Die letzten Monate – genauer gesagt die letzten eineinhalb Jahre – hatten es in sich, höflich umschrieben. Ein regelmäßiges Auf und Ab von Infektionszahlen, Statistiken, Prognosen und die entsprechend bunte Fülle an alten/neuen Verordnungen haben unser aller Alltag bestimmt. Auch ich in meiner kleinen Introvert-Einzelgängerinnen-Blase bin all dem natürlich nicht entkommen. Einerseits genervt von FFP2-Masken
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That’s enough, thanks! – Let’s do another Low Buy
I've already written about life after Low Buy, so we know by now that it didn’t always work out as I wanted it to. Though I spent more money than I hoped I would, I mostly stuck to my wishlist and didn’t escalate. However, there is room for improvement. Now being early July, the first
Reading shorties: “There’s no such thing as an easy job” by Kikuko Tsumura
FYI: This review contains spoilers. “The whole situation had come to be because I’d sat down one day in front of my recruiter and informed her that I wanted a job as close as possible to my house – ideally, something along the lines of sitting all day in a chair, overseeing the extraction of
Low Buy 2.0 – halfway through
Starting my Low Buy 2.0 on February 22, it may not exactly be halftime — my ADHD fuzzybrain has never been good with numbers and dates — but I thought it might be time to post a quick update on how my current low buy is going. As stated in my last post, the Covid-19
Life after Low buy. Shop ’til ya drop…again?
Let's start with a short summary: In 2020, I decided to do a Low Buy Year, setting up some rules and at the same time providing my inner shopaholic with some loopholes — like a €50 book-buying budget. Although I failed a few times and wasn't always satisfied with my efforts, overall I enjoyed my
Reading: “The Makioka Sisters” by Junichiro Tanizaki
She [Sachiko] was sometimes startled at the thought that she spent more time worrying about her sisters than about her husband and her daughter, but they were like daughters—they were on a level with Etsuko in her affections, and at the same time they were her only friends. Left alone, she was surprised to note