Buy, don’t rent. Always think outside of the box. Let any person who considers to get pregnant take care of a newborn child for two days (weeks). They may reconsider. Don’t expect anything from anyone. Don’t take shit personal. If people have the need to…
I am generally a pretty understanding person, but there are some things that get under my skin. You know when you are in a “mood” and then something pops out of nowhere and irritates you even further? Those are what I call my pet peeves.…
“Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.” —Warren Buffett On my way home the other day I stopped at the traffic light and saw a car (Audi Q7) that came speeding around the corner before it stopped. The…
Pssssst. Hey you! It is me: Afternoon Walk. As you may have noticed, you are turning to me an awful lot these days. Don’t get me wrong, I love what we have together, but I think we need to face the truth: I can never…
“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin I threw out this quote at work a couple of days ago and got mixed feedback. Most appreciated it but some…
The other night, I found myself in the most unlikely of places: In the back of a car with my boyfriend whom I dated in high school….. It was late at night, and as the car wound its way through the streets, his face flickered…
I learned yesterday the difference between three forms of actions: actions to fix, actions to win, and actions to learn. The former two are kind of the same thing in my opinion — you listen to have ammunition to make a case to be listened…
Yay! Another lockdown is around the corner and I am tired of it. Really tired of it. Even though I see this virus with different eyes now because I caught it three weeks ago but these lockdowns make no sense to me at all anymore.…
As a German, life in Austria is not always easy. You want to get to know Austria, especially Vienna, better? Bear with me because there are plenty of wonders in store. Naive as I was, I moved to Vienna expecting to be welcomed with open…
The older we get, the more baggage we carry. When I dated at twenty-five, I walked into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. Inside you might find a couple of ex-boyfriends, a mild Oedipal complex or maybe even a slight fear of commitment.…
