Learn the English Expressions "That's the way it goes sometimes!" and "It is what it is!"
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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English expression, that's the way it goes sometimes. This is an expression we use when, you know, life, things just happen in life and there's nothing you can do about it. I picked this expression or phrase because this is exactly what I said when I lost my voice last week. I had just done a video saying,

saying that I'm bound and determined to put out videos somewhat on a regular schedule. And then literally the next day I lost my voice and then I couldn't make a lesson for last Friday, but I'm bound and determined to put one out today. It's Monday today. So kind of this expression means, well, that's life. That's the way things go sometimes. That's the way it goes sometimes. I just said it subconsciously. I said the phrase, even though

I wasn't looking at the phrase. I don't know if you caught that, but it just came out automatically. So this is a really authentic English lesson. The other phrase is, it is what it is. This is another phrase that means, well, that's life. Or in French, we would say, c'est la vie. Or that's the way it goes sometimes. Yeah, it is what it is. Do you like having a lesson on a Monday? Hey, it is what it is. It's better than no lesson. So to review...

When you say that's the way it goes sometimes, or when you say it is what it is, it's just a comment on how life is going. If your car breaks down three times in a row, you might just say, hey, that's the way it goes sometimes, or hey, it is what it is.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This is from Vitor. Technical question, Bob. If you stop posting for one or two weeks, does your channel perform worse in terms of the YouTube algorithm? I mean, having a defined schedule is good, not only for views, but also for the algorithm. Sometimes I feel like this platform treats its creators like machines. The great thing about your channel is that it has evergreen content. It doesn't matter the time, it's always useful. Thank you, Bob. And my response, the short answer is yes.

if I stop making videos for a couple of weeks, then my graphs all start to go down. And that can be a little concerning. So you do realize that I love doing, thanks Vitor for that comment. I love doing this.

but I also work less in order to do YouTube. So therefore, I do need to earn some money from YouTube. Like, I don't have the luxury of just working three quarters of the week at my real job and then YouTube is nothing. So I do notice it when I take a break. My views go down and all of those things. And of course, the amount of money I earn goes down. Here's what I would say.

What's really cool about English lessons and about YouTubers like me is that the same things that benefit you benefit me as a creator. And what I mean by that is this. If you watch the entire lesson,

And then if you watch the entire lesson the next day, that is really beneficial for you as an English learner. Watching the video twice is just a good idea. But it's also good for me as a YouTube creator. If you watch my video twice, and if you watch the entire video, then YouTube thinks, oh, this video is very helpful. I will show this video to other people who are learning English. So,

That's kind of the longer version of the answer. If you wanted to help me and inadvertently help yourself, the best thing you can do is watch the entire video. Like don't watch half and then stop watching. And then the second thing would be watch it again later that week. Like watch the entire video. That just signals to YouTube that I'm doing a good job. And I think

Asking you to do it sounds kind of silly. I think most of you already do some version of that. You at least watch the entire video. So, but yeah, taking a break, it's really hard to watch all of your views graphs and your earnings graphs go down for two weeks, but sometimes it's just necessary. Anyways, have a good Monday. I'll see you in a couple of days with another short English lesson. Bye.

Hi, Bob the Canadian here. Thank you for listening to this English podcast lesson. If you would like to support me in the work that I do as an online English teacher, please visit patreon.com slash bobthecanadian.