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How was Chinese class? What does HSK 5 really mean? Watching another YouTube channel In Chinese, this lady I guess used to live in UAE and taught Chinese to kids. Does all of her videos in comprehensible Chinese. Mentioned 去有风的地方 “Meet Yourself” TV show.

Up and out in the morning, chest day today. No run.

Recorded another component of the online course.

Thinking of uploading allll of my travel videos to… Pexels?

And talking about living in China, is it worth it?

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00:00 Morning Routine Reset

00:29 Expat Life Crossroads

01:35 Cost of Living Talk

03:57 Teaching Burnout Reality

05:22 Automate Work With AI

07:15 Is China Worth It

08:21 Will Chinese Rule

09:55 Chinese Class Recap

10:58 HSK Goals And Focus

17:34 HSK Grammar Frustrations

19:03 HSK Five Reality Check

19:55 Shadowing and TV Advice

21:17 Why Chinese Media Fails Me

24:25 Speaking Practice and Course Ideas

25:03 AI and Accent Training Thoughts

28:06 Gym Morning and Street Chinese

30:14 Caption Workflow and Editing Tools

32:40 Podcast Direction and Better Videos

35:02 B-Roll Library on Pexels

37:10 Wrap Up and Links