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As the title says, I am curious to hear about the daily experiences of others when it comes to sitting at a desk for work.
Since working from home at the start of the year I've become really conscious of how much more time I've naturally spent sitting in the same position at a desk every day. I do mix it up by going for regular breaks and/or walks of 10-15 minutes every hour, plus regular gym exercise during the week.
On the positive, as I don't have a commute, it is less time spent sitting in a car every week, which balances it out to some extent.
What do other people's days look like in terms of movement or lack thereof?
Just wondering if anyone has any decent tips to learn a language from personal experience?
I am currently making a real focus on building my German, and I am currently following a daily routine of:
- Watching one video from a recommended German learning YouTube channel. - Learning and reviewing a few words and sentences on Anki. - Listening to a natural podcast even if I can't understand it (plus sometimes a slower podcast which I can actually mostly understand). - Reading something every day. Speaking it out loud as well. - Making a few of my own flashcards with words/verbs relevant to my daily routine.
I am also intending to begin talking to online tutors two or three times a week. Did my first session last night. It was rough, but we got through it and he said I'm not the worst he's ever worked with.
It seems a lot but it is manageable thus far. Perhaps ~2 hours in total every day.
I am curious to know if anyone on here has had success with language learning, and how they went about it?
Everything seems to be rather doom and gloom at the moment. I am trying myself to become more mindful about all of the good that the UK has to offer, and to recognise how lucky one is to live here. Of course it isn't perfect, but nowhere is.
Let's make a list of the good things about living in the UK. I'll make a start:
- Healthcare which is free at the point of access. - Access to plentiful and immediate food and water. - No extreme weather. - Varied scenery and landscapes.
Does anyone know of any lakes in Suffolk where it is a) safe, b) nice and c) viable to swim in?
There appears to be some lovely lakes at West Stow Country Park but I called them and they said they that swimming is not permitted (though whether or not people do of course is another question).
If you were going to spend 90 days in Europe while working remotely, where would you go?
Let's just say that personal circumstances have recently taken a significant turn and I'm currently very free, as well as in a situation where the 12-month rental lease on my apartment runs out in a month.
I've always wanted to spend some significant time living abroad, and I believe that 90 days would satisfy that. It's something I feel like I need to get out of my system, now being in my early 30s, before potentially deciding (and hoping to be content with) to settle down within the UK.
Not sure whether to look to spend 90 days in one place or to experience several different places. However, I wish to feel like I 'lived' somewhere; 90 days is probably about right for that.
Edit: I'd like to spend as little money as realistically possible (within reason).
Could someone please look into their crystal ball (or state a belief based on any factual evidence) whether house prices (in Suffolk) will generally increase or decrease (or stay the same) over the next 6-12 months?
Any suggestions please? Since starting a new remote job at the start of the year where I am spending a lot of time hunched over my dining table looking at my laptop, I am developing pain in the neck.
I believe I could benefit from using a standing desk. The 'problem' is I am 6'2, as well as standing desks seeming to be pretty expensive.
Any suggestions for the cheapest possible option which will work for a relatively tall person?
KM's comments re Enciso: 'For Ipswich Town alone for a football club, certainly in my time, the first non-native English speaker that we’ve had.'
This isn't technically true, is it?
Al Hamadi, Tuanzebe, Muric, Cajuste all have native languages which aren't English. I know AAH and Tuanzebe came to the UK at a very early age and speak fluently. Sarmiento falls into the same boat, although he was as old as 7 before coming to the UK.
I know what KM means, though. Native level is another thing; but even then, I think it's difficult (impossible?) for a non-native to ever have true 'native level' in whatever language, as there will always be those very subtle nuances that you can only 'get' instinctively and not through learning. My girlfriend is German, and whilst you'd have to listen very closely to realise (she understands 99% and has an almost fully 'neutral' accent), there are small things which give it away. She also speaks better, more fluent and eloquent English than many British people do, but still isn't a 'native speaker'.
And at what point does someone qualify as a true 'native speaker'? Is it by birth, or does family heritage play a part? Massimo Luongo, for example, was born in Australia but to parents of Italian and Indonesian origin. Is he a native English speaker, or technically a native Italian and/or Indonesian speaker? Although perhaps he speaks neither of those languages.
This thread makes me think of the scene in Inglorious Basterds where, after being challenged by a rank-and-file soldier over his 'unusual' accent, Michael Fassbender's character gives himself away as a British spy (albeit through his body language rather than spoken language):
My girlfriend has a yearly issue with slugs getting into loads of the outdoor plants that she tries to grow, whether in individual pots or in the ground.
She has tried lots of suggestions that she read about online but nothing has solved the problem. She doesn't want to do anything that will kill the slugs (i.e. pellets) but wants to solve the problem of course.
Any recommendations please for effective strategies? Thanks in advance.
Since I moved into a new property 9 months ago I've received a number of letters from TV Licensing threatening me to buy a TV license, all of which I have ignored as I don't have a TV nor stream content.
I've just received another one, reminding me that my address is 'under investigation' but that I have a 10-DAY WINDOW in which to take action. Apparently if I don't do anything by 5th Feb they will escalate my case to the 'Enforcement Team' who will come to visit me.
As far as I know, these are simply scare tactics by essentially a sales company, and the best thing to do is ignore the letters/ignore them if they do visit.
Is it best to at least make a record on their website of the fact that I don't need a TV license? Or should I just continue to ignore, and if they do knock on my door, tell them that they have no legal authority to do anything and politely close the door?
Has anyone else been suffering from multiple colds this year? I've come down with the third in the last eight weeks approximately, each time feeling pretty rough for four or five days.
I flew back from Europe on Sunday morning so potentially I caught something on the plane. I usually get one cold each winter but this year has been something else.
I'm 32, fit and healthy, with a good diet, exercise and sleep levels. It just seems that whatever is out there is battering my immune system over the last couple of months.
Does anyone have any tips (either of the general or 'secretive' kind) with regards to finding fully remote work? It would be a game-changer for me if I were to be able to work completely remotely, but it seems much easier said than done having been looking semi-regularly for the last 12 months+.
I'm educated to Masters level and I now have three years' experience in healthcare (plus whatever I did before initially going to uni). I'm completely open at this point to changing industries altogether and I believe that I have built up a lot of more generalist experience and transferable skills.
Is it just a case of looking every day on job boards and being one of several hundred applicants for whatever remote jobs come up?
Surely there must be a better, more efficient and effective way.
I have started looking at individual companies with the idea of blasting out some generalist CVs, but the problem is that I don't know exactly what I want to do next (I'd welcome a lot of potential opportunities to change path), or where in the nation/what those hypothetical companies may be.
I live in west Suffolk, so local companies which might be relatively forward and remote-thinking to begin the search with aren't exactly numerous.
I should probably ask for some guided advice from the careers service at my university, but also thought I would post about it on here.
Thanks in advance for any pointers that people may have for me.
If interested in Shackleton's story or simply human endurance itself.
Having read about the expedition numerous times, and having visited the James Caird in Dulwich, I've never been so glued to a chair from start to finish.
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