Most people pack clothes and skip the sentences they will actually say in week one.

Here is the drill. Every day for 10 minutes, out loud, not in your head:

1. Pick one real situation: cafe, pharmacy, landlord, first day at work.

2. Write 8 lines you would really say. Not textbook lines. The messy ones: "Sorry, I don't have cash, is card ok?" "The stove isn't working, who do I call?"

3. Say each line 3 times. Record the last take on your phone.

4. Tomorrow, reuse 4 of yesterday's lines and add 4 new ones.

Do this for 14 days and landing day feels different. You still freeze sometimes. You just freeze less.

If you want people to practice those lines with you instead of a mirror, that's what Fluency Circle is for.