Because being socially awkward has its benefits
… and shit hits the fan – in quite opposite directions. Die-hard fans and design aficionados appreciate the forthcoming sparks of joy they expect from ordering a $200 tea container or a $75 tuning fork with rose quartz – things every home obviously needs to have. Haters meanwhile have a field day; Twitter and Instagram [...]
Being all over the place is nothing new for me, as most of you will know by now. Apart from some serious ADHD doing a lot of freelance work (mainly writing and editing) as well as (still) organizing a dissertation may add even more pressure to my already overwhelmed mind. Furthermore, I have so many ideas [...]
It's a new year and we are encouraged to make a new start. Magazines, newspapers, friends, family, and pretty much the whole internet demonstrates some serious motivation regarding new year's resolutions. That's nice, and inspiring. But I know myself better than that -- a lot of us do. I hate Christmas, but I love the [...]
A few days ago I received an invitation to a conference in December. I never in a million years expected anyone to accept my paper because a) it's not even a conference with a focus on literary studies and b) I'm no fancy academic pursuing her studies not looking left or right, but rather [...]
So the new laptop finally arrived!! UPS and I had some initial problems of finding some time for each other since our doorbell wasn't working as it should (probably for the last months - which explains why we never get any parcels, but always have to fetch them at the post office), but in the [...]
Now this entry sounds way more dramatic than it actually is. Fact is, I didn’t work ‘that much’ on my thesis or academic ventures since returning from London last May. For one thing, wonderguy and I moved in together shortly afterwards and there was a lot to organize and do for weeks afterwards; secondly, I [...]
Long time no see, again - an update on how I blame everything on my bullet journal... So for months now I regularly thought about what I could probably blog about. I even had a few ideas – quite a few at times – usually when I had nothing with me to take some notes [...]
