Learn the English Phrases TO GET ON TOP OF THINGS and TO STAY ON TOP OF THINGS

In this English lesson I wanted to help you

learn the English phrase, "Get on top of things."

When you are busy in life sometimes you get behind.

You know you have a lot of things to do

and you don't have enough time to do them,

and then you get behind.

And that's not a good feeling.

And then you need to get on top of things.

The last couple of weeks, I was really, really busy

and I kind of got a little bit behind

on the farm, at school, with YouTube.

But now as of today,

I was able to get back on top of things.

I spent a lot of time over the last few days

getting back on top of things.

So, when you get on top of things,

it means you get caught up.

It means you finish a whole bunch of work

that you needed to get done

so that you could just feel good again.

Hey, there's two other phrases

I wanted to teach you as well.

"To be on top of things" or "To stay on top of things."

So there's kind of two phrases here, right?

Let me cover this one up.

"To be on top of things" or "To stay on top of things."

When you are able to stay on top of things,

when you are on top of things,

for me, at least, life feels really good.

It means that I have everything done

that I need to get done.

By the end of each day,

it's really nice for me to be on top of things, okay?

As I go through my week,

it's really nice to stay on top of things.

I don't like being behind.

I don't like knowing that there is a pile of work

that I need to do in order to get back on top of things.

So anyways, let's review these two phrases.

When you need to get on top of things,

it means you're a little bit behind in your work

and you need to do extra work

so that you can be on top of things.

And it's always really nice to just stay on top of things.

I can't even express how nice of a feeling that is

when you finish your week, when it's Saturday afternoon

and you were able to stay on top of things all week

and you're just totally on top of everything in your life.

It's a really good feeling.

Hey, but let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Padma, and Padma says this,

"To be top dog in life is everyone's dream

"but sometimes it becomes a burden

"or you are overwhelmed with that responsibility.

"So being second banana sometimes may give you

"some breathing room."

And my response was this.

"Exactly. I agree 100%.

"Sometimes being in charge is very stressful."

So thanks Padma for that comment.

And I do agree with you 100%.

In fact, I used to run a computer tech support company,

as well as teach.

So for a number of years, I was a part-time teacher

and I also did tech support for a couple of schools.

And I was really, really busy.

But what I'm trying to say is this.

When I was in charge of my own company, when I was top dog,

it had a lot of responsibility.

Now that I just teach full time and someone else is top dog,

it's a lot easier.

It's a lot easier in life to not be the top dog.

I have less responsibilities.

My boss, especially over this past year,

has had far more responsibilities

than just regular teachers,

making decisions about COVID protocols at school,

making decisions about how to communicate

to all of the parents and students

what we're doing as a school.

Being top dog for the last year and a bit

has not been easy for a lot of people.

They've had to make some really tough and hard decisions.

So Padma again, once again, I totally agree.

Sometimes it's easier being second banana.

Sometimes it's nice to not be the top dog.

I would agree with that 100%.

Hey, I did wanna mention something.

A lot of you liked how beautiful my last video

on my other channel was.

Lots of daffodils, a few tulips, but in about 12 hours,

we're supposed to get 5 to 10 centimeters of snow.

If we do, I'll take a picture

and I'll post it on both channels' community pages.