This episode’s vocabulary
Phenomenally
adverb — in a remarkable or exceptional way, especially exceptionally well.
Bouldering
noun — climbing on large boulders, either for practice or as a sport in its own right.
Kettlebell
noun — a heavy rounded object with a handle, used for exercise.
To dwell up/upon sth
phrasal verb — to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant.
Optimistic
adj. — always believing that good things will happen.
To conserve
verb — to use something in a way that does not waste it.
Intense
adj. — extreme or very strong.
To hyperfocus
verb — to concentrate intensely on a specific task or activity to the exclusion of everything else, often for an extended period.
Sedentary
adj. — spending a lot of time sitting down or not being active.
Questions and answers
I know a lot of energetic people while being phenomenally lazy myself. Right? Let's get cracking. So I have a brilliant friend called Sean, who I go climbing and bouldering with, in addition to other sports. We've been friends for about a year and a half now, having met through the wild swimming club we both go to. We also have several mutual friends, as it turned out. So that was an extra reason to get to know each other, actually. Just so we could all go out together. I like to think of myself as having a lot of energy, actually, but he's on a whole other level, and does things like hiking and walks and kettlebell workouts and all of these other really sort of high-intensity activities. I've honestly no idea where he gets the energy for this from, although I suppose he's a little younger than me, so that could be one of the advantages that he has over me in that sense. But I don't like to dwell on that, because it reminds me how old I am. The other thing is, he seems to be quite optimistic and not prone to getting terribly stressed out about stuff. So that's perhaps how he conserves his energy for more intense things like exercise and sports. That's in contrast to myself, I tend to like hyperfocus on things and get very stressed out very easily. So I suppose I could learn a lot here. And then when it comes to how I feel about him, I'm very happy to have a new friend, or I was very happy to have a new friend now I consider him like just a regular friend. Especially one who wants to do different things to stay healthy and positive. I think that's actually super important these days, especially when we're all leading such sedentary lifestyles, and if you don't move around, that can be really bad for you. If we hadn't become friends, I suppose I'd still be quite active, but not as active as I am now. And, well, I don't think you can ever have enough friends like that. Can you?
And what about your other friends? Do they think that Sean is energetic?
I haven't really spoken about it, to be honest, I wouldn't know.
And how old are you, Rory? We forgot.
That's not one of the questions.