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Trying out new things can be scary. It can be exciting and challenging and tiring. But most of all it will widen your horizon. And by that I don’t necessarily mean, that once you tried something new you have to stick doing it regularly. No, maybe you tried something and found it’s not quite for you, so why should you continue doing it? At least,…
Read moreSo. Some insane episode of mine a few weeks ago put this idea in my head that I’d like to get some insight into the world of coding. Yep, that’s right. It was MY idea, no one forced me to it. I thought, well, these lovely nerds doing it, sure look kinda wrapped up in it, something like I look when writing something that I’m…
Read moreDoubts can be toxic. Everyone has doubts, yet very often I find myself in the position of feeling like being the only person doubting my actions, my beliefs, my goals. I think this is the tricky part about doubts. They make you doubt yourself, your decisions, and hereby weaken your ability to see what’s really important. To me, it is important to stand up for…
Read more…with nature. Exactly one year ago I was still working on a cruise ship, which meant being only able to enjoy nature and fresh air for about three hours a day, and not even every day. It meant waking up in a lightless, airless tiny cabin, which was cozy, but nothing compared to waking up to a summer breeze, birds chirping, or even to the…
Read moreTraveling has been a passion (or should I say addiction?) of mine ever since I left the country “on my own” when I was 12 years old and nagged so long till my parents finally agreed to pay for my language camp in South Wales. Of course, I was not really on my own, I was only 12 years old, duh.. BUT it was the…
Read moreA few years ago, when I had just started teaching German as a foreign language, I taught intensive courses, each level only being taught for 4 weeks. This was at a large language school franchise, that has schools in several European cities, who offer cheap courses, pay their teachers badly, but are in high demand with students. Anyways, it was a good practice to gain…
Read moreManche Menschen sind wie Sterne: Sie tauchen auf, sind von Anfang an nicht gekommen, um zu bleiben, und doch erhellen sie unseren Horizont, rücken Dinge in anderes Licht und bieten bessere Perspektiven. Irgendwann sind sie verglüht, für uns nicht mehr sichtbar, die Spuren, die sie hinterlassen, haben sich aber umso tiefer und unwiderruflicher in unser Bewusstsein gebrannt. Die Erinnerung an deren Strahlen erleuchtet unser Herz…
Read moreI know, you might ask yourself now: huh? Pippi who? You know, the witty and unconventional little girl, hero of a series of books by beloved children’s book author Astrid Lindgren. If you haven’t encountered Pippi and her adventures as a child, and you don’t have children of your own, I would still recommend reading one of those funny, heart-warming, and inspiring stories! In which…
Read more….she was staring out of the window letting her thoughts drift off, letting them pass through her mind like all those people were passing by the window, not noticing her, being so caught up in their own thoughts; rushing past each other, not noticing much around them, hurrying off to a job that puts even more wrinkles on their worried foreheads, she thought and smiled….
Read moreAt some point last year I found myself at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Canaveral, Florida. While the whole experience was a bit surprising in the sense that I’m repeatedly impressed by how Americans seem to be able to turn everything into a “Disneyland-kind-of-experience”, it also put things into perspective. Not the visit to the center itself, but my luck of being at that…
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