Holiday is close so... let's get in shape

Since I started work in a public school and getting there by bike I have been training... Well, maybe training is too much but I thought - if I bike, why don't I add something to that to keep fitter? And so I have been doing something for about half a year (and success - I lost about 7 kilos). But I remember myself from about a year ago - when the sun started to shine I though - "C'mon. Do something with ur belly" but it was too late and... unfortunately to hard for me. But this year I am richer with knowledge, so I decided to share my knowledge:) Here we go:)

Start having fun with moving

    Ruszanie się ma być przyjemnością - pozwól sobie na to półtorej godzinki tylko dla siebie. 

Nothing at a push

    To chyba najtrudniesze - nic na siłę. To, że zacząłeś się ruszać już jest sukcesem. Nie forsuj się, bo to nie ma sensu -czemu? Po pierwsze dlatego, że jutro też jest dzień (i wypadałoby nie mieć zakwasów); po drugie przez jeden trening nic nie zdziałasz - do tego trzeba czasu; i w końcu po trzecie - patrz punkt pierwszy. 

Do it when you need

    Trenuj tylko wtedy, kiedy jest Ci to potrzebne - samozaparcie-samozaparciem, ale REMEMBER, że dobry trening to ten, który Ci daje satysfakcję i radość - a nie ten, do którego się zmuszasz. Z czasem być może sam zobaczysz, że to jest cool i fajne, gdyby radość z, na przykład biegania, pojawiała się częściej i wtedy zaczniesz moving your ass more often. 

 Set the little goals

    Po jednym treningu nie będziesz wyglądać jak Anja Rubik albo Brad Pitt. Po kolei... Nie myśl o tym, że za rok będziesz fit i cool. Pomyśl o tym, że po pierwszym biegu/jeździe na rowerze/wizycie na siłowni/etc Twoje ciało zacznie działać - każdy ruch coś powoduje - lepszą pracę serca, lepszą wydolność płuc itp. - nie znam się na tym, to jest fizjologia a ja jestem filologiem:) Generalnie remember, że to, co jest odległe w czasie nie pomaga aż tak, jak te little, everyday things :)

Reward yourself

    Nagradzanie siebie to fantastyczna sprawa. Niech pojawia się jak najczęściej ale zawsze proporcjonalnie do tego, co zrobiłeś/zrobiłaś. I nagrodą nie musi być telewizor:) Ja nagradzam swoje "sukcesy" filmem czy dobrym żarciem (między innymi po to się ruszam - żeby móc potem sobie pozwolić na większą dawkę kalorii). 

Think about yourself

     Trening to Twój czas - na przemyślenia, odreagowanie, stress release. Tak to traktuj. Dodatkowo po każdej dawce ruchu pomyśl - DAŁEM/DAŁAM RADĘ! To Ci doda skrzydeł.

I don't know how long I am going to train. I don't care about it much. I do what I do now, I do not want to stop it, but you never know...

Although, I think I've got some motivation ahead of me...

 

Diaries...

Real life English? Figuring out how to use foreign language? Thinking in second tongue? Sounds odd for a lot of teenagers, who MUST learn foreign language at school. Does it also sound odd, after you try writing DIARY? I don’t think so…

First of all, you must know, that writing diaries is not only for girls! This is used ad therapeutic method – but not only for mentally sick peopleJ The psychological advantage of keeping record of what happened during the day allows us to look back at our life. It enables to notice some patterns of our behavior and enhances us to change. Besides, daybook may be our best friend – it doesn’t appraise us, it can’t just huff, what gives the real opportunity to learn about ourselves. Especially, when we write in foreign language – we feel safer, as we are not afraid, that someone can read our confession.  Moreover, writing in, let’s say, English, we find ourselves from some perspective, we are more likely to open and understand…

These were the psychological effects of keeping diaries… Now, how can we get any foreign language knowledge from it? Let me employ English, since I have learnt it for my whole life and I’ve taught it for almost ten years. Well, first asset is – grammar. But not learning – acquisition is better word here.  Once I came up with the idea of giving homework of keeping a diary for holiday. After the break of two months, students gave me their works and it appeared that with each day they had used better grammar, syntax and vocab. What’s more – they remembered second and third forms of verbs. And, the most important, they found that school English is not enough – they hadn’t known useful, everyday words, so they had to find them. Now they know  that it’s not only school, where they can (and must) learn… what, to my amazement, they took it up with happiness…

Then, when it worked with older students, I tried it with younger ones, learning Pas Simple Tense. It was a little more difficult for them, but I promised good marks for thatJ And they did it. After coming back, this time from Christmas holiday, they asked a lot of questions, about grammar, vocab and so on.

But most of all, what surprised me as hell, was the fact, that they all started THINKING IN ENGLISH! They started using Past Continuous Tense (although they hadn’t learnt it by then). When I asked them why, they answered: Because it worked for me or It sounded ok. They found the clue of learning!

Will you try it? Let me know how it workedJ

For the nice beginning of Sunday... and the whole week... and the whole life... I hope...

Motivation, success, faith... everything depends on you and your attitude!

Motywacja, sukces, wiara... wszystko zależy od Ciebie i Twojego podejścia!