Callie Anderson teaches everyday English through her morning routine in Busan, covering phrases from making tea and journaling to foam-rolling and yoga. She demonstrates natural expressions Americans use while getting ready, working out, and heading to a beachfront coffee shop.
Good morning, everyone! Today I'm going to show you my new morning routine in Busan. The first thing I do is make my bed because it gets my day off to a good start. Now let's go to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Actually, before brushing my teeth, I floss and tongue scrape. I pull out a long piece of floss and wrap it around my fingers, and then I floss my teeth. Next, I use my tongue scraper. Now it's time to brush my teeth. I use an electric toothbrush. I squeeze some toothpaste onto my toothbrush and turn it on to brush my teeth. After rinsing my mouth out, I use mouthwash. I take a little bit and swish it in my mouth. I always fill up my Stanley at night so it's ready to go in the morning. I like to drink water before having a cup of tea or coffee. I like taking it slow in the mornings, so I usually make a cup of tea and relax a bit before starting my day. I'm turning on the faucet to fill up the kettle. While I'm waiting for the water to boil, I grab a mug and my tea out of the cupboard. Usually I drink loose leaf tea, but My infuser broke, so today I'm— so today I'm using a tea bag. Whoa, it's going crazy. I'm pouring the boiling water into my mug. It's steaming hot, so I have to blow on it to cool it down. While I sip on my tea, I write in my journal. These days I'm using the Five Minute Journal. It's very popular in the US and it has a section for morning and night. So right now I'm going to do the morning section. First I fill in the date, and I like that there's always a quote at the top. This quote says, "You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F." Wow, that's an incredible quote. That means it's very important to get over your fear of failure and still try. Now I will write about what I'm grateful for What would make today great? And a daily affirmation. Next, I do some breathing exercises. I do something called box breathing. I learned about it on YouTube. I'll link the video. I sit in a cross-legged position. Close my eyes and I breathe in for 4 seconds, hold it at the top, and then take a longer exhale. I breathe in and out through my nose. I do this for about 10 minutes. It really helps keep me calm and focused throughout the day. I feel so relaxed, but now it's time to move my body. I changed into my workout clothes and I'm going to do a little warm-up before my workout. I've got a foam roller and my yoga mat. This week I've been foam rolling my calves a lot. Because they are extremely sore. I could hardly walk this week. I start out with both of my legs on the foam roller. This is also kind of an arm and ab workout too. Then I stack one leg on top of the other. This one is a bit more painful. I have to mentally prepare myself for this. Go! Oh! And I try to move my bottom leg from side to side as I roll. Hurts so good. You just gotta smile through the pain. How do I— am I doing this right? Nope. I'm a foam roller newbie. Can you tell? Let's head outside. Wow, you can't beat working out with this view. This is why I moved to Busan. I very recently added jump rope into my workout routine. This is only day 2 of me doing it, so I'm a complete beginner. My form is probably not the greatest, so don't come for me. I try to do 1,000 jumps a day, which takes about 10 minutes. I can't do any fancy footwork yet, so I just hop like this. It's great cardio. This is why my calves were so sore this week. How do people do it like the boxers? One foot. Oh, I feel the burn. I can't. Catch me in a few months. I'll be doing all the fancy footwork. I'm sweaty. I need coffee. Let's go grab a cup of coffee and take a walk and enjoy this view. Gamsahamnida. I got my coffee to go and I'm walking along the beach. It's a little bit overcast today, but I still think it's going to be a It's a beautiful day today. I love the smell of the beach, and you get a really nice breeze from the water. I love how active people are around here. I always see people jogging on the beach, paddleboarding, and even swimming in the very early morning. It's a great vibe and It actually really motivates me. My hair is greasy. I'm sweaty. I'm stinky. It's time to take a shower and get ready. I wrapped my hair up and dried off with a towel. Now I'm going to do my skincare and makeup. I use eyebrow gel and brush my eyebrows to style them. Sunscreen, always. My makeup is Done. Now I'm going to pick out my clothes and get dressed before blow drying my hair. I'm looking through my closet to pick out my clothes. I think I'm going to wear a jean skirt today. I picked out my top, so now it's time to get dressed. I'm so hungry and I want something quick and easy, so I'm gonna make a Greek yogurt bowl for breakfast. I need to grab the ingredients from the fridge. Obviously, we need Greek yogurt. I bought a lot of kiwi the other day, so I'm gonna have one with breakfast. Step 1 is to put some yogurt in the bowl. I always buy this low-fat Greek yogurt. I like to stir it to mix it up a bit. I'm sprinkling some flaxseed on top. I also add some chia seed. I mix that all together. I got out my cutting board and knife to chop up some fruit to add to the bowl. I keep the skin on my kiwi. It's good fiber. Chop the fruit, not your fingers. I'm slicing up half a banana. Finally, I'll top it off with with some goji berries. Easy peasy. Looks good, right? Mmm. I love yogurt bowls, especially in summer. To finish up my daily routine, I usually go over my to-do list and check my emails while I eat breakfast and drink my coffee. I used to use a few different apps but now I mostly use Google Calendar to organize all of my tasks. As you can see, I have a to-do list. I have my morning routine here so I can check these off. I finished my breathing exercises, my journal, and my workout. Later I will do the same thing for my night routine. That's it for my morning routine. If there are other morning routine English phrases that you're curious about, leave it in the comments below and I'll make sure to respond. Check out the pinned comment below and have a great day. Bye.
