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 feel important, just let them be and smile.
Minecraft will be in any parents’ life at some point.
My beauty philosophy: I watch my 7-year-old son and there’s no question of beautiful or not beautiful. He just IS. He is always in his body, at the moment, confident, strong. He is absolutely natural and hasn’t had all the conditions put upon him yet. Beauty is getting back to that natural state, becoming aware of your thoughts, and realizing you are more than your body.
There is no need to get married at all. It is just a piece of paper.
Pornography is the opiate of the masses.
Dry skin? Drink more water.
Too much makeup will ruin your skin eventually. So will Botox.
Everybody lies.
Many pretend.
In Vienna, a small 2-bedroom apartment to buy may cost Eur 1,000,000.
Dog owners will look like their dogs eventually.
Eat your dessert with a small spoon. It will last longer.
Home-made chicken soup is awesome and super healthy.
Don’t cover a couch in plastic and pretend it is comfortable for you (or your guests) to sit on.
Don’t buy anything that is 100 percent wool or cashmere even if it seems to be very soft and not particularly itchy when you try it on in the store.
Sometimes you just never know.
Sometimes things make no sense.
The plane is not going to crash.
Everything you think is wrong with your body at the age of twenty-five you will be nostalgic for at the age of forty.
Drinking and eating too much will result in a saggy roll just above your waist even if you are painfully thin.
This saggy roll just above your waist will be especially visible from the back and will force you to reevaluate half the clothes in your closet, especially the white shirts.
Write everything down and keep a journal.
Take more pictures.
You can order more than one dessert once in a while but keep the saggy roll in mind.
You cannot own too many black turtleneck sweaters.
Wear black. It is always chic.
If the shoe doesn’t fit in the shoe store, it is never going to fit.
Back up your files.
Over-insure everything. Especially, if you have kids.
There is a point in making piecrust from scratch. Or noodles. Or pizza.
The reason you are waking up in the middle of the night is the large glass of wine of the second bottle.
The minute you decide to get divorced, go see a lawyer and file the papers.
Buy vintage clothes.
Don’t share too much private information. Ever. There are secrets.
Don’t expect anything.
Back to nature and a big garden is key.
Reading is everything. It makes me feel I have accomplished something, learned something, become smarter, become a better person.
Parenting is not easy. In a nutshell, here is what is involved: You love your child(ren), you hang out with them from time to time, you throw balls, you read stories, you make sure they know which utensil is the salad fork, you teach them to say please and thank you, and you ask if they did their homework. Continue until they are eighteen. Yeah, right. Continue forever.
Expensive lotions and potions for your face and body don’t work. Don’t buy La Mer creme for Eu 1.350,00. WHY is this creme so expensive? Does it contain parts of the angler fish?
Don’t care what people think of you. Do your thing.
