My New REGRET

Hello from my second (first?) home.

I’m back in the US for a few weeks visiting family.

And this weekend I was exploring the attic in my father’s house.

That’s the small room at the top of the house where people store boxes and old things.

Guess what I found?

MEMORIES FROM HIGH SCHOOL

In the U.S., schools have a tradition called “yearbooks.”

At the end of the year, you get a book of photographs of students and faculty, and you ask your classmates to sign it.

I opened a yearbook from high school.

But I quickly closed it.

Not a lot of good memories.

I opened another yearbook from another school.

I was about to close that one, too, but then I remembered: this was the school where I met Alisa Edwards.

I liked Alisa.

A lot.

So I had a look at her picture.

I hadn’t seen her picture, or even thought of her, for a decade or more.

But suddenly, all those teenage feelings of nervousness, shyness and insecurity returned.

I flipped to the back page and found what she had written.

Most girls write boring things in yearbooks.

“Have a nice summer.”

“See you next year.”

Alisa had written, “Call me!”

And then she wrote her number.

Wow!

I had totally forgotten about that.

Except, guess what 14-year-old, shy, insecure Mr. Vig did NOT do that summer?

Call her!

And the next year I went to a new school and never saw her again.

The English word for that is…

REGRET

I don’t have a lot of regrets, but now I can add this to my short list.

I regret not calling Alisa.

It’s a cliché, but life moves fast and you’re only young once.

How does this relate to your English?

Well, I’ve heard from more than one student that English is a regret.

They regret not giving it more time and focus.

They regret not being able to get a better job, meet new people, travel, talk to new family members…

If English is also your regret, here’s how I can help:

JOIN VIG VILLAGE

Today is the last day to join.

The next time Vig Village opens, it will be October and the price will be higher.

Feeling shy and insecure?

During your first month inside Vig Village, we’ll focus on building your confidence with the Confident Conversation Master course.

Read more here:
https://store.mrvig.com/vig-village-ah1

And I hope to see you inside.

Cheers,
Mr. Vig