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That's called the Arkabenhof here It's an absolutely crucial question Also this video is meant to inspire you to keep taking steps toward the goals you truly want to achieve Today's vlog is especially special because Austria is currently experiencing a very severe storm And that's why I thought I'd make this vlog largely right here inside my home I had already been outside before and I actually tried filming a vlog on two different days But did you know right now in Austria it's experiencing extremely unbelievable weather There's heavy rainfall and actual thunderstorms are occurring That means it's not just a lot of water but it's actually storming very very violently The wind is incredibly strong making it extremely difficult to shoot a normal video outdoors Moreover these circumstances or these conditions are relatively difficult Let me tell you a little story about how I tried to film a vlog First I went to the MuseumsQuartier It's a district in Vienna filled with numerous museums exhibitions and bars It's roughly in the center of Vienna one could say or it's fairly centrally located It was already evening but I thought I'd still try anyway Filming a video under these conditions in this weather somehow And I even managed to film a short video for a few minutes And I’ll include that here in this vlog as well And this short video is actually about motivation and the idea that you shouldn't give up immediately even in difficult situations Welcome to this very special video which I deliberately filmed today in bad weather It's cold the wind is blowing and it's raining heavily in Vienna today And the topic for today is motivation And sometimes you just aren't as motivated because the external circumstances aren't quite ideal And today I’m sharing a few interesting quotes on the subject Quote number one: Sometimes you’re caught in the rain Just now I'm literally standing in the rain You can also stand in the rain metaphorically And that means getting soaked in the rain feeling uncomfortable being cold and simply having a bad mood But even when you're caught in the rain from time to time remember what your original goal was The next cliché is that one shouldn't hang one's head Hanging one's head—that's that particular gesture And when you're standing in the rain you sometimes feel like hanging your head or you'd rather just give up But that might not always be the best idea either And today I want to show you in this video that you can keep going even in less-than-ideal circumstances I could also go outside in this weather—rain wind cold—and film a quick video Just to show I can stick with it So you can stay committed to something That means continuing to pursue a goal It's very likely that at some point in various areas of life you won't feel particularly motivated—this can certainly happen during foreign language learning This can occur in one's profession or job It can also happen with highly personal topics or deeply personal decisions at one somehow loses the courage loses motivation no longer wants to continue and feels like giving up And that's exactly why I'm making this video today — to show you that it's all in your mind it's all a mental game And you can always find a way to keep going That doesn’t automatically mean you have to stubbornly and rigidly keep doing everything at all costs Of course not and I believe we all know that But if we reflect for ourselves and think things through we'll find plenty of topics where we actually really want to be or where we originally would have loved to achieve this goal but for various reasons lack motivation feel demotivated disinterested and have no courage That's exactly what this video is about Also this video is meant to inspire you to keep taking steps toward the goals you truly want to achieve And I went there myself I thought I'd deliberately and very consciously enjoy this weather make a vlog outside and film a video outdoors so I can simply show Yes sometimes one might not have the ideal conditions for something but one can still keep working toward the goal You can still try to take a step closer to your goal So I've also provided various examples Let's take language learning for instance Everyone has bad days now and then I've had plenty of days and almost more bad ones than good ones when learning languages or even working out And you must simply not let yourself be swayed by it nor allow yourself to be distracted by it It's often the case that you just don't have good days feeling perhaps tired or drained at you somehow feel uncreative lacking good ideas or simply don’t know exactly what to do today Or if I'm learning a foreign language right now it's not always clear what exactly I should practice And then comes this one mood that isn't good followed by another mood that's also not good And that somehow never really becomes well positive energy And that's why one often gets stuck somewhere feeling trapped in a place And you get the sense that you simply can't escape from that hole or that situation You just feel kind of drained weak and unmotivated That's why I deliberately and consciously wanted to make this video for you back then and I've even done it to show that yes even in the rain even in storms even in extremely cold weather It was already quite cold back then as Austria and Vienna experienced a noticeable drop in temperature I already thought back then that I really wanted to show this Yes even I as a YouTuber or someone who publishes videos on YouTube can also make a video even in very awkward situations or under extremely unusual circumstances that normally wouldn't be like that And I think when it comes to motivation language learning here is truly a quintessential example Also you often have various obstacles explaining why for instance you didn't practice this language today You might not know which sources or learning materials to choose feeling overwhelmed or thinking you can't speak well I might not know any native speakers or perhaps I know too few Or the native speakers I know—they don’t have time for me and I can’t talk to them at all And then you simply can't find any glimmer of hope to use in practicing the language that day And that's truly a major mental challenge And here I’ll quickly take a sip of my coffee while touching on the topic of learning a foreign language and motivation And how does one get into motivation or simply get started with action I think besides motivation the topics of structure and study planning are also very important And when I say "learning plan " I don't mean a boring dry schedule where I have to stick to every single detail and comma Exactly on the dot and comma means doing something with utmost precision and strict adherence to detail It's simply about establishing a specific framework for oneself to avoid wasting one's own energy in that place Often there's no structure and without one we end up spending time figuring out right now how when where and with what tools we should be learning Also this topic—creating a structure for yourself that fits who you are and matches your own rhythm This is a profoundly crucial and essential question a fundamental point to consider when we want to learn foreign languages And today I tried filming outside as well so I first looked for a proper spot since I didn’t want my camera to get wet The tricky part about this weather is avoiding water from getting into the camera which would result in damage I ended up at the University of Vienna standing in front of the main building which is such a beautiful structure And even inside this building there are truly beautiful spots that I’ll show you in this vlog this video Also the weather is unfortunately quite poor—there's strong wind and rain and I have to be careful not to get my camera wet That's why today we have a slightly more special vlog Also I originally wanted to try doing a vlog outside but then I thought before my camera breaks I’d better not bother—otherwise it just wouldn’t be worth it And here's a quote on the subject: It's not worth it "It's not worth it" means that in the end the overall result isn't positive—it actually amounts to a loss You don't make a profit in the end you only suffer a loss It's not worth it Besides instead of buying a new camera right now I'd rather wait until the rain stops and then go outside again to film a vlog And what you're hearing right now is the echo I'm standing in a very bare empty space—there's nothing on the walls That's why you hear the echo You hear the reverberation So it echoes here I'll just quickly go up these stairs and see what's around the corner But yes really we're just seeing an empty university here and there's not much going on Most people are probably at home drinking hot coffee So here you can still see the view down into the courtyard And I can show you something else I'm written here in Latin numerals for staircase number six I meant to say in Roman numerals In Roman numerals Also the V stands for 5 and the I stands for 1 Staircase number 6 And which institutes do we have here Here for example is the Institute for Classical Philology Classical Philology Very interesting I'm going to find a space now where there's hopefully a bit less echo and you can hopefully hear me a bit better I was in that arcade courtyard—the inner courtyard of the University of Vienna You'll see for yourselves how beautiful it is there There you'll find various busts and statues of famous individuals who taught at the University of Vienna Now I'm outside in this larger courtyard here and we'll take a lap around Thank goodness I'm half-sheltered from the rain here You'll probably hear the wind loud and clear but I'm still going to spin this round for you right here because it's actually a beautiful place So one side we've got countless statues and then there's this massive scaffold I need to show you so you understand why suddenly there's such a loud noise coming from here We have this massive scaffolding here which wasn't erected the last time I was here So evidently renovations are underway And this is called the Arkadenhof here—a very very beautiful courtyard yes the Arkadenhof And here are numerous different statues or busts one could say of various scientists A bust is a statue in this form where one primarily sees the head and upper chest area Or perhaps just this area of the body was highlighted And then one has contributions from many different scientists for example Erwin Schrödinger a very renowned physicist Here you'll find the bust of Erwin Schrödinger and several others Let me just show you briefly what busts we have here For instance here's Karl Popper— I'm familiar with him too Or from many others Here for example is Bertha Kalig a lady here Very interesting And this was also highlighted differently Let's keep going take the left turn There's also a statue of Sigmund Freud located back there though it's now a bit smaller I'll just keep walking and show you this panorama too how it looks here in the arcade courtyard on a rainy day empty of people Also you'll naturally encounter more people here In summer this central area is a very popular relaxation spot People also love sitting there enjoying their coffee savoring something else and chatting with one another But as mentioned this arcade courtyard is truly a sight to behold A sight to behold means something is extremely beautiful Something is truly beautiful to look at something is a feast for the eyes The University of Vienna is architecturally a feast for the eyes The arcade courtyard precisely because the arcade itself is that arch The arcade So we're now about halfway there Now it continues from here And now I'll tell you all about what else I can share with you here There's also a lounge chair used during the summer So these chairs here These loungers are typically placed here on the grass so you can lie down there So this item here is a huge lounger Typically they're much smaller of course So this is more suited to the needs of the Unicampus where such large loungers are required Also sun loungers are pretty much settled yes And there's something else too Here I see some information about a famous composer This composer is Anton Bruckner You may have heard of him—Anton Bruckner And he recently celebrated his 200th anniversary that is his 200th birthday I once read that in the news here So he was born on September 4 Here is a photo of him Anton Bruckner And he is also a famous composer And yes I still have a badge I can show you This one here This time in English And this is the arcade courtyard This is called in English And once again a panorama of this beautiful vista in my opinion And honestly I'm really glad I've found myself a little refuge here I originally intended to wander around out here a bit more but then I realized unfortunately that simply isn't possible It's impossible to shoot a vlog outside today with my cameras because they'd get wet and then break Because the water would seep into the cameras And that's exactly what we don't want Alright I'll be done with this round shortly Here's something else nice I can also show you We have what looks like a water basin here In terms of shape this is what you'd call a basin And for example even in our bathroom we have a sink A sink simply has that shape And theoretically water would come out here And here we have this water outlet—though I wouldn't call it a faucet Because a faucet can be turned on and off But we have this exit here in the form of a lion's head And the lion has this mane here So in German this is called a mane If the lion has this on its head And it's also beautifully decorated I'm not exactly sure what kind of stone it was carved from Maybe marble though I'm not certain Or some kind of marble But this action this activity this task is called carving I chisel out a shape and this lion was carved from the stone And that in turn gives rise to an entire artistic tradition This art form is then called sculpture So a sculptor creates exactly such artworks One carves one hammers a figure out And if we just take a moment to examine this term—sculpture—then we simply have the image That means not just a picture hanging on the wall but simply something we can see And "hauen" means to hit You could also say someone gets beaten That's the colloquial way of saying someone gets hit And if I have something then in this sense I’m chiseling a sculpture right here carving out an image I’m carving out an image Yes very very beautiful And what else can we show here Here I can also show a sign namely University of Vienna A notice indicating where smoking is allowed and where it is not Outside yes inside no You can smoke outside but not inside Here we have a public building and smoking is not allowed here So I'll keep going and see where I end up next Ah there's a photoshoot back there of a married couple I rarely see that around here Not just here at the university but I rarely see that in Austria either Yes there are few people here today That means the couple then has a good chance to quietly do a photoshoot Interesting But I'm not going to dwell on that right now Just to let people be that's all And there we have an honor roll with various names inscribed on it And here we also state that these names will be carved into the honor roll That's exactly how you say it Well I think I've completed a round here and will be heading off to the next station shortly I also filmed a short video in the largest lecture hall at the University of Vienna I wasn't sure at first whether you could just walk in there whether it was actually possible to enter freely like that But I also saw other people going inside I then asked them whether one can just walk in And they said yes of course it's somewhat like a public building—you can just walk in and out freely And behold even in this Audimax—the university's official largest lecture hall in Vienna—others were seated as well Inside there were also people relaxing chatting and exchanging casual conversation Currently there is still no academic instruction taking place at the university It's officially still vacation time Classes and lectures in Austria don't start until October These courses at the university are also officially called Lehrveranstaltungen That’s also a very specific term But I think that's very useful to know because you always hear this word in isolation over and over again and very very frequently So a course at the university is essentially the same as a lecture series Next sip of coffee So I just wandered around the university trying to find some nice spots where I might be able to sit down and record this vlog And I started looking into finding or spotting a coffee machine and a beverage machine I immediately threw myself into it And so I immediately went there and tried right away to shoot a nice video And here I am in a somewhat dark corridor Here I am at the university But I've found a drink vending machine and there's also a coffee machine here Let's see what we can find around here So here we have various coffee types let's say in German And here you can press a button to get this coffee right here Here you take out the coffee That's what "take out" means And here you need to pull up this barrier or this hatch once more let's say in German What other lovely words do we have here For instance we'll need to pay here then We can pay with a card or with plastic let's say Or possibly even in cash under certain circumstances Is there still some cash lying around anywhere I don't think so Quite modernized—or digitized—this machine is What do we have here then We have a variety of drinks and also snacks Up there we have these typical chocolate bars and other sweets Here we have a pack of nuts Down here we have drinks Once sprayed the beverages are carbonated meaning they contain carbon dioxide And then we also have other drinks for example Red Bull here—it's also carbonated Or we have still water Also when we say water is sparkling that means it's carbonated or unspritzed still meaning without carbonation So in the next compartment since that's what "fach" means in German Next up in this section we have various sandwiches so to speak Basically they're just buns with ham We also have a whole grain bread in the center The whole grain bread is slightly darker And in the next section there are again some baked goods sweets cookies That looks like an apple pie Ah that's how it is Apple cake cheesecake marble cake Have you ever seen marble cake Marmorkuchen is also incredibly delicious very good tastes excellent These are different types of flour-based desserts And here we have another display labeled in German as an electronic display It then reads please select a product But there were really very few people on campus today which isn't surprising given the weather as people naturally prefer staying home and since they likely don’t have a genuine reason to just wander outside or hang around the University of Vienna right now Yes when I say "to be staying " it means being at a place So I could say I'm staying at the University of Vienna You can also use that as a synonym I'm at the University of Vienna Or I'm spending time in a park That means I'm in a park I could now spontaneously pass this question on to you: Where do you like to be Where do you prefer to spend your free time You could then for example respond: I like to spend time at the gym I like to spend time on the sports field Or I enjoy spending time at the café Oh yes and you're welcome to support me on BAMIER COFFEE or on Patreon Where do you like to be That's the kind of question you can ask here I kept walking and then came across those flyers—what you might also call leaflets Most people nowadays say flyer That's just an Anglicism These are the small cards handed out as simple advertisements The goal here is to spread information And at the end of September Austria holds a very important election This is the National Council election And then by chance I noticed these flyers lying right next to the steps Originally I thought it was a flyer from a specific political party But then I realized this flyer isn't actually from any particular party—it's just meant to be a reminder that people should go vote So I’ve ended up briefly in this hallway And I’ve found something I can show you Specifically I have a flyer here That's also called a flyer or handbill And you distribute it In German that's called austeilen And it's usually advertising This is about choosing about the election And here is a quote Because democracy needs the many Efforts are being made to encourage people here to vote and cast their ballots Casting a ballot simply means voting And there are various slogans I can show you Your voice matters Your voice is important Voting means taking responsibility Voting means taking responsibility So you do have responsibility That’ s what needs to be said here And go vote or others will decide for you On September 29 6.3 million people will elect a new National Council In fact I've taken another look at this flyer It's simply about the National Council I believe this is just meant to encourage people to vote on September 29 here in Austria It's actually a great topic for learning German Well I just kept going and admired this staircase And then I filmed the staircase once more with the camera And you can also see here how it looks Also I've kept thinking wow this is truly beautiful I keep appreciating it all over again And the ground at the University of Vienna is truly a beautiful sight to behold Also here's a new term I can show you or explain and teach you: floor covering Also the covering that's the layer that's on the floor Also there are naturally various types of floor coverings There are wooden floor coverings There are stone flooring options There are marble flooring options Flooring made from plastic So the floor covering The term "belag " which comes from the verb "belegen " refers to something placed or laid upon something else So when I belege something I'm placing specific items onto it For example you can top a slice of bread with ham and cheese So in this other context you also use this word in the same way That is precisely why this word exists And this also leads me to a truly remarkable aspect and a truly admirable quality of the German language Although this feature naturally exists in other languages as well But I think in German this word formation is particularly striking Because in German or rather because in German one often has a core vocabulary that is continually recombined in new ways Also you can easily identify the root word or core word and then learn new words very simply—or we might say relatively easily—through that core word For instance I once saw a lounge chair like that in the arcade courtyard You could also call it a beach lounger And on this couch the word was endlessly printed And tirelessly here's a wonderful word creation I'd like to go through and examine with you The root word is "tired " You might already know this word I believe I'm very tired or I'm not tired at all And if I take the verb ermüden it means someone is becoming tired So he gets tired very quickly I get tired when I work out a lot at the gym And I do have a members-only area More videos more content for you on a wide range of topics Sign up and become a member of my channel And what exactly can one tirelessly do now One could tirelessly work One could tirelessly explore something Also for instance a researcher at the university tirelessly studies a specific topic or question One could tirelessly learn a language One could tirelessly attempt something Also imagine someone trying to pass a driving test or another extremely difficult exam say Any difficult exam yes as a prime example And yet this person repeatedly fails to accomplish it Additionally this person failed both the first and second attempts Yet despite this they don't give up instead this student tirelessly keeps striving to eventually pass the exam Also this person—or we simply say—the student registers for the next exam session even though they've already taken the exam five times And yet tirelessly he still wants to overcome this obstacle And speaking of mental barriers we’ve just touched on these very obstacles when discussing language learning Also what mental barriers might you have when it comes to learning languages or staying motivated Or perhaps there's something in your everyday life you'd love to change but right now you still need to overcome a mental barrier Maybe you've already achieved some goal or let's say made progress in a particular area and you've already overcome that mental barrier The hurdle let's put it that way in German There's also the hurdle race in sports This means that people or athletes come together for a running event There's a running race along the track And along this track you can see various hurdles Also that's called a hurdle race So that means you start by running and then you have to jump over a hurdle And then you run a few more meters only to jump over a hurdle once again The word "wieder" actually just means "again " It is a relatively written and formal way of saying "again " So if I say I'm taking another sip of coffee that means exactly the same thing I take another sip of coffee And I do have a members-only area More videos more content for you on a wide range of topics Sign up and become a member of my channel Back to the vlog I made at the University of Vienna I then strolled around this arcade courtyard and spotted several interesting busts Also including works by composer Anton Bruckner and physicist Erwin Schrödinger Alternatively one can check the time period during which these individuals lived Often this allows one to form a clearer mental image One can imagine the era in which they lived and thus gain the corresponding historical context Then I slowly walked toward the exit of the University of Vienna and to my right noticed a bicycle rack And there I saw a word I’d like to share with you here: the word flitzen There's a photo here showing the ÖBB zipping through the streets The ÖBB are the Austrian Federal Railways And "flitzen" means running or driving extremely incredibly fast It doesn’t matter whether you’re traveling by vehicle or simply walking on foot—someone zips by at lightning speed You could run incredibly fast zipping through the street for instance The man dashes lap after lap around the track He moves incredibly fast And that's exactly the word used when someone is moving somewhere at breakneck speed And next I saw something else cool—a phone booth A phone booth has become a very rare sight these days When I was a child there were still plenty everywhere but they were gradually dismantled over time because the need for them simply no longer existed There were simply always more cell phones and there continue to be more cell phones and smartphones And that's why people no longer feel the need to call someone from a phone booth outside And we can take a quick look at what these parts of a telephone booth are actually called First we have the receiver And then there's the microphone you speak into and then there's the earpiece so to speak Also in the spot where you place the earpiece Then theoretically you could dial a number on the keys and down below there's also a coin dispenser or honestly I wasn't even sure anymore whether cash is still accepted at this phone booth and these phone machines I hadn't been in a phone booth for many years I just kept walking and then spotted a tram In Vienna new models of these trams continually emerge Consequently the trams are regularly redesigned and reimagined What I've also noticed is something relatively positive: the trams themselves are actually getting smaller on the outside but inside there's actually more space than ever That's at least my own subjective perception I don' t know if it's truly correct but I have a sense tha The walls of the tram are becoming increasingly slim and narrow so more interior space is available without the tram itself growing larger And that means that sometimes the design of the objects we use in everyday life will become smarter It’s becoming more convenient or perhaps it’s just getting sleeker Things are getting lighter Of course there are exceptions Some things don’t necessarily improve in design but here and especially in the tram one can certainly say that at least in my opinion And the predecessor model as it's called in German the predecessor model or predecessor type It then drove back in the opposite direction a few seconds later And I was able to film both trams within just a few seconds That was also very very beautiful and I just wanted to share that with you Well then I simply continued on my way and then saw a really cool poster on the subway a fantastic advertisement from the Kunsthalle Wien Specifically with a very tangled arrow So this arrow here is completely utterly tangled and woven into a knot And if we see something like that it's messy If we see a truly utterly tangled knot That means it's completely chaotic And that reminded me of the following quote All roads lead to the Kunsthalle And this is probably an advertisement no matter how you drive or walk in the end we all end up at the Kunsthalle And that I think or perhaps that could be a little bit of this inspiration So that's my own interpretation of things And then I can show you another beautiful quote here—unleash your potential Unleashing your potential And here we are again with the topic of being motivated wanting to achieve a goal or when for instance you encounter blocks or need to overcome specific obstacles ow to overcome these obstacles and how to resolve blockages What else might one's own potential still encompass I think the boundaries are much much further than we ourselves believe And just what does the verb "entfalten" mean exactly Well here we have two parts again and we can take a look at these two parts So when I fold something that actually means