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The third thing is sunlight.
The third thing is sunlight.
Morning sunlight in particular.
I've done extensive episodes about this.
Check out the episode on light and your health if you want all the details,
but you want to try and view sunlight as early in the day as possible.
5 to 10 minutes on a clear day minimum.
10 to 20 minutes on a cloudy day minimum.
20 to 30 minutes on a very day minimum.
Without sunglasses.
Don't stare at the sun.
Please don't damage your eyes.
Look off slightly off from the sun, but yes,
you want to face towards the sun.
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covered with clouds; very cloudy
“It was overcast all morning, but it never rained.”
Situation: Use this when describing weather with heavy cloud cover.
Pattern: Say 'overcast day', not 'overcast weather day' when you want a compact phrase.
toward the east
“The apartment windows face eastward.”
Situation: Use this when describing direction or orientation.
Pattern: Keep the ending clear: east-ward.
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used before information that may sound surprising
“Believe it or not, I finished the whole report before lunch.”
Situation: Use this to introduce a surprising fact or experience.
Pattern: Treat it as one conversational chunk rather than stressing every word.
starts a process or chain of events
“One phone call set the whole project in motion.”
Situation: Use this when one event starts a larger process.
Pattern: Use 'set something in motion' for the general pattern.
during the whole day, at different times
“I drink water throughout the day.”
Situation: Use this to describe something continuing or recurring across a day.
Pattern: Do not add 'all' before 'throughout'; 'throughout the day' is already complete.
used to show that something includes more than one thing
“The course improves speaking, not just grammar.”
Situation: Use this to expand or correct a listener's focus.
Pattern: Stress the item you are expanding beyond, especially in spoken contrast.
The third thing is sunlight.
4:09Morning sunlight in particular.
4:10I've done extensive episodes about this.
4:12Check out the episode on light and your health if you want all the details,
4:14but you want to try and view sunlight as early in the day as possible.
4:175 to 10 minutes on a clear day minimum.
4:2210 to 20 minutes on a cloudy day minimum.
4:2420 to 30 minutes on a very overcast day minimum.
4:28Without sunglasses.
4:32Don't stare at the sun.
4:32Please don't damage your eyes.
4:34Look off slightly off from the sun, but yes,
4:35you want to face eastward towards the sun.
4:37to give practical guidance in a conversational, less abrupt way
“but you want to try and view sunlight as early in the day as possible.”
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