Why am I doing what I’m doing?

Sometimes when negatives thoughts come to my mind I asked myself, “WHY?”

Why did I say “no” to an incredible job offer in the oil industry,? after spending 5 years studying engineering, and 3 years looking for a job in that area?, Why did I say no when I was going through a bad economical ["economic" es mas comun] situation?

Why do I refuse to leave my country?, when the political and economical situation is so bad and a lot of people is are leaving to find a better future? and When I knew I would never be able to buy a car or a house, because just really only rich people can do that?

Why did I reduce my teaching availability hours, hence [o "therefore," menos formal] earning few less money? Which This means I won’t be able to go backpacking or travel the way I want.

Why do I do tons of things during the day like volunteering, researching, and studying...? when I know that after all of that, at night, I have to work at night, hence having leaving me no time to relax during after a long day.

Why do I do all those this crazy stuff?

Well, everything started when I was 16, and I had a vision of me doing something for others, helping others. During For so many years after that, I ignored that vision, but last year I decided I wasn’t going to ignore it anymore. I said to myself that I was going to do everything to accomplish the dream of that 16-year-old girl, and that’s why I said no to the job offer., because Even though at that moment I didn’t have any money or any idea of how to accomplish my dreams, I did know that working as a petroleum engineer wasn’t going to take me to the path I wanted to walk., so What I only had back then was the dream of helping people and the wish of finding a job that would allow me to work half of the day and the rest of the day look for ways on how to make my dream come true!

So I found that perfect job. Teaching gave me the opportunity to work during half of my the day and work toward do something for my dream the other half, but I still had a little problem,: I had no idea what to do to start working on my dreams, so what I did was to work for 8 or 9 hours daily, hence earning a lot of money., then People started to ask, "Why don’t you go and live in another country if you have the money to do it? You would have a better future., Why are you staying here?" and I would just say to myself,; "Well, because if everyone leaves, who stays here? Who stays here to try to solve the mess we are in? Who stays here to be part of the solution?" My reason for staying was and is that I want to help where it is needed, and oh Venezuela needs a lot of help!... It continues...

Hello, I'm i ' m new in on italki

Hello,w i' m I'm new in on italki, and I'd like to i need communicate whith with someone who speaks English and wants to learn spaniish Spanish.

¡Bienvenida!

Business venture

Recently, like two months ago, I decided to launch cast out my a business project so that I could as a chance to stop being an employee. It has turned out well, but It's it's been really hard and difficult. I didn't know how it would be,. {More natural: I didn't know it would be like that.} I thought it would be hard, but not <em>that</em> {italics for emphasis} hard. You need to be very patient if you want to see your little business grow. Now, after a lot of work, I am starting to enjoy the fruits of hard work and diligence. {A common phrase in English is "the fruits of one's labor," although it is a cliche.}

¡Buen trabajo!

Being In a Hurry All the Time Vs Living Life at a Slower Pace

I prefer to take my time and live life at a slower peace. I do not like to be stressed out or to be in a hurry. Taking into account the fact that stress is bad for your physical and mental health, I do not find any good reasons to stress oneself {more natural to say "yourself"} out. Stressed people are often angry, and it seems like any little detail ruins their days. On the other hand {This phrase is used to introduce a contradictary idea or a different perspective. Better here to use "Also" or "Furthermore"}, being in a hurry only leads to getting things wrong and to then wasting time by redoing those things. that went wrong {I think it's clear what you mean -- I would leave out this last part}.

I used to be one of those people who are is always in a hurry. I was bad at setting a schedule for all of my tasks, and I ended up being late to go to any place I needed to go. I was often late for university {in the States, we would say "school," no matter what level} and felt like there wasn't enough time in the day the day was enough for me to do everything all of I had to do. All the time, I was always running to go to the places I had to head go (school, library, work, the doctor’s, etc.). This situation was causing me to have a lot of stress, which affected my physical health.

That's was the reason why I decided to set myself a better schedule for myself. routine. In This way, I could be able to best manage my time and set aside enough time for rest {Sleep? Or just downtime?}. At first the beginning, it was hard to keep up with this new schedule, but I managed to change my habits and adhere to it this schedule. Ever since, I've lived my life at a slower pace,. I have enough time to carry out all of my tasks without being stressed out or in a hurry to go anywhere somewhere, since I am able to better manage my time.

(Thanks in advance for your corrections)

Not too much was incorrect; I changed a few things to make it sound more natural. ¡Buen trabajo!

Internet

Nowadays, the e-commerce is growing very quickly. Each day more and more people decide to buy their new mp3s, TVs, cameras, flights, etc. online. through internet. Sometimes I ask myself if the big stores supermarkets {supermarkets sell food} will have a future as we know actually. The Older people continue to buying {should specify what, like buy products, things, goods...} in these shops, but in the future I think these businesses will have a drop in their sells sales because of the strength competence of the e-commerce. From my point of view, in the future buying online shopping through internet will be even safer and easier in the future than it is now.

The changes are happening slowly, but I think the Internet {internet (lowercase) is more common now} is changing all ours ways of life,. Now you can immediately access immediately to a lot of information and learn {something} from your house without going to the library. You can learn things that before very few people could had teach have taught you. Also, people are more confidents about travelling to other faraway countries because they can read lots of opinions and actual information of from other travelers.

Of course, the internet Internet has many cons and pros and cons, {for some reason, we always say pros and cons, not the other way around} but I think it’s an extraordinary educational tool, in special especially in the most needed underprivledged countries {You could also say "in the poorest countries." Underprivledged is a political correct term that we use frequently to describe towns, communities, countries etc. that don't have a lot of resources} where they don’t have universities, appropriate teachers, and schools. but The problem is that there is much population are a lot of people who still don't have without internet access yet.

Love California

Tonight I came back from Los Angeles, where I studied English for two weeks at a Kaplan school. It was a beautiful {more natural to say "great" or "awesome"} experience because I know met people from other countries and I could got to speak English every day!!! I hope to came backe go back there next year with a better English level skills. Right now my level is lower intermediate!!!

Elementary

Sherlock Holmes is an ecsentric eccentric genius who had been released from the rehab. He moved from London to NY, where he has to leave live with his "babysitter," ex-surgeon lovely Watson (played by the lovely Lucy Liu). {There are a few ways to say it -- that's how I would do it.} She is employed by Holmes' father against Sherlock's' will. Watson's job is to take care of Holmes Sherlock {for consistency} and protect him from getting back to his drug addiction. {A more natural way to say it: "...and keep him from relapsing."} Holmes Sherlock is not pleased with the whole situation, and gives Watson a warning: tells Watson that he is the only person in control of his life and that no one will tell him what to do. {"warning" isn't quite right here} Watson doesn't really have much of a choice. She's been already been hired by his father and she has to fallow follow Sherlock everywhere. After a while, they become good partners and solve mysteries together.

Thank you for correction in advance.

Dear Ken,

Many thanks for your letter. Your offer sounds very good, but I need more information about the beginners courses. {As a copyeditor, I wouldn’t change this because it’s a descriptive phrase. However, "beginner’s course" would be widely accepted.}  

First of all, how many weekends do I need to get the certificate? {This is OK, but "how many weekends would it take to get the certificate?" might be better.} As you know, I've never sailed before, so I don't know a lot about it. Could you tell me what the RYA2 certificate is, exactly?

Also, I would like to know if it's necessary to be a good swimmer. I learnt {"learned" is more common in American English} it when I was a child. However, I'm not sure if I am skilled enough for the course.

Finally, I wanted to ask you some questions about accommodations there. Is it expensive? {This is ok, but it’s better to ask, "Are hotels expensive?" for clarification} If so, would you mind if I stayed at your house with you? I can't afford to stay in an expensive hotel and also pay the course fee.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Best wishes,

Ivan