I can't speak for other English speaking nations but if you're having a rough day in America and somebody asks you, "how's it goin?" you can hint that everything isn't perfectly awesome (the awesome comment is absolutely true here in California) by simply saying, "well, it's going." Often times, in California at least, when someone asks, "how's it goin?" it's more of a greeting than a genuine inquiry of your day, and it's a bit curt to outright say, "bad," or, "pretty shit, to be honest," especially if you don't know the person. To avoid being boring, or being curt, you can just tentatively say, "well, it's going," and shrug your shoulders.

Download the I Heart Radio app for iPhone or Android and listen to American music. It will help greatly with pronunciation.

Watch the news in English. This is a good way to learn any language. If you have a smart phone such as the iPhone, there is an app called "I Heart Radio" download that app and you can listen to most American radio stations for free over the internet.

Basically, you have to know 3 basic elements to know how to start to skate, but you must do it hundreds of times to improve, as I have been doing for 4 years now. That is why I like inline skating. Because as in life, every time you fall down, you stand up and try it once again, again and again.

Books

We live in a century when, thanks to the internet, we can get access to any book or library. At first look, it would seem that educational level would have to increase. The more books people read, the more intelligent they become. But how many books did you read in the last year? Twenty? Ten? Or one? Unfortunately, there is a trend of decreasing the amount of books that we read. Children don’t want to read books because they have cartoons, or games on their devices. Boring books can’t beat it. Adults, on the other hand, have no time or desire to read. They think that it would be a waste of their precious time.
On the other hand, there is this weird situation, or even “war” between paper and electronic books. Actually, between people who prefer reading in different ways. Electronic books have no “soul”, they don’t have the classic "new book" smell, etc. In contrast, we hear about the inconvenience of paper books and how expensive they are. This fight actually has no reason to exist. Does it really matter how people read their favourite books? From their mobile phones or under the covers with flashlight? The most important thing is passion. We should never forget the feeling when you just can’t stop reading. When a book is so exciting that you forgot about the real world. This is why people don’t read a lot. They have forgotten about this feeling. When you read too much boring literature, you start to hate reading. All you need is love. Oh no, wait. That’s an another story. All you need is the right book at the right time. Probably after that you can bring your love of books back to life.

How do you know....

I have been thinking about a question that I always ask from myself " How do I know my English is good enough?" The reason why I've started to learn English is to develop my career from a very bad job to my dream job in the UK. I thought on some part of my language learning journey I would be ready to move on to a better job. I applied for some then I went to an interview and I felt really stupid, although I didn't know what the interviewer thought about me. I always blamed my language skills for not getting the job. So I just stopped applying for jobs and I started to learn more English. Everybody said to me, "your English is too good for this job you can find better somewhere else," and I always replied the same, "my English is not good enough." When I speak I always feel I make lot of mistakes and people don't understand me. I don't have self confidence even if I don't speak badly. Maybe I just need to step out from my comfort zone and try to do something new. I hope one day I will be satisfied with my English and I will be able to see my language skills as they are in reality.

You should say, "in February." Example: "My birthday is in February." It's better to say only, "this week." Example: "I got a new car this week." Meaning that sometime in the current week, you bought a car. Lastly, you can say, "It happened at work," instead of, "in/on my work." In regards to your last question, you should just say, "sadly." Example: "Sadly, I didn't enjoy the expensive dinner." This rule is true for any adverb. You can normally know that a word is an adverb if it ends with 'ly'.