Lesson 2: Speaking About Myself

Hello! So, speaking about myself, huh.

To begin this lesson, remember that you need to fully focus your attention on it. It usually takes a couple of readings of the same lines. Focus on this: Why should I be exploring how to speak about myself?

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Now, take these steps with me:

1. Write down some ideas to describe you. Everything works, but try to go for full sentences.
2. Now check these ideas, one by one.

a good perspective on

Personal Info

Your personality, your mood in a particular moment, the features that identify you

I am…I am not

Your interests

I like…I don´t like

What you do with your time

I do…I don´t do

Let’s start with your personality. We need qualities; we need feelings; we need states in which we exist and moods we experience. Read the following prompt, and then close your eyes and draw all your attention to what I’m asking you to do.

How do I feel in the different points of my day?

If you didn’t close your eyes before, I suggest you do it now, and run images of yourself doing EVERY action. Both recurrent characteristics and momentary characteristics need to be covered.

For example, when I close my eyes, I feel the first rush after the alarm goes off at 7:30am. I’m running that mental image and concentrating on feeling. First, I feel WORRIED about the alarm. Then, I turn the alarm off, and remember I only have so much time to get ready for work, so I feel AWAKE and ACTIVE. However, that’s not everything! I’m also HUNGRY, so I fix myself some breakfast while I go through my schedule. My schedule shows me appointments and events that make me HAPPY, CONCERNED, INTERESTED, UPSET, etc. And you can take it from there.

It’s your turn. Do something similar to what you just read above, in my example. Make it personal, and thorough!

Maybe you notice some friction when trying to achieve variety. If so, you need to create your bank of words, and then you can use them when you need it. So, let’s create first, little by little, and here are a lot of the emotions and feelings.

The Words. The MANY Words.

Remember, even if you think the ones below are too numerous, this list is not exhaustive. Emotions can be complex and multifaceted, often blending together to create unique experiences. However, this is a long, comprehensive list that includes most of what you will likely need in most cases.

Now, even if you are drawing all of the attention in the world to following my prompts and ideas, you won’t be able to learn as many as the 80 emotions I listed above….TODAY.

No, you won’t; and we’re giving closure to that thought right there.

You can, though, learn 10 of the emotions above, and if you need to remember how we procede to learn by heart, you can remind yourself of the process stated in Lesson ONE. If you are not an advanced student, that is my recommendation.

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