How We Sabotage Our Lives (Part 2)
English with Dane

How We Sabotage Our Lives (Part 2)

B2Upper-intermediateDecember 23, 202518 min
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Here's part two of this article read along, that features what are probably the two most important ways in which we sabotage ourselves. Thinking of the WHOLE instead of the next part, and also lying to ourselves with what it is we actually want. This article has really helped me to reevaluate things in my life and I hope it does the same for you. Try Spoken for FREE

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logo. Hey, what's up? What's going on? Welcome to another episode of English with Dane, a podcast designed to make you enjoy the process of improving your English. As always, I'm your host Dane and you can find me on Instagram and TikTok at English with Dane. On today's episode, we have part two of last week's article about how we're sabotaging our lives and we don't know it.

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I wanted to say that this article actually hit me like a ton of bricks. It started as a fun read, but it's actually helped me to reevaluate things. I'll save the reflection portion of the episode for the end, but I just wanted to let you know that right off the bat. So let's finish it up and then we'll discuss. Let's do it. You are listening to episode 35 of season 2 of English with Dain. Hit it.

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Okay, we have two ways left, two ways that we're sabotaging our lives. Let's get right into it. And that brings us to two. Focusing on the whole instead of the next step. Holkon uvedole as in the entirety of something.

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