remember I always love to read your comments so please do answer the questions or just leave your thoughts in the 12:55 comments below. OK so our question for next week, I want you to answer and tell me what you feel stressed 13:03 about. So what makes you stressed and why? Try to answer if you can and leave me a comment saying what makes you stressed and why. 13:14 And I will choose a few of your comments next week and read them out on the podcast. Thank you very much. 13:20 And let's go back to our next part of the topic. 13:25 So we've talked about the need to slow down. 13:28 We've talked about why being busy can be bad for our brains, but how do we actually slow down? 13:35 What are some tips that I've read or maybe find online that I can share? Now to be honest, I don't feel I'm the best person to advise on this. 13:45 I'm not necessarily qualified to tell you what is the best way to slow down because to be honest, I probably need to take this advice too. So I've done some reading online 13:57 and I've found three stat strategies for a slower life. 14:02 So we're going to explore them together because I also need to learn from this. So from what I see, these three strategies and in general, learning to slow down starts 14:14 with small intentional choices. So we need some intentionality in our decisions to slow down. And the first strategy is the 14:25 monotasking rule. The monotasking rule, what does that mean? Mono means one. 14:31 We are taught to multitask, to try to do lots of different things at once. But the human brain can't actually do it. And instead of listening to a 14:42 podcast while answering emails and cooking dinner, try doing just one thing at a time. Now of course you can listen to this podcast while you do other things. 14:54 That's absolutely fine. But do try more in your life to focus on one thing and reduce the stress from too many things 15:03 going on at once. If you're listening to a nice piece of music, for example, try to really savor the sounds, the instruments, the vocals, everything that's happening. 15:15 Enjoy that piece of music and your experience and your stress levels will be completely different from someone who's 15:24 doing three other things at once while listening to that music. 15:28 OK, our second strategy is what is called referenced here as the Jomo shift. So what is Jomo? 15:38 Jomo? Well, you might have heard of the phrase FOMO. FOMO and that is fear of missing 15:48 out. Fear of missing out Slow, slow living really is the opposite. In a way, it's the joy of missing out. Jomo. 15:59 It's the piece that comes from choosing not to participate in every trend or every group chat that is happening. 16:09 And it creates some mental space that you need for deep work, real connection and time for yourself. 16:17 So next time you hear about FOMO or you think about, you know, having to do the next newest thing, take a step back and say 16:27 actually, there's probably a benefit potentially for me not to do those things. OK, The third strategy, and this 16:35 is one that I actually like, is the 10 minute unplug. 16:39 This is simple, but I feel like it's very intentional and it is quite a simple step that you can take at the start of your day. 16:49 And probably many of you listening already do this as well. There's something I don't do, but actually after making this episode this, doing this podcast 17:00 episode and this topic, I'm going to start tomorrow to try and do this. And this is called the 10 minute 17:08 unplug. So start your day without your phone for at least the 1st 10 minutes that you wake up and get out of bed. Use this time to sit with your 17:20 thoughts or plan your day, maybe read a book and you you could plan your day with some subtlety and care. 17:27 So a little bit of detail and a simple act of taking 10 minutes away from technical or digital devices in the morning. 17:36 It sets the tone of your control, your authority over your time rather than giving it U to your phone the first thing in the morning. And I like this idea. 17:48 I'm very guilty of when I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is turn off the alarm clock, perhaps on my phone and 17:57 grab my phone and I check to see if there's any messages, anythings important happened, or to look at the news, to read the 18:06 news, which to be honest, most of the time recently is not very positive every morning. So I don't know what to expect when I read the news to start my day. 18:16 It's probably not going to be a positive start to the day. 18:21 So those are free ideas that you can take around concepts of slow living. So really just being more intentional, more focused on the tasks that we're doing and 18:32 trying to get them more separate one at a time, and trying to unplug from technology in ways that is beneficial to us. 18:42 So really slow living isn't about being lazy, it's about being precise. It's about choosing A fulfilling life over a crowded 1. So we want to do activities and 18:53 things that are fulfilling for us. 18:56 When you slow down your life, you naturally slow down your speech. And this gives you some more gravitas with your English as well. 19:04 So that's something a little bonus point to consider. 19:07 OK, now comes the part of the show where we do some comprehension questions. So let's look at some questions 19:16 and see how much you understood. In today's topic, I'm going to ask a question, try to pause the podcast episode and answer. 19:25 And then after I will read the answer to the question. 19:29 Got it. Let's go question one. 19:33 What is hustle culture or simply what is hustling or to hustle? 19:38 Hustle culture is a modern lifestyle trend. 19:41 So it's prioritising work and productivity. 19:45 So working too much, working lots, very hard, non-stop, no break, that is hustling. That is the hustle culture. 19:55 Question 2. How does dopamine affect our busy habits? So our brains release dopamine. 20:03 When we complete small quick tasks like checking the notification on your phone for example, and this makes us feel 20:11 addicted to that feeling of being busy even if we aren't being very productive. Question free. 20:19 What is the difference between FOMO FOMO and Jomo? 20:25 Jomo OK FOMO is fear of missing out and Jomo was the joy of missing out, which is that peaceful feeling of 20:37 intentionally choosing to disconnect. 20:40 And finally, question 4. According to the episode How does Slow living help English learners? 20:48 It can help you because it reduces your stress and allows you to focus more deeply on the English content that you're 20:57 learning, helping you to absorb it so you're not moving from one thing to the next. That's it for today's episode. 21:06 I hope you enjoyed. Remember to follow and subscribe if you're new or if you've been listening for a while, turn on your notifications for the episodes as well, and you can 21:18 support the podcast on the Easy English Patreon. 21:22 I hope to see you on the Patreon or in next week's episode. 21:26 Goodbye.
دربارهی این قسمت Bonus Episodes & Full Transcript PDFs, Vocabulary Flipcards Every Week on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/englishwitholiver Why is everyone in 2026 obsessed with being busy? In this episode, we challenge hustle culture and explore why rushing is actually the biggest obstacle to your English progress. We discuss the power of intentionality , how to unplug without feeling guilty, and why "Slow Living" is the ultimate status symbol for the modern professional. Learn to savor your life and speak with more gravitas by doing less.