We try, we fail, we make errors, we hurt others. That’s life. If we manage to stay open, curious, and learn from our mistakes each of them is a chance to grow.
In part 1, “My Social Media Happiness Practice“, I talked about using my herrberta Instagram to train my brain for the inclusive normal I aspire to live and feel. I want my normal to be an inclusive, accepting and supportive normal.So the first part was… Read More »An explorer in the 21st century – Social media happiness hack part 2
[First posted on 09.05.2021, Updated 14.05.2021] Let’s face it, social media is a terrible time thief, but I won’t let go of it 100%. So while I rarely check Facebook and gave up on Twitter, I still regularly waste my life by scrolling through Instagram.… Read More »My social media happiness practice
43 books from my diverse reading list read in 2021. 15 books by men, 21 books by white people, mostly non-fiction. Here are my recommendations!
I have been wrestling with the ideas of power and strength. I often come across the ideas of openness and vulnerability or even authenticity*, and they require a crazy amount of strength and courage. Yet when someone is open, vulnerable and authentic, they are easily… Read More »Power and Strength
I am so frustrated and sad; I feel like I am crumbling, and I am crying while, in fact, I am delighted and thrilled and optimistic.My dad has an appointment for a vaccination with the BioNTech vaccine, and my uncle as well. This is hands… Read More »Drowning joy in negativity
Lass mich erklären… oder will ich mich rechtfertigen? Die Sätze die gesagt werden sind meist die gleichen, aber das Gefühl dabei ist ein ganz anderes. Normalerweise spüre ich das ganz genau und wenn ich in den emotionalen Zustand des “mich rechtfertigen müssens” komme, werde ich… Read More »Corona Reisen: Ich sitze im Zug, doch das sollte ich nicht
Auf den ersten Blick garnichts.An meinem Leben hat sich viel und nichts geändert und somit gehöre ich zu den Glücklichen, Privilegierten. Es ist viel einfacher als bei Vielen – einfach ist es nicht. Ich mache seit bald 14 Jahren großteils Homeoffice und somit ist das… Read More »Was die Pandemie mit mir macht
When I fuck up I do not need to beat myself up. I am human and failing is part of it. AND I need to hold myself accountable for the consequences of my actions! I see this in myself and around me all the time… Read More »It’s AND! Don’t avoid accountability.
In another post, I was exploring a bit of why and how words matter and why I think it’s important to be as precise as possible. Now I was wondering if that won’t “kill” poetry and here’s my current take on that. Poetry lives of… Read More »Do precision and poetry go together?
(The picture to the post is the empty stage just before we saw the second and most likely last play of 2020 “Geisterseher” at Thalia Gaußstrasse – this picture is matching as the choice of words in a play is so crucial – an in… Read More »Expressing what you mean