A slow English story about A week of working from home, so free but so much less productive, and that's OK. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 11 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① This week, I'm doing remote work.

② It just means I don't have to go into the office. I can work from anywhere.

③ We only get four weeks of it a year.

④ I was saving it for my Christmas holiday.

⑤ I planned to fly back to China then.

⑥ But this time, I was in San Francisco. I didn't want to go back to Austin.

⑦ So I applied for remote work instead.

⑧ It feels so free to work from home.

⑨ But honestly, I'm less productive.

⑩ I don't even eat at regular times anymore.

⑪ I was basically lying in bed all day.

⑫ And that's OK. I don't need to be productive all the time.

⑬ People say a little rest helps you go further.

⑭ And I'm telling myself that, too.

🔑 Vocabulary

• remote work /rɪˈmoʊt wɜːrk/

• saving it for /ˈseɪvɪŋ ɪt fɔːr/

• applied for /əˈplaɪd fɔːr/

• work from home /wɜːrk frəm hoʊm/

• productive /prəˈdʌktɪv/

• lying in bed /ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn bed/

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