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Can the Work Be Separated from the Life?
A question I haven’t been able to find a simple answer to for a while now, because I simply don’t think it can be seen in black and white, is this: should we separate the author from their work? [...]
100 Things You Can’t Live Without?
A few days ago I watched the German film “100 Dinge” (100 Things) for the second time. At heart it’s a comedy, but not the predictable kind you’ve seen a hundred times; it’s a comedy with a point. Anyway, this [...]
Stay-at-home mom or career woman?
Stay-at-home mom or career woman? I started writing this piece while Sofia was still a baby, and somehow the right moment to finish and publish it never came — until a few days ago, when I talked to a friend [...]
Social Pressure and Expectations: How Much of You Is Really You?
Have you ever asked yourself which of your beliefs, habits and expectations are truly part of you, and how much of it is actually other people’s expectations? We are social beings, and of course from the moment we are born [...]
There, But Not There
I can’t believe it: the day has actually come when [...]
Holidays Are for the People Sitting Next to Us
Yes, the end of the year is approaching, that’s a [...]
Life Without a Smartphone? Murphy Had Other Plans
How many times in your life has the famous Murphy’s [...]
My Two-Year-Old Speaks German Better Than I Do
Yes, you read that right: my two-and-a-half-year-old little princess already [...]
Getting in My Own Way
Nobody gets in our way more than we do. Oh, [...]
When Inspiration Runs Dry
How do you fight it? I’m asking you, too! [...]