Mommy 🧠

For the past five weeks, my world has shrunk to the size of a baby's swaddle. Although my days are very different, they have made me realise something.

Mommy brain is for everybody. 😅 I must say, it's the same feeling as when I try to speak French. You just stop in the middle of a sentence, and it's as if there's a void, a fog.

So far, motherhood has taught me that planning is useless. Rather than feeling bad about something not working out as you imagined, always have a plan B and look at the situation from a different angle. ⇢ In an English context, use a different word or describe it.

We all need to learn to be more flexible, keep our cool and take a step back..

This week, I wrote an article about why speaking feels slow. Here are the links:

• web: https://mjsenglish.com/welcometomyhead/the-real-reason-speaking-feels-slow/

• Duocards article: https://app.duocards.com/library/s/the-real-reason-speaking-feels-slow-jgvrb9

• Duo vocabulary: https://app.duocards.com/library/s/the-real-reason-speaking-feels-slow

🧪 Your Lab Task: I want you to identify your ‘emergency chunks.’ These are 3–5 short, automated phrases that you don't have to think about.

examples:

• To be honest...,

• Shoot, how do I put this..

• I don’t know the word, it’s like when you .. so .. what’s that called?

The Goal: Next time you feel that lag or fog, stop trying to translate. Just fire one of these pre-saved chunks. It keeps the conversation moving while your supercomputer catches up. Let me know in the comments what are your emergency chunks. 😋