Hello Reader,

Last week my van broke down in the middle of the night as I was on my way home from, get this, helping my son jumpstart his car because his had broken down.

That's a double break down, if you're keeping score! (I felt a little like this gif 👇 ) and you get huge bonus points if you know what movie this gif is from.

The crazier part? My van was sending me warning signals that something was wrong, but I was ignoring them.

Our body can also be talking to us, and it can be easy to ignore what they are trying to say. In this week's podcast, I'll be sharing what I learned from ignoring the warning signals my van was sending me and, more importantly how I'm trying to NOT ignore the signals my body is sending me to try and keep me from running my own battery down.

🎧 You can listen here: Don't ignore these warning signs in your CELPIP prep journey​

But what about my CELPIP prep?

I know I'm talking a lot about mental health and burnout lately, and I'm not sorry about that.

Here's what I know: you are far more important and valuable than an immigration process, the number on an immigration score, or any language proficiency exam result, like the CELPIP or IELTS.

I think the process of immigration has a terrible ability to run you down and drain your emotional, physical and spiritual well being. Do you agree?

I felt the drain during my wife and kid's immigration process back when we arrived in Canada 10 years ago. And I felt that same drain when I was trying to keep legal in Mexico where I lived for 16 years.

It's hard.

It's draining.

And when you're running on empty, you won't be able to function well enough to get ready for the CELPIP or the IELTS. I don't want that to happen for you.

So, please take care. Please pay attention to your body's warning signals if it's sending you any right now.

And thank you for reading.

Aaron

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